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Pbasce—It appears that the Parisian citadels will » occupy in &ne of peace an army of 2-4 , 800 men , -which , united -with the garrison of tke military establish-j meats of the enciente continue , as "well as those of j the interior of Paris , will form an effective of more j than 60 , 000 men to gnard ihejree eity of Paris , and 5 frill be anaed with 1262 cannoUj composed id pail of eighty-pounders and mortars , capahle of throwing j their projectiles into the centre of Paris , ; In ^ ESjqaehce of the increase of troops demanded j fcj the fcitifiratlons c ! Paris , it is in contemplation j to segment the Artillery and Engineer force , as well as tb& McEic ^ psl Guard .
TheFb-esch Foktifj cations—It is not in external ' . fortlcauons cn ' iy that the French Govcrnmen ^ is pre- \ paring to meet littercs . ! enemies . ** If the Faubourg ; St . Antolne , "^> fessrrs La . Rr / brnie , " be not ¦ well guarded , it will certainly cot be for want of guardhonses , enrracks , sisail forts , and other advanced ¦ works . &ery day sccie new project of fortificatioE is cevised for thai quarter . ISoj satisfied with . th * formidable Keek-houses on the Place de la Ba ^ jille , ir > the Rue de Montreal ! , at the Barriere dn Trone , on tbt bcnleTards Horiand aud Bonrdcn , ihe
barrack of the arsenal , and tbe castle of Vkscennes , the Govemmeai has re-solved on making extensive additions to tbe barrack of the Celestin ? , which hasitc-n considerably auEmented during tbe last tvro years . The formidable works about to be added to tte > enildicg will enable it to contain a garrison of 3 . 000 foci aiid horse Municipal Guards . This Eriinary ^ lablishmeilt Tdli thns bs converted into a real -citadel , being protected by » wall . pierced wah loopholes . It will be the first barrack of the kind coii > trnc ! ed in Pari > . "
Tuesday , ire 12 oth of December , is the day fixed for the meeting of the Chaiubera . La Patrle announces the death of Admiral Houssin at Muntpelier . Strain . —Barcelona , —Letters from Paris of date the 25 ih nit , state that the fire of the batteries of Port Mongnich and of the citadel contianed to coyer ihe barricades of zhe insurgentE , "wbich Miswered ¦ vigorously . On the 22 nd , the cannonade was Tery keen on both sides . The insurgents appeared to be " well provided with ammunition and provisions .
The Journal des Dsbats sajs ;—The Barcelonese insurgents are not at all discouraged . They do not Content themselves with standing on the defensive ; bnt since their assault upon the citadel , which iailed , ihev bare raised a battery of mortars with the intent of bombarding it . Thus it is that the insurgents of Barcelona , in their turn , threaten to have recourse ic-tne terrible operation of bombardment . " Martell , said to have surrendered at Tortosa , entered T 5 gueras on the 19 ih . Tne prisoners taken at Matero , who were sent to Talenciaand subs : qaently to Majorca , have been sent back by the governors of those places , who Lave refused to receive them ; tne Captain-General lias , in coasfquence , cbarter £ d a lar . ee merchantman , and ^ onvertd it into a prison-hnik , which is now lying in the harbour filled with ihesa cnforninate
men . j It is stated in ajbnllefcin of the Leon Junta , that ; General Seniosani , second in command of Old I Castile , who tad advanced against Leon , was j attacked in the night by a colnmn from the town i and routed . This bulletin is dated the 18 ; h . i A pTommcmxaento has takea place at Kosss in ' support of the Central Junta . - i Pekpigsxs , Oct . 27 . —Prim continued his tire on Girona ihe day before yesterday , sad took posses- > son of the Faubourg de Pedri * . The firing conti-i Jined yesterday . Martell yesterday went out of ! ihe fort of Figneras "with two hundred and fifty ]
men-Madbxd , October 21 st . —The intelligence received ; to-day is favourable to the cause ef tbe Central Junta , i The port of Rosa ? , in Catalonia , has declared for 3 that cause , and the insurgents cf Leon have been ' beforehand with the troops sent from Yafladol' d against them , having surprised tie latter in the . Bight of the 18 th , at one , a . m ^ and taken Brigadier Uorente , Colonel P ^ jol , with two commanders and . ' about 100 cavalry prisoners . The rest escaped , owing to the small force which was sent ousJrom { Leon against them . This event will give an impulse j to the Centralists , and the Leon movement may .-become formidable , particularly from its proximity I to GaJlicia- . z \ ' .
Wehave newi from Saragossa tothfl 9 zh . Con- i cha , having received some heavy artillery from " Kavarre and other points , amounting to twenty-two ' , pieces altogether , had constructed his breaching batteries , which were completed on that day ] ha then sent a- summons to ihe city , giving the 'Junta < twelve hours to surrender ; but tbe la- » ter , in reply i to the message , which was sent at six in the evening , replied thai "they saw his batteries "were read _ y , aad ie jmi £ » i tepn * o fc-e as soon JbS lie nkod ; that ihey h * a jost hoisted tbe black flag , and if he trembled them with any more messages , they would hang the messenger . " 5
Ltbebtt o ? thb PskssI—There was a great row \ in the Chamber of DepnUes at its preliminary meeting to-day . The military here have lately taken uie law into their own hands ; and when an article appears that they disapprove « f , tbay go in a , < body and bully the newspaper people . Testerday" ! no less than fifty officers went to the office of the i TarantvliL , * . satineal opposition paper , to oblige the editor to put in an absolute retractation of some- < thing ie iad said about the army . The editor not i being there "when they weut , they divided
them-Belves into parties of ten each , and kept watch the j whole day , bnt apparently without any other sue- " ' eess than : that of alarming the journalists , and ' obliging them io get their psper out in some nnnsual way . SUls stuck on the walls announcing a new I opposition pap * r , were torn down yesterday by a ! Dumber of officers and soldiers from the post-office ; i and it was this circumstance that was brought before the Chamber to-day . The Count de las N&vaz i
complained of the military taking the law into their own hands , and gave notice of a motion on the subject a ? soon ss the house wag constitnted ; adding , that liberty wonld not perish while there weredeputies there . Bis remarks brought up Narva * z in a great passion , who said that there was a plan forming for ^ discrediting the army , who were ihe defenders of liberty , which trould not perish while he was at the head of the troops . Some personal Tecrimination took place , and is is rumoured that a < Iuel is not unlikely to xesult from it .
