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^^ jfflssrssr- **! REVELATIONS OF AUSTRIA . * » m « t wretehedstate offings exists in AUSTRIAN- rOL- ^ D-
\ t w « a « e < nber of the Austrian Rovern-Htnnp myself been ** n , incinR mvseif by the oen t , I had an opportunity ^^ ^ . ^ ftat ^ sa thentk do « r . ner » K . ^^ ^ m ^ h p ^ , t » riginM popuWinn ^^ . ^ . on 17 . 2 th < n . ig 2 ? > in the yeir of - ^^ - rte conscription , select * The SoW . ' 1 Jei ,, ndsomest and most robust of the and cames o ^ ^ military service ; the nobles are PolU ^ 1 » craeUy Mi-treat a portion of them , a great pernu" ^ j ] owe ( j \ 0 perish from want and inanition , *"» * tr ' those are saff « red to live in the country who are "SSf nice ****? for the cultivation of the land . Galliri * after eerenty-three years of the paternal ad . ietration of Austria , is found at this moment to be in " "" iufinittly inferior state , with regard to nationnl 33 _ jth thinitwasinthe s ? ven < e «> th century , af er the * jf = of ihe Tartirs . Turks , and Swedes . FOi'O HABITATION S ASD C' . OTHISG OF THE POLISH
rEiS »? TET . Darinf : the month * of April , May . June , and July , r . earlv » ' < the ? Mi * P «« H » trv . without exception , live . nan roots and herbs—it is only those amoncst the pea ^ jjttr w > io are termed rich who can afford to eat bread cade of buck-wheat , oatmeal , barley , and sometimes pj . The poorer people live upon potatoes without any ff ** " - ' GalHci * exports annually more than two millions of hectolitres of wheat , but dues not know anything of Rieat » nl > rea < 1 . The proprietor ! themselves , without Wcf ? tion . eat rye bread . The cakes and small wbeaten foils wb : « h are made in the more considerable town-.- , are btehly taxed , looked upon as articles of luxury , and s « sach u 1 t submitted to the tariff regulations as to price . Oa th ? ofur hanJ , the surplus of exports over imports , which constituKs a clear revenue to the Kaiser , is facilitated snd allowed even dur nc a period of famine . Scarritv U thui the normal « tate of Galliria . ho
Th habitations of the Polish pea ^ mtry - are under tie Pj teraal Austrian government since 1772 , are cotu ; es thatched * itb stra-v , sometimes constructed with s ftw d-als . or trunks of tms placed one on the other gnd b oar . il at the corntrs with oisers ; at other times thty ire made of wattlf s plastered inside and out with mud . liiht is admitt-d into thoir couaees through a hole fur . nisbed with green cla « s , from three to six inches im
diameter . ( i > neral ! y speakine there are no chimneys , but in the centre of the room there is an oven or hearth , on which the fire it lit to wirm the room in winter , and to e . iok the family victuals all Ae year round . The smoke escapes through the interstices of the door . The locks of the cottage , barn , and all other rus ! ic baiMHs « are of wood : iron is very dear , and it only sold bv c *»« fi lential German * . Permission to « ell iron goods , or establish a magazine or 'hop for the sale of tools or any iron instruments , iEj . t be asked from the Aulic Chancery at Vienna , and as s precautionary measure these establihments are only siio weil in the chief places of the circles and towns where fur * i « always a Earrifon and well organired {• ifrice . In winter , the swine , calves , fowls , and men , live together , and sleep on the yronnd promiscuously . ic id ie ., is y iS a e
The peasantry , and in general all servants , even those ef DibW . en . an-1 all workmen , have neither beds , coverices , nor pillows . They o ver themselves at night nith the clothes which tier trr < r in the djj time , a little straw serves them as a e r . h a
maTtres * . Aastritn Poland does not want either wool , cloth or } n ; h-T ; hat the paternal govern Jient forces the inhabitsn : sto « irk tor exportation , and not fir their own ne-Kssitirf or benefit . The costume of a Poli-h peasint coii ' ists in summer of a shirt and trowsers of coarse tsnv . i ? =, completed by a peealhr hat of we'ten or rye jtrjw . In winter , the peasants wear above the shirt a brown , woillf n , felt , seamless wrapper , a shecprtin cap , an ! thin , cow-hide boots . The wealthiest arrary theinjtlrn in sheep-kins in tl . is season . The kitchen utenf . ls eoimsts of two or three p- > ts in baked clay , one or two earthen pans , a tripod , and a fe « r spoons in comn : oa
This U the swte of three million * . Svr hundred thousand Austrian Polish peasants , "ho are witnout que twn —mo'e unfortunate than the Pnisii . m or Russian peasants , more miserable than the nnzrues broucht uj 1 or soidin Atrica . Yet O . erc exists in Paris an asso . iation of generous Frenchmen for th emancipation of the negroes , but none fur the emancipation of the P"l : sh [• easanti > . white slaves of the paternal Austrian g-vern . niHit . These white Polish slaves whii e * iit only on roots a Hd herb ? give to the Kaistr a clear revenue of from seven . 0 ten million * of florins a year . I call a clear revenue what renuin * to the Kaiser after '' edactii 5 all expenses for thj administration of Galliriai .
Nr . MOrS TBEiTMEKT OF THE W 0 KK 1 . NG CLASSES . X it ! it r tailors , shoemakers , nor carpenters , 4 c , are sllowtd * o establish a workshop or to work , either pub licly or privately , for o htrs , without first obtaining the {• ennission , and paying the tix to the Emperor . The workmen who transgress this " > rder . are punished with the conGcatiiu of their tools and blow * with the cane . AH lie police soldiers and all the p ; oviseial drasroons , are provided for this purpose with canes , which they always < arry about them . The servants of both sexes , workmen and workwomen , < wi in general all persons who hare no tangible property , or establishment , or wurkshop , are liable , for any infringement of the police regulations , . o corporeal puoir-isjcnt , the men to blows with canes , the women to vihjj . p nil on their bare backs . The burgomasters , the p-. ilicp agents , those of th < -ir district , and all n'jbiUty , an i their ngrnts have the pow « . r of aiimirisU'riHg this punishment without any inquiry , « .-r without any written decision .
EXICRAT 1 OK . Xo Au = trian subject is allowed to emigrate without the permission of government , and this permission is only granted on a high rtnsom being paid to the Em-;> er . ir—the random being regulated according to the rank of the pa « -ty . The Austrian frontier ii guarded by foresters , provided day and night with a loaded eun , and thev are authorised to shoot upon the spot any individual attempting to emigrate or even to pass the frontier , without havii . g paid thisnnsom to the Emper » r .
