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Health of Lcxdox duihxo thk Week . —The 1 , 033 deaths registered in the -week exhibit an increase of 70 on the weekly average ; as well as an excess of nearly 90 on the previous fortnight . This nntavourahle result is due chiefly to diseases of the respiratory organs . The deaths from hooping cough were G 7 > or nearly double the average * those in the preceding week were 48 . The deaths from bronchitis and pneumonia were 54 and S 6 , being 17 and 25 above the respective averages , and also showing an . increase on the previous week . The deaths from measles -were 32 , or 11 above the average ; those from tvphus exactly correspond with it . Tiw mortalitv " from small pox is remarkably low : and scarlatina , after spreading its ravages
_throusr _' _-out a long period , has subsided to near the o ' _l ' _Jinarv ainount of fatality . The deaths from _diairliaa and dysentery wore 18 ; only one was _caused by cholera . The deaths of two persons , one advanced in life , were accelerated by intemperance ; and a woman of 77 years died from immersion in water , and bruises received by falling into a common sewer , when under the influence of intoxicatin" « Irink . A man of 53 years died of " cerebral affectum produced by mental anxiety , " after an illness of twelve weeks . And a boy was accidentally lulled by suspension with a rope at the neck , when engaged in gymnastic exercises . The mean height of tic barometer in the week was 20 . 493 . The mean temperature of the -week was 54 deg . 9 min .
The ternperatare was a little above the average of the same period of seven years , throughout the whole week ; and the excess , taking one day with another , was 2 deg . 6 mia . CnAKGE OF _2 JEGLECT AGAIS 3 T A P . _UIISH SURGEOX . —On Monday an Inquest was held before Mr . Payne ax the " King ' s Head , _Tooley-street , Southwark , on ihe body of Ellen Collins , aged twentyseven ye . -trs , whose death was alleged to have been caused by neglect , or non-attendance , during her confinement , of Mr . P . O'Connel , assistant to the parish- ? nrgeon of St . Thomas ' s , Southwark . The deceased was a native of Ireland , and had only latterly arrived in this country . She was pregnant , aud werii to live with a female , named Ring , at 2 vo . 1 , _PittV-bufldinss . inhabited by the lower class of
Irish . On Triday , the 11 th inst ., she was taken in labour , and Mr . O'Connel was sent for , who , upon his arrival , found the child born . After applying the usual remedies he left the deceased , and did not prescribe any medicine , which is usual and necessary , nor even attended until after her death . The deceased appeared to be going on favourably , and was attacked suddenly on _Friday last with a fit , and died shortly afterwards . —Dr . Ilolding , physician and accoucheur to Guy ' s Hospital , stated that it was hi * opinion that death was irrespective of the confinement . It had been produced by a spasmodic affection of the heart , or by some affection in the brain . —The jury returned a verdict of " _Natural _"fieath , " and added that they were of opinion that the conduct of Mr . O ' Connel was highly reprehensible , and tliat he had been guilty of great neglect ; and thev also recommended that a memorial should
be sent to the board of guardians conveying , thenopinions . —Mr . Corner , the vestry clerk , here stepped forward , aud said at the next meeting of the board of guardians , he would communicate the evidence of the witnesses , and the opinion of the jury . Accii > j-. \* T os the River . —Two Lives Lost . —On Wednesday afternoon , shortly after one o clock , an accident -occurred on the river , near the St . Katharine ' s steam packet wharf , by whieh two men were drowned . It appears that two fishermen were _na"rigatins- a small Peter-boat down the river , and on reaching the Tower , they made towards the New Unity . * ream tug , which was about proceeding to
Gr-j . ves . -iid , to tow a vessel up into the docks . One of ihe men in the Peter-boat , made fast bis boat to the stern of the Unity , for the purpose of being towed down tiie river . The Unity started shortly _afterwi-i-ds , and the two men sat in the stern of their Imat . On reaching St . Eaftuirine ' s steam packet wharf , tlie Peter-boat was suddenly upset by the swell from the steam tug , and almost immediately sunk . _'Several boats were put off from the shore , but before any assistance could be rendered , the men disappeared and were never seen afterwards . The watermen dragged the river , but wore unable io find the bodies .
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? . fci : r . _i-n of a Policeman * at Bristol . — The inquest held on Friday week on the body of John Pym , P . O . 206 , who , on the 3 rd of May , was so TiolentiT assaulted by two soldiers ofthe 15 th Ilegiment , and beaten with sticks , terminated that evening at a late hour , when thc jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder , " agamst the two soldiers , Andrew- Italy and John MTetten . _MoRi-irrn , " Satobdat . — Committal op a >* o * _oier " WirE vow _Pcisoxixg her Husband . —Considerable exeiteinc-nt prevails throughout the neig hbourhood of Morpeth , iu consequence of the discovery of another supposed case of secret poisoning , and the commituil i * the county gaol of the alleged murderess . The circumstances connected with the
ease , as far as they have yet heen ascertained , appear to be as follow : —Some few days since a married man about twenty-six years of age , named "U * ill :. _-iiii _'feriisby , who resided at Haltwhistle , was taken suddenly ill , and he died shortly afterwards , from what was at first supposed to be inflammation ofthe stomach , produced by natural causes . The man ' s death having become generally known throng ! : ihe- district , a report became current that his wife on the day preceding the death had purchaser ! -ome arsenic , for the alleged purpose of poisoning rats . The neighbours and other parties at once " _luade inquiries respecting the mysterious affair , which satisfied them that the poison had not been used for the purpose stated . Mr . Bird , the
_eoronc-r , was therefore made acquainted with the -suspicion- * that were entertained that the decaased had noi met his death fairly . The result was , tha _' t _geiitlen-e-ii g ave the necessary instructions for _htflding an inijuest ou the body , when , after thc examination of sundry witnesses , the inquiry was _adjourne- ' . io allow time for apostmortem examination of tlie _. ler-eascd _' s body to be made , and also for an _analybU _of the contents of the stomach . Dr . Glover and ano _; her medical gentleman have been directed to _proc- _' _-l with this part of the inquiry , and it is stated that they have discovered indications denoting the prf- ~ ence " of arsenic . The magistrate having also takim the case up , the evidence brought before them was of such a nature as to warrant them in coaimktin" the deceased ' s wife to Morpeth Gaol , on
suspicion of murdering her husband . MAN = T ..-. CGnTER at Osxead . —On Saturday last at the Gr .: ! dl-nll , _Norwich , Thomas Ellis , a railway labourer . wa <* brought before thc mayor and magistrates , _yis a charge of manslaughter . The prisoner , on the previous Tuesday night , was at his father ' s house , standing outside the door . A man named Matthew Peart , in the employment of Mr . Blakely , _farmer , of Oxnead , and who lived next door to the prisoner ' - * father , had just returned from work , and seeing _VAlis , made some observation in a jeering manner , when Ellis went up to him , struck him in the fa <; _- ? , and knocked him down . Peart got up imi unauic to ueieuu
again , , uuing a wean , man , was _himscl "" . Ellis struck his head against a stone wall , ] _-. !¦ ¦ _» - ' - edhiin down again , and kicked him violently . Ue was put to bed in an almost insensible state . A surgeon attended the wounded man till the followi . _'ii' Thursday , when he died , in consequence of the _h-jurics he bad received . Ue was fifty-three years of .-ige , and he has left a wife and two children . When _k-iore the magistrates the prisoner appeared quite _imi-oneemcs ! . Hc did not deny having assaulted IVart ; but merely said , " He called mo a thief , and wanted to know my affairs . I kicked him , but did not intend to hurt him . " The prisoner was remanded .
