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Health of London Domsg this Week . . -- present return exhibits a sudden increase in the deaths of London , and a greater mortality than in any week since the beginning of April . The deaths registered in the two previous weeks were 021 and § 03 , but _rOie jn _^ bat whicb ended last Saturday to 1 , 018 ¦ and they now exceedthe actual average for the ten corresponding week in 1840-0 , which is Off but fa'l short of the average As corrected for probable increase of population , by which it is raised to
1 , < J 66 . The present increase , as might he expected from the season of the year , is observed to proceed from _diseases of the organs of respiration , with the exception of phthisis , or consumption . Pneumonia wa ? fatal in tho preceding week . in 5 G cases , last week in 01 , of which 60 were amongst children ; but it has not yet attained the average . Bro— ' " fatal in 77 eases , of which _n » _- ~ ' „ l _^' _atoons persons of - - _....-mus was oi _exi _.- * _- ' __ . _iV two-t hirds were _^» u < r * Wm , -. " -nd 5 t continues t _^ i _, a _^ _ss _tt _** - _*?* v
comparative .. IO _r . _^ ne m * y /* i r _norauS _? "' bo ¦ * _« most * - _* - -ddle aged _f n ° J been fine dby cholera , wV _fl «* to it having been _t"i" _»* - _« J j iCh ais 0 bore most _heavily on , tlie . same ejus , _twoioia i" - _> * ,. , jusweek . Amongst _J _^ _SSS _^ S ? _- / _^ naand _typhis are tne _™^ "" _- tl > OVcd nearly tbe same ¦ rt _^ _. _S _to SSr a f ° rmer tliere were 4 i deaths , from the hut . r u _^ _^ go fatal as usual as _regard _^ _^ metropolitan districts generally , but Jlr . jhatw 00 an ( _j g - s ot | _, crs are suffering nnder it ; an <* he adlls tUat mcas _* es of a maliznnnt is
iorm _wy prcvaient in bis district . In -a house , 7 , Bluegaf _ _ fiel ) 1 Sj als 0 in St- p i _sufe-dhtii < S , the son of a _. abourer , aged six months , died of " _consent ? mau . pt ) X ( io days ) , not vaccinated . " Itis -stats' _j n t _j _, me ( j £ cal certificate that the complaint T 7 brought by families from Ireland , and that " _^ great numbers arc now living in tbis house in a " most filthy and deplorable coEdition . " The only case of _cholent _recistcrcd _occurred on the 17 f h of November , at 33 , _Cambridg-3-t-errace , Ciapham-road , the son of a merchant , aged five weeks , died of "En <* li ; li cholera . " Fever _tiads its victims in da * np , ill-drained , unwholesome ro < iJe _.-: ces . and several
cases in point arc now reported by the local officers . _A-nonfst _these Mr . Wells draws attention to a locality in John-street , near Tottenhatn-COUlt-l'oad , _Trliere four deaths of children , some of them from fever , have recently occurred " within a few yards of each other . " The stench in the houses ( he adds ) is alasost insufferable , and several persons are now lying dangerously ill , owing entirely to defective drainage . Intemperance wa ? fatal in the week to three persons ; in two cases by producing delirium _tremens or other disease , and in one , by means of a fall received in a . state of intoxication . The births
• of 703 boys and 673 girls , inall 1 , 384 children , were registered in tne week . The average of five corresponding weeks in 1 S 15-9 was 1 , 320 . At the Royal -Observatory , Greenwich , the mean daily reading of the barometer was highest on Sunday , when it was 20 . 96 ° . On Tuesday and Wednesday it was less than 20 in . ; and the mean of the week was not jnore than 29-340 in . The temper . _iture was low towards the end of the previous week and at the beginning of last ; but thc mean rose to 40 deg . on JPridayand Saturday , about 0 deg . above thc _average . The mean of the week was 46-9 ° . The wind was for the most part in the south-west .
_Tuassfeiuxg _Railtvay Shares to a Pauper . — On ths 22 nd inst . the Marylebone Board of Guardians _, were engaged investigating charges against Mr-Thorne , the secretary ofthe board . Mr . Haikes presided . The charges were made by a pauper _namsd Cheeseman , who accused Mr . Thome with having ¦ sold to him some railway shares to release himself from the obligation of paying him his wages , and witb . having treated him cruelly and unjustlv . From a written statement put in by Cheeseman , it appeared that he and his two sisters became inmates of the
house in 1 S _42 . That , being a good penman , "Mr Tnorue occupied hiai writing ia the office , until JS 46 , without any pay . After that Messrs . Biluter , tentmakers , engaged him as clerk in their office , at 8 s . a week . Subsequently be got to be Mr . Thome ' s * _ssistant , having agreed to pay Mr . Thome ' s sen 10-3 a week for _iaprovin" his ( Cheeseman ' s ) _knowledge of writing arithmetic , & c . After ioaie time Mr . Thorne induce ! Cheeseman to buy £ 1 , 000 worth of railway shares in his own name , and to pay £ 10 on them . In eighteen months afterwards calls were made on Cheeseman as a shareholder to pay certain instalments , which he could not pay , and he was compelled to take the _beiient of the Iusolvent Act ; and ultimately Mr . Thorne acted F . _io-t cruelly towards
him , in prosecuting him criminally for embezzling las . Mr . _Thorna , in reply , denied these charges , which he attributed to malice , because he had prosecuted him for having appropriated to himself 15 s ., ¦ which had been paid to the parish by St . Uotolph * _*? parish . As for the railway _shares , Mr . Thorne said that be bad made a legal and _bona-fi-. _le sale of them to the pauper ( Cheeseman ) . After a long debate , a _unanimous vole of censure was passed on Mr . Thorne Ths Popish Chapel i . v St . George ' s Fields . —In spite o' the unfavourable state of the weather on Sunday , it was evident fro n the crowds of eager persona who sought admission to this chapel that the interest felt in everything c mnected with the recent aggression of the Pope of Rome has in no _decree _diminished since the first _promul gation of the Papal
bull . The curious , however , were doomed to disappointment . _CarJiml Wiseman bad that morning left town ; and Dr . Doyle , after a stormy passage , had only reach' _-d L -ndon from Belgium but a short time previous to the service commencing , aud though the rev . gentleman Lad intended to preach , he watoo much fatigued to undertake the duty . His place was occupied by the Rev . Mr . Cotter , who preached from the _gospel of the day , and avoided controversial topic * , except to exhort his hearers not to allow their Christian chanty to bs impaired by the insults that had been heaped upon the church by the emissaries of the devil , by the servants of that anti-Christ whose coming had been foretold , and who were actuated by a desire to advance their own selfish worldly interests , and not bv any wish to glorify God .