<* R CEt . ThEiTME . VT OF THE FEASAKTBT . The peasants « f Podkamien , in the circle of Zlocz-iw , Musei tn work a greater number of day 9 than was ordered 1 y the befehl . Their lord , Mr . | Cetuer , an Au ? trian | Count , caused Mr . Charles Sarher , Commissary of the Circle , to be sent Jir , who presented himself with a squadron of ora-? ouns . Mr . Sscher called before him the deputies , who are always the elders of the village , and advised them vi ' ibey their Iui 4 without comment , and to execute ' lis urdtrs iv . tliout delay . The pea ' anU remarked that the tlcmandt of their lord were unjust and contrary to the l ^ fehl of his Majesty . " You have a right to complain 11 your Krd . " rej-jined the C immUsary . ' ¦ ^ e lave eo-nplaiaed for the last thirty years , " an-«« ered the p . a-ant deputies , we pray to be allowed to 'H ' . t our village with our families , and be allowed to seek another > naster . "
The C ) n ,- nii « : iry thereupon ordered the deputies to e ; ^ tretiried one after the other on the ground , and beat * ith the stock by two corporals . N " ui » ivhstan-1 ing the advanced age of the deputies , tfct youi ^ e « t of whom was seventy years of age , they * uff-red ; iatien-ly and with resignation the first six rounds apiece . iJarinj th execution , the peasants , book in hand , fbnunteil litanies . The second round ot twenty strokes each , by two corporals tf . ey < -ou \ d no lowicr endure , liut declared them-Srlres cuilty , and » ubmitted to the arbitrary will of their lord . The ob-errati < in was made to them in cruel j st , " Voa « ee tha ; you must notin future trust toyoursaints , saintes'ts , and Virgin Mothers . ' This mstai . ee is one of a hundred thousand which 1 could have cited because one I hapjiett to remember as having tiken jilace beneath my own eye ? . " ESFKaXCBISEMEST UF THE FEASA . NTKI roBKIDDEV .
iti « siricilr forbidden the lords to iree their pcasanti in a boJ , v fr ., ui forced Ubour , ltMhjivervr allowed to enfranchise any individual peasant , but then the permission must be obtained of the authorities of the Circle of the Gubernium , and of tie tribun al of justice . Euormous taxes must be paid «> a stamps , and the travelling expenses of Commissaries , * 'c .. . etc ., . d .-fi-ayed . So that since the occupation of ound hy the Austrians in 17 T- ' up to the present day a angle instance of enfranchisement has perhaps ant Hrurreii . The t . mns , burgs and villages which at the period of lot Austrian invasion were free , thai is to say had no "tfis , fell a prey to the Kaiser , who declared them to be l " art of 1 is property and domains . ^ 'e Kaiser * old by degrres to private persons these ''las , bur b's , and villages , including the lands and iuha" tantB .
In Ik-i ; ur lS- . ' 7 ' aii extraordinary i nstance occurred . if Uit hr . st time since the establishment of th « Aus-( ii la » goternmtnt in Poland , an entire village , the name Ks \ k l ! j U > t rec < l "' " l : t ' being put up to auction bvthe rt ' ! , ' '' fferc ' i | iiu tlie price at which it « as valued , and j .. ' . tsIt ' 5 'trmissiou to purchase itself , Prince Lobt * "' * ' ' ' 'vtI"r of Gallicia , sumbitted this extraordinary j *^ !' - decisionufthfcKai-er Francis , who answered , . " *" . * ' 4 ' I'i » ssibl'J to grant any parish the right ef jj "' . asill S "self . The village was , therefore , put up to niOn like many cthurs , and sold to a private individual , ' *'' ecsine its prietor
pro . iM PJ ' noble !) ' v'uceut Zabolieki , Le < n Zalewski o » n * > in Uii and l 835 > emand P * " f thti » t « Td the peasantry , their own countrymen a « r ¦
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^ "K « relations ^ of Austria , " by M . Koubrakiewicz , K on USlr ' functiollar J- ^ ndon : T . C . Mewby , 7 J , ^ " ifrtet , CaTecdiEh ^ qaare . I
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erfs were arrested and condemned ad earctrem dwuZ « W » m , as guilty of rebellion . - «» nwi-« f sSte ; . " * * " thU mi 8 deniMnor in ** * ort ™ . Our author giyes a deplorable acconnt nf ?» , « * i . srstessasa-SrJS refer the reader to the work iteelf wonB we m 08 t ^ " *• A mil i n ¦ i TTT i
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FRANCE , BBABTH A 5 B DISTURBANCE . The scarcity and high prioe of provisions threaten ! T ^ l e ' ' l ieac 9 ln ^ we . In the west nd middle of France the price of grain has within &ne last few days been rapidly rising , and in several places serious riots have taken place in consequence , la the department of the Indre the disturbances nave been vtry serious . In some places farmers were attacked on their way to market , their grain was pillaged , and themselves maltreated . In others the penple attacked those having grain in the markets , and forced them to sell whatever price they ( the mob ) chi \ se to set upon the commodity . In one place , the
name of which is not given , but which is stated to be ia the department of the Indre , a proprietor who was carrying a large quantity of corn to market having been attacked by a crowd of peasan s who attempted to pillage his waggons , fired upon the people , but he was immediately seized upon by the uifuriatt'd mnb and massacred upon the spot . At Reunes the disorders have been suppressed , and for the iiresentthe town is quiet , but the price of wheat in that market is greatly increased . At Nantes grain of all kinds has risen 5 t . per hectolitre . At I'ignit res a serious riot took place on the 11 th inst ., which was market day . The people put the police
to flight , bat were in tarn repulsed by a party oi dragoons ; and number were taken prisoners . The hospitals of Paris are crowdtd to excess with patients chiefly the victims of starvation . The bank of France is in a state of serious difficulty , and has been compelled to borrow from certain London houses 20 , 000 , 000 francs for three months , and at the same time has raised its rate of discount t ' r > ra four to five per cent . On Saturday the Paris bourse was in a complete panic , and the fall , b ltd in the funds and the price of railway shares , was almost unprecedented . The debate on the " Address" commenced in the Chamber of Peers on Mrniday .
PROGRESS OF THE D 1 STIRBAHCIS . A letter from Chateauroux of the 17 th says : — Notwithstanding that the attempt at riot which was commenced in this place has been put down , matttrs » ppears to be getting worse in sewral arronditsements . Alarming intelligence , lias arrived from Chatillion , Bhinc , M zier , Vendouvre , Falluan , and Ruzaugais . Properties have been entered and pillaged b \ binds of insurgents . The riot of Ruzangais has spread to the arrondissement of Blanc ; lepulsive-looVingmenscuurthe country , forcing the farmers and landowners to ; gn an engagement to Bell their corn at less than half the current price , that ie , for 3 francs , in place of 7 francs .
SPAIN . The Spanish novernment shrink from the conflict , they challenged M . Olozaga to by arresting him . Orders were sent from Madrid to the military autho rities at Pampeluna to conduct M . Olozago to the frontiers of France under an armed guard . This order has been pat in execution . M . Olozaga arrived at Bayonne on the 13 th . He was to leave that town on the fellriwinz day for Paris . The Girona journal , of the 5 tn , informs us that two Carlists , named Caballe and Cam ra , who had been condemned to death by a court martial , were executtd on the 4 th . They displayed great firmness , and at the piace of execution shouttd " Long live Curios V . !" PORTUGAL . this ftTitwin
. THB C 1 VJL WAR . The accounts from Lisbon , of the list instant , brinj ; co news of military movements save the evacuation of Cuimbra by Das Antas , for the purpose of joining his friends iu Oporto . It wa 3 expected that gome effort would be made by the Queen ' s forces to make him give battle on the way ; but as the signs of energy on their part were not very visible , it wa 8 thought mo 3 t likely that he would reach Oporto uninterrupted , and thus strengthen rery materially the insurgent garrison in that town . SWITZERLAND . INSOLENT INTERVENTION OP THE ABSOLUTE TOWBRS .