Tue _Lvxs Bask Robbery . —Sanger , who absconded with a considerable amount of money froin the Ea _^ : of England Bank , at Lynn , has lately received : _t _-.-ondit ional pardon ; tins will enable him to go to _v-.-. y part of thc world except Great Britain and Lvh-3-d . It is understood he will shortly leave for _Fr- * ¦• _- _.- •¦ - he is at present a clerk on tke ' peninsula , aiiached to the convict department , Van Diemen ' s Land . Cm **** nr to _Asimai . 3 . —On Friday week Mr . Joseph _il . izelden , a builder , residing at Brighton , appeared before the bench of magistrates . -it Uckfield , in Sussex , charged by Mr . Thomas , the secretary of ihe Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to _Ani-ia-iis , with wantonly and cruelly ill-treating a
mare th • property of Mr . Read , a postmaster at Lewes of whom he had hired it . Mr . Thomas called several . _vitnesses , who described the conduct ofthe _defendaiii a 3 brutal in the extreme . In consequence of the treatment the mare received it was unable to "work for some days . Thc defendant was drunk at the time , aud liad several narrow escapes from serious injury , owingto the docile nature ofthe animal he was _t _» -uitonty torturing . "When called on for his defence die defendant admitted having hired the mare , bus denied using her cruelly , and said he had no recollection of being ra __ Uckfield at all on the day mentioned by the witnesses , who must be mistaken : Jle had no witnesses to contradict their
evidence . The bench said the case had been fully and _sat-isfewrily proved ; he had been guilty of wanton cruchy _lowards the roare _^ for which he must pay 40 s . m _adtliuonto £ 5 , for the damage sustained by-Mr . _Itead , ihe owner , and in default of paying the £ 7 forthwith he would he sent to the House of Correction for two months , and kept to hardlabour . The defendant not being provided with the money was placed in custody . - ' . A _-VViu . Forger ; Liberated . —Wo understand that J . jhii Ford , convicted and sentenced to transportation some tunc ago for participating in the forgery of tho will of the late Mr . Slack , has heen liberated froin the Bath Gaol , at the instance ofthe government inspector , ohaccount of ill health
n vr _' . _? - _^ _f _*^ 63 to a _Jarful extent in the Lardul L mon Workhouse , and a great many deaths have occurred . Means are taken to meet the trying
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emergency and to arrest the progress of the disease . A temporary hospital is to be provided for the nek and . _* illotherneces 5 ao ' _Jne-ls"J''esa" to ho adopted _^ _TnT Chailet MuBDBB . -Our readers will remember that at thc last Sussex Assizes Hannah Sandles was convicted of the murder of her infant child by _throwing it into a well at Chailcy . near Lewes , the _iui' _-Taccompany ing their verdict of guilty b y a recommendation to mercy on the ground of the destitution of the prisoner at the time sho committed the act . Shortly afterwards she was respited during her Majesty ' s pleasure ; and the governor of Lewes Gaol has just received from the Home-office au official notification that the sentence had been commuted to two years' imprisonment with hard labour , followed bv transportation for life .
Tue _Staxfijeld Hall Murders . —Discovert or the Weapon . _—Wtmondham , Wednesday . —The discovery of the weapon by whieh Rush perpetrated the murders at Stanfield Hall has created considerable interest in the county . The locality in which it was found certainly tends to show that the presumed search made by the county police was at least carried out in the most slovenl y manner . For several weeks they , with sixty or seventy hired labourers , under the personal direction of Col . Oakes , the chief officer ofthe force , at a very great expense to the county , were engaged in almost the complete demolition of Potash , " the turning up of land , and the emptying of the numerous pits of water which abound in the district . In fact , to
such an extent wa 3 the search said to have been made , that , " to use the words of one of the officials , had so small a thing as a pencil-case been secreted , it would liave been turned up . It may be stated that the weapon had been so placed after the search by some person , for the purpose of obtaining a large reward , but a . general opinion prevails that that portion ofthe farm where thc discovery was made had not been examined at all . Although the process of ejectment has been served on Mr . James Rush , son of the deceased murderer , and the furniture disposed of by public auction ; yet he ' continues to hold possession of the farm . It appears that in the course of hist Saturday one or two of the labourers were engaged in clearing away some muck which
stood near a shed at the eastern extremity of the barn , scarcely thirty paces from the back-door of Potash , when a double-barrelled short gun or blunderbuss was turned up in the soil . The fact was instantly communicated to Mr . Rush , who took possession of the weapon . It had evidently been concealed a considerable period—several months , as it was corroded . To more properly describe it , it is a small doubled-barrelled carbine , about threequarters of a yard in length , something similar to the arms carried in former days by mail-coach guards . It has a spring dagger or bayonet attached to it , which seems to have been added since its construction . The maker ' s name , it is said , does
not present itself . Neither of the barrels were charged , and the hammers ofthe locks were down . Being without a ramrod , the one found in the hall of Stanfield Hall on the night of the murders , was fitted to the weapon , and was found to correspond in size and make in every particular . That it belonged to the instrument was proved beyond a doubt . . Somewhat ofa fracas has taken place between the police authorities and tho magistrates for the possession of the weapon . Shortly after the discovery , one of the chiefs of the constabulary waited upon Mr . Rush , and requested a sight of it . It was produced , and tho officer rather forcibly seized it . Mr . Rush remonstrated ' with him as to
the apparent illegality of his proceeding , at the same time expressing his readiness to deliver it up to the proper authorities should it be desired , when the officer remarked that Colonel Oakes had requested him to take it , and he should do so . Mr . Rush then rode over to Mr . Cann , and communicated what had transpired . In the course of Sunday it came into the possession of Mr . Cann , who retain , d possession of it till Monday , when the colonel waited upon him and demanded the gun . At first it was refused ; some angry words , and indeed a scuffle , it is said , ensued , when the colonel produced an order from the sheriff for its delivery . It was accordingly handed over to _hiai under protest , and in whose custody it continues . It will be remembered
that at the trial Emily Sandford said that after Rush had returned home on the night ofthe murders , she heard bim come down stairs and go out at the back door for a few minutes . The finding of the weapon in the heap of soil so near the rear of the premises willfully explain his object in leaving tie house in that secret way , viz ., to conceal the instrument by which he had committed the atrocious acts . That tbat was his motive for going out there is little doubt . By manyit is supposed that another weapon is yet tobe found , as Rush tired four times . The general belief , however is , that he had only one , the one now found . After firing at the elder Mr . Jermy , he would have had ample time while proceeding into the mansion by the servants' entrance to reload the discharged barrel ; and again , after shooting
the younger Mr . Jermy , a few minutes elapsed ere he fired at Mrs . Jermy . He went into the diningroom , and had time and opportunity to again load before he met with the unfortunate lady . The finding ofthe ramrod in the hall favours the impression that he used it while there . His re-loading would account for the four shots fired . It is somewhat surprising that the police did not , after hearing the admissions of Rush tbat he had buried the clothes he had worn on the night of the murders near the pigsty of thc farm , institute some scarcli in the locality mentioned by the murderer , if only to satisfy themselves as to the truth of the statement . Had they done so the probability is , owing to the close proximity of the pigsty to the place where thc weapon was found , that it would have then come to lie-lit .
