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ENGLAND . CUMBERLAND . Fire aboard o t Ship and Loss of Life . —At two ' clock on Saturday morning last , a serious tire ateiided with , fatal results , broke out oik board tht-« hcwner £ cbra , ot London , ljing off the quayside , > t Maryport . It was discovered by one of the town police tvho was passing by the vessel , when his attention was drawn to a great light apparently in the cabin , which a * he approached the "vessel proved to be the rt flection of the flames on the masts and inner bulwarks , the alter cabin king completely on fire . After the smoke and steam had j > ub » ided , some of the crew went down to ascertain the extent of the damaaf , when tfcey were shocked at finding the body of one of three apprentices , named Wier , lying on the floor of the cabin , burnt comp letely to a cinder . The body was recognised by a knife lying btside it . The fire , there is no doubt , orig inated through the carelessuts * of the unfortunate youtti , ail iron candlestick being found in his berth : the cabm was destroved .
LIVERPOOL . 1 he Ikva'Iox of Iuish Poor . —The Rev . Rector Campl * 1 adumsed a Utter to Sir George Grey on Thursday , on behalf of the Vestry , upon the influx of the Irish t > eor into Liverpool ; in which he represents to the Uorac Secretary the necessity of some Ipgi-lative relief being granted , and that some restrictions shoul . l be plact-d upon the undue facility of impnrtht « paupers inu > Liverpool from li eland by the steam-boats . The Rev . gentleman sajs , that the number who bavea-nved from Ireland since the 13 th ot January , has amounted t < t 10 . 982 ; but the imprtssion now universally prevalentamongst the Irish , that they can claim reliet from the larisb funds merely by the plea of destitution , however unfounded that plea may be , his so increased the number of applicants chiefly Irish from various quartet * , that on Saturday , the 23 rd of January , the number amounted t <> 4 4 S 3 men , 4 , 706 women , and 14 , 67 ? children , the total number on that day being 23 , 866 , the aggregate of the whole week being 130 , 795 .
The Irish is Liverpool —The daily numbers relieve ! last week were as follows : —Monday , 22 , 065 Tu-sdty , 25529 ; Wednesday , 23 , 313 ; Tnursday , 24 . 297 ; Friday , 24 . 668 ; Saturday , about 24 . 000 . The cost of relieving this number of last week was upwards of £ 220 . Si'iciDt . —An inquest was held before the Borough Coronur , on Saturday , upon the body of Letitia Jkaie . a married female , forty-two \ ears of age , who resided in Lurk-lane , Toxteih-park . It appeared , that she went into an outhouse in the yard on Sunday week , and l hit on a person ' s opening the dour some time alter , she was foun
manchester . Horrible Results of thb Factory System . — Here , in the must advanced nation of Europe- in the midst of a population unmatched for its energy , industry , mauulacturing skill—in Manchester—Thirteen Thousand Three hundred and Sixty two children pensiied in seven years , over and above the mortality natural to mankind . These " little children , * ' b « ought up in unclean dwellings and impure streets , were lett alone Ions days by their mothers , to breathe ihe subtle , sickly vapours—soothed by opium , a more " cursed" distillation than " l ; ele-Kre '—and when assailed by mortal diseases , their Btomafhs torn , tkeir bodieB convulsed , their brains bewildered , left to dis without medical aid , which , like Hope , shuuld " come to all "—the skilled medical tflan never being called in at all , or only summoned to witness the death , and sanction the funeral . —Report of the Registrar-General .
Fatal Accident on tbk Maschbstsb and Sheffield Railway . —A fatal accidentoccurred on Monday moraine , on the Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire line . At seven o ' clock two engines left Newton , having different destinations . One of them wan intended to go to Giossop : but , after having pneseded some distance , the snow upou the nils was found to be so deep that it could not proceed without the assistance of a second engine . At Dinticg the engines stopped , in order that a waggon lunjht be attached ; and , just as they were moving off again , an empty passenger train , which had left 3 J «; wton at a quarter-past seven , and which was going np to Iladh ' eld , to otart at ? 45 , came up at quick
speed . The signal was up at the station , aim was duubtle-sseen ay the engineer ; but so great was his speed , that lie could not stop the train is time , and , finding that a collision was inevitable with the two etigints . he and the fireman leaped off . The fireman escaped unii jured ; but the engineer , unfortunately , either through missing his footing , or some other cause , fell on the linv , and the second and all the succeeding carriages of the train passed over him , kitting him in a moment , and mangling his body v-ry much . The collision was rather a sharp one , and caused some damage to the engines , but not of a very serious character . The unfortunate engineer , whose name was James Bobinsun , was the only person wao suffered .