The ministers of Prussia . Austria , and Russia , have addressed notes to the Swiss Vorort , which , though , not collective , are drawn up in terms so nearly identical , as to fho * that they were written in concert . The following is a translation of the note of the Russian Envoy ; the two others contain exactly tl-. e same seutlmtnts : — " TO THE PBBS 1 DEST AXD EXF . CCT 1 VE COUNCIL OF THB
CANTON OP r . EKSE FEDtUAL DIKECTOHT . " The undersigned , envoi extra irdmary and minis e .- p ! crjipi » ten : ia ; -f his M ije > iy ihe Emperor ot all the Russia ^ to the Swiss Confederation , has re-C'ived from t ; : e -. "ivernment o » the Canton of Zurich , at that time federal directory , tne usual notification announcing that tram the 1 st January of the present year the directorai iuncti-ms witii which it was intested " wiuld ibe placed in ihe bards of the Canton Berae . ¦' According to the orders with which he is provided , the undersigned is under the necessity of having the honour of announcing to the new directory ol
the Swiss Confederation that , seeing iuit the authority which , in virtue of the lOih article of the compact concluded the 7 th of August , 1 S 15 , is called on to conduct the general affairs of the Confederation , Rus-ia will maintain with it he . accustomed friendly reUt ons through the organs of the present directory , as long as the basis upon which its powers reposes snail not be disturbed in its essence or vitiated iu its spirit . This basis is the federal compact of 1815 , and tin- spirit of that act is only maintained in its integrity a ? long as the sovereignty of the cantons guaranteed by the compact , and limited only for certain specific ends , which the federal constitution indicates , shall be scrupulously respected .
" The more ^ rave the circumstances under which the canton of Berne assumes the high functions which are imposed upon it , the more the Imperial Court considers itseli obliged not to leave any doubt as to its sentiments , and as to the consequences which will naturally follow . ' Iu thus acquitting himself of the orders of his government , the undersigned seizes upon this occasion to offer to hi ? Excellency the President and the members of the Executive Council of Berne , federal directory , the assurance of his highest consideration . " Zurich , Dec . 29 . 1816-Jan . 10 , IS 47 . ( Signed ) " Kiiudexm . "
GERMAKY . The accounts from all parti of the interior of Germany relative to tbe high price of bread , and the general scarcity of fo d are truly alarming . Some of thu accounts represent the state of the poorer iuhabitants as little better than in the worst districts of Ireland . A letter from Bielefeld informs us that extreme misery prevails in that district , which is one of the m st celebrated in Prussia for the manufacture ot cloth . In consequence of this state of things , there is an immense increase of crime , nay , numbers of poor persons have had recourse to robbery , in order that they might thus pnxure breada nd " an asylum m prison . Letters frem Peith state , that the distress is so great in Hungary that the people at * grinding nutihdls to make into bread .
POLAND . News ha < been received at Berlin , that by an order of the Russian government , l ' oland has really ceased to exist , and is to be incorporated with the Russian empire . Warsaw is in a state of consternation . A commission has been appointed to settle the affairs of finance , and as soon as it shall have completed its lai » uu : » , tbe public announcement of the incorporation wiii be made . It is said ihat the disturbances created bv the disenntvnted peasantry of Galiicia have recommenced , and threaten to extend mote wicelv . We learn from St . Petersburg that the Emperor of Russia has ordered an increase cf one-half in the land tax paid by the free peasants in every pait of Ruatiia .
UNITED STATES . AN AMERICAN "PEOPLE'S CHARTER . " From i ' vtufj America of December iOih , we extract the following most interesting and important duculutmt ;—
AN ACT To establish the equal right to the use of the Land and its natuial pi-jducts ; ;<> un "< ir < l a refuge to tbe landless population of ihe L ' nited States ; to secure Iloraesteads to individuals , families , and associations ; to provide for tlie increase of population ; to make Labour the master instead of the slave of Capital ; and to perpetuate the . Republic . 1 . Be it enacted , &c ., That tbe Lands of the Umtld Statis shall no longeh he Suld , " -. That the Public Lands shall henceforth be surveyed inle townships of six square mih's , subdivided into farm lots « . f a quirter se . tion of I ( iO acres each , except one section in each touinhip , which shall be survejed into village lots ; u sufficient < iu . intittei lor the farms , and a Public Park f » r Town Hall , > ; roves , and other public building or ornaments .
• 5 . That where there may be no natural obstruction the village shall be laid out in the centre section of thu j towiish . p , unless there be natural advantages in some , other location to warrant a departure from the general j rule . ° j i . That there shall be Public Itoads between the ; towmhips 6 x rods wide , aud also roads of equal width I diagonally through each townshi p , except when the village location or natural obstructions may render partial variations necessary ,
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5 . That anj landless native of the United States , mala or female , or any other adult landless person who will legally testify that he or she has taken the necessary ¦ teps to become a citixen , and intends to be so as soon as possible , may , on payment ef five dollars to cover eipenges of tarrey and registration , at the land office of the district , enter one farm or village lot , of any surveyed and not previously entered , except Buch as may be settled at the time this act shall become a law , and poseesi the same by actual residence ; provided , that in case of m ar riage , where both parties may be in possession of pubic lots , the settlement of one or other must be disposed of within a year or forfeited to the United States ; andProvided further , that the purchase or possession of land shall be a forfeiture of the right of poesessio public lot to tbe United States . ~~ "
That each legal settler on a public lot shall have a right at all times to dispose of bis or her right of posseslion , but if a married male only with the content of his wife , by deed legally executed , to any landless person qualified a * hereinbefore provided , who shall then stand in the same relation to the United States as the previous settler . 7 . That the right of possession cf a public lot may be heired or willed an m » y other property under the laws of the State or Territory , in which tbe lot may be situated ; Excepting always , that it can p » ss into the bands of none but a landless periuin . 6 . That any number of persons qualified a « aforesaid may hold their portions of land in common ; Provided the A . suocia'ion shall hav » no power to eject a member except in accordance with a written agreement , « luly au . thenticated previous to his or her settlement .
9 . That any settler proved guilty of destroying trees , either in person or by proxy , on any public lot other than his or her own possession , shall forfeit the possession to the town in which such offence may have been committed if settled , or to the nearest settled township , which shall then as soon as poisibls dispose of the same to a person holding no other land . 10 . That as soon as forty lots in a township m&y be legally settled , the people of the township , in their corporate capacitv , shall have power t <> regulate or take possession of water mill , cities , or other natural facilities for the use of water power , on compensating the » ettlersofth « lots containing such advantages for their improvements thereof , as mty be agreed upon by arbitrators mutually chosen , or by a jury selected out of the towiuhip .