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Abrbst on a Charge or Murder . —It is probably in tho recollection of many that in the September of 1847 , a bailiff , ofthe name of Jeremiah Grady , was shot by a man of the name of James Wren , who had a small farm at _Knocksragh , near Clonakilty , under the Earl of Shannon , and from which the bailiff ( Grady ) , by direction of the agent , Mr . Leslie , sought to evict him on the day in question . Having succeded in effecting his escape from tbis country , nothing was known of his whereabouts until within a few days past , when Constable John Sherrin , of the Ballinspittle station , in the Bandon . district . obtained a clue to his location , which he discovered to be the town of Bridge-end , South Wales . Having
provided himself with the necessary _warrant , tonstable Sherrin proceeded to Wales imme diately , and after a close inspection of the labourers working in the various employs in Bridge-end , he succeeded on Tuesday last in arresting Wren , whom he found working in a kick-yard , amongst two or three hundred men . At first there seemed a determination on the part ofthe prisoner to resist , but finding himself unassisted , he did not oppose violence to his arrest . Constable Sherrin then proceeded with his prisoner to Bristol , where , embarking in the Juverna , he proceeded to Cork , arriving hero yesterday , when the prisoner was fully committed to the county gaol , by B . Shaw , Esq ., J . P . —Cork Examiner .
Dissenting _Worsuip in a Churchyard . —On the question which has been lately raised as to the lawfulness ofthe dissenting worshi p in the churchyard of Killdollon , without permission of the officiating minister , the law adviser of her Majesty ' s government in Ireland has given the following opinion ; which , has been forwarded by the Under-Secretary to the magistrate who was present on the occasion referred to : — " I am of opinion that the performance of the funeral service in a churchyard , by a dissenting clergyman , without the permission of the clergyman ofthe Established Church is illegal . —Dublin Evening Post .
Monday . —State of toe Country . —For the last three or four months the current expenses of the bank" upt union of Ban try have been defrayed by the commissioners to the average amount of - £ 300 a week . The commissioners are now decreasing their supplies , and several deaths by starvation have occurred there . The state of the district is most miserable . " , In thc Kilrush union ( county of Clare ) several of the evicted tenantry are living in turf pits scooped out ofthe bogs and covered in at the top with some branches of trees ' . From these cavities _, the smoko at times is seen ascending , and the passer-by would hardlv know that the hog was inhabited by a subterranean population . ' In one locality there are as many as twenty of these bog-dungeons , with families in them . Your correspondent lately heard one
ofthe highest employes ofthe Poor Law staff give a dreadfully graphic picture of the scene he had witnessed in Kilrush . He had got down into one of these bog dungeons , in which a family were lying in fever , and he succeeded in moving some of them , but the odour ofthe p lace was so overpowering that he was compelled to retreat . Part of the county of Clare is now the worst spot in Ireland . —Daily News Relief for the South and West . —At the meeting of the general committee * in this city on Saturday , the Rev . Mr . O'Malley , on handing in the subscription of Dr . Phelan , the Poor Law inspector , said he was authorised by that gentleman to state that he had traversed tho south and west in all directions , and that there was not the slightest exaggeration in the newspaper accounts of tlie destitution , which required all possible aid from voluntary charity to preserve thousands of lives .
Lord Lansdowne ' s Tenantry in Kerry . —The Limerick Examiner , in referring to the great extent of pauperism in Kenmare Union , states that there is only one electoral division which has remained solvent all through , whilst , from all the rest , paupers have been sent in shoals to the workhouse , or cast in crowds upon the rates . " "But ( says that journal ) the electoral division in question has neither sent a pauper to the common receptacle , nor received a pound of Indian meal in out door relief , because that division belongs altogether to the Marquis of Lansdowne , and because all the occupiers—and this is the secret ofthe solvency ofthe district—are in the enjoyment of tenant right , a blessing thc noble marquis habitually confers . The Harvest . —All accounts statethat the _ei-ops
are greatly improved by the genial weather and refreshing rains of the last week . Potatoes promise well , and the carly . sorts are , beginning to appear in small quantities perfectly sound . Lord Monteagle and his Labourers . —Some weeks sinco , a violent outrage was committed upon the family of Mr . Loughlin Sharp , a steward of Lord Monteagle , at Mount Trenehard , county of Limerick . In consequence , that nohle lord suspended all the useful works upon his property , and transmitted an address to the tenantry and labourers , deprecating such outrages as deeply disgraceful to the district , and calculated to prevent all attempts at bettering the condition of the people by productive employment . Dr . Langley , accused of cruelty to his wife , has been arrested in Dublin , and is now a prisoner in Newgate .
Mr . Butt has left for London to bo examined before the Poor Law Committee . The Evening Post has discussed at great length his " rate in aid " _, pamphlet . The main suggestion of Mi ' . Butt is , that an Irish Board of Trade should be established , with large and liberal p owers of compulsory purchase of rcclaimable lands , & c . Emigration by Wholesale . -- -The extent to which emigration continues , even at this advanced period of the spring , is really marvellous ; and Ulster is now affording its full quota . Three vessels , fully freighted , sailed from Belfast on Friday morning , one for _Quebec , and two for the United States . It appears from the _Nortliem Whig that the Canadian emigrants were of the most substantial class that
have left Ulster for very many years . One of thc passengers carried with him £ 71 ) 0 in gold , and generally those emigrants took out sums of money beyond their immediate necessities . Although the poor law guardians are limited in their power to promote emigration , a considerable number of paupers are about to be sent out to Canada by the Athy , Baltinglass , and other unions , inwliichacertaincbargeisto be made on the rates for outfit , and some landlords are liberally contributing . I have learned that passages have been provided in Dublin for upwards of one thousand paupers , and that many more are to be sent out before tho close of the season . Tiie adoption of Mr . Monsoll's
suggestions in the Sew Poor Law Bill would open a wide field for this species of emigration . Many of the Roman Catholic clergy are preparing to emigrate with a portion ofthe remnant of their flocks . Tho Limerick and Clan Examiner mentions several new cases ; and one in particular , of a parish priest in the diocese of Limerick , whose parish has been depopulated to so groat an extent that the clergyman has been altogether bereft of income . The Rev . Dr . Moriarty , vicar-general of the Augustinians _, is about to proceed to the United States , accompanied by some wealthy laymen , in order to found a colony . It is thus that the ' failure of the potato is working a revolution in our whole social system .
