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Suicide of as _AsiHr—Before Mr Wakley , _J . l ' _-, coroner , at tke sign of the Queen 8 Head , Keppe - terrace , King ' sroad , Chelsea , on the hod . of Mr Joseph William Brett , aged 3 . years . The deceased , who was au artist , was the son ofa _desman of the Church of England , and _byed withih « aged parents in a cottage , ho i , _keppel-street South . Ths deceased was « ne oi . the large sumber of artists who competed for the prizes offered for cartoons to embellish the new Houses of Parliament , and , like the majority of his compeers , was an _nnsuccessful one . The incident he took for tho subject of his picture was ' KiEg Richard forgiving the soldier who sbet him . ' The deceased , although _} he never complained of his disappointment , was never afterwards in suchVood health , and since ! April last _hadjgradually been getting weaker . On Wednesday morning the _dewascd ' _was found by his father in his bedroom with
his throat cut . After a lengthened inquiry , a verdict waa returned that' The deceased was found dead with his throat cut , supposed by his own act , bnt that there was not sufficient evidence before the jury to show them what was the state of his mind at the time he did it . ' Fatal Fight ox Board Ship . —At the London Hospital , respecting the death of Robert Wyse , aged fifty-five years , who died on tbe \ 0 ib inst ., from a fracture of the spine , alleged to hare been occasioned by a sailor , named Morrison , who stands charged , on his own confession , at the Gravesend Police Court , with having caused the deceased to fall down the hold of the ship Herefordshire , whereby he received tbe injury . John Scott , a shipwright , stated that he was at werk with the deceased and his son , in repairing the ship Herefordshire , at the time she was hauled oat of the East India Deck , on Thursday , the
23 rd ult . When the vessel reached Woolwich Reach , witness saw several sailors approach _deceased's son , and one of them struck him a violent blow , which caused him to fall upon the chains . ¦ Witness went to his _afsistance , and forced tbe sailor from him . He rose from the deck and went down the hold , and witness was afterwards informed that deceased was 'ki 0 : ked dowa the hold . Ths jailors bad -been drinkin _? , and were much intoxicated . When the vessel arrived off Gravesend , Morrison _, one of the erew , stated tbat during the scuffle he pushed the deceased . Webb , : the constable , said that all the witnesses who were present , snd could give evidence _relating to the transaction , were gone to sea in the _Herefordshire , whieh waa bound to Gib * raltar . The coroner then directed Webb to make inquiries at _Gravesead , and thought it advisable to adjourn for that purpose . The jury assented , and the inquiry was adjourned .
Startatios of jl Mother asd Chud . —Before Mr 17 . Carter , at the Swan Tavern , Battereea Bndge , upon the body of Sarah Tout , aged thirty-one , and Henry Tout , her son , aged four , who were alleged _M have died from an insufficiency of food—Tbe jury proceeded to a small house in the vicinity to view the bodies , and on the door being opened ths exhalation of hot and impure air waa go great as to drive back those who were entering , the coroner remarking that he bad not in the experience of eleven years met witfc so abominable a nuisance , and that it was more a pest-house than a dwelling for human beings . —Anne Polt stated , that she was sister-inlaw of the deceased woman , who was the wife of "William James Tout , a sawyer by trade , who had
recently supported himself , his wife , and three children by making hat and bonnet boxe 3 , which he hawked about the country . Witness had been living with tbem the last five months . Her sister-in-lawwas oalytaken Dion Friday evening week , and on the following day she obtained a rat dical order of Mr Tow , the overseer , and saw Dr Connor's assistant , who also gave an order in kind to the relieving officer . The assistant attended within tha hour , and Eaw both ber sister and tbe child . S < : iKe medicine was supplied , and he visited them again on the Sunday evening . He did not visit tbem again until Tuesday , and in the interval the child had died asd the mother had become much worse , and died the same evening , her boy having expired on the previous
eight . The medicine only lasted till Monday morning , and ber sister had no more till the doctor came en the ensuing day . Deceased had said tbat if she had more _medicine she would be better . Her brother had not been home ( until now ) since a week before Christmas ; and the last time they received any money from him was the last week in the old year . There were two children still living—a girl and an infant four months old . For many weeks past they Lad been living very Bhort indeed , and her sister often denied herself food that the children might have it . She w & 3 eertain that ber brother did all he could to support his family , bat he earned very little ; and to add to their distress they received a letter from him on the 5 : h inst ., stating that he was then lying ill at Southampton , and had not a farthing to send home . Mrs Freeman , a lady in the neighbourhood , had been very kind to ber deceased sister _during her confinement , and since on mnnv
occasions they had no food but what tbat lady supplied * Deceased had an aversion to parochial relief , and did not make known her distress . A woman , named "Wise , gave _evideace which went to show that the family were in a very bad state ; and she believed the illness ef mother and child arose solely from want of food . They bad the typhus fever * and one child was then suffering from it . —The coroner said , it was a great shame for the medical man te have exposed the jury and himself to such a risk . He ought to Lars informed them of the nature of the disease , or at least have seen that tbe house wa 9 well _ventilated before tbe jury entered it . —Mr J . S . Miles , a surgeon , and assistant to Dr Connor , assured the jury they had nothing to apprehend , and deposed that he was called in to the deceased on Saturday week ; they were in a state of low fever , and _exceedingly ill and emacia ' ed . He asked if the woman had food , and was told tbat she had none . —Verdict— ' Died from _natnral causes . '
Suicidkof a _Surgeox . —Before Mr Wak ' . ey , M . P ., at the Seymour Arms , Seymour-street , on the body of 3 IrH . Tv \ Boxall , surgeon , _agedthirty , late of W , Upper Seymour-street , Euston-square . —Mr II . M . Aldridge , surgeon , of Upper Seymour-street , said he had known deceased for five or six years . Ha wa 3 formerley in practice in Melton-street , _Eustongqaare ; subsequently in the _Mornington-road ; and had resided a few months at 74 , Upper Seymourstreet . On Friday evening , a . young woman , with whom deceased lived , asked him to come and see Mr Boxall on the following day , as he appeared ill . Between two and three o'clock on Saturday afternoon ie went to see deceased , and found Mm standing near the fireplace with his throat cut . On seeing
• witness , deceased exclaimed , 'Ah , it ' s no use ; I have done it effectually . ' Witness went toward * him , but deceased ran ronnd tbe table , and struggled violently , throwing witness over a box . All _thistin-e the blood was spouting profusely from bis neck . It wa 3 some minutes before witness could secure deceased . He thea tried to stop the bleeding _bypressure . on tbe vessels of the neck , and called for assistance . Deceased still _struggled violently , and called out for _prussic acid . He straggled to the last to prevent any attempt to save hi 9 life , and died in about a quarter ofan hour from the time witness fir 3 t saw him . He had mads a cut with a razor , dividing the carotid artery and all the larger vessels on the left side . Deceased was ofa nervous temperament , and
drank at times . He w & s _yery strange in his manners , and had told witness that he suffered from delirium tremens . —Mary Ann Norman deposed to having lived with deceased four _yeirs . He had latterly been in great distress , on account of his father , who resided at Brighton , having refu = ed to assist hira . He went to Brighton on the 29 th of December , and returned on the 5 _* . h inst . He said he had been staying with hi 3 father ' s friends , who made him drink brandy till be waa mad . On Friday night , he was under a delusion that he would be taken np at twelve o'clock that night and hanged at Newgate for a conspiracy to shoot his father , and he said he must die . This induced _witness to ask Mr