11 . That mines discovtred on public lots may be worked by the tattlers , the town , the county , or the state , the superior organization always having the right to take pasteiBion on paying for tt e uncompensated im . prov incuts at a valuation agreed upon mutually , by arbitration , or by an impartial jury . 12 . That as soon as any State or Territory containing public lands shall provide by law that no one shall thereafter acquire aver 160 acres of farm land , or one city or villagt lot within its borders , that State or Territory shall be entitled to the jurisdiction of all unsurveyed public lands within its limits , to survey and settle the same under the regulations herein provided , or such other regulations for the security of an individual right to the soil and it 3 natural products as Congress may from time to time make .
12 . That all actual settlers with pre-emption rights at the time this act shall become t law , if possessed of no other land , shall be entitled to the possession of the lota upon which they have settled , on making proof of settlemcnt at the land office . 14 . That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be hereby repealed .
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ENGLAND . Dreadful Powder Mill Explosion—Exeter , Saturday Night . —A tremendous explosion , involving melancholy consequences , took place on Thursday morning last , at the Kenna Vale Powder-mills , the property of Messrs . Sameson and Lanyon , at Kennal , in the parish of Stithian ' s . The explosion took place in the stamping mill , which was almost a new building , and was blown to atoms . Two * uen were working in tbelmill , named Martin andDun 3 tan , and these unfortunate individuals vtere shockingly mutilated by the force of the explosion . A number of persons on hearing the report congregated around the
spot from the neighbouring village of Ponsworth , and great was the lamentation among them , it not being known what family had been bereaved of its members . The bodies of the two men were aoon known- Part of Dunstan ' s body was blown into the river , his arras and and one of his legs were rent from his body , his face frightfully disfigured , and the wh-ile remains in such a mangled condition that they were obliged to be taken up in a sheet . Martin ' s body also presented a shocking appearauce , the skull being blown entirely off . Both meH were married but have left no children .
Birmingham . —Paislkss . Schoert . —Etherial vapour , asan antidote to pain , was tried at the Queen ' s llesuital , Birmingham . The subject of the operation was Mary Aun Chambers . She was suffering from scrofulous ulceration of the foot , implicating some of the most important of its bones . The disease haa existed above two years , nine months of which she had passed in the hospital , under the care o : Mr . Knowles . Before entering therein , various remedies had been used , but without avail , and after her admission , other plans having proved ineffectual , amputation was determined upon . Professor Parker kindly lent bis inhaling apparatus ( a modification of Robinson ' s . The patient easily imbibed the etiier , when the kuite of the operator , Professor Kuowles , made a sweep through the integuments of the
anterior part of the leg ; a sudden but transient frown was all the ehange that passed over the features . The knife w . is next passed through the leg , close behind the bones , whence it was directed backwards , slantingly , cutting all before it . During this part of the operation the patient uttered an audible moan , but it was evident to those who heard it , that it was very different to the cry or shriek of an individual in a state of consciousness . There was no bandage over her eyes , and it was quite clear that she was in no decree apprehensivelof what was passing around her . Directly that intelligence returned , she asked if the foot was off ? On her being told in the affirmative , she seemed to doubt the truth of it , and asked to be raised that sue might look . In a short while , when the effects of the inhalation had further passed away , she corapl ( iued of the pain she suffered from the exployed stump , though , of course , at this time the
pain was incomparably less severe than it had been a few minutes previously . She was now asked , consciousness having fully returned , whether shefelt the operation , or was in any wije apprehensive of it ; when she unhesitatingly said , "No . " Two or three times was she requestioned as to whether she had felt any pain during the amputation , and she invariably answered in the negative . To further try , however , the other , the patient was again put under its influence , prior to the sutures being placed in the Haps of the stump . This operation is often a verv painful one , if tne needle be passed through the skiu from without inwards ( as was inteutionally done in this case ) , yet the patient gave no proof whatever of being affected by it , and on recovering her .-elf was totally unconscious of what had been done . She was very comfortable after the completion of the operation , and we understand is doing remarkably well .
Maschestkr . —State of Tradk . —Tuesday , Jan . 10 , Half-past Two o ' Clock . —Our market to-day presents features of unusual dulness and stagnation ; and a disposition is evinced by some parties t <> accept slightly lower prices than they were inclined to take last week . llEDCcnos of Wages . —Notwithstanding the high price of provisions , some of the formers ot Bicester have recently reduced the wayes of their labourers from 8 s . to 8 s . per we . k , and married men but 7 s . per week . Bread 8 Jd . the 4 1 b . loaf , and wages 7 s . per week , ill accord . We believe that many persona around us are on the ver « e ot starvation . —Buch Advertizer 'ind Aylabury Xttvs .
Ihb Poiso . vi . nos at Claverisg . —The woman diesham , who , as our readers will recolleet , was committed to prison some time since en the charge of having poisoned a child at Clavering , has , since her incarceration , led to the apprehension of Thomas Newport , the supposed father of the infant . New . ( port was examined before the magistrates on Monday last , and ultimately remaided for the attendance of witnesses . StuCkpokt . —Murder and Suicide . —On Thursday a coroner ' s inquest was held , at Heatun Norris , a parish a short distance from this town , concerning the death of Amy C kelv and Her infant daughter ,
aged eight months . It appeared in evidence that the unfortunate parent committed suicide by ilirowing herself into the river Mersey , with the infant in her arms , which peiiihud with the mother . The unhappy creature cohabited with a . man named liarliw , and lived in Sheppanl ' o-buildirigs . The jur . » returned the following verdict , there being no conclusive evidence of the deceased haviu-i thrown herself in the river : — "That the deceased were found drowned in the river Mersey , with diveri juries upon their bodies , but how those wounds were occasioned there was no satisfactory evidence to show . " The coroner severely censured Bailuw for his conduct to the deceased .