HORRIBLE ACCOUNT OF THE FAMINE IN THE WEST . Tuesday , May 22 . — -Thc Protestant rector of Ballinrobe , in a third letter addressed to the Premier , narrates the following horrifying tale of human misery : — " In a neighbouring union a shipwrecked human body was cast on shore ; a starving man extracted the heart and liver , and that was tho maddening feast on which he regaled - himself and perishing family ! and ; nearer still a poor forlorn girl , hearing that her mother was seized , with cholera , hastened to the rescue , alas ! too late , but , with a deep religious and filial devotion , desiring at least a decent interment for her dear departed parent , was driven to the shocking necessity of
carrying the corpse upon her own back for three long miles to this very union , so that she might make her wants known , and simply obtain a coffin from the relieving officer . Need I tell you , my Lord , the dismal sequel ? She herself died of cholera on the following day ! Theso awful facts may have been reported , but if they were thoy have been _cu-hioned and suppressed , for who 1 ms heard of them ? I will not , _^ my Lord , dwell at present upon the painful subjeet of the workhouse , as the evil has gone far to correct itself , tho inmates having died off in awful numbers , and more liberal supplies being now remitted for tho current weekly expenses—alas ! that these supplies should have been withheld so long ! J would , however , fix your Lordship ' s deepest attention upon this appalling fact , that we have , even at best , to encounter three months more of sore , sore famine ; and , bear it in
mind , my Lord , the three worst months ofthe year , in point of home supply—and this , with 27 , 000 of our population in the Ballinrobe union on out-door relief , while the remaining 68 , 000 , minus thc thousands already lost , arc all , with very few exceptions indeed , barely trying to hold on through the dread crisis ! The all-engrossing questions with every one , gentle and simple , are those— ' What , in the name of Heaven , is to become of us ? What arc we to do 1 The country is gone ' . ' We must thus ag ain and again strive to arouse you , my Lord , for it is not possible that you or tbe English people can be fully conscious of , " or alive to , the true state of things in ' the west of Ireland . I grant that there
may be , nay , that there is , much of imposition , but surely there cannot be any in this , that here are the people dropping dead of utter want all around in every direction , night and day ; and can we suppose for a moment that the astounding fact is believed when we see no really vigorous and united movement , except through private benevolence , to stay the progress of death ? 'Tis poor consolation to an already moro than half-starved wretch to say to him— ' Go and break stones , no matter how unprofitable , for that is the sole tost of your destitution , and if thc contractor don ' t disappoint , you shall get for your ei ght or ten hours' labour lib , of I idian n-eal , which costs Id ., but we can't "ivo you fuel or clothing . ' Still you . must delivcr ° tho talo
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of bricks ; ' however , if you die , and die you soon must , for your emaciated , famine-striken countenance and swollen frame , betoken as much , you will , as on the outdoor list , be entitled to a coffin from the relieving officer , thoug h , perhaps , he may not hear of your decease till you have become putrid m the crave ! I tell it to you , my Lord , whether believed or not , and I tell to the world at large , and I tell it-to our Father in Heaven ( for I beseech redress of Bim ) , that these are the sufferings of this people despite of every entreaty , but not of half the people ; for who can imagine the thousandth part of the misery of those who , in large numbers , are preferring death itself to such degradation ? It is a burning shame and stain upon the legislature in any so-called Christian country . " The Freeman ' s Journal g ives the following analysis of tho replies of the Rev . Martin Browne , parish priest of Balla , Mayo , to the list of queries
circulated by the Dublin Relief Committee . It is one of many similar returns received by the committee — "The population has been reduced from 8 , 250 to to o , 500 , being a loss of 2 , 750 , of whom it is computed that over 1 , 200 died from the effects of destitution , or disease resulting from it , the _remaining loss being in part accounted for by emigration , ana the loss by natural causes , which , as will be seen by tho replies to the third query , is not being supplied now as it was in former years—the increase of tbo species being checked by tlie excessive misery and wasting of the people . The births and marriages in the parish of Balla in ' 49 , as compared with those in 'ii , ' are in the ratio of one to four , ' in other words , the natural increase of the population has failed to the appalling extent of 75 per cent . In one parish alone 400 , houses have been levelled through the operation of the Gregory clause . "
State op the Skibbereen Union . —This wretched union Still preserves its melancholy notoriety . According to tlio Cork Examiner : — " It is nearly £ 7 , 000 in debt to merchants for food ; and while over 22 , 000 hungry paupers yearn for bread , which must bo provided for them or they perish , there is not the least probability of a rate being collected from the farmers and occupiers who still remain in thc country . We do most earnestly , and in the name of humanity , call on government to take tho case of Skibbereen , with its 22 , 000 paupers , and its bankrupt landlords , farmers and shopkeepers , into immediate consideration , and at once relieve the board from its embarrassment and the destitute from the near approach of starvation and death . Tho government must consider that beyond the credit
of a single week ' s food one respectable house—Messrs . Gould and Co . —have refused to grant , and that contractors are perfectly justified by the state of things in the neighbouring union of Bantry , where all seems hopeless ruin , in refusing to iisk even a shilling ' s worth of their property on the faith of any board of guardians , be they paid or elected , the officers of the government , or the representatives of the people . " The Central Relief Committee , through whose exertions so much good was achieved in the years 46—7 , have recommenced operations , and in an address to the country , issued this day , they call for assistance to enable them to relieve " the utter destitution of 1849—a destitution far surpassing anything this country has vet endured . "
The accounts this morning from _Claroand Galway are scarcely less afflicting than those from Ballinrobe and Skibbereen . Verdict against a Relieving Officer . —On Sunday an inquest was held on the body of a man named Patrick Dillon in Kilnaboy , Ennistimon union , who died on the previous day . It appeared from the evidence that deceased held nine acrc 3 of land , and that for some time past he was living in great destitution , with a wife and two children ; he offered to g ive up tho land , but the landlord refused to take it , unless a portion which was held by deceased ' s brother was also given up ; the wife cot out-door relief four or five times , to the amount of
1 * stone of meal each week ; she afterwards applied to tho relieving officer and he told her to get a _eerti-• _tcate that the land had beon offered to the landlord aud she would get relief . A medical gentleman deposed that deceased died from protracted starvation . The jury returned the following verdict * . — " That deceased came by his death from protracted starvation , caused by having been refused thc relief which he had been formerly getting from the relieving officer , Thomas Macmahon . A coroner ' s warrant was immediately issued , on wliich the relieving officer was committed , but bail was afterwards accepted for his appearance . New Barristers . —Seventeen law students are to
be called to thc British bar , during Trinity Term , which commences this day . This is a large number considering the g loomy prospects of the legal profession in this country . Wednesday , May ' 23 . — Sale of O'Connell ' s Library . —The library ofthe late Mr . O'Connell was sold by auction yesterday , at Jones ' s sale-rooms , D'Olier-street . There were very few valuable or rare works in the collection , which consisted chiefly of law books , tracts on divinity , pamphlets , & e . None brought anything liko the prices that might have been expected . Even copies having O'Connell ' s autograph affixed sold at prices not amounting : to thc mere intrinsic value , and , in many Instances , far below the trade price at second-hand ! Ten years ago , who could have imagined such a result as the sale of O' Council ' s library m Dublin . The sale is to ( _ie resumed to-day . Representation of Limerick . —There are two