Aldridge to see him . Witness identified a note found on deceased ' s table as his handwriting , and said sbe saw him write it on Saturday morning . It was addressed , Mr Boxall , Brighten , ' and was aa follows ;— ' Dear Father , —Will you be kind enough to send me a little money , as I am much in want of some . —Yours , truly , H . W . Boxall . ' ( No date . ) The witness made _several charges against the father of the deceased of refusing him assistance , but this was denied by a gentleman , who said to his knowledge deceased had had £ i 10 s . within eight or nine days . —Other witnesses corroborated tbe foregoing testimony . —The jury returned a verdict , 'That the deceased destroyed himself while in an unsound state of mind . '
CnuELTT T 9 ax Apprentice . — -Before Mr W . Payne , at St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , respecting the death of J . Keller , aged 17 . an apprentice , who was alleged to have died from the effects of the ill-usage of his master , Mr Fletcher , gold and silver paper layer , residing in Norfolk-street . Lower-road , Islington . — 3 fIaryMacdonald , of 9 , Newton-street , nolborn , the wife ofa tailor , stated that the deceased washer son , and was apprenticed from Tooting School abaut four year 3 and a half ago . He had been sinking for the last two years from the want of proper _nourishmsnt and hard * work , which he said was sixteen or eighteen hours a day . It was two jears ago when the master was first before the magistrate for beating him with a ropeand was reprimanded . The master appeared
, before the magistrate since tbat time at tho instance ofa policeman , who heard the boy ' s crie 3 , but nothing was then dene . The food he had consisted of three _tslicts of bread and butter and milk and water for his breakfast ; two slices and the same _ for tea ; boiled riee , or cheese , or bullock ' s liver for dinner , and sometimes he would hare a conple of sausages and some _cabbage . Rice , however , was his chief dinner . She Bad frequently taken him victuals , but bis mistress would never let her see it given to him . Abaut two months ago he did not come te his dinner on Sunday as usual , and she wei . t on the Monday , and he was lying on the bench in the _workshop with only h s shirt and trousers on . The nest Thursday she to _* him home , when tecomp t ained of being very weak , and
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the following Mondav , December 23 , he was admitted into the hospital . —Wm . Macdonald , husband of the last witness , stated , tbat he had made a complaint to the master , at Tooting , of the boy ' s treatment , but he refused to interfere- —The Coroner said it was his duty to have done so . —Macdonald added tbat thelast words tha deceased spoke at home were , when he asked him what had brought him to that state— 1 shall say on ray death-bed that Fletcher starved and worked me to deatb . ' -Mr Newell , assistant apothecary to the hospital , deposed that the death of deceased was caused by consumption , of at least two oi
years ' standing . In his opinion it was _tneJesuit exposure to cold , or sleeping in damp clothes _.-f 1 _os Round , an apprentice , deposed tha he was . boundIt o month ! after the _deceasrd , and slept and eat with him . The work was not hard , except burnishing _. They had three slices of bread and butter nearly an inch thick for their breakfast and two for-tea ,, and about a pint of tea at each meal . For dinner tbey had rice and sugar one day , liver and rice or liter and _potatoes another , and bread and chFese another . _iUey might have eaten more if they h _; id had it . _xaey always had meat two or three times a week , and nee or cheese the other * . No beer , but cold tea . 1 hey used to have 2 d ., 3 d ., or 01 . a week for ever-work , and tbey used to buy apples or other things with it . —Mrs Fletcher explained that when Mrs Macdonald complained that the beys had not sufficient food , she was so satisfied they had , tbat alter that she did not _° ive them the hot supper she used to do . They had meat four times a weekand rice and cheese the other
, day ? . She persisted they had both been treatedwell , and tbat the observation about the gruel was a mere _jake —Mr Fletcher , the master , asserted the same thing and that they had even been preferred to their own children . They had been unruly , and tried to get the upper ha _& d of him . —The Coroner said it waa not likely two boys of that age would attempt it . —A Mrs Moss , the aunt of Round , who bad interfered when she foHnd they worked on a Sunday and slept on the floor , said she bad no reason otherwise to complain of their treatment , and the deceased once told her he was satisfied . —The Coroner summed up , observing the great question was what was the cause of the consumption of which the _boj died ? He should suggest that they should have further evidence . —The jury returned a verdict— 'That the deceased died ol consumption , and they considered the eonduct of the _mastsrand mistress very reprehensible in keeping the deceased on such short diet , '
A Child Fr- ze . v to _Dsath—Before Mr Baker , at tbe _Halfmson and Punchbowl publio house . Bucklestreet , Whitechapel , on view of the body of Bertha Dohl , aged four months . The parents of the deceased are natives of Germany , and a few days since they left Rotterdam for the purpose of emigrating to America . They travelled in an omnibus , on the windew of which the ice was an inch thick , and when they arrived at tha first station , after they had left Rotterdam , the deceased , who was a very healthy child , was found quite dead . The child had been lying upon her arms for several hours , and she considered the deceased was asleep . A surgeon could not be _obtained , and when they arrived at tho next station the deceased was examined by a medical gentleman , who said tbat her death was . caused by the severity of the weather , the cold having caught her breast . The parents then carried their dead chi d on board the Rainbow steam vessel , which arrived in the river on Sunday last . Verdict— ' Found dead . '
accidents , es , . The Latb Dreadful Accident at Fusion-square Statiov . —Charles Gage , one of the sufferers by the fall of the buildings at the Euston-square Station , died on Sunday in the University _Collese Hospital . This makeB the second death amongst the wounded . The others are doing well _. Determined _Suicidu op Sir J- _Mildjtay , Bart . — We have to record the premature death of Sir John Mildmay , Bart ., which took place by his own hands , at an early hoar on Monday morning , at big residence , No . G , _Halkin-terrace , Belgrave-squarp . The deceased gentleman bad resided as above for about five years , occupying tbe upper part of tbe house , the ground floor being let to Mrs Cox , a miiliner ; bis establishment , consisting of two male and an equal number of female servants ; and his health of late was stated to be tolerably good ; but for several days past his valet had noticed that he appeared low and
depressed in spirits . On the previous day ( Sunday ) the deceased appeared somewhat better , and _partook of his meals , apparently , with a better appetite . He retired to rest between eleven and twelve o ' clock , and nothing more was heard or seen of him until shortly before five b ' clock on Monday morning , when his valet was awoke by a deadened report of firearms . lie was undecided for some time what te do , but eventually he went up stairs to Sir John's bedchamber , on the second floor , when on entering the room he was horror-struck on discovering his master lying prostrate on tbe carpet weltering in his blood , _» Bd lifeless ; hia head was shattered to atoms . and the walls and ceiling were covered with his blood and brain " , a small doable barrel _balster pistol , which had been recently discharged , was lying close to his right band , and bad evidently been discharged in the mouth . Several medical gentlemen wero promptly in attendance , who pronounced death to
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_FIRXS . Alarming Fire . —A fire , nearly attended with _disastroas _consrquences , broke out upon the _prem-isea belonging fo Mr John Baldoek . licensed victualler , carrying on business at the Kent and Essex inn , situate in Kent and E-sex-yard , Whitechapel . The flames originated trom some unexplained cause in the front bar . and when discovered they were making fearful havoc amongst the spirits . The whole of the inmates were immediately aroused , and a messenger sent for the engines . There being an abundant supply of water , the further progress of tbe alarming element was cut off , but not until a considerable quantity of spirts had heen consumed and the bar burned out . Fortunately Mr BaWock was Insured in the Licensed Victualler ' s * Fire-office .