Babcelosa . —The f dll&wing is from a letter in a Irench paper : —** We are a league and a half from Barcelona , ^ and bear v Eharp ^ cannonade . We Eee the firing dlsimeflj ^ frosjrthe -citadel , the Atarazanas ClhiBinnst be a mis ^^ TOB in ^ nrgeuts baring abandoned that ptjat ) , and Montjuich . Whilst I ^ im Writing , twufchtlls are bnrning in the air . Some BaOorewho have come on board inform me that the insurgents do not allow any person to leave the town . They ar * said to be 8000 in number , but a great nnmber are withoot muskets . On the other hand ; however , they have abundance of artillery of
and ammunition , and are . aoi ^ hort provisions . I do BOt know bow aaay . tioeps Enrroand Barcelona , ini 5 * is ofrtaiirtiiai 3 iesrly ^ all the villages at more £ han * 4 a » jfn « aiiBiant are wish out a single soldier , all b * mg concentrated immediately round the city . Tie fcgargentsliave melted down all the old gnns , Jo fc& ' eonverted into money , and they go on coining day and night . The troop 3 are regularly paid . Barcelona has not Buffered so much as might have been supposed , as the fire of Montjuich has been ehiefly -directed against ihe batteries of tie enemy . The South Boulevard , however , is entirely in ruins . " ;
ivsvxBzeno * jii Tieo . —By the Pacha steam- j Tessel of the -Peninsular line of packets . Captain ' Wilson , Comnrsflder , arriTed yesterday at South- j ampton , in fonr days from Tigo , intelligence has-j teen . received of-as insurrectionary movement in that tows , whieh fhoagh few particulars have been obtained , seems to have assumed an important oha-1 Meter . Captain Wilson states that he brought witk hiin , as passenger from Lisbon to Tigo , -General { xnarte , one of Espartero's officers , and tha : he ^ aeto "Vigo on tbe invitation of the party which ; »^ gan the movement . lighting had commenced on ; S v « ^ stant , sai . from that time to the arrival . ' 01 the Pacha the city was in tbe possession of the : JiahqnaLGuard , vfho had originated the attack . As '
* f ° " General Yriarte landed lie placed bimself a * taeir head . Such was the state of confusion in i tne place , that Capt ^ n Wilson did not think it M ^ L *? *^ The vessel , rvhich touched on tbej & ££ &y ^ &&Xsz ™^ S 5 Sra ? snBft 2 a "urs llS # 253 . Sg
^* a eonsiderable corps of Austrian ^ ooo , tras orderedto advance towards the Bomiinfwffj ? and to iold ftemselvca in reiKkeS ff SSS ^ I ^ ationB shonM fresh ^ m » tSSSZ&SS& Jeet themBelres is JBologna . Mocq exdteineat etm TOsraifed ia tin P < mtifi « J aoHnnions 7 wb ^ £ kepinpby * rep « tt&ataFz « aca fleet wooldsnortlT » ppeir « n their shorts , by tin dosing of the Uniyer-» y « tBologiia , tjthe -enforatment of new oppras sfre ftnapcial Bteaeares , and finally by the recal into Mte PopeV eoondls of the ole Cardinal Bernetti , TOO ^ as legate at Bologna during the oecnrrenees « T 1832 , and subsequently Seeretarr of State . The population of Moden * is also discontented . * Jha most terrible yoke presses npoo them , " says ihe letter in question . u Anstria had yainly lecommenSed inore moderation , tbs Duke rrUl not renounce bis system , a general insurrection may be . liorily expected in the daahy , and an armed jcter-TBntion willineviably ensue . "
Greece . —A I » rty in the interest of Russia attempted a reaction at Athens oq the 9 ih uli . The attempt ^ iled .
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The Augsburg Gazette of tbe 25 th inst . publisher a letter dated Trieste , i 0 th inst . announcing the arrival there of Colocotroai , sent by the King of Greece on a special mission % o the King of Bavaria . It ires expected that the elections would be concluded throughout Greece in a few days . Mavrocordato and Triconpi have been already elected deputies for Mxssolonghi , Xairis , who had bepn banished Miree jeaT 3 sincfi for Theism to the island of AndvoB , had returned to Syra , where he was waiting the decision of the Government .
The [ FraiJtfori Journal states , that the King of Bavaria had acthonsed sub = cripJious to be made throughout his kingdom for the benefit of the Germans who had been expelled freni Greece . IWhatapity but that the King of Bavaria had the pleasure of authorising subscriptions for a few taore of bis beggarly couniryjaen . We know a few " Germans " who might be " expelled" with some advantage frem a certain " tight little island . " What say you , " genile reader" ? J ; The totvn of TJraisk , in the Government of Oren-: bur ;; , sufL-red severely on the 9 ; h of last month by : two fires , which broke out on the same day ; 105 honscs , som <* of stone , some of vood , were reduced to ashes . The loss is estimated at 103 , 000 silver ' rubles .
We have seriGU 3 new 3 from the frontiers of Arkansas , near which a large number of the Cacanchc Indians have been killed by a hostile tribe , and several Americans have been murdered by the Cherokees and other na : on 3 acd tribes . The United States forts on the border are receiving relu ^ fcrceHreiiia , Indeed a second Semiiiolo affair I ? feared , Gkrxaxt— Count SurviUiers ( Joseph Bonaparte ) who has been residing at Florence for some time , has been attacked with a paralytic sirokt , by which his life is endangered .
Leipsig , Ccx . 15—M . G . Wigand , bookseller , and M . 2 ^ i- s , printer at Leipzig , who were sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for printing and selling ** The Four Questions , " by Dr . Patoby , of Konigsburg , petitioned to have their punishment commuted for the free equivalent to it ; this has been refused , and their sentence carried into effect last month . West Indies . —At Kingston , fears were enter tained for the safety oi h » r Britannic Majesty ' s schooner Pickle , which left Bermuda on the 14 th of August , and had not arrived at Kingston by the middle of September . Bermuda has suffered dreadfully with the yellow fever- Tbe Rock , and other hsopitals , vrere crowded at our last dates , when its vietims in Ireland Island had beta more than 100 , aDd in St . George ' s more than 200 .
The yellow fever is nnusualiy fatal at Vera Cruz , and all ihe Mexican and Yucatan ports . TJsits-d Siates . —We have this week received the A eic York Freeman ' s Journal , New York Weekly Sun , and Vra York Examiner ; the last a new journal started b > William L . Mackenzie . From these paoer * we give the following extracts : The Elections—The elections for State officers have been htl . i in Georgia , Maryland , Pennsylvania , and New Jersey .
In Georgia and Maryland the Whigs have been successful . In Pensjlvania it is doubtful which party has the legislature . A majority of the Congressional representatives- are certainty Democratic . In New Jersey , where the Whigs had the ascendancy , they bEve been competely overthrown , and Democracy is now triumphant . Instead of the Whigs having a majority , as they had the last sefc-» on of their legislature , they have now only about one-third of the members elect . Goteesob Jpxes , of Tenessee , had published his message to the Legislature of that state . In it he deprecated tha doctrine of repudiation , and strongly enforced the prompt meeting , on thepart of the state , of all i > engagements .
| Thb New York Herald of the 4 th inst ., says" Tha mails this morning bring accounts of ' frost ' at Charlston . There is a great difference , however , in the * first-frest . ' The one in question ia a white frost , tbe operation of wbich is to open the bolls , throw the cotton out to the sun , and thereby bring it to maturity earlier . It is a hard or 'black frost ' which stops the developement of the cotton , and stains it . This has not yet occurred . " A New Tows is Florida . —The former inhabitants of Port Leon , in Florida ( one of the towns which was almost entirely destroyed by a hurricane and inundation on the 13 th ) , have selected a new site for a town , some two or three miles higher up the St . Mark ' s river , which is to be called " Newport . " It is now being laid off into lots , and several warehouses will soon be completed , ready for the reception of goods .