As Explosion * of Gas , by which two persons were seriously injured , occurred on Saturday last in the house of Mr . Feake , boot-maker , 15 , Fore-street . Cripp _' . egatp . Mr . Peake had a gas chandalier lately put up in bis drawing-room , and one of tbe burner ; _, was accidentally left turned on . Tlie gas escaped into the room , and a servant maid smelling the gas is formed her master ; he went in with a light , ard an immed ale explosion took _plac _? , which shook the whole _hou'e , drove out the window--, foxed the door from the lr ' nges , blew down part of the staircase , and shattered the plate glass in the shop windows . Mr . Peake and tha servant girl were much burned and otherwise injured , and required surgical assistance .
Scicide . — On Monday an inquest was held before Mr . Wakley , at the lung ' s Arras , Rawstone-street G . _isweJl-rsad , on tbe body of a labourer named Brown . From the evidence it appeared _tlwt the wife of deceased , on the 32 nd inst ., went out as usual to work , leafing her husband at home , and on her return she found -he deceased hanging by the neck to the bedpost . _Seceased Lad been dependent on bis wife's earnings _fcrsome time . Verdict—** Di < -d froni Strangulation while in an unsound sta : e of mind . "
_Cautiox io Coroners" Juries . —On Saturday last Mr . H . M . "Wakley . after waiting three quarters of an hour for jurors summoned fo attend an inquest , sent the summoning officer to tbe house of the absent jurors , to ascertain the cause of their absence . After come time the summoning officer returned with Mr . Gibbon and Mr . Watts , tbe jurors who did not attend , and as they gave no proper excuse for their non-attendance , tbe coroner fined each of them £ 10 , assuring them that he would enforce the . fines . He then adjourned the court without going iuto the
inquiry . Deaths of Illegitimate Children . —On Tuesday Mr . W . Baker , jun ., held an inquest in the boardroom of tbe Court House of the liberty of Norton Fohjate , "White Lion-street , Norton Folgate , on view of the body of Alexander Allen , about six weeks old . It appeared that the deceased ' s mother was a waitress at a tavern in tbe City , where an intimacy took place between her and a gentleman who frequented tbe house , tbe result of wbich was , on the 8 th of October last , the birth of the deceased , at tbe above house , in whicb lived a female named Mary Faulkner , who acted as midwife . The deceased child was brought up by hand . For the first fortnight it had only bread and water . It afterwards had bread and milk , but the diet did not agree with it , and it died on Thursday last . It was stated by the midwife tbat the mother did not intend to suckle her child ; but that if she did , sbe would have been unable
, from the state of her breast . —Mr . Hart , surgeon to the union , said he was called upon to attend a person at a house in Upper Blossom-street , when he accidentally saw the deceased , who was extremel y emaciated . H _« _gare an order for the moths * to *« ceiVe a supply of arrow-root , milk , < fcc , from the workhouse . He saw the child ei _^ bt days before its death , _when ho had DO hopes of it—Bevis , a summoning officer , eaid that this was the third inquest taken on illegitimate children who had died nt the same house . —A Juror remarked , that the circumstances of the death in this case wero precisely similar to another case where he was also a juror . —The Foreman observed it was a subject of notoriety for some years past , that young women have gone to that house enriente , and that in a short time after , the neighbours have neon infants" coffins brought OHt . The deceased bad been removed from the house in a coffin lo another _hou-f , which raised some suspicion , and which led
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ot de . to < gei ma Houghton _Colliebt Explosion . — » _"' r-nnaa _* , tr ' this case was concluded on Frid- _*" _•* V _£ r after an absence of about tw _- *?> . when * " _averdicj to the effect _'' _-nty minute _** others , all pitmen in tnat John v lury » death by the effi- * - . Houghton _^ . returned took place at - ot of fire-d _" _' . „ * _atofamair and gent , yand _, _^ , ' _^ _^^ _Jjfij _^ _Xp-V _„ _4 ieh had been negli . _» '
, . _-wnfiyi-y- . iiy used by the said John _WatchqOMP- * of _fT to orders given to him , or in _conse-^ ers _. illiam Hunter not having given those Tub r inque _aisca Colliery Explosios , —The adjourned me _ -t ou tlie bodies of the unfcrtuinte young _Jf John Strickland and Thomas Edmonds , who ere killed by an explosion of foul air in Messrs . Russell an 1 Co . 's black vein coal-pit at llisca , on Friday morning , the 15 th inst , has been brought - to a close . A good many minors wero _csaaained . s but they threw but little light on the catastrophe _, r The colliery has a srood character for management , i and it is sud that the ventilation is better than ia , most ofthe mines in the neighbourhood , theex-3 plosion _twok place in the stall where the deceased f ; were at work together * It appears tbat two men _t * work together in a stall , and they have a safety t lamp between them , « one lamp to two men . It came s out , however , in tho course of the investigation .
that when the uven think there is no danger they work with naked candles , which give more light than the lamps . William Hazel , a foreman _belonging to the colliery , deposed that the pit was in a good working state on _the-day before the accident ; and the only evidence which tended to throw light on the oiigra of the explosion was that of Mr . Edward Kabotham , who deposed that a severe frost 3 et in on thc Thursday night , which continued up to between 5 and C o ' clock on the Friday morning , when a sudden thaw supervened , which caused the barometer to fall considerably . He thought that might have had fomc effect upon the state of the air in the pit . He bad noticed in many instances that such a causo would have an effect upon thc fire-damp . After about _half-an-hour _' s deliberation the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death , caused from suffocation from the after-damp . "
Highway Robbery anb Attempted Mcrder near Carlisle . —The court at thc Town-hall , Carlisle , was crowded to suffocation on Saturday morning last , it having been currently reported that four desperate characters , who had robbed and made a ruffianly midnight attack upon Mr . Palmer , farmer , of Hall-flatt , near Carlisle , would be brought up for examination . The names of the prisoners are William Mounscy , John Thompson , William Graham , and Robert Pinnick , all of whom are well known to the police authorities . The prosecutor , John Palmer , who evidently suffered much , stated in evidence that he was a farmer , living at _IIa' 1-flatt , and that while on bis way home with his cart from Carlisle on Saturday night week , about eleven o ' clock , Mounsey and Pinnock came behind tbe cart and asked for a ride . They got upon it
behind , and soon after Graham came up and seized his horse by the head . The prisoners in the cart then seized him by the throat , and struck him somo > evere blows , which rendered him insensible . The ] a _:-t words be heard were " Stick the . " On coming to his senses he found that he had been robbed of thirty shillings , a silver watch , and about thirty-five pounds of beef . The prisoners repeatedly interrupted the witness , in course and brutal language , they accused him of uttering falsehoods , and the magistrates were more than once obliged to interfere . A man named Coffield swore that he wa 9 in company with the prisoners after the robbery took place , and bought some beef of them . He afterwards received an account of the robbery from Graham . This witness was also coarsely assailed by the prisoners , who were ultimately committed to take their trial at the next assizes .