candidates in the field for the seat vacated by Mr . Smith O'Brien , who , on Friday last , was voted civilly dead in the House of Commons . The claimants for thc honour arc Mr . Samuel Dickson , a large proprietor iri the county of Limerick , and Mr . Thomas Fitzgerald , who dates his address from Merrion-square , Dublin . Neither of these gentlemen _states what his political opinions arc , but it is understood that both profess Liberal principles . The election is fixed for Friday , thc 1 st of June . State of the Country . —The Archbishopof Tuam , in a letter to tho Freeman ' s Journal acknowledging the receipt of several subscriptions for tlie relief of the destitution in his diocese , states tho following distressing circumstances . *— " On thc morning of last Saturday , on setting out from Headford , thc corpse of a young man wlio died of hunger on tlie preceding night was seen stretched on tho road-side . I saw the scenes of eviction and desolation as I
traversed the parish to the shores of Lough Comb . I could not believe that any one parish could exhibit so _iimny monuments of heartless cruelty . It is no wonder " if death in every form of disease * and starvation followed i » the train of this depopulating system , Tho misery , however , was deepening as wc advanced , and the wretchedness of the poor of this remote and much-ncglectcd region is such that I will not occupy the time or harrow the feelings of thc reader by its description . " Mr . Burke , a Galway magistrate , writing from Moycullcn , declaresthat : — " The people are actually being swept away . Burials of victims to famine , cholera , fever , and all thc other diseases consequent upon starvation , are ( and I declare the fact from my
own personal knowledge ) , on each day , of hourly occurrence . You will scarcely credit that in this Christian country I had myself , within the last three days , to order tho immediate burial , without coffins , of two poor wretches , who had died of cholera , and whose remains were left to decompose until they spread the pestilence among . the unhappy beings around them . I have just seen one good parish priest , and he informed me ' that alarming as the description he had already given me of his diminishing flock was , that state has been , rendered more fearful by the presence among us of tho cholera . ' Morning , noon , and ni ght is the rov . clergyman engaged in the administration of the last sacraments , and still he cannot reach all the cases . In many instances at night tho want of light from candle ,
bogwood , or fire of any kind , renders it almost impossible for him to administer thc last rites ; and were it not that constant repetition has impressed on his memory the prayers for the dying , many would die without their consolation . He also mentioned to me that in 1844 the population of this parish amounted to' 4 , GS 0 souls ; and during that year there wore 180 births , or about four anda half per cent ., and that now the people have dwindled down to 2 , G 80 , and during the last winter months the births were only fifteen , or about one to each 200 . Up to this month in the former year there were about forty marriages , and to this date in 1849 , there were but three . These , sir , arc about the average data of many parishes in the west of Ireland . Our uunai
grounu _, an extensive ono , anu out lately formed , will bear silent testimony to the rapidity with which the people are passing away ; and its clay will soon be insufficient to hide the hundreds of victims over whom - the grave will have its victory . ' Pestilence and starvation are at work among all classes of the people ; but those who suffer most arc thc spirited and industrious poor who have endeavoured to brave the storm , and have clung to the wreck , and who , trusting to the mercy of Providence and the humanity of man , havo sold all they possessed on earth in order to find means with which to till their small holdings of land . Hundreds , who up to this period have committed to the soil , enough ( if heaven prospered their work ) to raise them above want next yearare now each
, day taking their places in death in that earth , the like of which their labour crioe rendered life-supporting . Few will over reap what they have sown . If relief from any quarter is to be afforded to the wretched and struggling survivors , now is the time . Should Jtns month and the next be allowed to pass away , thc most liberal and generous aid will be of i . o avail for thc future . The grateful heart of many a poor wretch is now _blossin-r the charity of tlie English people , and thanking-them for the-life _w- hich makes it beat ; but bitter experience now shows that had that charity , been afforded in time , and aid been given to the people to crop their lands m season they would not be again , as they are now , dependent upon others for means to support life . "
A Clonmel correspondent of tlio Evening racket writes that although tho state of that part of Munster is not so frightful as in Connaught , still a tone
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despondency pervades the people generally , and aUwhocan in anyway , scrape > up . _; l « i _« pr P _^ _paring to leave the first opportunity :- ' 'Every patch of _Sund on this side of the country ( adds this gentleman ) is tilled by the holders , who , as soon as they can lift the crops , meditate flight . _^ Sc _^ . ™ farm implements are left unrenaired-they will sei ve the few months wanted as they are . Though the poorhouses are all crammed , leg ions of starving wretches crowd the streets of the villages and towns , some clamorous , but many more appealing only by their gaunt looks and famine-stricken visages to the charity of the traveller . Amongst a crowd of such poor creatures surrounding the hotel door in tiie town of Tipperary , I singled out a young girl , sixteen or seventeen , whose handsome profiledark eye , - _. -: : —a . _^ C _. _^« u _^ _wdto . and
, and rich black hair , thick and unkempt though it was , rendered her still beautiful , though shivering in a few loose dirty rags . Never shall I forget thc tale of woe that poor girl told of a dying mother and three small sisters perishing from starvation . Never shall I forget the fervent accents of gratitude a very little charity elicited , amidst her sobs and te ! U . _ tears summoned forth by being addressed in a tone of kindness and condolence—tones evidently she was little accustomed to hear . Oh ! daughters of luxury—think how many __ thousands of your sisters , lovely as yourselves , pine for the bread your lap-dogs reject . All hope rests on the coming harvests . Should God please to again withhold the fruits of the earth this season , the consequences will be awful indeed—more so than I dare to
_contemplate . Want of Tenantry . —The following case of " reaction , " as it may be called , is mentioned by the Tipperary Vindicator : — " We understand that in Clare , those landlords who were conspicuous some time ago in clearing their properties , are now doing all that lies in their power toproeure tenantry to till the land , which in whole districts is waste . In few instances can tenants bo obtained ; and the consequence is that these landlords are in the utmost distress . The land cannot pay poor rates and taxes
under the circumstances . " And again , to quote from the same authority : — " In several parts of the country from which ienantry have ueeii lately ejected , and the lands tilled by proprietors or agents , there is nothing to meet the demands of thc ratecollector and county cess man but the growing crops ; but these they cannot touch ; and the result is that these lands for thc present are so far unproductive towards meeting the fiscal requirements of the country or of the unions in which they are situate , . unless the owner bo compelled to pay by summons . "
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DuBLrs , SATunDAT . —The _Gluakaxce System . — In all directions evictions are still in progress , and , in some instances , by landlords who have been hitherto remarkable for forbearance , as well as an anxiety to improve the condition of tlieir tenantry . At the meeting of the _Nenagh guardians , on Thursday week last , Mr . Stoddart announced the name of _Sir . Baron Xefroy , one of the Judges of the Court of Exchequer , as amongst the defaulters of the poor rate ; but it was explained by Mr . Grace that " the Baron ejected all the tenants out of the land , and , after they had been ejected , the collector had nothing to distrain , but the rates
would be paid one of these days . " At the meeting of the Carlow Hoard of Guardians Mr . Gale , in bringing forward a motion to provide for the employment of able-bodied labourers in the workhouse , stated that the number would be soon increased , as the police were out that day with the sheriff to evict fourteen families , consisting of seventy persons , off the estate of Sir Charles Coote , in the Shrule district . Mr . Gale added : — " The fourteen houses would be thrown down that day , and all our remonstrances with Sir Charles Coote had proved unavailing . " The motion passed unanimously . Colonel Briien , M . P ., and Sir Thomas Butler were in attendance at the board .