Destruction op Property . —On Tuesday night about a quarter past ten a fire was discovered upon the premises ot Mr Laws , a baker , at * _T 8 , Gibraltarrow Bethnal Green . An alarm was spread , and Mr Laws and his family were without delay apprised ef the outbreak , which had barely been done when a large sheet of flame shot through the windows , and with such fury did the fire travel , that it was at one time feared that the whole of the _contiguous houses would have fallen a prey to its fury . The engines of the parish , _Loadon Brigade , and others , were remarkably quick in reaching the _Bpot , but the fire had previously extended to tbe whole oi the upper part
of the building , every room being in a general blaze . The firemen being snpplied with an abuadanee of water , the engines began operating , and vast streams of water were scattered into and upon tbe burning property . Notwithstanding , the work of destruction continued , and it was not till past eleven o ' clock that the fire was safely got under , and not until every portion of the premises , with the exception of the front shop was destroyed . The total loss is considerable , and it is understood tbat tbe sufferer is not insured . The origin of the fire is not _preoisely known ; but the general opinion is that it was occasioned frem the spark of a lighted candle falling amongst S 9 me wearing apparel _.
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NORFOLK . Small _Dbbts Court . — The following letter is worthy of notice , and weextract it from a contempopary . —Sir ' : Without great vigilance on the part of the press the Small Debts Courts ma ) be made the means of a vast amount of potty tyranny and oppression . Poer people seldom take bills or keep receipts . Au unprincipled man may , in nine out of ten cases , be pretty sure of recovering , small sums which may have heen contracted and discbaged , if he summon the parties into the courts . I will offer you one
instance of the oppressive way in which it works . A man formerly in trade , but who failed through bis own misconduct , having twice or three times compounded with his creditors , lives on tbe small sums he obtains through the small debts court : he usually has two or three , sometimes more , summonses out against parties every eourt day . On the last court day be summoned the wife of a labouring man for a debt of I 8 _s . When put upon his oath he eaid that the woman had paid 13 _< . 6 d ., but he thought it made no difference whether he summoned her for th ; , debt
he claimed or for a larger sum . He claimed on oath upwards of 4 s . The woman had fortnnately kept his bill , and produced it receipted fer tbe whole amount , with the exception of Is ., and he _ovtned to the correctness of it . The judge immediately adjudged her to pay the shilling , with all the eoats , amounting to several more , and refused to bear her speak in her defence . She was ready to declare on oath that sbe had repeatedly offered to pay the man the real balance of bis bill , but that he refused to take less than the amount claimed . If the creditors had considered that the man had any just _olaims upon these and numerous other poor people they would , one would have supposed , have retained his books and recovered them themselves .
GLOUCESTERSHIRE . Bigamy asd a Thus . —An extraordinary case of bigamy has been investigated at the Cheltenham Police Court . A richly-dressed female , who has lately introduced herself into fashionable circles in tbis town as the Lady Ada Alice Wyattville , was placed in the deck , charged with bigamy . From the evidence produced against her , it appears that she was married on the 8 ih of November , 1833 , at Kensington Chnrch , under the name of Ootavia Sarah . Moore de Bellvue , daughter of Lucius Moore de _Bdlvue , Marshal of France , to Mr Henry Wyatt , architect , son of Mr Matthias Cnle 3 Wyatt , the celebrated sculptor , of Dudley Grove House , Harrow road , London . Subsequent to the marriage , the parties went to reside at Boulogne-sur-Mer , but they separated after a short residence there . A correaposdence , however , has been kept up between them erer 5 ince . It farther appeared that in May last the prisoner was charged with bigamy at the Marl-
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borough-street police-court , London , by intermarrying with a person named Kolles , from which chargo 9 ho _escaped . The offence of whicii she is now noemed ia , tbat she married , at the parish church , _Cheltenham , on the 17 th of December last , under the name of _L-dy Ada Alice Wyittville , with Mr Thomas Hinckley , civil engineer , son of Mr ¦ Arthur Hinckley , a gentleman residing in Cheltenham , her first husband , Henry Wyatt , being alive at the time . The marriage at Kensington was witnessed by Mrs Hannah Murray , of Brompton { then Miss Cully )• and the parish clerk ; aad that at Cheltenham by a female servant , and a man named Edwin Patter . The prisoner waacoramitted to take her trial at the next Gloucester assizes . — :
_BURRET . The latb Medical Neglect at Croydon—On Saturday last , a special meeting of the board of guardians at the Croydon Union was held , for the purpose of taking into consideration the course to be adopted in consequence of the verdict of the coroner s jury , imputing great inhumanity to Dr Berncastle , one of the medical officers of the union , in reference to his conduct toward the woman Hopkins , and expressing their opinion of his unfitness any longer to hold the otlice of a medical parochial officer . There was a numerous attendance of guardians , but , in consequence of a determination on the part of the board not to admit reporters , we aro
unable to state precisely what took place . It appears that a very strong discussion arose upon the motion forthe immediate dismissal of the officer , and some of the guardians who took his part ur » ed lhat ho had merely acted under the impression that he was performing his duty . After a discussion , which lasted several hours , the decision of the board was adjourned to a future occasion ; but so strong is the feeliDg of the ratepayers and inhabitants of Croydon upon the subject , that if the board should resolve to continue the objectionable person in his present appointment , it ia intended to hold a public meeting , to address the Poor Law Commissioners , and require bis dismissal .
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_PURTHSIlIBK . Shipwreck at thb Mouth 6 F the Tay . —Last week , the schooner Industrious , of _Whitatable , Wolt _» master , laden with railway iron , for Perth , was totally lost on Abertay Sands , when all on board , consisting of the master and seven of a crew , feerished . There was a stormy south-east wind , with a flood tide , and drifting enow showers . About half-past seven o ' clock , signals of distress were observed by tho lighthouse keeper , who made the requisite signals to Brougbty Kerry , and the life-boat , manned by a crew of fifty men , was speedily floated . Tbey got so
near the unfortunate vessel as to be able to hear the erica of the crew , but found it impracticable to get at her through the breakets . They remained near the spot till about midnight , but saw nothing of the vessel after ten o ' clock . So great dissatisfaction has been expressed at the boat not making greater exertions to reach the _vessel , that the harbour-master and secretary to the Tay Life Boat _Sot-ii-ty made personal investigation into the case , and bave reported that there are times when wind and tide make it totally impracticable to reach tbe scene of danger , and tbat tbis was one of those cases .