Died is Framiugham on the 15 th inst , Abel Ben * . eoq , a nroilatto man , probably ninety years of age-He was once an attendant on Washington : in Revo lutionary days . Afterwards he served as a musician The A > ti-Moioions assembled in Convention at Carthage , 111 ., on the 5 : h uit . Next day they resolved that if Gov . Ford wonld not give up Joe Smith to be tried in Missouri , thty would , assisted by such aid as they could obtain , ' hey also resolved to require of the Mormons , blood for blood ; and agreed not to obey the Mormon coumy officers . A crisis ia oridently at hand .
Ltsch Law ik Pensstlvasia , —Militabt called Oct . — We learn that in Butler , Pa ., the citizens have been thrown into a state of intense excitement by the holding of stveral meetings in the county , for the purpose of organizing a force sufficient to remove by violence the Jndian , Samutl Mohawk , now confined in Butler , for the murder of a family , and whose trial has been postponed by the Court for three months . Tne malcontents wanted to get him out of prison , give him the semblance of a trial , sud deliberatfjy murder him by hanging J The reason as-signtd by than for this course ia that the people of tbe town desired the acquittal of the prisoner , of whose sanity at the time of tbe murder much doubt txiatB in the public mind . The Sheriff has ordered the captains of the various volunteer companies to be in readiness to march at a moment ' s warning , to defend the prison , should the mob ba so reckless as to attempt carrying out their scheme .
[ such doings as these bring aisgr&ce upon Democratic principles ; and do more to retard the progress of liberty than all the persecutions that tyrants have recourse to , to stop the march of human progression . The Americans seem to fee desirous of emulating the crimts of the Roman rather than the virtues of the Swis 3 democrats . Well ! if they will imitate the brigands of Rome , and the scum of Italy , tney may yet find a < sesar to curb them . ' ] AiEOCiors Mubdebs . —The last Liberty , (> lo . ) Banner eays : —A man by tbe name of A&ner , shot
another by the name of Hutton , in Platte county , nnder the following circumstances : Asher and Hutton had been quarrelling for about a vear or bo , about a claim to a piece of land . On the 8 . h inBiant tbe parties met in the woods by themselves , the -quarrel was renewed , when Hutton started towards Asher with a laraesnck of wood in bis hand . Asher to defend himself , ( as be says , ) shot him through the body , and then went to & magistrate and made the above confession . Both of the men were over sixty years of age .
New Obleass . —The following is the latest accoantfrom New Orleans of the ravages committed by tbe yellow fever . —Eighteen new casea , nine cures , and nine deaths , on the 4 : h instant . The Picayune of the 5 th says : A keen north breeze sprung up on Tuesday night , which continued till Wednesday afternoon , when it was succeeded by a thick clo 3 e rain . Yesterday was the firEt of the year which told of winter ^ coming . The air was of a bracing , invigorating character . At Mobile , on tbe 5 th inst .. there were five new cases of fever reported to the Board of Health .
The accounts from Alabama are alarming . Ia Lowndee , Montgomery , Clarke , and Monroe , numbers of old settlers have h een carried off . In Hayneville&nd Claiborne it has been unusually malignant . In the latter , out of 1 , 000 or 1 , 200 inhabitants , over sixty were dovra a-t one time , and many died . During the week ending September 30 , the total nnmber of interments iB New OrleanB , of persons who had died fey yellow fever , was 118 . At Wejtfield Socmr . near Middktown , Ct -Mrs . Bacon , wife of Ebenezer Bacon , was brutally murdered while the family were at Church on Sunday . She was stabbed in various parts of tbe body , and her head fractured by blows in several places . Tae perpetrators of the horrid deed carried off about eighty dollars in cash . Two men Darned Roberts and Bell have been arrested on sospicio ; .
! The Pqntotoc Tribune records a bloody and fatal Affray which lately took place in that town . Mathew B . Keys and James White being engaged in a warm xltereafcon , G . W .. Lipsc&mb was inciting them to fight . Addison Robertson came up and interposed to _ make peace . RebertBon endeavoured to repel Lipscomb , bat ineffectually , when Lipsomb stabbed him . Robertson instantly fell , and died in ten mureies afterwards . A bystander immediately knocked Lipscomb dow ^ when he was secured , to await his triaL
A Mosx Shogkikg and foul murder , says the AsheviUeiN . C . ) Me 8 seng « , was perpetrated abont seven auks from Knoxvilie , « a Tuesday , the 5 th nit . a © road day-light , on one of the most public and frequently towelled roads in 2 fennessee . The victim was a soldier of the revolution , named John Sntton , who had been a Knox * ffle that aorning and drawn Sna P X l / n ( Ur * 8 ^^ ered fcr Tfhat money he « msi obtained . The perpetrator or perpetrators of ^ da ^ uca deed had Stbeea-detSffS ^ hS j ^^ S S ^ TSStt
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stroyed , thirty-sir .., exclusive of outbuildings ; loss £ 40 , 000 . In the Government fuel yard , 500 cords of wood and 700 chaldrons of coal were consumed . Thb Levt wing of the Royal Regiment had arrived at Q , ueboc , and were immediately embarked on board a transport which -was to Bail for the West Indies immediately . In the coarse of the present season the number of emigrants that had arrived out from Great Britain was 20 , 353 . At the same period of the previous year 43 , 000 tad landed at Quebec . In the last week , up to the date of which the latest accounts are returned , 584 steerage and 46 cabin passengers had landed . There was rather more busine 83 doing in the flour m arkets of Quebec , Montreal , and Toronto . Montreal has been decided upon as the seat of the Canadian Governnient .
A bill nas been brought into the Canadian Parliament for the suppression oi Orangeism throughout the province . Another biil has been brought up by Mr . Lafontaine , the Attorney-General for Canada West , to fhsquahfy place- holdersforelectioutotho Provincial P ^ r-Haraent . The rev-nue had suffered considerably oi late , and British aid would doubtless be required to preserve the credit of the colony . A measure of reform is , however , in contemplation which will secure a reduction of the outrageousl y extravaga . nl salaries now paid to tho placo holders .
M . de Blaequire has laid a propositiou before the Legislative Council for an address to bo presented to her Majesty , requesting a general pardon to all pt-rsons concerned in tbe insurrections of 1837-8 . The Governor Gviieral has pardoned Donelly , charged with having committed a amrder in Ireland fourteen years a £ o . " At St . James ' s , New Brunswick , a raft , with a pleasnre party of fourteen young female ? , parted when in the tideway , and , shocking to relate , thirteen were drowned ! Mariners should be informed that the rock known as the'Old Woman , ' in the Gulf of St . Lawrence , off Cape Graspe , bas sunk in the Bea . It was an important and wellknown landmark .
Sooth America . —News from Valparaiso had been received to the 3 rd of July . The south of Peru was then not quiet . The exiled General Santa Crus had rttired from Ecuador , where he has , till recently , resided , te New Granada , that his pre&euce might not injure the treaty in contemplation between Bolivia and Ecuador . The intelligence from Santa Fe was to the 15 th August . At that time all was quiet . Sama Anna , in Mexico , had succeeded in carrying the elections in the department of Vera Cruz ; but he was in the minority ia tho country general iy . Au armed brig , two gun-boats , &c , who 500 men , had tailed from Campeachy , for the purpose of renewing the war in me- province of Tobasco against the Mexican Government . The opinion was , that the rulers of Yucatan intended to recommence hostilities against Santa Anna .