Wakefield . —Anti-Slavery aIketixg . —On Friday eveni :: ! i a very large meeting was held in this town to receive a deputation from the Anti-Slavery League , consisting of Frederick Douglass , Wm . It . Smith , and Mr . Wright . The Rev . J . Kilby occupied the chair . Frederick Dauglass , who was received with lnud cheers , commenced by stating thai the enslavement of our portion of the human f . mul . v cannot exist without affecting the whole human race , therefore , it is the duty of all to do all they can u > excuse their brethren from the horrors of siavery , the gag , the thumb screw , the whip , the rille , and cat-o ' -nine-tails . We said that there were three inillions of men in a state of slavery , in the nineteenth century , in civilised , enlightened , Christian , and Republican America , men who poBsets minds capable of receiving instruction , and developing some of the highest and noblest attributes that men can possess . We denounce the slaveholding parsons of America as murderers , thieves , and robbera . Alter antmadvertising in stropg terma on the
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a death ' s head and crossbones on the top , and Was written witli red ink , or probably with blood . The following is an exact copy : — Captain Wynne , —Captan Starlightsendsymi notice to late thes parts or If you dont i give you the end of Mesters Cnrrig blood and co ., they say your a undanted man but I havo forty rifel men al kind as ever puled a thriknr so go on with the work ! at ruan and quit the country ifyou dont wish to go home to the mistres a corpes which by tf , mortal n gend Qu Jf QU come to tnes parts aKln take this warnln or youl be a dead man m no time l'l wach you . Your obedient servant , thiretnSr ^ SiXi « i'StliiiSiais ;? m h ar < 1 Captain Francis MSSSi ^ jS'S " ' I will m « et the villain , if h " ohoiT at II S ?" p £ to-night , armed , , nd wiU pi g ^ f *
Captain Wynne then said .-Gentlemen , you will excuse my making a few observations on the document that has been handed ts me . If Captain Star ' light thinks that he will in this < vay intimidate me or turn me aside from the path of my duty , he little knows the individual with wh"m he has to da . It has been my wish to relieve the poor , and oppose the employment of the rich man , and in this course 1 shall persevere . I now hold a poor man ' s petition in my hand , which shall reoeive immediate attention , but if I did not hope Captain Starlight ' s communication would lead to the discovery of the writer I would tear it in pieces , and trample it under my feet ; and , as he is now present , I beg leave to inform him that I shall be on the road to-night , and happy to meet him , when he will find me wfll prep ared : but if through any of the causes which shake the assassin ' s hand , he should fail to execute his purpose , or do it ineffectually , I pledge myself to him that that moment shall be hia last .
Captain Wynne , accompanied by the officers of police , proceeded afterwards down through the body of the meeting , but could find no clue te the discovery of the person who served him with the letter . After some further remarks , a resolution was passed a reward for the discovery of " Captain Starlight , " and a sum of £ 127 was subscribed for that purpose on the spot . Tipperary is described as being in a state of anarchy . The Tipptrary Constittution says : — " The Bobermore ' Fencibles' have commenced hostilities . Armed—trained—disciplined—they hesitate not to rash into collision with the authorities , and in the mid-day fire upon the police . "
FR 0 GRB 8 S OP FAMINE ANI > DEATH . The last accounts from the Queen ' s County an
" The humbler classes in this country now present i an aspect of physical want and mental distress ; hitherto unknown amongst our people , already unfurj tunately too notorious for an habitual absence of the t comforts and decencies of life ; their energies of mind . and body are rapidly declining ; and it cannot be : otherwise—a large number being kept alive only by a scanty allowance of unwholesome food ; many tami-I lies subsist solely on turnips , in small quantities , and : these , in too many instances , they are unable to ob-! tain by any other moans than theft . " The committees witness with dismay tha continued transmission of provisions in large quantities ! from amongst a famine stricken people , while thuv unhappily eannot observe the introduction of cvei >
coarser articles of food in return . i " The committees feel called upon to express tiu-ii . firm conviction , that on the Prime Minister ot England rests the responsibility of the perishing of il . uusands from want of food throughout Ireland . j "An immediate supply of food , to be sold to the ; poor at reasonable prices , and also accessible to tne totally destitute , appears to be the present remedy required , —a remedy the application of which cannot | with safety be delayed . ' " The committees deem it proper to declare their strong conviction , that the Labour Act has proved eminently injurious in its operation , being faulty and unjust in principle , inefficient as a means of affording relief to the pnor , demoralizing to the labourers , piejudicial to the public works , and but too stroneU
nal-: ulated to corrupt the officers employed in its administration . " One of the most disheartening facto to be laid before the public of the British empire is—that argent distress and poignant want have driven the working class to seek means of sustaining life , by the scanty wages to bo obtained upon public works , as thu holders of small farms arc no longer able to enivtay } nera ; the soil is uncultivated , the crops un « mvn ; the seed , which should have been deposited in the land , has been devoured by the hungry , or sold to obtain means to meet the most irresistible of 'heir necessities ; the obvious consequence , unless a vigorous remedy be promptly applied , must be—misery tenfold increased during the approaching sea « ii ' , and extending to persons whose irapoverhishmeiit must involve the general solvency ol the country .
A letter addre&sed to the Coife JSxaminer . lUted Ballydehob , Jan . 10 th , and bearing the signature of l ; Jeremiah O'Callaghan , " says , — Since my last report , deaths are fearfully on the increase in this locality . Four have died in the imm . iliute vicinity of this village within the lust few days . In the mountain districts they die unknown , unpitied , and , in most instances , unburied for weeks . Yesterday a man was discovered half concealed in a pigstye , in su"ii a revolting condition that humanity would shink at a < lescription of the body . It was rapidly decomposite ; but noneighhour has yet offered his services to cover <\\ e loathsome remains , Death has taken forcible posni-ssion of every cabin , Poor Coughlan , of the board of works , i
was crawling home a few nights ago , when hunger imd exhaustion seized him within a few yards of his house , where he was found the following morning a frightful example of road mortality . If the present system ot roadmaking be obstinately persevered in , West Carbery may be properly designated an universal grave-yard . I have justlearnedthatin the neighbourhood of Grookhuven they are buried within the nall 3 of their huts . They have in most cases forgotten the usual ceremory of in . terment . The living are so consumed by famine they are unable to remove the dead . The Examiner could scarcely contain the names of nil who have perished for the Inst month . I shall trouble you with no more pwrticulars ; but send you the gross number of victims when I write again . < :
TKRDI 0 T OF WILFUL MURDBR AGAINST LORD JOHN UUSSRLI , ' . At an inquest held at Galway , on a person who had died from want , the jury found a veruict of wilful murder against Lord John Russell and Sir Randolph Routh ! but the Coroner refused to receive the verdict . The jury wei e finally obliged to content themselves with the verdict that "deceased died from want and the inclemency of the weather . "
SCOTLAND . Edinburgh—Extrordinauy Trial on thr cuargi op kmbezzlement and Tn eft —On Wednesday Ronald Gordon , lato secretary and accountant In the Exchange Bank of Scotland , was charged with the following acts of breach of tru > t , embezzlement or theft , viz ., by obtaining , as secretary of the said bank on the 7 th of May last , the sum of £ 150 , in payment of certain calls on railway shares , which he appropriated to his own use ; also , a sum of . £ 350 , paid to him on the 15 th of May ; also , a bank check for £ 280 , delivered te him on the 9 th of May ; also , a bank check for jGIOO , paid on the 15 th of June ; also , a bank cheek for £ 283 . Is ., paid him on the 12 th of May ; and , also , a bank check for 4620 , paid
on the 19 th ot Jnne . The prisoner having pleaded " Not guiltT , " a number of witnesses gave evidence , from which , with the admissions of the prisoner , it appeared that , having embarked in railway speculations , lie became embarrassed , and in order to meet his liabilities retained certain sums of money which he ought to have paid over to the cashier of the bank , and that he obtained the manager ' s signature to i check for 4650 , on pretence of paying it to a party in Dingwall on account of certain railway shares . These facts were death brought out in evidence , and the jury , after a short deliberation , returned a verdjet of—Guity of theft on nil the charges . " On Thursday the prisoner was sentenced to fifteen years transportation . The trial excited very great
interest . The Uiu'KEaKNTATiON of Glasgow . —A paragraph appeared in the Scotch Jhfonners' Grzctte of Saturday , stating that Mr . Macgregor , of the Board of Trade , and Mr . Lumsden , the late Lord Provost , were spoken of as candidates for the representation ot Glasgow at the ensuing election . The Gla sgow Ar < jus say * , it is quite true that the name of the former gentleman has been mentioned as the probable successor of one of the present members , in the event of a vacancy—but we iiave the authority of Mr . Lumsden for stating that a most unwarrantable use has been made of his name . Rise in the Prick op Bread in Glasgow . —The incorporation of bakers will this day raise the price of the lib . loaf—fine loaf , to lid ., household bread lOd . —Glasgow Argus of Monday . '
Berwick—Effect ! of Ethbr . —On Monday the influence ol the inhalation of the vapour of ether in a dental case was tested in thia town . Ihe patient who submitted himself to the operation of having a tooth extracted was Mr . Jonathan Priostman , juu ., who , being placed in » chair , inhaled the ether from a temporary apparatus fitted up ; by Mr . B . Gilpin , and in a few minutes was go completely overcome by the effects of the narcotic , that Mr . Nightingale extracted one of his double teeth without , as Mr . Priestman afterwards declared , tho least lain or inconvenience .