kincardineshire , Serious _Navtib _Disturbascbs . —Oss Life Lost , and many _Pbrsons Injurkd . — -Since the works on the Aberdeen Railway , in the neighbourhood ot Stoneharcn , were commenced , there have been located in the town about five hundred labourets , nearly all of whom ara stout young men , principally from the Highlands . They have generally lodged by renting small rooms from the people , at from 5 s . to 6 ' . a week , buying in tlieir own provisions , and getting them cooked by those with whom they lodged . The price of provisions last winter bavins advanced at least fifty per cent ., the Highlanders took it into their heads that this was partly , if not chiefly , occasioned by a combination among the provision
merchants , and from that time forward they felt as if they owed those people a grudge . From time to timesligbt disturbances took place , nnd much illfeeling waa engendered . About two months ago , tbe works were partially stopped , upon which half the navvies left the place , and the reBt were employed ata reduced rate of wages . For some weeks after thia no disturbances took place , but it seems that the old grudge was still harboured by tha Highlanders . On Wednesday week , the _inhabitants of Stonehaven were alarmed by hearing tbe bellman call a meeting of the railway labourers on the Square , and soon after between two and three hundred navvies had assembled , with bludgeons , _knives , and pikes ; and , as they conversed together in Gaelic , the people of
the town did not know their plans . After consulta tion , a number of those who had no sticks went to the woods of Dunottar , where they cut branches from the trees , and about three o ' cloek the whole entered the Old Town in a body , 1 . d on by . a few men belonging to the 'gang , flourishing their sticks and pouring forth volleys of oaths in Gaelic . They made their Gist attack on Mr Walker , a slater , who had formerly assisted to quell an outbreak , knocked him down with their bludgeons , . and smashed a lot of windows in bis master's ( Mr Thomson ' s ) house , who had also been obliged on a former occasion to resist the navvies . Having beaten Walker , they left him , and proceeded to the Square , which they paraded , shouting 'Victory ! ' and vowing
further vengeance . Mr Weir , the supcrinter . dent of police , thought it hopeless to make any attempt to repel the attack , bat watched the ringleaders , with a view to their apprehension . About half-past five the Highlanders marched through the town in order , shouting and smashing every window whero a light appeared . At the bottom of Ann-street tbey met William Murray , a young man , who had just come in from tbe country to see hia friends , whom they knocked down and left lying on the road . They then went to the Commercial Inn , where they smashed a'l the windows and attempted to force the house , but were unable . They next attacked tho Mill Inn , broke several windows , and attempted to force admission , but Mr Melvin and the _olhor
inmates were able to keep tbem at bay . Passing on from tbe Mill Inn , they met with one of Mr Melvin's sons , who was maltreated , but , though dreadfully bruised , was able te make his escape . The mob how wentdirectto Mr Knox , the saddler's , another of the doomed _house ? , and hore they broke open the door , smashed the windows , frames and all , and but for the determined resistance of Mr Knox , his two sons , and a party who happened to be in the hnuse , tho consequences would , in all probability , havo been of tho moat fatal character . Mr Knox fired blank cartridges among the Highlanders , which at first frightened them ; but , finding that there was no ball , they renewed the attack . __ It being hopeless to effect an entrance here , they again betook themselves to
parade the town , assaulting every person tkey met who could not speak Gaelic ; and breaking , ns before , every window in which there was light . About nine o ' clock the Highlanders _dispirsed , and there was quiet for the night . The unfortunate man Murray , already alluded to , was found lying in a state of insensibility , by a girl who was passing , and on being carried to Mr Milne ' s , in the Old Town , it was found tbat bis back was broken , and his skull fractured _, lie was only able to say , 'lam murdered , and the navvies have done it , ' when he died . John Ilobb . who was also struck in the street , was dangerously bruised , but ib _recovering . Altogether , about twenty people were maltreated , and , for anything the m _^ b cared , were in some instances left for dead in the
streets ; but they aro now out of danger . Throughout tbe town , tho cries of murder were heartrending , and the scene appears to have been one which can scarcely be described ; indeed , such was the state ef the town , tbat no man was safe to leave his house , and , consequently , no official steps could be taken by _| _the local authorities . Ear _' y on Thursday week , a / special meeting of _thejustices of the peace was held , when it was resolved to send an express for a detachment of the military to Aberdeen , and Captain Barclay and Mr Grahame Munro were charged with the commission . On Thursday evening , twenty soldiers and two officers arrived in Stonehaven , and since then there has been no further disturbance . Eleven of the ' _ringleaders have been apprehended .
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ME 6 SR 8 . MITCnBT , AND _DUFff . — -ANNIVEB 3 ABY OP THE _IBISH CONFEDERATION . — THE ' OLD * AND ' _TOUMO ' _IBE 1 _ANBE & A . —TUE _srECIAL COMMISSION , —TUB iOBP MATOB ' _S ' SPREAD . * _—PATHEB MaTBEW .
( From our own Conespondent . ) Dublin , Jan . 17 th , 18-18 . In my last letter I oromised that I would dwell at some length tbis week on that very singular transaction now engrossing so much of public attention in Ireland . The reader will probably guess that I allude to the unfortunate dissensions which have so prematurely sprung up between the writers and proprietor of the Nation newspaper . However , as I find last week's Star publishes the lemarkable letters of Mr Mitchel and Mr Duffy , which throw full light on the subject , and as Mr O'Connor has alluded so particularly to the affair in his able letters , I find it would be a work of _supererogation on my part , were I to enter minutely into tiie details of tbematter . All I will _therefore say , is , that though Mr Mitchel
appears to act the honester and the nobler part , he will have no chance of gaining the ear of the public just now ; for however well disposed the peasantry may be to try the chances of a struggle with England , the clergy and the middle classes aro entirely opposed to any such project , and will not hearken to any proposal to that effect , no matter from whom such counsel might proceed . Mr Mitchel , therefore , might as well preach to the winds or waves , as try to create anything like a respectable war-party in Ireland at present , and though he appears resolved to proescute his long-cherished project with renewed and untrammelled energy , he must not hope to succeed—at least for many a day to come . Mr Duffy , though suffering in the estimation of masy of hia own party , and though 'jumping' as nimbly as any political ' Jem Crow' of them all , latterly , seems to
_, .,.. ,. „ _, „ _. i , i , „« , „ t _, ni'Hi . niil Hiihav . havo a donor look-out to his own pnrai . nal nanny - , and the security of lm property , Minn to tlw Iwiwui and dory oftho Green hU \ and _though , when ii was fashionable and expedient to ¦' talk big , and ' look daggers' nt tho Suxon , Mr Dnfly _Houmeil w * _earnoit ' ii revolutionist as any of hia _c . _mipoers ; still whe n he niidn that the thing will go down no longer , be very prudoutly ' drawn in bin honiM , and is cont ent to steer in tho _wako of the more commonplace nnd less poetic course of _doduing agitation , { narked out and so long persovored in by the late Daniel O'Connell . It is bard to oonjeoturo bow this affair will terminate . However , it gives n deep wound to the interests of tho Young Ireland party , and , if I err not , that confederacy has already Boen tho sun-down of tho best of its days in Ireland . Ii . many of ray previous letters to the _Stah , I predicted
that _tboso wero not the men fitted to achieve the salvation of a nation ; and though I always Baid , and say still , that their principles in most points were excellent , nevertheless , I knew vtv ]\ that other hands must break our chains—that wiser and more singleminded men must devise measures for our amelioration , and lhat it was reserved for moro daring spirits to work out the diseHthralment of Ireland from her bondage . Time will prove that I have not erred in my calculation . A short period hence , and the world will see tbat tbe raw and ignorant , and selfconcoited young' _buckeons' ot _D'OHer-atreet , aro not the men destined by fate , or chance , or providence , to lift up our country frem her present degraded state , make her free and happy , and give hor a place amongst the nations of the earth . I may be utter _, ing what is bitter to thousands of my readers , but , as we say in Ireland— ' Time is tbe beat of fortune .