Asti-Popery Riot . —Cheltenham , Fridat . —This town has been , thrown into a state of eonsideiable consternation in consequence of the excitement arising from the anti-Popery movemei . t having caused a riot , which at one time it was feared would lead to tho most serious consequences . A meeting was held last wee ? , at wbich an address was voted to the Queen , but in consequence of the rush of peoplo to the place of meeting , accommodation could not be found for half of them , and thousands were obliged to go away . It was therefore arranged that a second meeting should take place , and this accordingly was held hist night . During the day an effigy of the Pope in full pontificals had been exhibited in the shop-window of Mr . Hardwick , draper , of the Hii * h-street , and it _-vas
intended to form a procession at night , and burn it . The authorities' , however , at a late hour ofthe day , issued a proclamation forbidding the procession . After the meeting a mob got round the _draper ' s shop and demanded the figure . It was refused , and then they began to break the shop windows , and extended their favours to the neighbours' windows also . As the mob increased in numbers , and began to assume a formidable front , it was deemed advisable to hand them over Pio Nino ' s representative . This was done by the police , whereupon the people hoisted it on hi gh , and carried it through the town to the front of tho Roman Catholic Chapel , where they made a hu £ e bonfire of sonic pailings , torn down for the purpose , and the figure was burnt amid the acclamations of the mob .
They afterwards broke the windows of the Roman Catholic Chapel , and the town was in a state of uproar and excitement until after midnight , when at length the rnob dispersed . Thc outrage has given great offence to the respectable part of the inhabitants . _Mi'udek asd Suicide . _—XoTTi . _vonAM , Monday . — This day the wife of a highly-respectable resident in one of the western suburbs , strangled her youngest child and cut hor own throat . The facts , as ascertained directly after the horrible occurrence , are as follows : —Mr . William Chambers , lace manufacturer , whose house and business premises are situated in Orchard-street , Radford , arose at half- past five o ' clock , as usual , fo prepare
for the occupations of the day , and proceeded to the factory , leaving his wife and a female child , four years old , in bed , and another daughtor , Mary Ann , seventeen years of age , asleep in another room . At twenty minutes before seven be returned home , and had occasion to go down into the cellar , when he fancied he observed something on tbe ground unusually white . He ran up stairs and fetched a lighted candle to ascertain what it was that had attracted his attention , when he was horrified to find his wife in her night-dress weltering in her blood , with ber throat cut from ear to ear . Seeing that she showed no signs of life , he ran up stairs to ascertain whether his children were safe . Going first to his own lodging-room , he looked at his infant ,
Eliza , which be fancied to be asleep , and then proceeded to the dormitory occupied by his eldest daughter , and having aroused her , they returned to the child , when , upon more closely inspecting it , they observed a handkerchief and a garter tied tightly round its neck , and taking it up they discovered it to be warm , but quite dead . The neighbours were called in , and Mr . Chicken , surgeon , was sent for , but no aid in the world could have restored either the mother or tbe daughter , tho vital spark in each case being irrecoverably gone . Mrs . Chambers was forty-two years old , her husband beiug some twelve years her senior . The implement used for this act of self-murder was Mr .
Chambers razor , which had been taken from a cupboard in the house-place . —An inquest upon the body of Charlotte Chambers was on Tuesday held at the Peacock , Radford , before Mr , Coroner Swann . The inquiry as to the death of the child was also pursued at tho same time and place . William Chambers , the husband of the deceased woman , and father of the child , was examined , but bis statement contained little in addition to what is given above . Tbe jury returned a verdict to tho effect" That the deceased , Eliza Chambers , was wilfully strangled by her mother ; and that the latter afterwards destroyed herself by cutting her own throat , being at the time in an unsound state of mind . "
The ExPLosroN or Naphtha at Seacombb . —Last week two inquests were held at the _Abbotsford Hotel , _seacombe , before Henry Churton , Esq ., coroner , on the bodies of Matthew Johnson , schoolmaster , aged thirty , and Edward burns , aged twelve , both of whom died from the severe injuries they received on the night ofthe Gth inst , from the explosion of naphtha which took place atthe Roman Catholic school-room . A verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned . Three other sufferers still remain in a precarious state—viz ., Patrick Riley , aged fifteen ; John Cox , aged seventeen ; and John Fowler Duff , son of Mr . L . Duff , hairdresser , of Seacombe .
Affrat wiih Poachers , —On Sunday night a desperate affray took place on the grounds of Lord Guernsey , M . P ., near Leamington , between two of bis lordship ' s keepers and seven poachers ; there was firing on both sides , but such was tho desperate onslaught made by the poachers that both thc keepers received frightful injuries ; one of them was dreadfully shattered . It was reported that death had ensued .
Winter Assizes for York and Lancaster . —On Monday a special commission was issued for a winter assize of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery for the counties of York and Lancaster . The Judges appointed to proceed thereunder nnd hold such assize are Mr . Justice Patteson and Mr . Baron Martin for the city and county of York , who have appointed Tuesday , the 10 th day of December next , tor opening the commission for that county at the Castle , at York , and the Right Hon . Mr . Baron _-SJocrson and Mr . Justice Coleridge for the county or Lancaster , who have appointed Saturday , the 7 th day of December next , as the day for the opening the commission for that county , at _Liverpool
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" -Alleged _Mubber upon the High S _^ _iiTT _^ r _^ _^ - Gray , captain of the hark Defendc- nf w Wllh * M was brought to Exeter last woek / _haSn _^ _" _"" ' _prehended at Stockton- . T _^ n ? Vin *¦ „ _.. his ship had h" _- _* - . _•/ £ _¦* ¦ Me ' .. I "' .--- - _-o arrived f _** " . 0 _ueenap-¦ _fattt _^ _fging _hini _, _-- -, at which port _na & _ftdWn- _* - - . ma voyage on a warof _$ ¦ > - _, ' . " .. nth the-wilful murder of ahoy *¦ ' ' , . ... im Vinson , aged fourteen , in thefmonth 7 % 'ember _* , 1818 . The case was investigated fat . ue castle of Exeter ,, hefore the Hon . W ; W . Ad-1 dington , Mr : W . Miles , and the Rev . Arthur Atherley , magistrates for the county of Devon , and has excited much ; indignation . The Defender , it apnears . sailed iu ? September , ISIS , on a voyage to _-, ,. r- - _^ -
Quebec and back again , going out in ballast and bringing homo timbor _. _^ aud it was during the voyage home that the _boydied from tho ill-treatment , as alleged , of the captain .. From the depositions it appears that on one occasion the deceased was ordered to clean down the cabin , and for neglecting to do so was " rope ' s-ended . " On another occasion , when the ship lay in tho Gulf of Sbl Lawrence , he was ordered to go aloft and loosen the foot of tho mizens , but because he did not ascend tho rigging with sufficient lightness of step he was called back and directed by the captain to strip naked , and then go aloft in that state—tho weather being piercingly cold , all the crew warmly clad , with their pea-jackets , aud mittens even ontheii ' hands . On his coming down deceased was ordered by the prisoner to go round tho vessel six times in the same unprotected condition . Whether he
contracted a violent cold or not does not appear , but his health from that time was observed to decline . On another occasion , while suffering from bowel coaiplaiut , he was sent upon deck , scrubbed , and buckets of cold water thrown on his shivering body . Under such treatment the boy gradually sank , and he died in the arms of the carpenter , who held him in a gale of wind because of his weakness nnd debility . An entry was made in the Io /? thathe had been jammed between spars . The magistrates , after a very lengthened sitting , determined on committing the prisoner for trial at the next Devon Assizes on a charge of manslaughter , and refused bail . We understand that application will be made to the judge at . chambers , tho owners of the De fender being ready to enter into sureties for the ac cuscd , who has enjoyed tbeir confidence now for nine years , during which he has commanded that vessel .