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MONDAY ^ GciLDfliiL . —Chi&qe ot Fosoebt . On Monday two fashionably-dressed young men , named William John Lain son and Samuel Goodenough , residing at No . T , JohnV-road , Hammersmith , were placed at the bar , before Alderman Farebrother , charged with obtaining silk !) , « atlns , iic , to the amount of £ 52 16 b ., from tha firm of John Fnlshaw and Pawson , linendrapers . 8 t . Paul ' s Churchyard , byjmeans of n forged order , under tlie following circumstances : —William Stanley , suptrin . tendent of the packing department at Messrs . Pawson'a , stated that on the 9 th of January , his employers recoived a letter by post purporting to come from a customer of theirs named Mr . Jackson , of Debrnham , in Suffolk , requesting that they would send trim , by the Eastern Coun . ties Railway , three o ' clock train , the following articled to be left until called for at the Norwich station : —Fifty yanis of Sdtinette , at 2 s . 3 s ; 50 j arris ditto at 2 s . 9 d . ; 50 vards ditto nt 3 b . 4 d . ; four lengths of fancy check
gr-R , about 28 or 30 yards , at 2 s . ( id . or 2 s . 8 d : one dnzHii gentlemen ' s collnrg at 6 s -, one dozen coloured kid gloves , 30 s . ; three black satin sc rfs at IOb . each ; mx Mack 36 inch satin kerchiefs ; three black satin shawls at 12 s . 6 d . ; three ditto at 15 s . 6 d .: and two pieces of f'mry India rubber corahs fit 24 s . M , The letter waB sitiwid » w . Maberly for Mr . Jackson . " The order was executed and duly sent on the 6 ame day , which was a Saturday , and the invoice sent per pout on the following ff iMlncsday to Mr . Jackson , when they received a com . munlcation from him requesting an explanation , ns lie had never Rent for » ny good » , nutl . ort . ed any one to send for him , nor had ho rece ived any . l ,, consequence inquiries had betra made , . n . d _ . t was ascertained that the box duly arrived at the
Ip « ich station , mi duly cnll . d for , directly after tho triru had arrived , by apartj an 9 « eril ) g the ascription of Loinson , and taken nwny . It w « s traced to a public lKu . se in the nei ghbourhood , in the possession , as it was sii ; . po « ed , of both the prisoners , nnrt from thence the next morning ( Sunda » by train to London ; after which it > vas lost s ' ght of . Information wur then given to tho pel ice , which resulted in the apprehension of the pri . s ^ iiers that morning , while at breakfast at the house oft
prisoner ' s h ind writing . G . Frew deposed to tr . king them into castedy , and finding in LainsofFs box t \> i pieces of silk , a piece of snlin , two satin handkerchiefs , five pair of kid glovee , b « i < WB shirt collars , and ¦ fer articles in some drawers , Ac . Alderman Fairb- ' -ther observed that it wa « a most lerious charge uj : iinst the prisoner ^ and advised them , in this stage o £ the proceedings , to say nothing , as they might let fall jnme expression which might hereafter be usei iit' . inst them ; which advice they took . and they were n ••¦ mded for a few days to get all the parties connected ni . ' i the me , both in Ipswich and London , as well a « : it : Ue railway stations , to come forward and give their ev dence . They were then remsiniitd .
BmiDiNo Socuties . —James Robert M'Arthur wag summoned before the Lord Mayor and Alderman Gibbs to answer the complaiut of John Giles , Robgrt FHzjohn , and George Miller , the trustee of a friendly society called the Srcond Temperance Benefit Building Association , for that Iip , being the secretary to the society , did receive and take into his possession on the 23 d of October , 1845 , the lum of £ 15 belonging to the Bockty , and having it iu hit posses * * iou did unlawfully and fraudulentl y withhold it from the sooicty against the statute , ic , whereby he becam » liable to pay double the amount of the money 10 vrith ii < -ld . A { certificate copy ef the rules having been put in , Mr . L . Bentley , of Brentwood , E < stx , was calle d as a iMtness . He e * id , I am a shareholder in the lociety , and on tbe 23 d of October , 1845 , I paid the defendant £ 15 on
• iccount of ihe shares I held . He gave me the memorandum I produce . I bought the shares of Mr . CaUin . I asked the defendant what amount was due . and lie said he would lools over the account , and let me know ; and he afterwards gave me a pnpsr with the figures £ 6 18 * . 7 d . upon it * and said that sraount wa 6 due , find I paid him that smn » Mr . G . R , Mrliueaux stated that he was a director of tho society of which the defendant was secretary , in October , 1846 , and it was the duty of the defendant to receive money for the ( ociety , and pay it over on the monthly nights , having first entered it in the book , and then to re-enter it in another book . IK- had been looking ; through the boolcs , and could find no entry of the sum of
£ 15 received from Mr . Bentley . In due course it wonlj have been entered in tlie November account . The books were hirr produced . Mr . Ser .-tant Jones , after having made some legal objections to the cane , said that hia client had all nlon , * expressed a wish to submit the mau ' ter to arbitration , and was still desirous to that raodeo £ settlement which was likel y to be more satisfactory , in consequence of the complexity of accounts . The Lord Mayor and Alderman Gibbs said the case appeared tfc them to be vtr . v clearly mudo out , ami the defendant had made no answer to it . They should therefore order him to pay the sum ef £ 30 to the treasurer of the Society , anS 2 s . costs , in one calendar month , or to be imprisoned for three calendar months .