tellers . ' It is said that Mr Mitchel has beeome , or is about to become the purchaser of Mr Fagan ' s _jonrnal— The Cork _Southern Reporter—and that he intends to conduct it with a view to the dissemination of his own peculiar views and opinions . If so , the fate of that gentleman and of his paper will quickly be decided—I need not add in what manaer . The' Irish Confederation' held their first anniversary meeting in the Round Room of tbe Rotundo , en last Tuesday night , the 11 th inst . There was a pretty full attendance , owing principally to the opinion that Mr Duffy and Mr Mitchel would treat the audience to a discussion on the ' split , ' its causes and probable results , which has latterly taken place
in tbe Nation camp . In this , however , they were doomed to disappointment , as the subject was not even incidentally alluded to This _displaced good taste on both sides , but did not seem at all palatable to many of those who came' to see , ' _asconsiderablenumbers walked awray at ane & rly ' sfage of the proceedings . The principal speakers were Englishmen , and they were very favourably received by the assembly . Mr . Feargus O'Connor too . was not forgotten . Repeated rounds of cheers wore raised for that gentleman , though the fact happens to be passed over in silence by the Dublin press . However , the growth of Mr O'Connor ' s popularity cannot now be impeded -and despite the patty machinations of certain parties , he will , ere long , eclipse both * Old * and Young' Ireland , and be the ruling spirit' in hia
native land . But though _tlm Nation rupture was not brought on tbe tapis , Mr Mitchel seemed to engross much of the curiosity and attention of the meeting . Though his doctrines are looked on _asdangerous and _impracticablejnstnow , Hie _heroiogenlleman him self is highly popular ahd highly admired , even in the circles of his most strenuous opponents . A considerable timo was occupied in reading the statistics of the ' Confederacy , ' from which , amongst other matters , it appears that 11 , 000 members are now enrolled in the ranks of that party—that it disbursed the sum of _^ OO . in the c ? urse of the past year—that it published six pamphlets , making an aggregate of 13 , 000 copies , and has established seventeen clubs rn Ireland , and ten clubs in England . The _' _speecheB were good , and . on the whole , the meeting wna conducted with the strictest decorum and regularity .
Inconsequence of Mr John O'Connell , at his late visit to Limerick , having made overtures towards a reconciliation with'young Ireland , ' a deputation from the combined trades of that city waited , on Saturday the _Sch inst ., to consult Mr Smith O'Brien , and ask his determination on tbe subject . I regret to add , that this interview led to no favourable result , for Mr O'Brien seemed impracticable , and unchangeable in his resistance to tho policy of Conciliation Hall . The deputation , though received _' with politeness and affability , were allowed to retire without , in the least degree , having succeeded in altering the sentiments of that noble-hearted Irishman .
The Commission for the punishment of the Southern Rockites , goes on aa well as could be hoped for—or even desired ! The majesty of the law (!) has been admirably vindicated in the conviction of scores of unhappy wretches—the convict hulks will be tenanted again with the Munater peasants , and several will he offered up as victims of expiation on the _gellowa Yet , singular to say , crime has not decreased . ' Nay , it has even appeared where heretofore it was unknown , and seems now spreading with renewed impetus all over the country . In the Queen ' s County outrages have beceme frequent . Four men bave been committed last week for _conspirinff to shoot J . R , Price , Esq , a magistrate , residing at West Field Farm , near Mountrath in tbat county . On the night of tbe 12 th
inst ., an armed party fired shots into several houses at Trumraera _, in that county also , and served _Rochits _notices _. Bigned' Captain Fireball , ' warning the inmates that if they refused to ' abide by the commands' of the redoubtable ' Fireball , ' they might prepare themselves for the most summary vengeance that doughty hero could inflict . Sir Charles Coote , of Ballyfinn House , the premier baronet of Ireland , has also received missives from 'Captain Fireball , ' in _comequence of which that gentleman has fled from home in alarm , and sails for Italy with hia family in a few days . In tha county Carlow . too , outrage has appeared ; whilst in Ulster and _Munster , crime has increased considerably within the past week . A dread
ful murder was perpetrated at Annascoyle , county Kerry , on nn unfortunate man unknown ; and on the 11 th , at Six Mile Bridge , county Clare , a fine young man , named John Fitej ; erald , was shot dead in hi 3 house bynn armed party <» f nine Rackites , who attacked several hou 3 es in that neighbourhood o » that night . Minor crimes have increased fearfully , and it is said , even by the Orange journals of Ireland , that tbe Coercion Act will make things worse instead of better , and that 'Captain Rock ' will goto the devil headlong as soon as the commission in Munster will have terminated ! I predicted this several weeks ago , and I confidently maintain still that I did not do so rashly or _unadvisedly .
On tiie nieht of last Wednesday , the 12 th , our new Lord Mayor gave his eivio banquet , in imitation of the Lord Mayor ' s Feast in London . It was a splendid affair , truly , and was attended by the Lord-Lieutenant , the members of thevice-regal court and house hold , Sir E . Blakeney , Lord St Lawrence , Lord Otbo Fitzgerald , the great law officers at present in town , and , in short , by most of the elite of this metropolis . All the usual honours were observed , and all the ' loyal' British toaats drank , and responded to ; but it is a singular ' sign of the times , ' that , at a feast given by a Catholic and . _Ropeal Lord Mayer , and iii the midst of a Catholic and Repeal corporation , the name of Daniel O'Connell was omitted , and
those men , who , only _forhisexertionsi , would cer'ainly never figure at a civic entertainment in Dublin , ' spoke not one word of sorrow' or condolence for the illustrious Irishman , who , but one short year ago , was the lion of the assembled hundreds who , on a similar occasion , sat at the same board . This was base ingratitude , and has called forth unmeasured censure and reproach from every class in this city . The celebratedFathew Mathew , I learn , is starting for a short sojourn in Rome . He stops but for a few weeks , and immediately after his return ( in April it is said ) , he intends to proceed , on a tour of some months , to the States of America . God speed his mission is my fervent ejaculation .
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SPECIAL COMMISSION . On Thursday the 5 th the special commission fqr the county of Clare was opened at Ennis , when tire Lord Chief Baron addressed the Grand Jury . His Lordship alluded to the results of the trials ia Limerick , and lamented . to any that there was reason lo believe that _outragea ' _similar in character , if not equal in number , had occurred in the county of Clare . Having forcibly . dwelt on the direct and immediate results of tho crimes which were committed for the purpose of _centralling the enjoyment of property , his Lordship continued : —
Bnt , gentlemen , th » evil doss not stop hers . The spirit which involves tho rights of one class of the com . inanity will extend to tho _destruction of the rights and liberties of others . Yesterday the landlord , the agent , the bailiff , may hare been the victim . To day the farmer the humble person in humbJo life , may become tht object of outrage . If I were to point out the class of the community who are placed in the greatest risk , an _>' for whose protection the administration of the law is most needed , I would point to that large class of the people—from the wealthy eccupior to the person who supports himself by his _Industry with a small holding and scanty capital—I would point to the farmers , who , by tlieir numbers , must form a large portion of the p opulation , find who aro possibly iu the greatest risk , tnl most need protection .