As Irish _Affray in Leeds —On Saturday last John Connor , John Haley , James Cratty , James Fallan , Wm . Pallan , Michael Cantwell , Michael ifarah , Wm . Lliggins _, Patrick Kennedy , and Mary Rourke . who have undergone several examinations before the magistrates , wereagain brought up charged wiih taking part in an outrage and robbery / which took place on the Saturday pievious . On the night in question a mob <; f some hundreds of Irish assembled together in York-street , armed wiih sticks , pokers , and brickbats * and _besides breaking in the windows of a police-station and a beer-house , which they robbed , they severely injured Musgrove and Storey , two of the police force , who met them in Marsh-lane ; one of the ruffians broke Musgrove ' s
arm , and injured both hini and Storey on the head very seriously . In addition to this they , threw a _brickba- " at a man named James Rhodes , which knocked him down , _at . d so injured him on the head that he has since died . The evidence clearly proves that _IIigiins threw the brickbat which killed Rhodes . The witnesses also spoke positively to two Irishmen named Hogan and Cane , who are not in custody , having taken an active part in the outrage , and the magistrates have offered a reward of £ 10 for tbeir apprehension . The prisoners were remanded . On Tuesday the justices committed four of the prisoners for trial at the ensuing assizes at York , namely , James Cratty and William Higgius , charged with tbe murder of James Rhodes , and William Hayley and Michael Cantwell for riot and assault . The iormer two are also committed for ri t and assault . A woman
named Mary Rooke stands remanded until Saturday , it having been sworn by some of the witnesses that she took an active part in breaking windows during the riot ; and for a like reason , a man named AV . Fallon is remanded until that day . Two of the _ringleaders . Edward Hogon and John Cane , aro still at large , but lor their apprehension a reward of iMO has been _offered . Affhay with _Poachehs i » the Great Park . —One night last week as one of thc royal gamekeepers , named Foster , with his helper , named Parser , was out in the Great Park , near Cranhournlodge , they were attacked and overpowered by a party of poachers . The gun of Foster was wrenched from him , he was most brutally beaten aboutthe head wish the barrel of the piece , and he now lies at his residence . Iligh-standing-hill , suffering severely from concussion of the brain .
Fcrtiier Discoveries at Cirexcester . —Fresh remains of tho ancient inhabitants of the Roman Corinium are daily being brought to light by the workmen employed in digging thc foundations of houses , to ., in various parts of the town . A large quantity of very curious pottery has been found , chiefly of the pseudo-Samian description , fcgether with many interesting articles in bronze , glass beads , coins , & c . ' A considerable portion of the wall of the ancient town has also been exposed to view . The pottery is , as usual , chiefly fragmentary , but it sufficiently shows the treasures that might be obtained by a well directed search . Excavations on a large scale are contemplated , and will be undertaken in thc course of the ensuing spring . Death of Mr . Georoh Wombwell . —Mr .
Wombwell , so celebrated as a proprietor of travelling menageries and _zoological collections , died on the 16 th inst . of bronchitis , at Northallerton , Yorkshire , alter a lingering illness . Ilis enterprise nnd perseverance , coupled with the possession of sound judgment and strict integrity , had gained for the deceased considerable wealth , and ho has long maintained the position of being the largest proprietor of wild _anifi : a ! s in the world . No one probably has done so much to forward practically the 3 tudy of natural history amongst the masses , for his _menageries visited every fair and every town in the kingdom , and were everywhere popular . It
was an often expressed wish of the deceased , that as he had lived so long with his collection he should be permitted to die with it , and with this view he had caused to be fitted up some short time since a new travelling bed carriage , in which he expired on tho evening of the day just mentioned , in his 73 rd year . Hia menagerie was being exhibited at the time in the market-place at Northallerton , and an announcement of his death was male by his own request to the spectators ; after which the band played the Dead March , in Saul , the animals were fed , and the exhibition closed for the evening . Mr . Wombwell was a native of Maldon in Essex .
Case op Shooting . —Robert Harriot , alias " Mickey Free , " was charged with having shit his wife in the hands , and thereby inflicting a dangerous wound . The prisoner ia a uoted pedestrian , and is the person wbo some weeks ago wasadvertiscd to walk 1 , 000 miles in 1 , 000 hours , at the Strawberry-gardens , Everton . On the 19 th inst ., he , in company with his wife , entered tho Jamacia Vaults , corner of Hopwood-street , Yauxhall-road , and called for a glass of ale for himself and a glass of whisky lor his partner . In his hand he held a pistol , with which he said he would blow somo one ' s brains out before he slept that night . The boy who served tho liquor asked for payment , upon which the prisoner said he would shoot him ( the boy ) if
he said another word . The pvisoner then placed the pistol on the counter , left the house , and purchased two pennyworth of percussion caps at the shop of Mr . _M'Vetie , Yauxhall-road . He told the druggist he was going out a shooting . He then returned to the public-house , and called for another glass of ale . His wife immediately afterwards entered , and requested hira to accompany her home . He replied , " Go from my presence , or I'll shoot you . " The prisoner then took aim with the pistol at his wife , upon which sho rushed forward , but he pulled the trigger , and shot her through the right hand . After making inquiry as to whether he had killed bis wife , he gave up the pistol , and was
taken into custody . The woman was immediately conveyed to the Northern Hospital , where it was found necessary to amputate the two fore fingers . Tbe prisoner , on being interrogated by the magistrate , said , in a very pathetic maunor , that he had been walking a thousand miles in a thousand hours , which he completed last week . The pistol was bought " , by Mr . Tillotson , landlord of the Strawberry Gardens , for the purpose of awakening him during the night , and he ( the prisoner ) brought it home with him . Since completing his pedestrian feat , whenever he got any . drink ho did not know what he was doing ; and as to his wife and children , he loved them dearly . The prisoner then wept bitterly . He was committed for trial .