Extensive Emb ^ zlemest . —Thomas Smith , collector to Mr . Alderman Shuttleworth , charged with embezzling money paid into bis hands to the account of Messrs . Strutt , of Dei by , was brought up at the Borough Court , on Tuesday , for further examination . It . was then proved that on the 2 kc 1 Feb ., 1846 , Messrs . De Jerse . v , merchants , paid him a cheque lor £ ! 5 <» 12 s ; ti . at on the 22 ad May . ^ Messrs . Gutnpell and Co ., paid him a cinque far £ 51 Gs ; that on the 13 t * i Jute Messrs . Abraham Tross and Sons , merchants , paid him £ 124 1 < H ; aud that on the 30 th Oclnber Mr . Zolus , merchant , paid him £ 27 on
account of Messrs . Stutt ; and that he had accounted for none of these sums . At the conclusion of these proceedings he was committed for trial , liis attorney asked if bail would be accepted ? Mr , Maude intimateJ that £ 500 would be accepted ; but eo bail was forthcoming , aud the prisoner was removed in custody . Distress —The occupants of the " Night Asylum " average nightly one hundred and seventy utterly destitute persons . The quantity of soup distributed at , the " Soup Kitchen" was , on Saturday , 5 , 600 quarts ; on Monday , 4 , 800 quarts ; on Tuesday , 5 , 000 quarts ; in addition to which , 1 , 000 loaves were distributed on Saturday , and about 1500 on Tuesday
BGLTOS . Sbriocs Accidext . —About half-past five o ' clock or Moxday evening , a boy named Joseph Bennett , aged fourteen years , son of Mr . Bennett , turner , went to hw father ' s shop in Mr . Langley ' a timberyard , behind the Black Boy beershop , Moor-lane , to get some sawdust . There was no light in the shop , and it is supposed that he stumbled over something ' , and in consequence fell upon the circular saw , the teeth of which stuck into the back part of his head , and injured him frightfully .
SIOCKPORT . Dablvq Robbery—On Sunday morning last , during the hours of serrice , and while the inmates were gone to chapel , a man entered the house of Mrs Wii < 3 , Wellington Road South , by the back sittingroom window , rifled all the drawers , and stole twenty-four silver tea-spoons , and two silver tablespawns . The robbery was , of course , committed in open day , and it was not discovered until half-past t * o o clock , when Mra . Wild returned home
WI 0 A 5 . Apprkhessios op a Wholesale TaiEP . -On Saturday last a woman named Elizabeth Burns , the w , te of William Burns , a cooper , residing in Chapel Lane , Wigan , wag brought before the magistrates 3 Wigan . charged with stealing seven roll ! o " ribbon from tue shop of Mr . Joshua Coop , draper , Wkan hue was also detaroedon suspicion ofhaviBg Joml nutted several other robberies , as , on her house being searched , property , to a considerable amount and lourteen tickets for other articles pledged ( nearly a'l « ftheraquite new ) werediscoveKd : Theribbons «• re stolen on tfee oreviousday ( Friday ) , the prisoner having gone into the saop of Mr . Coop with the aUe ^ ed intention of making some purchases . She wta committed for trial . OLDHAM .