WESTMINSTER . — John Alder , a chimneysweep , living at oG , Coburg-row , Weatminster , was charged with having compelled a poor boy to go up a chimney to the imminent p > ril uf his life . Willinrfl Jamss Moore , a boy lietwetu 9 and 19 years of age , who wa » evidently sulVering from tlie effect * of a recent fright , said , that the dtfendaut , who is his master , took ; him that morning to n house in Warwick-itreet , Vaux « hall-bridgo-road , and told him to go up a kitchen chimney there . Complainant said he could not as there waa a lot of mortar about , hut defendant insisted that he should , and declared that unless he aid be would beat himaeverelv when hegot him home . Complainant then went up and swept the chimney , but as he was coming down the machine broke , and . falling , caught him neas the breaBt , and jammed him tight ia the chimney , where
he was fortunately extricn ted by h hole being cutii the wall . Stephen Ramabottom , a master sweep , proved having been sent for to the house , when he found tha boy jammed up the chimney . At the time the poor fellow wa « got out he was nearly suffocated , and both knees were hurt by the 6 kin being off . Difjndant , in answer to tho charge , said there was 6 ome mortar in the chimney , andl the lady of the house wished to have it got down , ia con . sequence of which he sent the boy up , but as it was hia first time of ascending a chimney he broke the machine . ' Mr . Broderip said the case came clearly within the meaning of the statute , and in consideration of the peril to which the boy had been exposed lined defendant £ 7 , A » it was perfectly useless to is « uc a distress warrant against the goods ot defendant lie was committed to prison for six \ ve < ks .
TUESDAY , WORSHIP STREET . —Furious Dritino . — Yesterday , Mr . John Spencer , a surgeon , resident at Nelson , terrace , Stoke Newington , was charged befcre Mr . Bingham , the sitting magistrate , nitu furiously driving u horse and chaise , asd injuring a boy named Henry Emmerton . Mr . Hill , of Bruce Castle , Tottenham , in . epector of postatce stumps , and brother of Mr . Rowland Hill , of the Gtueral Post Office , proved , that on Monday evening he was proceeding home ia a phaeton , driven by his son , when the defendant passed them in a chaise at a furious rate ; and presently they heard an outcry some distance ahead , and found that a boy , and a donkey ha was upon , had been run down by the chaise , and apparently seriouslj hurt . The defendant , instead of stopping , or relaxing his speed , drove on at the same furious 1 rate , and the witness and his son drove after him as fae as Stamford Hill Gate where they found the chaise stopped to pay toll , and the defendant and a friend with
lum were then standing by the side of the horse . Witness then told him about the injury done to the boy and the donkey , but after some impudent reply , the defendant ! and the other jumped into the chaise again , and drove off as before , followed again by the phaeton as far as Tottenham Cross , The witness then alighted , but hia son having obtained the assistance of a policeman , con . continued in pursuit as far as the Angel Inn , at Ed ' mus . ton , wh « re they fouud the chaise put up , and tho defen . dant and his friend in the house . The defendant , who then denied all kuowlodge of any mischief done , was taken in charge . In the meantime thu lad had beea
taken to a surgeon , and was found to be much cut and contused about the head and face . The boy Emincrteru a baker ' s son , tva 6 present , and gave evidence of the in . juries ho had sustained ; uud the owner of the animal ha was riding at the time , said it was a valuable milch ass , nud had lieeu so much injured ttmt it would not be ser . viceuble for sunie time to come . Tho defendant waa fined 406 lor furious driving , and ordered to pay besileffj £ 2 fur the injury to the buy , and £ S to the OVfnerof tho ass . The money was immediately paid , and the defen . dant , who had also t » pay the greenjard expenses for bis horse and chaise , was then discharged .
LAMBETH . — Sieeious Ciuhge aoainst a Rpfhajj , ' —Alexander M'Leish , a journeyman baker , rho has been in custody since Christmas , was placed at the bap boi ' ore Mr . Elliott for final examination , on a charge o £ savagely assaulting Mrs . Maria Wood . From the eri . deuce it appeared that on boxing-duy , Or rather on tha evening of the 2 Cth of last month , the prisoner returnej vo his lodgings in a state of intoxication axd a fit of bad ) temper , and his wife having triquentl y experienced tha effects of his brutality while in that state , went out ot the way to avoid him and requested th » complainant tq attend on him . Tho complainant was entering the room for the purpose , when the prisoner on hearing hec approach , armed himself with a poker , and under tha
impression that it Was his wife gave her a desperate blow with tbe weapon on the head . The poor woman in . stantly dropped , and was soon covered with blood from a deep wound inflicted with the poker . So serious waa the effects of the injury that Mr . King , the medical g « n « tleman who attended her , felt it necessary tohavehec evidence taken , and Mr . Norton attended at her bedside , for that purpose . At that time it was thought impossi . bit she could have survived many hours , as she was seized with erysipelas , but her disease took a favourable turn , and yesterday she was enabled to attend and giv » her evidence against the prisoner though she is still in a very weak state . The evidence having been committed to writing , the prisoner was committed te tuko hia trial . --
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- HIM . ^ duct of members forming the conference , lately 1 lela in London , to form an "Evangelical Alliance for receivin K as members of that conference , and joining with slaveholders , and upholders of slavery a , e Par t'ng without expressing their abhorence of the awful traffic in human beings . He concluded along and powerful speech by describing some of tlie horrors and cruelties of slavery , which he had undergone himself , and which he had seen inflicted on others . He resumed his seat amidst loud cheers . The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr . Smith , Mr . Wright , and others . The resolutions were adopted . Charge op Fraud against a Major ' s Dauohtbr . —On Wednesday , Miss Matilda Brewtwenty-six
, years of age . the daughter of Major Brew , residing ! on Uxbrid ge Moor , was finally examined before Messrs . T . Dagnalland R . II . Cnx , the sitting magistratesat Uxbridge , on the following charge of obtaining goods under fraudulent pretences . The first case g ne into was for having obtained two cap fronts from the shop of Mr . G . G . Wistern , milliner , at Uellengdon End . It appeared that , on the 2 nd instant , the prisoner went to the above shop and asked to see some cap fronts , saying they were for Mrs . Bcdborough , the wife of a lar ^ e grocer in Uxbridge , and that one of tbem must be a pink satin one , as that was for a young lady who was staying at Mrs . Bedborough ' s , who had a fair complexion , am had fixed on one of that colour . She selected two
fronts of the description sho wished , and Miss Western lent her a box to take them in- After she had lett with them , another cap front , made up of the blue satin ribbon , was missed from tlie shop , which led to inquiries being made at Mrs . Bodiiorough and the discovery of the fraud . On tite 4 th inBtant , Beachey , a policeman of the T division , executed a distress warrant at the house of Major Brew , and there found in a cupboard two pieces of the two cap fronts , and the blue satin one , which had been stolen . The prisoner waB not at that time at home , but the policeman traced her > o the house of Mr . Lovejoy , at I yer , Bucks , and from there to the house of another friend , in Andrew ' s-buildingB , City-road , where he took her into custody . In the second case the evidence proved that the prisoner , on the 8 th of