Fatal Accidkst from a Pea . —A youth , tho son of Mr . Richard Bolton , of Great Horton , Yorkshire , was playing a few days since with a juvenile companion , who was pretending to place a pea in his ear and to make it como out of his mouth . Bolton , believing the feat to havo been really performed , was induced to make the attempt himself , and thrust the pea so far into his ear that it could not be got out . In a vain endeavour to extract it made by a medical man , it was sent further in , and the poor boy died four days afterwards from the effects ,
Affrat witit Poachers in Warwickshire . — Soon after one o ' clock on Monday morning , as a party of Lord Guernsey ' s keepers _trero watching near llungell Spinney , Cubbington , they heard shots fired , and were immediately after assailed by a shower of stones , ono of which struck Winderbank , the princi _pal keeper , on the back of the head , and knocked him down . A desperate struggle then ensued , in which four keepers succeeded in each _arresting a poacher , but four or five others of the gang coming to the rescue , they released their comrades from custody , and then commenced a most cruel attack on tho keepers , one of whom named Davis , was wounded in five different places on the head , and now lies in a very dangerous cond ?? ' ? hVr ? ° _? er _$ eepers were 8 ever _«* y ** 'Jured about the head and arms , ihe poachers bavins broken guns and bludgeons about 52 ? " _olis ! of
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_-a~—dangerous condition of keep * JRS . were _""also granted for tho _apprehension of two ofthe faTA _^ _Affbav WITH * _POACHEnS .-MANSFIELD , Tuesday . — Late on Satnrday night last an affray with poachers took placo in Whitwell Wood , near Bolwver . Derbyshire , on-grounds lately purchased by the Duke of Portland from Lord Bathurst .-Towards midnight the dukes keeper , accompanied by a number of watchers and _keeper , had reason to suspect that poachers were in the wood , and , therefore , proceeded , in tbat direction . They had not gone far before sounds of footsteps could bo distinctly heard . On the _poachei-s making their appearance , the keepers Lnld _nlainlv discover , by the light of the . moon ,
thirteen of them , with their laces blackened and a white chalk mark on each of their arms , for the purpose of recognising each other . The head keeper , in a loud voice summoned the poachois to surrender . The latter instantly assumed an attitude of defence , and a strugglo commenced ; the keepers used their guns , and one of them with such fatal effect as to kill one of the poachers on the spot . The latter fought with desperation . One of them , armed with a cavalry sword , approached his adversary , and before the latter could make any resistance , cleaved his head open with the weapon . The poor fellow instantly fell to the ground senseless . Other assistance , however , arriving , the poachers retreated as precipitately as they could , but not before two or three of then * number were captured . The prisoners were taken to Mansfield lock-up , and yesterday
Chief Constable Uatton , accompanied by a strong body of police , wenfi in pursuit of the remainder of the poachers , and succeeded in apprehending , as is supposed , the whole ' gang . They were _ safely placed in tho same prison , to await examination beforo the Mansfield bench of magistrates , previous to their committal to Nottingham county gaol for trial at the forthcoming assizes . The latest despatch , received here this morning informs us that the unfortunate gamekeeper was dead ; we have not , however , heard it further confirmed . Four men , named Halby , Hazard , Thompson , and Ramsdell , were committed by the Retford bench of magistrates yesterday to Nottingham county gaol , to tako their trial at the next assizes , on a charge of poaching in tho neighbourhood of Welbeck "North , Notts . ' _
Attempt to Murder a Policeman in Essex . —W . Wood , a young determined-loooking fellow , who has often been " in custody for poaching and other offences , was on Wednesday brought before Mr . D . Ede and Mr . Spitty , county magistrates , setting in petty sessions at the Town-hall , Billencay , Essex , for examination on a charge of having made a desperate attempt to murder Robert Bamborough _, an officer in the Essex _constabularly , by violently maltreating him and , when insensible , dragging him into a pond , and leaving him for dead . It may be necessary to mention that in the course of last week the prisoner was found poaching on the estate of Lord Petre , in this neig hbourhood . After much difficulty he was captured by the keeper ? , the gun
which he had with him being broken in the scuffle . Two pheasants wero round in his pockets , and en being examined before the magistrates he was committed to the county gaol at Chelmsford . On Thursday morning the injured officer was conveying him along the road to Brentwood , prior to his removal to Chelmsford , * and on nuaring a pond by the wayside he suddenly turned round upon the officer , who from kindness had only fastened the handcuffs to one wrist Of the prisoner , the constable having hold of the other end . Succeeding in throwing the officer down , and hitting him with the end of the handcuffs , and jumping upon him , he dragged him into a pond and made off . As quickly as possible Mr . Coulson , the superintendent of the district ,
had a full description of the ruffian circulated . He was shortly traced along the road to Tilbury Fort , whore he was found to cross the Thames to Gravesond , some gentlemen from motives of charity given him 3 d . for the ferrv . Mr . Coulson , considering that he would bo making tho best of his was to Chatham to enlist , two expert officers wore sent in that direction , and , on their arrival in Chatham , they found tho prisoner in custody . He was in a beer-shop in the Military-road , when the landlord , singularly enough , read a paragraph in one of the London papers relating to the affair , and , thinking that the description ofthe escaped assailant corresponded with that of his guest , the police were called in , and the prisoner arrested . On the officers of the Essex constabularly reaching the town , thoy duly identified him and removed him to Billerieay
The prisoner , securely ironed , was brought over from Brentwood gaol by Mr . Coulson , the superintendent , for examination . The . wounded officer being totally unable to leave bis bed , the magistrates arranged to take his deposition at his cottage , the prisoner being present . Bamborough , in his evidence , gave all the particulars of the _nssuult up to the time when he was rendered insensible . The prisoner , after striking him with great ferocity , dragged him into the pond and threatened to drown him , pro-sing his knees upon his throat and filling his mouth and nostrils with mud . A little girl r-amed Hatch , partly corroborated the evidence of the officer , and one or two persons living in the neighbourhood spoke to finding him in the pond in state of insensibility , and dreadfully injured b \ _- the blows he had received . The prisoner waa ultimately committed to the county gaol .
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The Late Murder at HAVKHFORDWBST . - _^ exertions of tho police have been successful in fixing the guilt of the murder of the old woman , Elizabeth Barnard , upon a man and woman , Thomas Thomas and Jane Evans , both of whom have been fully committed by the magistrates to take their trial for the capital offence . It will be remembered that the old woman was picked up in a ditch near the Wesleyan chapel , Haverfordwest , ina sinking and indeed dying condition , and that upon a post mortem examination of the body being made , the death was clearly traced to injuries which had been inflicted upon her .
Thi > . Sale ov Materials at Britannia-bridge was concluded on Saturday last . The weather remained favourable and there was a good attendance of mining engineers and others , and high prices were maintained throughout . The only articles unsold were two of the large iron pontoons used at the doatings , and some large capstans . The proceeds of the sale of materials have been estimated at about £ 12 , 000 . The hydraulic presses have been purchased by the makers , the Bank Quay Foundry , Warrington , for the purpose of exhibition at the forthcoming industrial display of 1851 .