China . —Peksfcutio . v of the Christians —Tho following appears in the Dublin Evenmg Journal : On the 26 th of May last , the Rev . Mr . Libois , Procurator of the Foreign Missions at Macao , wrote to his Lordship the : Bishop of Drusiparia : " I received yesterday veTy sad intelligence , which I hasten to communicate to ; your Lordship . Dr . Castro , the Administrator-Apostolio of Pekin , announces omo that , according to the information which reached him in January , 1843 , his Lordship , Dr . Jmbert , and Messrs . Chastan and Mauban , were beheaded in the month of September , 1839 ; seventy Cnrtatians were also beheaded , and a hundred and eighty wero strangled . '
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ASHTON-UNDER-IiIWB . —Several of tho millowners , to their praise be it said , have given tho list prices ; whilst others of them , up to the present , refuse to do so ; and one firm in particular , in order to prevent their hands from getting that support which is indispensably necessary , to enable them successfully to struggle with them for tho same r&te of wages , aa many of the other masters are paying , have circulated a report that their men are not on strike for wages , but to compel them , the masters , to take into their employ a man whom they discharged for spoiling his work . This is false . The
truth is that the men are willing to go to their work , tbe moment the employers will give them the list price . We are happy to state that Mr . Wood , of Glossop , has given the power loom weavers in his employ an advance of one penny per piece this week . He waa paying one farthing per piece , less than the other masters before . By this advance he is paying three farthings more ; we suppose to make amends for the wages his workpeople hare suffered by working for Ies 9 than their neighbours . Also the Droyladen masters have given an advance of three farthings and a penny per piece , and an advance of ono shilling per week to the card room hands in both of the above cases .
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"The People the only source , ' &c . —A few days back tha Sheriff of tha King's count ? , eight police , and some bailiffa , proceeded to the lands of Bally duff , near Roscrea , to levy the amount of an execution on a ¦ widow named Latkln , -when a mob of 200 persons disarmed several of the police , and rescued tne seizure : after wbich the amount cf the execution was compromised . James Martim , Esq ., CoroDer , with a patty of police , after effecting a seizure of cattle at Smithstown , between Kufenora and Ejnistiraon , were attacked by tbe country peoplv , the cattle rescued , and tbe coroner and police atfaulted .
Robbeb . * by a Postmaster . —O'Sullivan , the postmaster of Castietown , Berth a v en , county of Cork , and his brother-in-law , have been lodged in Bridewell , to meet a charge of appropriating a letter containing Bank notes to the value of £ 100 wbich had been forwarded by » Cork bntte > buyer named Morty O'Sullivan , to bis brother . Police in Wales . —There are now at least 350 of the London police in the disturbed parts of Carmarthenshire , Pembrokeshire , and Cardingshire . They bave been stationed , with small companies of foot soldiers , under tbe command of non-commissioned officers In most of the Tillages and small towns throughout tbe count-y . and thus a system of sur veitlance is kept up . Government Spies . —Three policemen are incustody at Castlerea on tbe extraordinary charge of having on Sunday posted a threatening letter on a chapel door , warning tbe people against giving more than a certain rent for land , and emblazoned with a pistol emitting smoke and a hall from its inczzte !
Sudden Death . —On Wednesday evening as a poor woman named Mary Galvin , living at Rumley Avenue , Kingston , was assisting a friend to carry a trunk to the railway Btation-house , on entering tho door sbe complained of having got a vioient pain in her stomach , when sbe almost immediately fell down . Mr . Napier was on the spot in a few minutes , and opened the vein in the arm , and sent for Dr . Hatch , who was promptly in attendance ; and although he succeed ia obtaining blood from the external jugular vein , and doing everything that medical skill could suggest , sbe died imme-< 3 iai * rly . —Dublin World .
IMPORTANT . —It . is said the Government bas ordered a Commission to issue to inquire into ( be tenure of land ia Ireland , and rfcat the chairmanship is conferred upon vhe tlie Right Hon-the Earl of Devon , who will beassisted by four other members , two Liberals and two Conservatives , whose names have not transpired . The sittings of tbe Gominission are to commence in Dublin , about tho first week in December ; and it is expected that tbei- report will ba ready early in tbe next Suasion of Parliament . Smoki : « g Joke . — In the book In which travellers who visit Alunnt V esuvius usually inscribe their names , a captain of Ausuria dragoons made the following curious entry , wbich is translated , literally : — " F . N . has lit bis pipe at tbe crater of Vesuvius—Providence and the Tuscan draeoons for ever . ''
Change of Fortune—An old man residing at Great Hortua , known by the name of ' Old Ben , " has had £ 100 a year settled on him for life by a relation v ? ht > went out to India some time since , and bas obtained great wealth . " Old Ben / ' alias Benjamin Le £ gard , Esq ., bas for a number of years obtained a livelihood by fetching coals with a donkey . Fatal Accident . — "Upton-on-Severn "was horrified on Sunday by the sudden death , fro the accidental discharge of a gun , of Captain Henry Martin , at his residence at tbe Hook Common . Dbosfked . —A policeman , while crossing the Shannon , on Friday night last , was drowned . The boat happening to strike against a rock , he was flung out , and all exertion to save him was unavailing .
Somexhikg like a Landlord . —Edward Gal way , ef Duckspooi , in ttw county of Waterford , Esq ., J . P ., has given all kis tenants an abatement of 25 per cent to « emmence fronv the 25 th of March , 1842 , and has purchased a suit af-clothes for each of h s labourers , and tbeir wives and families , and also supplied them with good feather be * Is and bed cloUies ; be bas employtd an experienced drainer , and is about to stone drain at bis own expenc » ' all tbe wetlands on hia estates , and to build honses for » Vs tenants , roofed with slates . What next ?—William Lonergan , of Cabir , a worthy son of St . Crispin , who repudiates the oldfashioned name of cordfc'ainer , and dubs himself artist ' ! announces in the Tipperarp Free Press that be has returned from a continental t » ux with the latest patterns for " understaudinga . * * Barkicaues of
Thb Traitor of thb . —Tne King the French intends next year to . Day a visit to Queen Victoria , for -which purpose a yBVSbt ia about to be built . ¦ Morb Tobtubb . —At the Clerkeuwell workhouse , as it appears by a report bom the police-office of tbat district , a favourite punishment fer xefcaet > ry paupers , especially young girla , ia to look thBtn . up in a mud a warming with rate . Q . —Under what hw t Is torture still in force ?—Tablet . A Veteran Tradesman . —Perhaps there is not another instance in this kingdom to De fou . id pirellel to one in tbe Chain Cable Foundry , Greenock . It is that of a -workman , a smith , who , though so far advanced in years , is able to work for and earn his living . From bis habits and appearance , no one would take bim at first sight to be above seventy ; he is now a few months beyond 104 years . [ Toiling at 104 years of age ! B > bold induitry ' a reward 0
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Death of a Cardinal . —Cardinal Alexander Glustidianl died at Genoa on the 11 th inst He wa < t born in that city in 1778 , and was raised to the purple in 1832 . War in Tvrkey — . We learn from the frontiers of Albania that the Turks and the Montenegrins , after several conflicts of a partial nature , bad a severe , battle on the 21 st Ult ., on the Herregovins , which eoded in tfne defeat of tbe Montenegrins by tbe Turkish troops under the command" of the Pacha of Scutari . It ia said that an armistice was soon afterwards agreed to , RebSCCA in Somersetshire On Wednesday night , the turnpike-gate at Sutfcon Weeks , near Chewstoke , was taken down , carried to a considerable distance , and thrown Into a farmer ' s yard . Tho table of tolla was also removed from tbe front of tbe tollliOU 3 t ) a . n'd placed over thedonr of ; i shoemaker , residing at Bo » ne distance . — Wiltshire Independent
STOUM ON THE Continent . —Rains amount ' ng aimunt to si li-luce , attanik-ii with violent gules of wind , prevailed in Alsace during a part of lant , week . Tiavdilors rfelai- < in it the storms « f wind wero so r . lnrmins as o intiuce i . h- > directors of the railroad to suspend tbe Gi'J > : iTtun » of tho f . raiua . Wr . OCoN . nkll boasts that for tho space of forty yeara he h . i . i been the rale " Irish Tutor , " and if we are to believe the Nation his nxer'ions have not btien tjmintsntly succrfMful . —Dub'in World . MRS . FRY is reporteu to b « .. larm . rifely ill , of a pulmonary complaint ; , the con *< q idi . ee of a cold c&ugut during it recent tour in the . orth of Europe . Father Maiuew . —This ggntlttuun is expected to leave Ir < ilan « in tbrto weefe . 9 , fl , ntf will recommence his labours at Preatoa , in L uieashtre , and afterwiwda proceed to fulfil his numerous engagements in other parts of tha country .