Tho co-operation of all classes of society , his Lordshi p observed , was essentially necessary to supprest crime and prevent its extension . To the want of that co-operation—l _^ to something worse—to the connivance _, or sympathy of the farming class much of the crime is attributable . It is impossible , _snid his Lordship , lhat crime should have been perpetrated to such nn extent if that ola . is did their duty , nnd lent to the determination of the law ths cooperation they sought . In soma instances that cooperation may have been withheld from the influence of the prevailing intimidation—in others , from a Iumont . nbU ) but mistaken sympathy _.
The Court was occupied during the _reminder of the day with the trial of Patrick Ryan ( Small ) and James Hayes , charged with the wilful murder of Mr James Watson , of _Bauyeornoy , in the county ol dure , the aKent . of Mr _Augustus Arthur , upon the 17 th of May . 1847 .
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A plan oftho _noeno of the murder ami the _country inimudiiitoly adjacent was exhibited , and proved by ii _auivoyar . A little hoy named Barton , about eleven years ol iiBo , mud bo romomborod tho day Mr Watson wa « killed . He was at school , but one of the boys called him out , aaying ' There were Terries _coming with Wins . ' It was then between nino and ten o ' clock _, _llositw tw » men on the road , and had never seen oithor of them before . They were going towards where Mr Watson was killed . One of them had a A phuiofthnflocnoof the murder and the country
sun , and ho was putting the barrel down his trou _» _ers and tbe stock under his arm . The two men were closo to each other . He then turned back to the school , but bearing a shot ran back towards the place where it appeared to have been fired , and saw some men raising Mr Watson up and taking him to Welsh ' s house . Mr Watson was still alive . He followed them to Welsh ' * , and staid there , until Mri Watson and her' girls' came up . Ho did not see either of the two men after he heard the shot . He did not see a boy named Crone .
The boy was asked whether cither of the prisoner * was one of the two men , but he did not identify them . In answer , however , to a question by Mr _Vtrinvil , he said that two months after the murder he wai \* Limorick , and he was then shown ! several men b ; Mr Browne , the magistrate , and from them hu pointed out one as ont > of the two men he saw on the day of the murder . James Lacy , a respectable looking labourer , was then examined . He said he lived between the place where Mr Watson was killed and the school-house . On the morning of the murder , as be was going to hi * breakfast , he saw two men coming up from the road whore the murder was committed . He had tbe barrel
of a gun in his hand , _ The stock was gone . At that time Mr Watson had , in fact , been killed , but be did not know it . The men then went on _e , field , and were then joined by a third party . Tbe witness looked round the court , and identified the prisoner Ryan , who is known by the name of Ryan Small , as tbe man he had seen with the barrel of the gun . The party who joiBed the two men in the field was tbe prisoner Hayes . He bad known him before . Tbe third man be did not know at the time but he had since beard that he was William Ryan ( Puck ) . This is the man who wjs convicted at Limerick , and u now under sentence of death for the murder ot John Kelly . He waa going on when Denis Flynn called him . He then ran up to him , and
then saw Mr Watson lying on the road , and a stock of a _gan under him , broken . The barrel was gone . This witness was subjected to a severe cross exami . nation by Mr O'IIka . —He admitted be was taken up by the police for being suspected of the murder . It was after ho was taken up he made the disclosures contained in the evidence he had just given , but he had been released at the time . When Mr Watson was taken . to Welsh ' s heuse _, the police asked him if he saw any person , and he then told tbem he did not . He went to Limerick , and there saw Mr Browne , the magistrate , but he did not disclose the matter to him then . lie told him afterwards at home . When at Limerick he bad been trying to gat from Mr Browne who had succeeded Mr Watson as the agent of Mr
Arthur ' s land on the estate . In bis information before the magistrate tbe witness had also sworn that Mayes was one of the two men he first saw . He now _sworo that they were Ryan ( Small ) and Rran ( Puck ) . In answer to a question by one of the jurors , why he did not give information to the police on the day of the murder , about the two men , he said the reason was hn did not think well of it . The next witness was James Crowe , a lad of 16 years of age , remarkably shrewd and intelligent _, lie said tbat John Crowe ( who is the person referred to by the Attorney-General a 3 having hired the prisoners to commit the murdei ) was bis uncle ; the murder was committed about half a mile from his
uncle ' s house . He had then known William Ryan ( Puck ) and Ryan ( Small ) abaut two months . He saw them at his uncle ' s house a fortnight or three weeks before Mr Watson was killed . He also knew the prisoner . Hayes ; and he knew him tor twelve months and more before the murder . Ou the morning it occurred be saw tbe prisoners , with William Ryan ( I ' uek ) , coming down the side road towards the ni « h road ; at tbat time tbey were not near enough for him to know them ; they crossed a field and he lost sight of them in a hollow . Mr Watson came riding up the road about thirty or forty yards from him _; _hisjiorse was walking ; and the witness then saw Ryan ( Puck ) jump over a ditch and cock a gun at him . Mr Watson was at that time about three yards only from Ryan ( Puck ) . The gun hung fire . Mr Watson saw it , and directly turned round his horse , and was
going down the road back to his own house , when Ryan ( Small ) stopped him on the way . Ryan ( Small ) had come out of a field into tbe road , having a pistol in his hand . He seized the horse by the bridle . The horse made a couple of springs , and , doubling _rennd _, threw hia unfortunate rider . When Mr Watson was down the witness saw Ryan ( Puck ) go up to him . Mr Watson immediately took from his pocket a pistol and fired . It appeared to miss , and Ryan ( Puck ) then struck him on his head with the _butt-end of a gun . Ryan ( Small ) also struck him with a pistol _, lie called out for mercy , but Ryan struck him on the bead with the gun . Bath the men then ran away together . He saw Hayes standing still in a field , and the two Ryans went up to hira , Hayes at the time had something in his hand , but he could not say whether it was a gun or a blunderbuss .
The answers of this witness , on bis _oross-examinations , are so characteristic , that we give the examination nearly as it took place . Mr O'Hea . —I suppose you told this at once lo the police ?—No ! It was near Christmas before I teld it . What took yeu out that morning ?—To walk about for myself . What particular amusement were you about ?—I had none . Were you going to school ?—I was not . I ara not In the habit of going tfeere . What do you do for your living ?—I was at labour whilst the Board of Works was going on ; afterwards I was doing nothing at all . Did you see _theboy Barton ?—1 did not . Now tell me what trek you out that morning ? On yonr oath , Sir , tell me . —I had no business at all . Had you a pistol at nil ?