October last , went to the shop of Mr . Jesae Jones , draper of Uxbridge , saying that sh « was Miss Heraing , of Hillingdon , and upon that representation obtained a shawl , for which Bhe did not pay , which shawl was found at her father ' a house when searched by policeman Beachey . ln the third case , it appeared that , on the 30 th of October , the prisoner also went to the shop of Mr . George Lane , draper of Uxbridge , and asktd to see some dresses for her sister , saying that her name was Western , and that she was the daughter of the prosecutor in the first case , and upon that representation , obtained three dresses to show , which had never been returned . The prisoner was committed for trial , on each of the three charges , but on the application of Major Brew , who attended the examination , she was admitted to bail , herse l f in £ 50 , and two sureties of £ 25 each , in each
case . Fatal Accideki on thb Eastern Counties Railwat . —Oambhidob , Wednesday night . — Yesterday evening about half-past seven o ' clock , an accident of a deplorable character occurred on this line , at the Whettlesiord station , by which the daughter of a respectable yeoman , named Coleman , of Duckworth , a neighbouring village , met with a frightful death . The unfurtunate female , who was about 24 years of age , it appears , accompanied by her sistei , went to the Whittlest ' ord station to see a Mrs . Martin , of Saffron Walden , off by the three o ' clock train from Yarmouth , she having been on a visit at the residence of the parents of the unfortunate girl . The train was due at WhiUleslbrd at 21 minutes past
seven o ' clock , but from some unexplained circumstance it was ton minutes behind time in its arrival ( so ihe reporter waa informed ) , anil but for that circumstance the melancholy occurrence would probably not have happened . Mrs . Martin having paid her fare the sisters went on 10 the platform and saw her into the carriage , when the train proceeded on its route to town . Before it , however , had cleared the front of the station , the deceased replied to her sister , ' i ^ ow , ray dear , let ' s crons " and as the last carriage of that train passied them they jumped on to the permanent way , and made au attempt to cross over to the opposite platform , where ihe gate was situated through which they liad to pass on their return home , tbe road ( Loadon and iNewmarkei (
crossing the line on a level . At that moment the six o ' clock evening express train from London was coming up at the usual speed of 30 to 35 miles per hour . The station-master , Mr . Jackson , and the porter , seeing the perilious position of the two females shouted to them to return- The porter , who was on the line at the same moment , springing forward and ceiziug the cluthes of one of them palled her back , thus saved her life . Unhappily , however , such was not the ca e with her sister , sue was caught by the engine and met with an instantaneous death . Search was made for the body , when tlie first thing that attracted attention was a bonnet , and on the porter ' s lifting it the head of ihe pour t'irl fell out ; a few yards higher up the line was found the trunk of the body shockingly mutilated , one « t the arms severed and part of the right leg . As quickly as possible they were gathered together , and removed to the
Red Lion Inn , adjacent to the station . At 1 o ' clock to-day a coroner ' s inquest was held at the Red Lion , Mr . Kichardson , the superintendent ot the traffic department , was present to watch the inquiry or the part of the Company ; The evidence adduced confirmed the facts previously mentioned . The regulations of the Company were produced to the Jury , which showed that necessary precautions were taken where the line crosssed roads on a level . In aecord- i » nce > ith the regulations at the time of the accident a porter was standing between the two line of rails to prevent persons passing over the line , but the sisters were so rapid in their movements , that it was impossible to save the one who perished . The Jury were satis lied that no blame was to be attributed to the Company , and by the regulati n they were of opinion that the directors had adopted every precantiuit for the security of the public . They found a verdict of '' Accidental death . " IRELAND . i
~~~ THE LANDLORDS MANIFESTO . : The resolutions anuouneed iu our last as having been provisionally adopted by the Reproductive Committee , were submitted to the general meeting of landowners on Thursday , held at the Dublin Ro- tunda . AH parties were represented , and apparent unanimity characterised the proceedings . The attendance was very numerous , comprising noblemen , members of Parliament , and country gentlemen . The Earl of Ormond presided . REPEAL ASSOCIATION . The usual meeting was held on Monday . Mr . Somers , the member forSligo , was called to the chair , ' and took the opportunity to renew his pledges of fealty to the Old Ireland section ot repealers . ¦
Mr . Costello adverted to the great meeting on I Thursday , expressed his sympathy with this new and ' , propitious combination of Irishmen , commended the i E ; irl of Ormonde as one of the best of Irish landlords and moit benevolent of men , and finally spoke of Mr . Holmes ' s pamphlet " On the State of Ire- land . " He now claimed Mr . Holmes as a repealer , whose accession was particularly valuable after fortyseven years of political silence , lie had indulged however , in two "flings , " one at the Catholic religion , the other at Mr . O'Connell . These he ( Mr . Uostello ) , of course , thought to be unwise and ungenerous .
Mr . O'Connell w ; is glad that Mr . Holmes had awoke at all after hisaleep of forty-seven years . ( Laughter . ) The gentleman was a very excellent , lawyer , and of liberal opinions ; but it was an odd circamstance that un the only two occasions when i prosecutions were instituted against him , ( Mr . O'Con- ' nell ) , Mr . Holmes was found to be among the counsel tor the prosecution . Adverting to the Young ; Irelander 8 , be said they were " as eloquent and as ' silly a set as he ever knew . " ( Laughter . ) I After a little of the usual abuse ot the Youn » Ire- ' landers by Tom Stcele , * i
Mr . O'Connell said he was going to Parliament , ! but not to support either Whi ^ s or Tories ; he would ' support either Peel or Lord John Russell , if they ! would give food to the people . He had beei . de-1 ligntcu at the noble convention of Irishmen , held in ' tlie Kotuuda last week ; and it was their principle , as well as his , to oppose any Government that would ' uot give tooato the Irish people . ( Cheers . ) lie ' would be m Parliament this day week , and would then and there insist ou adequate measures bein » ¦ taken to . save the people . In the deanry of Clovnl ! 5 ? li i ™^ ' * thousand had perished !
L ^ r persons of famine , twice that numbi-r were rapidly apnroumatins to the same late . He advised the Young ¦ lrelanders that their proposed " council" wou'dbei an illegal body , and liable to a prosecution under the i xfiSXnS 'l J ? reiul " ot < a Whof Si Mitchell to show the dangerous language indulged in I by icUung I n landers . Wiihregard totl . effmine in Ireland nothing less than an expenditure of forty or titty millions would be sufficient to meet it . There would be a great rall y for Ireland by Irishmen now ! JSfS ^^ SieS «•»» •• •» " » " »" . »«»
hSlr 1 ' f , O > Con 1 r ! echoed the sentiments of his father on the subject of not supporting Lord John the 1 rish ' peo ; ir nt ^^ P ™^ ^ hw * The proceedings were protracted to a late hour . Ihe rent tar the we .-k was £ 128 ( 5 s . 7 d . Tl NON-CUZ . TIVATH > N OF THE SOIL . i ins alleged evil is exciting the greatest apprelicnsions . Tlie danger as the season advances is , fo course , becoming more imminent . CAl'TAIS STAnLIGIIT . —KXTRAOnDINAUY SCENE . A presentmeut sessions for the barony of Corom > re , couuty of Clave , was held last week , and while the proceedings were Dendine
Captain rrancis Macnamara handed to the chairman a threatening letter , which had been given into Laptaiu W ynne ' s hand by some person in tho court , as he was passing among ihe crowd assembled in the body ot the meeiing . Tlie letter bere the representation of a coffin , with
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 23, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1402/page/7/
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