The Schoolmaster / broad— -The Nation says" Twelve months a ^ o and all tho world could not produce a People so ignorant of thoir own history . To-day every man is familiar with it , or lon ^ s to be so . Its castles , its raths , its battle-fifIds , feave become classic and sacred ground . Its triumphs are sung in racy melodies in every cottage , farua hou « e , and mansion through the land , and in many a drawing-room . The young Gonpervadve , hot with the fire of youth and tho instinctive lovo ef country , takes ite history to hi 9 heart , and in his bi ^ otfd College he Bighs in secret * to ptrike one blow' for nig country . Old age has grown youn # again ovm tho chivalrous tale of our struggles , and prayed God that it might not descend into the grave till it saw tho redemption of our country .
The Miiue a Nightcap . —The other Sunday , Hhnry , Lord Bishop of £ xoter , according to the Western Times " took his scat upon his throno , drew the curtains around him , and mn ^ . e all snug for meditaiion . " Dr . Coleridge , of Thorv « rtoH , preached . At tho conclusion of the hooiily , tho contiree ; afcion , expecting the cu&tomary episcopal benediction , remained sitting . A hroathlesH p : iusa ensued . All eyes were turned towards the throne- Had anything happened to his Lordship ? The verger crossed over , and timourousl ? rapped with his maco . There was another pause , broken by—a snore , which proceeded from the opitcopal snuggery . The offioial knocked again , louder ; the response was repeated , more sonorously . Another knock : a downright
whiiok : and up jumped thn Lord Bishop ; shook himseliV and pronounced tho ble&sint ; . The Western Times infers that the right rev , prelate waa asleep Now , whether this stury is " a thing devised by the enemy , " of not , we do not know Nor , supposing it to be true , do we know which to blame the bishop ; or the parson . Prelates are human ; narcotics will anvct . the nervous system : and oven episcopal vigilance must yield to opium . Whether , therefore , Dr . Coleridge mesmerised Bishop Fhilpotts ; or whether a voluntary dismissal of ideas produced this 1-ffcCt ; or whether it was owing to a , dort / ut abstraction of the mind from sublunary things , consummated in a holy trance , wo aro quite unable to say . The supposed circumstance of a bishop ' s sleeping in church , to have been published as a piece ot news
must have been regarded as something extraordinary — we doubt if it is bo . An episcopal snore ; n church certainly is an uncommon acoustic phenomenon ; but it' prelates do not sleep in tha churcjfc | certain questions that wo would ask aro not eapirfansworablo How came it that Christianity was unknown in the mines and factories \ How was it that the extent ef destitution , metropolitan and provincial , has been but lately brought to light ? How happened it that the first appeal on behalf of the houseless sleepers in Hyde-pavk to public charity was made by the Times ? Whence arose the sale of daws and sittings ; How iskthatithe " superior olasets" drive to church in their carriages , and leave their servants on the box outside \ Verily , too many of their lordships must have been sleeping in the church . —Punch .
Hospitality . —Hospitals are some of the most admirable insulations of Christian philanthropy , and especially those which are established for thts relief of the sick and maimed . " They : rise , like shelters in affliction ' s storm * And welcoming the pallid , tott ' ring form , They soften pain—arrest the parting breath , And save the ^ ufforor from untimely dpath . " Thero is ono reflection , however , which ia sure to rise on this subj ^ ot , viz ., that sickness and Buffering in their cure , are not bo deserving of notice as they would be in their prevention . Tnis latter desirable object has been gained in tho simple compound of Old Parr ; and the time , perhaps , is not far distant , whea there will be little or no necessity for the institution of il Hospitals . "
Destructive Fires . —On Saturday night , shortly after twelve o ' clock , the police constable on dmy discovered a quantity of smoke issuing from some of tho windows of the premises No . 3 , Oxford Arms Passage , Warwfok-iane , New-Jane , Newgate-street , in the occupation of Mr . Nash , manufacturer of British plate . On the doors being forced , the whole of the lower part of the building was discovered in flames . The interior of Mr . Nash ' a premises was almost wholly destroyed , together with the furniture and the greater part of the valuable stock , estimated ai . nearly £ 3 . 000 ,. the amount destroyed supposed to be worth £ 2 , 000 , the sum insured in the Sun Fire Office . Some carnage waa sustained to the roofs of No . 2 , adjoining ; ot
the stable ' s of tho houses of Mr . Edward Sherman ; and of Mr . Matthews and Mr . Waight , meat salesmen , No . 11 , and No . 12 , Warwick-lane , while the furniture was damaged by water and removal . Last evening , about seven o ' clock , a fire broke out on the premises known as the " Ostend' rabbit warehouse , Ncwcut , Lambeth . Within five minutes after its discovery the wtiole contents of the shop were in flames . Information was quiokly forwarded to the Bremen while engaged at a fire which had taken place about an hour previously in some carpenters ' workshops at the back of the Surr . y theatre . Engines were broufiht into operation ; but notwithstanding such timely assistance , before the fl . imes could be subdued , the stock in the shop , as well as some household furniture of considerable value , were
entirely destroyed . The Nottingham Review states , " that the late Dr . Parry , of Bath , had at , one time under his care two patients who had attempted to cut short or to ease a paroxysm = of gout by plunging the afflicted foot into cold water . This gave instant relief to the pain , and in both instances the inflammation presently abated , but in both also paley of one half of the body occurred in a few hours afterwards . " This terrible affliction , with its train of evils could not by tho martyrs have been in the most remote degree contemplated . Cruel as the sufferings are to those that endure this pad malady , consolation is derived from a knowledge that the improvements in medioal science have led to the discovery of Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic . Pills , from the use of which the afflicted have ever found relief .