—I had . _Wasit loaded ?~ -It was not . Did you ever load it ?—I did . Did you ever lire at a mark ?—I did . I often fired at my cap , when I had nothing better to fire at . Did you ever fire at a bird ?—I did . Did you ever fire at a dog ?—I did . Did vou ever fire at a eap with a head in it . You understand me ?—I never did . At a goat ?—I never did . Were you ever charged about a goat ?—I'll tell you . I was a great deal in my uncle ' s field latterly ; there were goats about the place , and it was because I let some ko astray that I was charged . Were you ever charged with stealing your uncle ' s wheat ?—I was :
but I was charged with it wrongfully . Did not your uncle turn you out ?— Ue never did ; and never will . I am not dependent upon hira . I was living with my grandfather , and since his death with my aunt . Is there any quarrel between jour aunt and your uncle?—Yes . Are not you to bathe heir of your aunt ' s land if she survives your uncle ?—I am not . Is your uncle trying to turn your aunt out of her land ?—He is . Are you friendly towards your uncle ?—The witness , —with a most significant look , —I am . Do you care for your uncle ?—I do not ; for he does not care about me . ( A laugh . ) I am telling the truth .
Mr O'Hea . —You may go down , sir . The trial lasted the whole day , and the jury returned at half-past five o'clock . In a _Lw minutes they returned a verdict of Guilty against both prisoners , who received the announcement of their late perfectly unmoved . Sentence was not passed . After the trial was concluded , several prisoners against whom true bills had been found by the grand jury were brought up to be arraigned . Amonast them were Thomas M'Inerbeny and five others , for the murder of a man named M'Mahon , on the 3 rd inst ., and M'Inerherny , on the Clerk of the Crown asking him whether he wa 3 guilty or not guilty , immediately answered , ' I am guilty , my lord , but these five others are not . '
_MrO'IIuAsaid it must be some misapprehension . The Lord Chief Jus-tick pointed out to the prisoner that , if he persisted in his plea of guilty , he roust be hanged . The prisoner . —I am guilty , my Lord , and there were five others with me ; but not these men in the dock . The Lord Ciiibf Justice then directed an attorney to explain to the prisoner the position in which he was placing himself ; and , after a few minutes' con . versation between the prisoner and the attorney , the question was again put , and they all then pleaded Not Guilty .
Immediately on the sitting of the court on Saturday , at Ennia , Ryan and _Hayea , convloted of having cided and assisted in the murder of Mr James Watson wer » culled up to bave _sesteneu pronounced upon them . There was little alteration in the appearance of the _piisonera since their conviction ; Hayes , wko is rather a mild-looking man , seemed of the two most to feel the awful position in which he stood . The clerk of the crown having _askod the prisoners what thay had to say why sentence of death and execution should not be passed upon themaocordingtolaw . Hayes said : I have nothing to say , only thot I'm in . nocent of ths charge . I never saw Billy Ryan from the day I was born to this , I did not see him on the day the murdsr was committed , nor did I put my feet in the county that day . That is all I hava to say . I ' m innocent , my lord .
Ryan said : I have to say the same . I was fifteen miles from home on that day . It ' s a droll thing that men ' d lives will be tnken away for money by perjury _. The witnesses against us were all starving , ani all striving to _gei the reward . God sees u » . Thi-Lord help them that ' s innocent . We hops he will see what _l ; he } hate dons to us this day . I hops your _lordshipa will _giTe > u a long day . I am innocent—> lnnocent as the the child unborn . Their lordships having put on their black caps , tho Chief Justice proceeded to pass sentence . He said it was hia duty to _refcr to tho facts of \ he ease , not for [ the purpose of increasing the miBery in which the prii _soaers stood , but because it formed , part of UU painful
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duty , as holding out a warning and example toother , by pointing attention to the circumstance of this crlme ' and thi punishment awarded for it . Ilii _lordi ' iip ' _!^^ ' recapitulated the facts of tha case , and dwelt at soma length upon the _eaormity of the _erimn _, said that in tbjj _instince the crime of murder had been committed for ths purpose of _controlling the power of property in tho execution of the right , conferred by law . But the e _& ct of such _outraitea , if th _^ y were allowed to b 8 continued would be , that tha owner * of property would ba com ! pellsd on the one hand to _h-come absentee * from tha duty , as holding out e warning and example to othe „
country , and abandon the * _njoyment of property , and the perf _irmanee of it * duties ; or , _» n the other to remain ia the country at the peril of their Uvea . The evil bowev » r , _dldnotrnd there ; _juch outrages _affacted the _uakty of the hrmtr and the peasant also . The landlerd might ba th _« first victim , but the farmer and peasant w-ul'l he thi _ri'M , His lordship having implored of the priiuneri w tilts _adrantage of the time remaining to th * rn , an' ) tr , _<*•!< that pardon from Heaven which _Xi 9 f efrtld noi ohi * iti -m earth , In the usual manner sen . _tttir-. _B-l thin * !•> ' iw _dM ' iiM on the 15 th of February r . h- ~ , r _htvii _^ _f _i-9 S >» Iv > _ri » i withia tha preeincts of the
' ( K » _;>?'* v , wi -, wj t ' A 475 _fnanmi from th _» bsr , Ryaa _ttjift _- * m _m _r-ttiYa-i ; ' _?«» . ¦» *«« _bfltoOod , w _« are inno . Mftt / _tu * _ftt \ t , i _& _y *\ _.-, ' *; _w _*» >" r , \> . ctlvio men named Butler _* ni ffoT _. _Tiit _** , _fo-t viii tmrdrr t , t & man named Patrick t _' _Auktf , _ifi thi _raoot _-j , _vf _rf _«> _7 _* fAfc * r'lait . The prisoner tiatlw U *> _maa _ataut _Imj-tui y » ar » ot ate , of small fram » , and em _« ciat « d ia app _^ irance . Hourigan , U considerably _youager , and a fine-looking- , posve » ful ram The _unfyrtunite victim was a _raupaatable lockemith and pedlar , residing in Limerick , and the only ground that has been suggested for the murder h , that be and his wife hid given evidence in certain causes at the last spring and summer assizes , and ttut he was suspected , _though without any good foundation , of being in the pay of the police .
It appeared that on the 6 th of November last he bad occasion to go to Brondfoot , a short distance from Limerick , and having transacted his business , he was reluming heme at about six o ' clock in the evening , Tbe night was dark but starlight . A policeman named _M-Wheeney dsposad that he left Broadfoot toon after six o ' clock ; that walking fait he overtook and passed a man whom he recognised as Butler , and a few paces further on he passed another man , whom he knew to be Cleary _, He had walked about ninety yards ' on when he heard a shot fired , and a cry of ' _Msrder ! ' Some policeman
were approaching at the moment , he waited _fjr them , and thay then went together to the spot where the shot _appsared to huve b « en _firod . He there _fotrnd _Cl-. ary lying oa theground wonnded _, a « d on tbeir raising him up be said he had been shot , and believed he was dying . At tbat momeat M'Wheeny saw the ] ' shadow oi two m _* u flitting -cross tha field . ' Poor Cleary was lakes to tha police barrack , and _ratnained there that nii'ht , and on tha following day h » was removed to Sir M . Biurringtoa _' _s _Hospital , in Limerick , and there , on the 21 st of the same month , ha died .