The Leinster Express contains accounts of further evictions near Portarlington and ltosenalis . _Dbpaktuhe of the Lono-LiEUTEXAXT . —His Excellency left tins forenoon by the Banshee , and will arrive in London in time to attend the committee on the Navigation Bill in the House of Lords . A rrivy Council was held at two o ' clock on Saturday for the swearing in of Lords Justices . The State Prisoners . — The Freeman s Journal says : — "Yesterday various rumours were afloat through town respecting the removal ofthe state prisoners from Richmond Bridewell ; but , as usual in such cases , these rumours proved unfounded , There was nothing communicated to the prisoners which would warrant the supposition that they will
be sent off immediately , but at the same time the gentlemen have been actively engaged in packing up their moveables , with the view of anticipating any sudden order that may be communicated to them . They are all in the ' enjoyment of the best health , and quite cheerful . " * " Mn . Martin ' s Case . — This gentleman , whose health is stated to have improved " , we understand has received an official intimation that the executive do not see auy reason why the law shall not take its course in his case , but no immediate order has been g iven for his removal . " "Workhouse Cruelties Punished . —The Cork
Examiner says : — "Two officials of the Youghal workhouse have been dismissed under a sealed order ofthe Commissioners , for their unhappy connexion with the death of the wretched man Patrick Conolly , into the particulars of whose melancholv case we felt it our duty to enter more than once ; and two officials of the Macroom Union are now in custody on a charge of manslaughter , they having struck a pauper ofthe auxiliary workhouse , named Kelcher , several fatal blows with a drain-shovel and a stone hammer . Patrick Conolly , it will be remembered , was confined in thc black hole of the Youghal Workhouse on the 26 th ult ., for taking a ration of bread , and died in a few hours of
starvation . Murder or a Bailiff . — Two bailiffs , named Coghlan and Hinsey , arrested a tenant to Mr . Robert Cassidv , under a civil bill decree , in the fair of Kinnitty , and conveyed him to Tullamove gaol ; on their return , about eleven o clock last night , they were attacked about a mile this side of the town of Frankford by a party of men , who lay in wait for them . Two of the fellows stopped the car on which they were sitting , while the others
beat the bailiffs with bludgeons and stones , lhe ruffians dragged both off the car , and then the driver drove off . This morning , about six o clock , Coghlan was found dead , l y ing on the road , and Hinsey in such a dreadful state that he was unable to move . The latter was removed into Frankford _, where he now lies in a dangerous state , under the care of Dr . Thornton . An inquest was held this day before Mr . James Dillon , coroner , on view of the body of Coghlan . Thc jury found a verdict of" Wilful murder against some persons unknown . "
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DARING OUTRAGE ON HER MAJESTY . On Saturday afternoon London was thrown into consternation by the report that an attempt had been made to assassinate her Majesty . ' It appears that , soon after tho ceremonies of the drawing-room were over , her Majesty , accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , the Princess Royal , and the _Trhicess Helen , proceeded , about five o ' clock , in an open landau , for an airing in tho parks , accompanied by Major-General Wemyss , her Majesty ' s equerry , on horseback . The drawing up of the royal carriage in front of Buckingham palace was a _sufficenf indication of her Majesty ' s intention , to induce a number of the loungers about the Park to . gather round and to witness her
Majesty ' s departure . The royal cortege proceeded through a portion of Regent ' s-park ' and Hydepark , and after being absent about three-quarters of an hour , turned down Constitution-hill towards the palace . By this the crowd iu waiting to see her Majesty return had considerably increased , and formed a double lino down Constitution-hill , a considerable number being also collected in the Greenp ark , wliich at that spot is separated from Constitution-hill by the park palings . Among the groups assembled here , arid nearly in the same spot where Oxford made his attempt on her Majesty ' s life in 1 S _40 , was standing a young man , stout , and under the middle SJ 20 , about twenty-four years of ago , dressed in a dirty flannel jacket , and having all the
appearance of a bricklayer ' s labourer , who accosted a woman near him , and asked if the Queen was coming ; and then , as the royal outriders made their appearance at the moment , asked " if this was her . " Thc woman answered in the affirmative , when immediately , as thc royal carriage came opposite him , he raised his hand and discharged a pistol at her Majesty . The report of the pistol caused the royal postillions for a moment to check the horses , and tho Queen , standing up in the carriage and addressing one of her attendants , asked what had happened .-- The man replied that her Majesty had been shot at , on which , without making any reply , her Majesty resumed her seat , the carriage drove on , and the Queen alighted at the entrance , and was
the first , wo understand , to inform her Royal Consort , Prince Albert , of tlie daring outrage that had been perpetrated . The discharge of the pistol was witnessed by several parties , and the scoundrel who fired it- made no attempt to escape ; although , indeed , if lie had done so , escape would have been out of his power . He was first seized by Moulder , one of the parkkeepers , who was standing near him , and who instantly secured the pistol , which the prisoner was attempting to thrust into the pecket of his trowsers . A police-constable named Topley , 55 A , and a private soldier of the Life Guards , named Stride , who leaped over the park palings , speedily came to Moulder ' s assistance . Meantime the crowd which had assembled rushed also to the spot , and gave
very audible expression to their indignation . Several persons gathered round the prisoner , and were about to inflict summary chastisement upon him for his atrocious conduct , tiut at that moment Major-General Wemyss came up and interfered to protect him ; and a large body of police arriving at the same time , hc was rescued from the rough treatment which the crowd were evidently preparing for him . The prisoner was conveyed in a cab to the police station-house , Gardener ' s-row , in King-street , Westminster , and was charged before Inspector Darkin , then on duty , with having attempted to assassinate her Majesty . Mr . Mayne , one of the Commissioners of Police , arrived soon afterwards . The prisoner at first maintained a sullen silence ,
leaning his arms upon the dock nnd his head upon his hand . In answer to repeated inquiries , lie at last stated that his name was John Hamilton , and that he was a native of Adaro , county Limerick , Ireland , but that he had been about five years in this country , and worked , when he could < r ' efc work as a bricklayer ' s labourer , and that ho lodged with a person named O'Keefc , in _Ecclestonplacc _, Pimlico . Major-General Wemyss , and tho persons who first seized him , were also examined , as were some others who witnessed the occurrence , and particularly a seafaring man , who was standing in front of " the prisoner at the park palings on _Constitution-liil ) , and whose face was scorched by the discharge from the pistol behind him . The pistol itself was produced and examined . It is a smalloldfashioned
, screw pocket-pistol , with a- flint lock , and a barrel not three inches long . It has on it the name " Clarke , London . " It was the opinion of General Wemyss and other persons who examined it , that it bad not been loaded with _am-thin _? more dangerous than powder ; and we may add here , that it has since appeared he borrowed the pistol from his landlord , and employed one of his children to purchase for him a halfpennyworth of powder , which was all the provision he seems to have made for his daring outrage . In answer to the inquiries of the inspector , tho prisoner denied that tho pistol was loaded with ball ; he said that he intended no harm to her Majesty and after being pressed with regard to his motives , he reluctantl y admitted that hc did it only to be talked about .