Rior at _HiairAitf , _Bkeconshiue . —Owen Morley , Hush "Watkins , Thomas Roberts , Thomas Lewis , and William Williams , colliers , of llerwain , were charged at the Aberdare police court , last week , with having riotously _assembled at Hirwain , in ihe parish of Pendcryn , with about one hundred others , and broke in the windows and doors of the Golden-Lion Inn , aud assaulted the landlady and other inmates . It appeared that on the night of the 10 th inst ., some Welsh workmen assaulted some Irish railway excavators as they were going along thc road : a row ensued , in which two Welshmen named Williams and Rees were stabbed . An Irishman named Galaniin
was given into custody on the charge . There being no lock-up house at llirwain , the officer had to convey the prisoner to Aberdare station , and during his absence the Welsh workmen assembled to the number of about one hundred , and commenced an attack upon the Golden Lion , which is kept by an Englishman named Stacey , who is connected with the railway works . The conduct of the mob was described as very outrageous , several windows were broken , and the disturbance lasted from half-past eleven till two in the morning . The prisoners were all apprehended on the Monday following . They were all committed for trial at the Brecon sessions , but were admitted to bail .
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_ExMSNSlVB SHOPBREAK ! NO AT GLASGOW . —A most daring and successful case of shopbreaking occurred at Glasgow on Saturday morning last , in the premises of Messrs . Dickson and Laing , shawl and blanket manufacturers , 21 , _Giassford-street . The premises in question are of considerable extent—the back windows of the tenement looking into Thistlecourt , where . a door , principally used for the taking in ef heavy bales of goods , is situated on the ground flat . In this court , a staircase , communicating with the premises of other parties in Giassford-street runs up parallel to the _warerooma of tho firm ' already mentioned . There is no immediate conneetion , however , from the staircase with
thesebut 'he _tlueres , who appear to have had an intimate afcquainlanee with the localities , and to ha ve laid their plans with great skill , made one for themselves without much seeming difficulty . By false keys they gained access to a water-closet at the top of the stair , from which a hatchway allowed them to get on the ceiling immediately above the upper flat of the warerooms of Messrs . Dickson and Laing . Thev had then little trouble , the laho and plaster not being of any great thickness , in making an incision m the roof of sufhcient width to allow a full-grown man to get through , and this bsing successfully accomplished , future proceedings were comparatively easy . From the amount of property that has been carried away , the burglars appear to have had plenty ol turn ar Quit disposal , and to'havecon-
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_dieted their operations with gl _* eat caution . / Shortly before six o'clock , and immediately previous to the night watchman going off duty , the premises were found perfectly secure , the door of the water-closet referred to being fastened in the usual manner , and nothing occurred to awaken suspicion till about an hour afterwards , when the door in the court communicating with the back of the premises was found open , "The . full extent of the robbery Was soon ascertained by an inspection of the _warerooms , which appeared to have been thoroughly ransacked during the night . The stock is very extensive and varied ; but the thieves selected , nothing but shawls and plaids , of which they have succeeded in carrying away between 200 and 300 of all sizes' and patterns . How _BUCh an immense quantity of plunder , of bo bulky a nature , could be taken away unnoticed as the circumstance that the
partly accounted for by knaves crowned their daring robbery by appropriating a hurley-barrow , belonging to the lhistleTa vem , that stood in the court , for the purpose of removing the stolen propeny . Bold measures aro frequently the most successful , and no doubt the thieves calculated that openly going through ths streets with a Jaden hurley was much less likely to awaken the suspicion of the police than any other mode they could have devised . The result has been tbat the booty was safely conveyed away to a place of security , which it has , as yot , defied the utmost diligence of the police to discover . Ihe criminal authorities were early made aware of the robbery ; but , notwithstanding every exertion has been made , no trace lias been obtained of the missing shawls , the value of which must be considerable . —North British Mail .
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Lord John Russell—lt is reported that Lord John Russell has written to a high personage in this county ( Dublin ) expressing his sincere regret that a misconstruction should havebeen put upon his recent lelter to thc Bishop of Durham , and declaring that nothing was further from his intention then to cast any reflection upon the Roman Catholic religion . f - Poor Law TAXATiON . —The rates just struck in some of the Clare unions furnish a remarkable illustration of the extreme inequality of the taxation tor the support of the poor , in various parts ot tills rates
country . In some northern unions the are as low as from 6 d . to Is . in the pound . In the . umon ot New Ross , County of Wexford , the highest rate is Is . 3 d .: in the pound , and some of the electoral divisions are as low as lOd . Generally ihere has been a very considerable diminution ofthe tax , even in some western and southern unions ; but still very heavy rates are required in some of the distressed unions . For instance , in the union of Scariff , there is a rate of 7 s . 6 d . in the pound . In the electoral division of Cahermurphy , and in other divisions , the rates vary from 4 s . 6 d . to 6 s . 3 d . Even in this pauperised union , however , one division , called Coolrae , has as low a rate as Is . In Innistymon union , also in the county of Clare , the new rate varies from 3 s . 6 d . to 5 s . in
the pound . ., Representation of Limerick . —Mr . Ditzgeraia , _ons of the four candidates for the representation of the county of Limerick , has resigned in consequence of another candidate ( Mr . Ryan ) ' * whose viewsgo beyond those which I am prepared to adopt , having come forwardand caused many to withhold that firm support which I had _rea-on to believe would have insured my return . " The Tenant League are using every exertion to secure the return of Mr . Ryan , who , according to the Limerick Examiner , has
received promises of support from "the entire of the influential and venerated clergy ofthe diocese of Emly . " With reference to the other candidates , the Limerick Chronicle says : — " Captain Dickson , we are informed , has been very successful in his canvass through many parts of the county , and anticipates first _ph-cc on the poll . The Earl of Clare supports Captain Dickinson . Mr . Wyndharo Goold is daily canvassing the electors of the county , and was at the fair of Rathkeale , where he obtained many promises , notwithstanding the _addresses of the Tenant League deputation . " _ , 7 , _ .. The Cork Consti
Attempt at Murder in Cork — - tution contains the following account of an atrocious attempt at murder in that city * . — " A man named Stephen Wakefield , who has for some time been employed as a night watchman at the mouth of the Great Southern and Western Railway Tunnel , on the Glanmire road , was found on Wednesday morning , on the arrival of the day watchman , in a d y ing state , with no less than seventeen severe cuts in the head , apparently inflicted by blunt instruments . The night being extremely boisterous , Wakefield appears to have confined himself during it to a temporary watchhouse erected within the company ' s grounds at Brum Lodge . When the day watebman arrived he found Wakefield lying in the watch-house , his face