i rogress of iNsoivEHCT . —DuriHg the past month there have appeared in the Gazelle the names of 214 insolvents , whose property ( 1 ) has been vested in the provisional assignees ; 44 bankrupts and 22 assignments ; miking a grand total of 310 persons , who , in 26 daysj have become commercial delinquentspersons who , by reason oftheir idleness , their extravagonce their roguery , or their gambling ( speculation ) in commodities , have become unable to pay their just debts—persons who , by favour of vicious legislation , are all , or nearly all , screened from any punishment due to their mischievous dolinquenoy . Experienced men say that for one name which appears in the Gazette , there are nine dettuquencies settled by private compromise , which would make d . 100 during the month : and , if their "deficiencies amount naoh to £ 200 only , there isaloss duringthemonth of £ 620 , 000 . —York Courant . ;
Female Academie Fransaise . —M . de CaRtellane has at length succeeded in carrying into effect his long-cherished scheme of founding m Paris a Female " Academie Fransaise . " Among the objects pro posed by the institution are > -Tne distribution of medals to ihe authoresses of remarkable works ; the encouragement of young females in their first literary essays , and the defrayal of the expenses of printing their works ; affording pecuniary aid to literary women in straitened circumstances , and providing for the children of those who die in poverty . Among the ladiea who are already ohosea members of the new academy ate , Mmes . Georges Sand , Emile de Girardin , De Bawx , Virgime Ancelofi , Anna de « Essarts , Glemence Robert , Charles Reybaud . Priooesso de Craon , Eugeme Foa , Melanie Waldor , AnaiB 5 « galas , D'Helf , CpmtesBe Merlin , and several distinguished female painters and masicivnB . —Foreign Quarterly .
Thb Frkebootbe ' s A ? ain .- ** Oii . Monday last , Sutton-in-Aebficld was in a state of considerable excitement , owing to an attempt on the part of aonae of the middle meiitolower the wages of the framework knitters . Thefle / r « nrf « ofthepoor , theadvocatefl of free trade and of the repeal of the Corn Laws , that the masses may be benefited ; those who sympathise with the workmen , trodden upon as they assert , by tho aristocracy , would brine still lower the already very low wages of the stockingers ; and that too in the face of an improving trade and increasing demand . I A band of music , with a flag , went round to collect the work-people , to consider what should be done , but we have been unable to ascertain the result—Nottiagham Journal .
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A Steamer on Fire in the River . —Between the hours of five and ; six on Sunday morning , a fire broke out on board the Ailba Craig steam- ship , Capt . Dawson com . man . dery moored off the Levth and Berwick wharf , Irongate-stairs , at the Tower . The steamer , which waslof batween 200 and 300 tons burden , arrived off the wbarf mentioned from Yarmouth on Sunday afternoon , having a heavy cargo on board , consisting ! of several hundred sacks of flour , several tons of ! mustard , besides bales of silk , wool , cotton , and goody of every description . The fire was discovered by the Captain of the Princess Royal steamer , whrloh was lying alongside , who percieved the Hmokefissuing through the deck . At the time the crew of the Ailsa Craig were fast asleep
belcvw ; they were instantly a ! aTmed , and the hatchway torn off to tret at' the fire , which waa found to be of fearful extent—the whole of the cargo appearing to be in a binze . No sooner had the alarm been raised than the brigade floating-engines were unmoored and convH . yed ] to the fire . After the engines had been got into operation , the branches were directed into the holdj and torrents of water poured upon , the burning can , 'o , which not having the desired effect , holes jwere cut in various parts of the deck so as to reach the fire , but even this was of little avail , the flajnes still raging , and with increased fury , for ss-yera ] hours . Several a-tempts wtr « made to get atHne firo by firemen descending
i'lDo the hold wuh the engine branch , but they were uua'ble to n-m&in many seconds in consequence of i --ho oppressive heat aiid buffoewting ' ffluvia that arose from the burning mustard . The only chanre remaining to save the ship was cither to skuttle her or lilt the hold with water . Already was there four feet of water , which ? had been pumped in by the floating-engines , and ! it was determined that they 6 hou ! d continue playing until the entire of the cargo was flooded . Tins , although i * . ot accomplished until near eleven o ' clock , extinguished tho flames ; but the damage done io ^ . the meanwhile was very considerable , so mueh * 6 ' i indeed , that the vessel will have to go into dock-to repair . The loss , it is said wilf amount to £ 1 , 000 .
Another " Mammoth !"—A New Yi ? rk paper of , the 25 t . h oi August state , that last week some work- ' men in Scotchiown , Or »» go cuunty , New York , discovered the rt mains ; of a mammoth or fossil elephant . Tiie head weighs over 4001 b ., the dimensions of which are as follows : —Lengtti of tusks 4 feet Si inches ; eircumferenct ) of tusk at tho root , 22 inches ; leng h of skull , including tusks , 7 feet 9 inches ; length between the eyes , 2 feet ; across the cavity of tho eye , 17 inches ; lengthwise cavity of the eye ,, 22 inched ; ltnuth of the principal grinder . 6 inches ; width of principal grinder , 3 h inches ; length of ; uudeir ja . w bttwe ^ n the sop . ltet ^ , 2 feet ; girth of ' skull over the eyes , inclu'ing under jaw , 8 feet 5 inches . These bonesfwere found embedded in * he ; marl to the dep h of from five to seven feet . This is the third matnniuchi found in Orange county .