Ihe prisoner was then removed to a cell , and on being searched , there were found upon his person a few halfpence , the blade of a knife , a leather purse and some pieces of paper , but the writing on them had n © connexion with tho diabolical attempt with which he stood charged . His lodgings in Ecclestonplacc were searched the same , night , and some papers wero found , but containing no allusion whatever to the outrage . It appears lie had formerly worked on the Belgium and Santos "Rnilwnv lmV
had returned to England about a year ago , and he has been out of employment for some months . Information of the occurrence was instantly forwarded to the members of government , and Lord John Russell visited her Majesty at Buckingham I alace the same evening . Sir George Grey issued orders that the utmost care should be taken ofthe prisoner to prevent him from laying violent hands on himself , or otherwise frustrate the ends of justice , and directed that he should be examined in his presence next day .
Accordingl y , at two o ' clock on Sunday afternoon , the prisoner was brought up to the Home Office , and underwent an examination before Sir George Grey , Mr . Waddington , the Under-Secretary _^ f J _^ Ht , f- , Homc Department ; Mr : Henry and Mr . Hall , the magistrates of Bow-street , policeofticc ; and Mr . Mayne , the commissioner of police 1 he Attorney-General also attended and conducted the examination . The prisoner was brought from the police-station , Gardmer ' s-lane , in custody of Mr . buperinten dentMayandMr . Insnoctor Otiinv at thc
hTl _^ _rfi _, ' _? a _^ d t able and questioned he stated that his name was James Hamilton _Svo' ? L _r _? ' _4 ' *• _w = _S-p _£ ft g ' _m _! , ? _T ' - _' _""' . _! "' ' " bl *> M-y « " by _trado . _aflSS-SW ? *" prasmtcd _•*&* The first witness examined was _Danikl 0 'Kef . fe . ? v _^ v _^ _^ tl Attorney-General , he said : _& h ™ vX ' , _* , EcclesA _<> n-place , Belgrave-i ' oad _, Pimfi _^ _rf I ™> the prisoner , fames Hamilton , tioro four to five years . The nri 3 onGr camo _nvflr
nom Ireland as a bricklayer ' s labourer , and worked at the business when he could got work . I believe the _prisoncv has neither father nor mother alive and that \\ n was brought up at a oharitr _school hi \ k _Avhen ho loffc lreIf _* _•»«»« _vecom-, mended , by a friend to lodge , with me , ue _louVd
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with me nearly the whole time I _hareknownp but left me once , about two seasons ago t 0 3 France . He returned in the month of _KoveniiS , _•* the same year that ho left . On liis return hD -J' "j with me , but as he was out of work , and had . into my debt , I sent him to a friend of mine _aj i » ftf in order that he might get employment , and n , ' me something towards the amount he owed mc then wrote him a letter , and told him I had bur'J my leg , and was in great want of money , Wlll _? J came one Saturday night and brought me a S 0 Vp ' reign , and camo again after that and brought Z ten shillings more ; but I could not get any- ' , - ,,, else from him that season . After that I s » mi nor 3 him , and put him to all the expense I could , cxcJ issuing an execution . Thc prisoner came at tin ! iro dow _¦¦¦«¦¦ "" ¦ " ¦¦ " ¦¦ with me nearly I haveknowM >
time m . , « «»» _- « _••••^"" nuance for the purpose , as I afterwards ascertained , 0 f _Q in" taken into custody , so that he might get a \> ii _\^ for the winter in prison . I know the prisoner _fi- ' his coming from the same place that I did . Mr . Commissioner Maxxe , at the request of _tl » . Attorney-General , now produced the pistol , and , _ij answer to the Attorney-General , the witness sai ] that the pistol produced was liis property . The next witness was Bridget _O'Kkefi-. —<<} i ; , said : I am the wife of the last witness . I know i || f . pistol . On Saturday last , I was going out into tU garden when I saw Mr . Hamilton ( the prisoner ) _n { the bench . He said he was making a pistol , ai ; _- was going to fire a shot or two . He then sho _wc-l me a sort of barrel which he had fixed uponapkw
of wood like a pistol . It was made of tin , _anj seemed to me to be the spout ofa teakettle . I _mmfe some remark to him about it , which I do not _noy recollect , when he said , " Why , Dan has got an old pistol , lend it to me . " I then went to my bedroom , and gave it to him out of the window . The prisoner looked at it , and said it was very rusty . I said it was , and that I did not think it was of much account . I afterwards heard him fire tho pistol about three times in the garden . —Was thc prisoner in or out of work ?—I have _- not known him have seven weeks ' work since Christmas . —How did he live ? A young woman who lives with me , and is in the milk line . serves a great many persons and collects a good deal of broken victuals , and between the two of us we managed to keep him .