besmeared with blood and coal ashes , his head horribly cut , and his arms and hands burned . It would appear that the unfortunate man bad _struggled with bis assailants , who beat him until he fell into the fire , which was extinguished when the day watchman arrived . There is reason to _s'tppose that some parties in tbe employment of Mr . _Dargan , the contractor of the works , were desirous of yetting another party into the situation of night watchman , and that having failed in their exertions to have Wakefield removed , on complaint of neglect of duty , they resorted to the crime of murder to vacate the situation . It is
evident that the outrage was committed by persons acquainted with thc worlu , for a large watch dog on the premises made no alarm . When removed to the infirmary Wakefield was insensible , and two pieces of the skull were removed . No hopes are entertained of his recovery . Wednesday _evening an inquiry was held at the Police-office , in the private room , before T . S . Reeves and W . L . Perrier , Esqrs ., when two parties named Kelly , the day watchman , and a man named Scully , who had been arrested on suspicion , were brought up for examination by Sub-Inspector Walker . Some witnesses were examined , when Kelly was let out on bail , and Scully was examined . "
Death oi * the Roman Catholic Bishop of 1 ui > i , AL 0 E . ~ The Right Rev . Dr . Kennedy , Roman Catholic Bishop of Ivillaloe , died on Wednesday , at Par-Sim ' s Town , King ' s County , after a protracted illness , in his sixty-third year . Sales in the Encumbered Court . —The proceedings in this court on Friday were unusually interesting . There was but one estate submitted for sale , that of Pierce Morton , Esq ., in the county of Cavan , consisting ofthe fee-simple of 3 , 500 statute acres , let at rents varying from 25 s . to 28 s ., and up to 32 s . per Irish acre , or about ISs . per English acre , for lands of very ordinary quality . There are about 110 acres of bog . This property had been several years in Chancery , * and in 1 _S-15 . when brought to sale in
Master Litton ' s office , for the first four lots , containing 834 statute acres , and producing £ 677 a year , £ 15 , 500 had been offered and refused . The same section of the property sold on Friday in four lots for £ 9 , 200 , bring £ 6 , 300 less than the amount offered just before the first potato failure . The rates of purchase realised for those four lots were 13 , 14 , 15 , and 16 years ' purchase . Other portions of the estate sold at about the same rates , * but by far the most important portions consisted of the lands ol Kilnucrott , containinu 150 statute acres , upon whicli there has been erected a very beautiful modern mansion , which cost the late inheritor a very large ' sum . There was only one bidder for this lot , at £ 4 , 000 . Baron Richards said he considered the price offered by far too lowand his
, lordship asked Mr . Tallow , the solicitor in the case , what he intend , d to do ? Mr . Tatlow replied that he was disposed lo let the lot go at the money offered ' It had been , he said , a source of very considerable expense to the estate to keep the house in order . He felt assured the solicitors for the minors , and other creditors , were of the same opinion . Two of tbose gentlemen _consented , and the fee-simple of 150 statute acres , forming a highly cultivated and ornamented demesne , with an elegant mansion in the Tudor style , m perfect order ( upon whieh it is said £ 27 , 000 wa 9 expended ) , was sold for £ 4 , 000 . Mr . Samuel Moore was the purchaser . The portions ofthe estate of Mr . Morton realised £ 35 , 745 , being an average of aboul
fourteen and a half years' purchase upon a rental of £ 2 , 497 , without making any allowance for a temporary abatement of twenty-five per cent , lately made to the tenantry . This amount being considered _sufnVent to pay off all the claims of the creditors , one valuable lot was retained for the minors , children of the late inheritor , containing 614 statute acres , which yield a rental of £ 483 a year . Seventeen new petitions for sale of estates were filed in the Encumbered Court within the week ending on the 20 th instant , making the entire number 1 , 384 . In the new list five af the encumbered inheiitors are petitioners in their own cases . The name of Sir R . D . Burghe appears in this _hst . The sale of the Earl of _Aldboroueh's
estates bas been fixed for the close of this mouth _, r _u * , _l Franchise Act . —The gross numberof freeholders under the old and supplemental registries for the county of Galway amounts to but 4 , 100 —a low figure considering thc extent and population of the county , and a pregnant proof of the fearful effects of a three years famine followed by emigration and evictions on a scale of magnitude hitherto unknown even in Ireland . Outrage on the Property-of- the Attorney-General . —On Sunday , the 17 th inst ., about 150 persons assembled at Kildavin with horses and ears , and commenced the removal of a large quantity of potatoes , turnips , corn of every description , furniture and in fact every available article on the premises of a _person named _gdward _^ Sjnnott , a tenant to the Right Hon . John Hatchell , the _AUornev-Gennnil m
wnom a large amount of rent was due . _ConstalVl Jordan , at present stationed _iathisdlstriolonteZi rary duty having heard of the work of _destmcSf t progress , hastened to the seene with l . _f . "i on stopping the first car , forThe _^ _pot _^ _FStS ing he owner _' _smme , a whistle Ui gW „ when " u whole party , rushed forward towards _tficSrtabSanr who , on seeing their danger , immedi ? _Srfeed _& the resolute conduct of the constable and his _uartv & he _na _^ _tTf _^ hf * _* _™»** hToS nnd Sn Thtf . ° Bfteen * ° _twnty persona engaged m this lawless enterprise , who will be sum-
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moned to the petty sessions , at _Newtownbarry . The tenant owed two years' rent , and the agent offered tb allow him to take away his crops and other property , to forgive rent and arrears , if he-gave peaceable possession ofthe farm ... This offer , wasrefused , and Sin * nott still holds possession , determined not to surrender it until the landlord be put to the expense of ejectment . 7 _Emigration—Alluding to tho unchecked rush of emigration from the west , the Alhole Independent observes : —¦ " Not a vehicle leaves this town without containing its quota of self-expatriated _f poor Irish . ' We have seen " some of them actually begging their way , barefooted and ill-clad , withchildrenbutafewmonths old . We have been credibly informed that many of those emigrants brine their goods to market and
never return to their homes , lest the landlord or his agent should be there to demand his rent . It has been asserted with more force than foundation that this system of emigration is propelled by the want of those relations between landlord and tenant which the _Leagues strives to attain : but this , remains to be Proved . The tenants of a good and indulgent landlord—one of whom the League can say nothing -rvvc mean the Earl of Clanearty- _^ have abandoned their holdings for the far west . And this _progresa of emigration whicli we notice will flow on uninterruptedly , in defiance of the _aeitation of party on shore or the angry bluster of old Boreas on sea , - until many of the green fields of this dear and lovetv land — albeit its wretchedness —• lie waste and
_untilled ; unless the capitalists of England interfere by investing their money in its cultivation . " Dismissal of a Magistrate . —The Dundalk Democrat has the following statement : — "Mr . Francis Pratt , of Corinsica , near Kingscourt , who was tried , convicted , and sentenced to one month ' s imprisonment at the late quarter sessions of Coote _* hill , for having rescued himself from the bailiffs who had him in custody under a writ of ca . sa ., at the suit of Bridget _M'Eneany , in Kingscourt , on the 9 th of July last , has been superseded and dismissed from the commission of the peac * 3 for the county ot Cavan by the Lord Chancellor , and was discharged as an insolvent debtor by Mr . W . II . Curran , at the commission held in tbe town of Cavan on Tuesday hut . " . .