The Mortality of the M&tkgfolis . — We regret to state that the weekly table of mortality still presents a more distressing increase in the number of deaths above thii average at this season . In the week ending October 21 no less than 1 , 100 persons died within tno billsfof mortality ; an increase of 198 upon the average pf the last five autumns , and 203 upon that of the last fiveyears . It is in endemic , and contagious diseases that the increased mortality is principally perceptible ; the deaths under this head numbering 271 , while the average
gives only 183 . Of diseases affeoting the organs of resniration the returns of the week show an \ ncrease ' of 42 deaths , and of those in which tho digestion is i concerned an increase •] also of 32 deaths , in fact , in no one instance out of j the many " ills which fl-sh is ' heir to" do the present returns show a decreas ¦ in the i amount of mortality . JThe mean temperature for the week has not been higher than 42 degrees , ten degrees . less than that of the previous week or of the average ' during the corresponding weeks for the last nine ; years . —Times .. j
Jesus Christ versus Louis Philippe !— The Reforme publishes the j following paragraph : — " M . Hubert , a boot maker ,, living in Rue St . Louis , bad placed in the interior of his shop a wooden figure of Christ , with all the" instruments of the passion . Oa the glass bvll which I covered the pious image , bis customers read the following inscription , written in large letters . —* He ! died for having preached equality . ' M . Gromfier , commissary of police of the Ctti district , convinced , no doubt , that Christ , who said that the last thing on earth would be the first in heaven , had not preached in favour of equality ,
presented himself , without any previous summons , accompanied by two agents , at the domicile of the bootmaker , tore off the inscription , and carried awav the seditious Christ . M . Herbert was absent at the time , but learning on his return what had passed , he hastened to lodge a formal complaint in the hands of the Attorney-Genera ) . Let us hope that this functionary will eee that prompt and severe justice be done , and that , following the precept of the Gospel , ' Restore j to Casar what belongs to Cajsar , ' ho wili order j the figure of Christ and the inscription to be returned to M . Hebert . "
Coroner ' s iNQUEST .-r-On Saturday an inquest waa held at the Green Man Inn , Putney-heath , before Mr . Carter , coroner for Surrey , on view of the body of Mr . Richard Wills , aged 38 , a commercial traveller , who put a period to his existence on Wednesday last , on Putney-heath , by discharging the contents of a pistol through his head , under cii cumstances of a very lamentable and determined nature . A pocket pistol of moderate size was found tightly clinohed in his hand . JThe upper part of his mouth was much shattered . Some friends of tho deceased spoke to his desponding state of mind for some months past . His relations were most respectable persons , residing at Tauncon , in Somersetshire , and he was in very tood circumstances . Mr . Shillito , surgeon , of Putney , said the bullet had passed through the brain , lodging at the back of the skull . Death must have been j instantaneous . The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary derangemom . "
Jack in a Fix . —A rather ludicrous circumstance took place a tew days since . A party of seamen belonging to the Vanguard were returning stores preparatory to the paying off the ship , when one of them wagered that he would squeeze himself through the ring at the end of the main-yard by which the studding-yard is projected . All hondu immediately dropped work to witness the interesting performance , and Jack having inserted his feet first , got the ring round his waist , j Uuibrmnately , however , his shoulders were too broad , and his arms too lusty , to
permit him to pass entirely through the ring , and after several unavailing attempts , he admitted that his fair proportions had : defeated him . Jack , tbtrefore , proceeded to " back out" of it , but alas , his hips prevented him . In this " fix" he remained for some time , and amidst jshouts of laughter from his messmates , which were ^ renewed again and again as he struggled and writhed to escape . Ultimately , however , a shipwright ] was sent for , and having removed the roller , Jack was released from this peculiar kind of " iaying out" on the yard .
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ANOTHER DREADFUL STORM . Cardigan , Oct . 28 . f-The Hampton , Rowland , from Liverpool to Marseille ? , was stranded in this Bar to-day , and must discharge to get oif . A schooner is on the Bur , and it is found will become a wreck . A sloop ha . suiik in the Bay ; three men are in the rigging , but the sea is too high for assistance to go off . A piece of wreck has came ashore here , but nothing to indicate to what vessel it belongs . The Bristol Tender is totally wrecked , crew drowned , and paH of cargo washed ashore . The Lord of the Isles , from Ji-rsey to Whifehaven , is on shore ; crew savfed . Another schooner has just gone ashore in tho Bar .
Swansea , Oct . 28 .-fIt commenced blowing a smart bre < z ^ at S S . E . yesterday , at . four r m ., which subsequently increased ) to a heavy gile . Two schooners and two smacks went ashore in the Mumbles , but are expected off , not having ( apparently ) received . much damage ; The Kate , of Falmouth , in entering the Bav last night , very leaky , with cargo shifted , became unmanageable , brought up with two anchors , and , j fearing she would founder , was abandoned ; was ! subsequently boarded by pilots , and with the assistance of a steam-tug brought in here this morning , j Bridl ^ gton Qdat , Oct . 28 . —It has blown a hurricane , with torrents of rain since miduight , and a heavy sea . The Spring , Booth , of and from London to this port , in making the harbour , missed , and drove between the southspier , and it ia supposed will become a total wreck , i
Livehpooi , Oct . 28 . —The William , Newton , from Drogheda to this port , was driven ashore kst night on the North Bank ; crew saved . The Britannia , Edwards , bound to Bahia , ashore near the Ribole , has come off , and put back , leaky . The Isabella , for Trinidad , bas put baok leaky . 29 . —The Diaaa , Newlan , from Bantry to ] this port , is ashore at the entrance-of Carnaea ( iVxiglesea ) , and expected to bf-come a wreck . The Ikdy Bentinck , Hamilton , of Whitehaven , with flour , butter , pigs &c , went ashore last night , near Southport , and is gone to pieces ; crew saved . T ^ e Henrietta , from Chester to Dublin , is ashore near Formbe ; cargo washing ashore . The Asia , from Rio Grande to this port , is ashore near J&rid ; crew saved . The Hibernia ( steamer ) , from Dublin to this port , got ] on shore in Moehfa roads , but came off on the flood this afternoon , after landing
the cattle . The Janet , M'Nab , from Loch to this port ( with wool ) , is ashore near Red Wharf ; crew saved . The Warrington packet , from Kirkcudbright to this port , went ashore this morning near South Port ; dismasted , crew [ saved . The Vernon , from the Isle of Man to this port , is ashore near Formbe . Deal , Oct . 28 . —It blew a heavy gale the whole of last night from S . S . W . The friendship , Bette , from Yarmouth to Stonehaven , put back to the Downs yesterday leaky , and sunk this morning in the Small Downs ; crew saved . The Spheriod . Bailie , for St . Vincent ' s drove on the Brake Sand , bnt was hoisted off with loss of anchors , and has been supplied . The Union , Mackie , delivering coals on Deal Beach , drove aloagshore , and is expected to be saved ; part of stores and materials saved . Several vessels drove considerably , but brought op with a second anchor down . ;
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Padstow , Ocr . 28 . —It has blown a gale from W . N . W . to-day , during which tho Peter and Rebecca , of Plymouth , was driven ashore at Port Isaac . ------ ^^ fc ^^><\ .-w-M-n-M- » -ir « -y » i .-i .- < -n ' r
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THB GASE OF POISONING BY SULPHATE OF POTASS . CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT , MONDAY ., Oct . 30 . William Haynas , aged 25 , described in thecalendM as an oilman , was charged with the wilful murder of Mary , his wife , by administering to her excessive doses of sulphate of pot&s 9 , in consequence of whieh she died on the 28 'h . September . Mr . Prendergast conducted the prosecution , and Mr . Wilkins and Mr . Wylde defended the prisoner . Mr . Prendergast stated the facts of the case which have already been published , and called a nnmber of witneaseas in anpport of the charge , who were ably cross-exnmined by Mr . Wilbins .
Mr . WiLKiss then addressed tbe jury for the defence , and commented severely on the manner in which the prosecution had been conducted , and also upon the medical evidence w ^ ich had been given , by a man who possessed neither diploma nor license , and who had ! suffered bis feeiings to be So far enlisted in the case , that ae might be called the prosecuting doctor . He then put to the jury whether there was any proof that tne apoplexy o * which the deceased died had been produced by the administration of the sulphate of potass- They had no evidence as to tha woman ' s habita ; they had beard that she was predisposed to apoplexy ; they had b . 8 ard that mental anxiety and that intemperate habits would produce apoplexy , and yet no evidence had been given as to the previous habits of the deceased . Suppose
sbe had taken these medicines of her own accord * how cduld they find tbe prisoner guilty ? Medical men wera frequently in the habit , where former partttritious ha i been attended with extreme danger , of producing abortion . But in this case the woman was nofc pregnant , and the probability was tbat she fenew It , and had most likely informed the prisoner so ; and if the medicine had been given to prevent conception * that was no crime . Could they believe tbat the prisoner had intended to kill his wife ? What man in the Kingdom could say that the probable result of ad- ; mistering two ounces of sulphate of potass would pro * duce death ? Under the circumstances , he submitted , that it was impossible that the jury could convict taa prisoner of the crime of murder . As to what Mr .