Edward _O'Keefi _* , the son of the last witness said I am cloven next birthday . Tho prisoner ask & l me yesterday to fetch him a halfpenny worth oi powder , and I wont into Elizabeth-street and bough it , and gave him the powder . He said it was not the best sort of powder . Tbat was about a quarter to three o clock . The prisoner said he wanted the powder as hc could have some fun . —[ The witness here produced a piece of wood cut in the form ofj pistol stock , on which was tied the spout of an ol ! tin teakettle , so as to form a barrel . Ho said he purchased it of tho prisoner on Saturday last fer one penny , and turning to the prisoner , he said , * ' Here , Mr . Hamilton , I can pay you the penny now ( ofc
ing a penny ); I had not . got one on Saturday . " } , When did he go out : Almost immediately ' after . wards . I wanted to go with him , but he said , " } V , you must stop at home . The prisoner was asked , as he had heen at tho conclusion of the previous witness ' s examination whether he had any questions to ask tlie witness , 10 which he replied , " So , nothing , " Daniel Lamb was then called , and examined . — He said : About half-past six o ' clock on _Saturday evening I was on Constitution-hill , when I saw thc prisoner standing near a tree in the Green Park . He asked me , when the royal carriage was _passinsr , whether it was the Queen coming . I told him ' it was . Immediately I saw him raise a pistol , and
shoot at her Majesty . I felt something close to my ear , and believed at tho time that it was a bullet . At the moment before I had turned to look at the Queen , and therefore I did not see the actual shooting . Feeling assured that tho explosion came from the prisoner ' s pistol , I attempted to get over thc railings to secure him , but at the moment I saw the park-keeper seize the prisoner . The park-keeper called to me to assist him , which I did , by holding tho prisoner by the coat tails , the railings of the park prevented me from taking hold of any portion of his person . —Had you noticed the prisoner before
he spoke to you ? Yes ; I noticed he had been for some time walking about that spot , with his hamj ; in his pocket . —Did you notice 111 which hand th ' prisoner held the pistol ? In his right hand . —Win did he do with the pistol after he fired it 1 i thought he put it into his trowsers pocket , hut h ; was taken so soon that I am not positive . I kno * _- he was trying to do so . The witness then depose ; to tho fact ofthe prisoner being taken to the st & tion-house , adding , that had he not been placed in _i cab , he believed that the populace would have ton him to pieces .
_Gkorge-Maldi- jj , the park-keeper , deposed tin : he distinctly saw the prisoner raise his arm as tli < royal carriage approached , and hearing a loud repon ho ran up and seized the prisoner , and took _fron him the pistol which had been produced . Mr . Rekwick , the sergeant footman to tiie Queea said that he saw the prisoner point the pistol at tb royal carriage , and almost immediately called ti tlie riders to stop , but in thc meantime the prisone had been taken . Her Majesty rose to see what wa ; the matter , and ordered tiiom to drive on . Mr . Otway , inspector of the A division of police . deposed to searching the house in which the prisone resided . He found that he had no property of an ; k ' nd , and that tlie shirt which lie wore had bee : lent to him . Major-General Wemvss ' s testimony was fo tb
effect that he was attending her Majesty on Satin day last . When the royal carriage had got a ft " yards down Constitution-hill lie heard the report d a pistol ; he turned round , and saw smoke _issuiii : from the direction of the spot where the prisone ; was standing . He rode over to the spot , saw ths the park-keeper had taken the pistol from the prisoner , and he ( General Wemyss ) ordered him to _k taken to the station-house . He was of opinion ths if the pistol had heen charged with bullet or shot , !; would have received it , as hc completely shieldci her Majesty by the position hc held against the carriage . Her Majesty was on the left side , which \ v : v the side of the road tho prisoner occupied . He vs within the Green Park railings . lie ( Genera ! Wemyss ) did not boliove the pistol contained either ball or shot .
Several other witnesses _M-ero examined , but _tliM evidence only confirmed thc above testimony . At the close of the evidence , Mr . Hall , tlie chici magistrate , said : Prisoner you are committed on J _charge preferred against you of endeavouring t * fri g hten her Majesty tho Queen . Tiie act under winch you arc committed is the 5 th and Oth Victoria , cap . 51 , sec . 2 . The prisoner , . who made no observations , _w-i '
fuhy committed for trial to Newgate , to wlm _* «• was conveyed by three policemen in a cab . Some apprehension was at first entertained ths ' this diabolical outrage was connected with a political feeling ; it is , however , satisfactory to _fini from all the inquiries that have been made , _th-i " the statement made by tho prisoner is true , tliat 1 ; " really had no" accomplices , and that he was a > together unconnected with political associations 0 anv kind .
ADDITIONAL _lURTICULAUF . _, After the examination at the Home-office lisbeen concluded , the prisoner - John Hamilton , _¦«> brought into an outer room in the custody of k ' spector Shaw , who took the charge , and police cotstable Topley , who-apprehended him , when lie _« 5 exposed tothe gaze ofa number of persons _connate ' with the Home-office for upwards of half an l " _- _; but not the slightest change of countenance * - _«* perceptible . A perfect indifference marked tii _* whole of his demeanour . Upon tho committal t J Newgate being signed , an order was also issued , * rected to thc governor ofthe above g aol , that tlprisoner should be kept by himself , and , in acco _**
ance with these instructions , thc prisoner is pla _* in a room by himself , seeing no person but the < " ¦ thorities ofthe gaol , and these only at certain _inW vals . His sullenness still continues ; he speak' <* little , * and when he adverts to his . offence , li cS tli ' persists that he ha . d no intention to injure tiie _i _?^* Strange as it may appear , after the report _oH * took place at the Home-office on Sunday , a" -If pression still exists that the pistol was loaded >™» ball . To remove this impression from tlie I'r , mind , it is only necessarv to state that , bv the "' _- . _^ tion of Sir G . Grey , Inspectors Field and _fflll r ; were occupied for upwards of two hours on S _«»* j in minutely examining the private garden ot " j Palace , as well as the entire range to wide 1 ' \ by any possibility could be propelled , but not _i _, slightest missile of any description cou ld ue / ou " .: and this is still further _con-oboratcd'bv the P * 1 !* c extreme poverty , for the onlv proper ty wine" possessed was the clothes liis back
on . With respect to the punishment in thc _ereat oi prisoner being found guilty , an erroneous lmp _^ , " . % exists to the effect that he can be both p « " ' flogged and transported . The clause oi _" ¦ „ _^ _j which is as follows , will show the contrary _" _"Va _,, _* _- be it enacted that from and after the pas * " - * " jtact , if any person shall willfully discharge _^ tempt to discharge , or point , aim , or P _^' _- _st *! . near to the person ofthe Queen , any ?" , _'^ iri _' _1-or any other description of firearms or ol o ' j n _* : whatsoever , whether the same shall or . ¦ _^ ,, ; contain any explosive or destructive n \ a ' _^ _- ( i shall discharge or cause to be discharged , w * !)' _--to discharge or cause to be _dischtfgea _. _w _^ aivn . oi . _lict ., n _„ _n „ ,. _„„* . „„• „ 1 _„ , > ., ¦ . _Ihn pel 4 " .. : lt '
Queen ; or if any person shall wJifu _' )' sl , i _, Uh $ tempt to strike _aUhe person of the Q _jicen _^ _joffensive weapeo _, or in any _otter I " " ! jL > v or _;••' ever ; or if any person shall wilfully tm _^ _^ tempt to throw any substance , . , n cn , ' " , whatsoever-at or upon the person ot tt » C ¦ { _\^ . intent in anv of the cases aforesaid to _w-J ' ftllC of son of the Queen , or with intent in » _W _¦ » _# _« _£ aforesaid to break the public peace , 01 int 0 , it \} public peace may bo endangered ; or w tr 3 (!« * , any ofthe cases aforesaid , _i-c ., every SM * I _.,, # ' offending shall be guilty of a- high mb _* _^ and , being _conyigted _thereof in due cow * -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 26, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26051849/page/6/
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