Charge of Official Embezzlement at Cork . —Messrs . Foot and Filzsimons , solicitors , have addressed a letter to the Cork Reporter , explaining the circumstances under which informations have been taken against Mr . Whitney , first clerk of the Custom-house in that city . They say— " The charge is for alleged embezzlement of £ 30 , and no more : bis receipts have amounted to about £ 300 . 000 annually , and for the thirteen years during which he continued in the receipt of this enormous revenue not a farthint _*; was lost , nor was a charge of any description made against him . Mr . Whitney courted public investigation , and no doubt will establish his innocence . For obvious reasons we decline to open any defence upon the preliminary inquiry , and trust the public will suspend its opinion until the trial takes place . "
Stoppage of the Works os tub Doblin and Belfast Junction Railway . —We regret to state that , with some trivial exceptions , the works on this line , in the immediate vicinity of Newry , are stopped , in consequence of the misconduct ofthe labourers connected with a district of the country through which the railway runs . At the Petty Sessions Court , last Friday , Head Constable Whitley staled that that morning he bad come upon a body of 300 navvies , at the bridge across the Monaghan-road , and that theytold bim they objected to working the long hours , asserting that they were the same now as in summer—from _fourjn the morning till seven in the evening . On making further inquiries we find that the statements made to Mr . Whitley is not
correct . The men were perfectly satisfied with their wages and the hours they had to work , and invariably speak well of their employers , Messrs . Moore Brothers ; and in fact , the present stoppage of the works arises from the determination of the people residing in Killian and that vicinity to force themselves into the employment of these gentlemen . A large number of them , who have recently returned from reaping the harvest in tbe sister country , havetaken into their wise heads , that being connected with the locality where the works are in progress , they have a better right to be employed on them than labourers from other parts of the country ; and as Messrs . Killen and Moore would not dismiss their old hands , to make room for them , they combined together , and , traversing the line from oneend to the other , drove the men from the various works by threats and acts of violence . They not
only hurled large stones from a height of fifty or sixty feet down on them , but in several cases , armed with bludgeons , they attacked them personally , and compelled them to retire from the works . The consequence is that upwards of 1 , 000 men are out of employment ; but until the present time no further breach ofthe peace has taken place . We trust that the misguided men who have behaved so badly by this time see the error of their conduct ; but if not , they may depend upon it that while there is 500 men in Newry barracks , to speak of no other power , they will be ( aught to obey the law , and respect the rights oftheir fellow men . Meantime the authorities are taking informations against every man who can be identified as having taken part in this dangerous combination ; and , as soon as the necessary protection can be obtained for the regular hands , they will return to work . —Newry Telegraph .
The Dublin- _MunicipalEieciioxs . —This city waa in a state of considerable bustle and excitement on Monday , in consequence of the elections for the representatives in the new town council , which will have , under the Municipal Act , the control and management of local taxation to the amount of £ 200 , 000 per annum . In several of the wards tha contests were extremely close . In the Linen-hall ward the Lord Mayor ( Mr . John Reynolds , M . P ., ) came in as the fourth successful candidate , by a very small majority over Mr . James Perry , a wealthy merchant , and one of the directors of the
Midland Great Western Railway Company . In the wards , generally , highly respectable citizens have been _returned , aud men of moderate political views . A considerable number of the members of the old corporation have lost their seats . The new council will be a fair representation of the property * and intelligence of the Irish metropolis . The Freeman ' s Journal states , that there has not been one man returned who has not given a pledge against tlio removal of the _Yiceroyalty . That journal also give 3 a political analysis of tho returns , of which the following is a summary -. —Liberals , 35 ; Conseivatives , 22 ; doubtful , 3—total , GO .
TnE Late Murderous Assault Cask ix Cork . — The Cork Examiner states , that the man who was beaten so severely at tho tunnel of the Great Southern and Western Railway , on Tuesday niaht , died in _theAorth Infirmary at five o ' clock on Sunday evening , in consequence of the injuries inflicted on him . The unfortunate man remained insensible since the commission of the offence , and has left a large family to lament his disastrous end . A verdict of " Wilful murder" has been returned . Sales in tiie Encumbered Estates Court . — The new regulation against adjournment of sales , unless under special circumstances , ia working very beneficially . Six separate estates tvero announced for sale on Tuesday , all of which , with one exception , were disposed of at very fair rates of purchase , and within the short space of two hours ' _.
Pooh-Law Taxation . —Whilst the poor-rate is very considerably diminished in roost parts ofthe country , thc unfortunate Clare Unions aro still taxed to a most alarming extent . In Kil ' advserfc Union , the new rates vary from 3 s . Sd . to 10 s . in , the pound . In the electoral divisions of Clonda « a and Liscasey , the rate is 10 s . ; in Kilmurrv , itis 9 s . lOd . ; in Kilpiddana , 7 s . ; and in other divisions the new levy exceeds 5 s . in tho pound . In such cases how is it possible to obtain rents from tho tenantry ?
Legal Appointments . —Mr . E . Geale , a solicitor , has been appointed as Crown Solicitor for tha County of Carlow and Queen ' s County , rendered vacant by the death of Mr . Elliott ; and Mr . E . Mooney . clerk to the Attorney-General , has been appointed as the successor to Mr . Geale , in the office of Clerk of the Crown for ihe County of Longford . The Hon . David Plunkett , son of Lord Plunkett , ex-Chancellor for Ireland , has resigned the office of Master of the Court of Common Pleas , in consequence of serious ill health . The salary of this office is £ 1 , 000 per annum . Repeal Association . — The usual meeting was held on Tuesday instead of Mondav , in _consequent of the municipal elections . Mr . John Byrne presided . Mr . John O Connell , in alluding to those elections stated that the Repealers had lost many _ieuis 9 d men ' TLo rcntfor the _week wa _*
Resignation of Professok Shaw , Queen ' s C _©*> L * ~ i x regr et and so wo feeI wil 1 u , ar g e cil ' ol mends , to . whom his high qualities had endeared i _' _-i"V-ii r none w ° r _« than the college authorities , tnat Professor Shaw has felt compelled to resign his office at the Queen ' s College , Uo filled the important and arduous chair of Natural Philosophy , but , as a Fellow of Trinity Collego , he feels that there is an incompatibility between his position thore and his continuance in tlio Queon ' g Collego professorship . To prevent any inconvenience from a suspension of studies , Professor Shaw has roost kindl y consented to continue his lectures till the appointment of his successor . —Cork Reporter ,
Fr-Eisch Goods Is Tbanswu.—It Will Affor...
_Fr-eisch Goods is _Tbanswu . —It will afford sow ? idea of the largo and increased quantities of mer - chandise of a valuable character which are brought to this country from France i » transitu to other foreign countries , whon it is stated that the vessel Margaret , arrived at the port of Liverpool from Havre , officially reports as having brought no less than 2 , 246 packages of silks , besides tr . enty-fi _*"' - _"* packages of woollens and cottons , ten packages of watches , three packages ot embroidery , fifteen packages of gloves , and sixty-seven packages _J « manufactured goods , which aro imported in traitor other parts ef thc world _.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30111850/page/6/
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