Pickering had stat-d about the prisoner ' s dislike to children , be did not believe it . The policeman was present the whole time , and he had not heard , 16 . The counsel for the prosecution had not aliuded to it ; he had not beard it Mr . Pickeriug , who . had been examined before the Coroner and the Magis-Btrate , could not have forgotten it , and yet he had never mentioned it before . He did not believe it He wished he could have laid before the jury , from some of the witnesses for the prosecution , what had taken place in the prison when tho prisoner's child had an interview with him . He wished they could have seen bow that child had clung around him . That waa tha voice of nature , and nature never lied . Could tbe ?
believe the evidence of Me . Pickering as to the cause ef death ? He did not pretend that he had any diploma or that he bad undergone any examination , but he asked them to believe him as to the cause of death on the strength of his having for thirty years experimentalised on human existence . If they had any doubt aa to the cause of death they must acquit the prisoner . Law was stated to be the perfection of reason , and was it not most unreasonable to put the prisoner opon tho same footing as the midnight assassin . He had always been kind and attentive to his wife ; and whatever might be the result of this inquiry , he bad , in consequence of her loss , already suffered more than it was in tne power of any human hand to inflict upon htm .
Several witnesses were called , who had known the prisoner for some years ; all gave him the character of a very kind and humane man . They were cross-examined by Mr . Prendergast . * Mr . Justice WiGHTMAN summed up , and said thafe if the jury sh « uld be of opinion that the prisoner had administered the drug to the deceased for the purpose of procuting abortion they most find hivn gnUty , aven if they should be of opinion tbat he had no intention of killing her ; that was if , in their opinion , the administration of tbe bulphate of potass had been the cause of death . It was for them to say whether the medical testimony was sufficient to satisfy them that the administration of the sulphate of potass had been the cause of death ; if they weie not satisfied on tiiat point , they must acquit the prisoner . The Jury then proceeded to deliberate on their verdict , and having retired for three quarters of an hour , returned into Court with a verdict of—Not Guilty .
The prisoner , who is a good-looking young man , wasdresaed in genteel mourning . He seemed deeply affected during tbe wno ; e of the proceedings , and frequently ahfcd tears .
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London Cobn Exchange , Monday , Oct . 30 th . — During the past week , the arrivals of all Grain up to our market , with the exception of those . of ' Irish Oats , of which upwards of 22 , 000 qrs were received , were on a very limited scale , and by no means in first-rate condition . The receipts of English Wheat were tolerably good , particularly from Essex and Cambridgeshire . The stands exhibited a fair average number of samples , the best of which Were taken at ML prices ; indeed , in some instances , an
advance of la per qr was obtained for the best white descriptions . In the middling and inferior kinds not much business was doing , yet previous rates were supported . The demand for Foreign Wheat , wa » slow , yet the currencies underwent no alteration . In bonded sorts nothing was doing . Malting Barley sold freely , at fully last week ' s prices ; but in grinding and distilling sorts next to nothing was doing . The Malt trade was ^ on the whole , dull , but we have no change to notice in the value of this article . Owing to the large arrival of Oats , the inquiry for them was slow , yet full prices wwe generally paid . 3 eans , Peas , and Flour , were held firmly at late
rates . London Smithfield Cattle Market , Monday , Oct . 30 th . —From our northern grazmg districts , aa weiJ as from other parts of England , the arrival of Beasts were again extensive , and , for the mOBt part , of middling quality . The unfavourable state of the weather for slaughtering , and the large quantities of dea 4 meat on sale ia Newgate and Leadeuhall Markets , produced considerable heaviness in the demand far Beef ; indeed , for some hours , it WO 8 ia a state of complete stagnation , notwithstanding tha attendance of butchers was numerous . A few of the very primest . Scots found buyers , at prices about equal to those obtained on this day se ' nnighti or from
3 s 8 d to 3 s lOd per 81 bs ; but the general quotation , of Beef declined quite 2 d per 81 bs , and nearly 400 beasts were turned ^ ont unsold . The numbers of Sheep , were not very great , yet they were more than adequate to meet the wants of the dealers . The Mutton trade ruled excessively dull , and the currencies were quite 2 d per 8 ibs beneath those realized last week . Wo scarcely evor recollect so dull an inquiry for Vtal , the , value of which receded from 2 d to 4 d per 81 b 3 . Some small Pork sold freely , and other kinds of Pork , slowly , at barely late rates .
Ihe imports of Foreign stocs . ? , since our last , hava been quite unimportant , aud we had not a single head on sale here to - day . The arrivals of Beasts from Lincolnshire , Leicestershire * and Northamptonshire , consisted of 2 , 600 short-horns ; from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and . Cambridgeshire , 150 Scots and homebreds ; from Yorkshire , 90 runts ; from the Western and Midland Districts , 200 Ddvons , Herefords , runts , &c . ; from other parts of England , 100 of various kinds ; from Scotland , 100 Scots ; and from Ireland , 40 beasts .
Borough Bop Mahkst . —Tho quantity of hops on show here is still large , even for the time of year ; nevertheless the demand for them ia firm , at prices fully eqjal to those obtained last week . Very little is doing in the duty , which is estimated at £ 130 , 000 , to £ 135 , 000 . Borough and Spitalfields . —There has been a fair average arrival of potaioes at the waterside since our last report . Good s > uud qlalities sell freely ;
other kinds slowly , at our q-ioutions . Wool Maskets . —The public sales , which have been in progress since our last report , have been well attended by dealers . Out of the 12 , 000 packages offered , about 8 , 000 have been disposed of at an advance of from Id to l ^ d per lb on the previous sale ' s rates . Privately , a very linritod business is doing , yet the quotations are firmly supported . Very few importations have takea place from auy quarter .
Tallow . —Thia market continues in a doll and inactive state . The trade are buy ing only to supply their immediate wants , and bat little speculation is going on . The latest advices from St . Petersburgh are up to the 16 th inat ., when the quantity shipped off was 111 , 690 casks , ' against 95 , 404 to the sama date last year , and 118 , 630 in .. 1841 . Prices were pteady , and Yellow Candle would cost , laid down ia London , about 43 a . There are now between London and St . Petereburgh 12 , 000 casks . Town Tallow , 43 s to 43 s 6 d , net cash . Rough fat , 2 s 6 d per 81 b&
Manchbstee Corn Mabkbt , Satordat , Oct . 28 , —There was but little inquiry for Wheat at our market this morning , -but holders did not appear anxious to press Bales afc'lowerprices , and there waa only a limited business * done in consequence . —Flour met a moderate sale at about the previous currency . Both old and new Oatmeal was in fair request , an < i the former must be noted rather dearer . No alteration in Oats .
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CHARGE OF CHILD HERDER . In the case of Edward Dwyer , charged with murder ing his infant child by dashing its bead against a counter , Mr . Harry , on behalf of the prisoner , applied to have the trial postponed until next sessions , it > consequence of the absence of several material witnesses for the defence , who tttold depose as to tbe state of the prisoner ' s mind . ' ^ W ^ r The application , which was not opposed , was granted by the Court .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 4, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1237/page/6/
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