It _appeared that on the poor fellow being found by the policemen , hi immediately declared Butler to have been the man who fixed the shot , and tbat Hourigan was with him at the time . Search was immediately made for the prUonun , asd they were captured _tb-e same night at their own homes . On the next _morning th « magistrates attended and took _Clean ' s depoiition , ami te that deposition h » was sworn , Ths same day the prisoners were produced bafort hia ; he identified them and , in their pn » enc » , his _deposition was read over to hira , and he again d eel and it to be true , but he was not re-sworn . After he was remered to the hospital , it appeared from the surgeon ' s evidence that Cleary at onc » gave himself up a * dying , but th * surgeon , _arainst his
awn opinion , gave him some hops of living . Ultimately , however , when his _eni wns spproaching , the _surgeon apprised him of it ,-end at _Cleary ' s request a magistrate a _^ ain attended him to take his dying declaration . _ISr W , Roche , lata M . P , for Limerick , was the magistrate who attended , and that gentleman stated that he fully _explained to the unfortunate man the situation ia which be stood , and that his declaration must be made with the same solemnity as if ha were answering before his _M-iker . The man clearly understood the effect of what he was saying , and on Mr Roche's writing dona tbe declaration , though ia language of hit own , Cleary signed it , and within a day or two afterwards died , in that declaration occurred the words , that Cleary , ' _entertaining little or no hope , ' declared , & c .
Mr O'Hea , for tbe prisoners , _objeoted to its being received , oa the ground of tbe declaration sot being positive as to ths man ' s _baliaf that he was dying . The Chiek _JcsTics , bow 9 ver , overruled the objectioH . But there was another declaration of the dying man , inada to his wife just befors his death , and that was new _deposed by her . Ths description which tha poor woman gave of the last melancholy scene in which that declaration was _madi was so simple and affecting that we present it to our readers in the language in which she gave it : — ' I went to him ( said she ) about a quarter of an hour before his death ; ba took my hand in his , aud »» kcd _wherj the children were—we had three . ' I laid , ' They are with _tkwi .- unci * O'Brien . ' ' Oh ! _Jdnay '
• ays he , ' O'Brieu will take Mike , and you and tbe _tnlittle _oues must go Co the poor-bouse , and may Godhalp you . ' ' Oh ! _Piddy _, ' says I , ' God will help me , but you'll help me too . ' ' Oh ! no , ' » ay » he , I cannot help you , for I ' m dying . ' ' Oh ! Paddy , ' says I , ¦ you say that to frighten me , because it is dark . ' ' Oh . ' no , ' gays he , ' I don ' t _aean to frighten jou ; I am _raler dying . * I thon called the Bursa to bring a candle , and I _auya _, 'Oh J Paddy , if you are dying , if you have any doubt about the men who killed you , don ' t crimiuate Hike Butler and Hourigan ; ' and says he , 'It was Butler who shot the pistol , and Hourigan was with him ; but I fo rgive them , ' and then the uursa brought & candle , and ha died five uiiuutet after .
Mr _O'Hka addressed tho jury for the prisoners , baaing their defence upon the _mUtaka as to identity Into whiek the poor maa might have fallen frem the agony and distraction of mind which his wounds must have produced . After a short reply from the Solicitor-General . The Chief _Jualics summed up the evidence , and es . plained the law as to the meaning of a dying declaration . Suen a declaration was laid down as being ona _inadt ) by a party in extremis , when every hops of thU world is gone , every motive to falsehood _siieaced , and the mind induoed _' by the mest powerful considerations to speak the truth . ' Such a declaration , although not upon oath , was legal evidence , and in this case the declara . ti » n made to the magistrate was confirmed by the later one made to the wife . The Jury retired from the bos , but in a few _minutss returned , and pronounced a verdict of _guilty against both the prisoners .
The prisoners , who did not appear to be much affected , were immediately withdrawn _. The prisoners were brought up on Saturday , when the Clerk of the Crown _haviag asked them what they had to SHy why sentence o . f death should not be _proaouneed upon them , neither of _fhem made any answer . Their Lordships having put on their _tlack caps , the Chief Baron proceeded to pass sentence . Ilia Lordship , after some very _suitabio observations , fixed their execution on the 17 th of February , their bodies to be buried within the precincts of the prison . The prisoners received the announcement _withoutexhiVitina any emotion . On being removed from the bar Butler said , * Thanks be to God , we are iunoceut ; we are innocent b . 'fora the _. _Court and the Lord in Heaves . ' The other _prisoner , Hourigan , said , ' Yes , we are iuno " . cent—innocent as the child _unbora , though we are condemned to die , of this crime .
Tbe last case tried was that of four ill-looking follows , for posting a _threatening notice ou the park gate of Col ! _Vandelour , of Kilrush . The following ig a copy of the notice : — ' Take notice . CroftOH _Vnndalure If you don ' t change your mind and give relive to theyoung as well as the old And Not to Put a stop to the Publicise ff orke aa you are and also _Captia _K-midy if ye Dont ba said by thi ? Notice blive me I ; will do withe ye as I Did with Pirce _Ca-rige ' * So have yeir will matd in time . ' A man named Curton said that , on the 31 st of December last , about six o ' clock in the evening in question , he went to water hia donkey at a pond near Colonel Yau .
deleur _' s gate , and whilst so engaged he heard some men talking about putting up a notice . At that unlucky ac . tnent his donkey ' sneezed' and tho party discovered his presence . They allowed him , _hoFrever , togohorae without molestation ; but an hour afterwards they went to his house and mude him _swoar that he would say nothing about what he had heard . The notice was the next _morniug _foand affixed to the gate , and Curton , with little regard to the oath he had taken , immediately _stated to the magistrates what had occurred . He and some of his family identified the prisoners , and the jury having retired , after an absence of about au hour reurned a verdict of guilty against them all .
Feam?Ui, Explosion Of Gunpowder, Asd Mib...
Feam ? _ui , Explosion of Gunpowder , asd _Mibacolous EscAPii . —In ono of the cottar-houses en the farm of _Lumphumans , near Locbgelly , last week , a fearful explosion ot gunpowder took place under rather singular circumstances . In one of these bouses there were several barrels of gunpowder deposited for the use of the quarrymert on the Lochgelly branch of the Edinburgh and Northern Bailway . Three children were lett alone in the house ; aad in the course of their play , the eldest , a boy about eight years of age , proposed to his sister to set off some powder , and , emptying a good quantity out of a barrel that was broken open , the boy advised his sister to taka
a cinder out of the fire wiJhihe tongs and fling it among the powder , which Bhe did . It may be ce « . jectured what were the consequences . The two children were sent in a moment outside tke door tho roof went off the house , and , most singular to say , the youngest child , after being driven into a corner , was picked __ ou . of tbe ruins without a single scratch . 1 he boy is seriously injured about tbe . head and lace , and the girl about the hand and arm . bears are entertained about tho boy . but tbe ° irl is considered to be out of danger . Had the rest of tbe powder ignited , no doubt but all tbe three must have lost _theivhves , and in all probability some lives _vrou j d have been lost in the adjoining houses . Ihe ice on the Elb at Hamburgh is now so thick tnat ncaviiy _laoen _waggena can cross the river upen it . The Hkrkford Times describes a drake with three te £ _» i to one ot _vruicH two feet were attached ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 22, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22011848/page/2/
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