SsEioos Robbckjes . —At the petty sessions on Monday a boy about seventeen years of age , named John Uofen , the son ofaiat dyer , residing inColdhurst Lam-, was brought up by superintendent Wild c-. ar > M with etealm ; * £ 10 Bank of England note ' tena . * e « isi . s , one / iajf soVerci Kn and ten shillings ui » lw , on the Iothof Deeemberkst , from thehoute cf Mr . ^ «! . n Ogdi-n pu&hcan , Iligtetreet , Oldham ; and ake witn stealing £ 7 in sovereigns , and £ 2 10 s m silror . ifjim the same Iwase , of tks 19 th of January l » st . He was committed for trialat the Salford sessions . CinSTEIL Tiie con « ituencr o < Chester have elected Hugh L'i { -u ' , fcarl Grosvenor . to represent the borough in Parliament , m the room of Lord Robert Gresrenor reigned to Ag . % . 4 for Middlesex . '
WARS-FIELD . J ) ErEKMlVEll SejCIUE OF Two 1 . OTER 3 . —A tH 09 t Unieutablt ! afftir j , 8 taken plate in WakeSeld ffaich lia-j cnaUdfcL'ieatsensation io the neigh bourli > wi { , aiii ! wiitiebr two respectab ' o familiej have bei u thrown iutti a Kfeite oi the deejit . ^ t distress . A }<> uas tnw , nau ed George Uamp : on , about twentjh ' ve years of u ^ f , bsd ( uid Jiisaddresses to a young woman « f the wame of Suratt Morton for about * three yeare . Botii the parties resided in IVakefield , the Vmng man b : > ina : a whitesmith , and son of Mr . George lliiujison , also a wiiif j smith . < fcc , in that '" « wii . Ou the evening of Friday last , Humpson went as u-utl to the Iiau > e <» f his Jover , and at that timi n w . aid appear the girl was not ven- wcJJ . On the ' ° '' » wjr . g ( Saturday ) niorning , two coats aud a hat , I . A- ? r * ° i " ne i * ' ' « and " » wcre found on tbe m tsiMn " ? y Canal , near the bridge which W *> seB !» i !) some fields nsar Heath Wood , abonta
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mile and a half from Miss Morton's home . The ] bodies of Hampson and his I wet Sua&tt were found ' near the place . The suicidal determination must nave been strong in each , for their bodies were firmly lied together with four handkerchiefs , which must iiave been fastened by Hampson , as the knots were tied behind the young woman . In ^ his pocket wa s found a pistol loaded with ball , and two bullets some powder , caps , Ac . ; and in her pocket was found a soft substance , like paste , which issupposedto be poison No reason can be f « . und for the commission ot such a Sth ^ ii he « e ™ marks ofviolence on cither of the bodtes . The deceased young woman was ab ) ut twenty-one yeawof age , afine figure , and vetv p ? ettv B » " - Sl ^ wTtholtanvSlT' ^/^ ^ - '' Found d ™»^ witnout any marks of vio ence buthow or bv what means ^ ey got into th e canal , ' S'l noev ^ WORSBOROBGH
¦ r .- ^ . DAL « . FrY , ? « AcciDB « -LoSs op Six Lms .-On tnday afternoon a fresh sacrifice of life took place wS 5 u ^ Main Coal Company ' s pits , at « "" borough Dale , about four miks from Barnsley . ADouttwo o ' clock , some men , who were employed in one part of he pit , tired a blast of gunpowder for tue purpose of bringing down a large piece of coal , shortly alter the explosion , an alarm of fire was given from a part of the pit two hundred yards from the piace where the blast had been fired . A large mass of coal was found on fire , and every txeriion was used to stop up the driftways , or roads through which air was admitted , and to put out the tire , by throwing water upon it . The men were engaged in this manner , from two o ' clock until four , at which time , instead of having checked the flames , it wts found that they were gaining upon them , and the pit beins ; filled with smoke rendered it impossible for them to continue longer . Those who were at the
pit mouth now became alarmeu fur the safety of their companions , and a message was immediately dispatched to the pits of Messrs . Field and Cooper for assistance . Some of tbe other men succeeded it ) reac iiine the pit mouth in a state of exhaustion , ine manager of the works went down into the pit , which was then so full of smoke that he was obliged to return . Joseph Beaumont , the steward of Messrs . Held and Cooper ' s pits , arrived shortly after four o ' clock , and every exertiun was then used to reach the place where the men were known to be , but without success . It was not until twelve o ' clock at night that the last of the bodies' ( that of George Gomersley , the under-ground steward ) was found , and they were each removed to their houses . The «> th r men , eight in number , who had escaped from
suffocation only with great difficulty , were immediately after being removed from the pit , attended by a surgeon , who adminstered such remedies as their cases required , and , though suffering sBverely , there is every reason to hope that ; hey will recover . The cause of the accident has not yet been clearly ascertained , but from the statements made by the men who were in the pit at the time , one of them the man who fired the blast , and who escaped , there does not appear to have been any light near the place where the fire was discovered , until immediately after the blasting of the coal . It is supposed that the breaking up of the coal muBt have opened a crevice in which carburetted hydrogen gas , or tiredamp had accumulated , and this having ignited , had set fire to the coal .
NOTTINGHAM . A Fbmale Burnt to Ashes . — On Monday last , Mrs , Grundy , residing at Warcer-gate , Nottingham , was found in her house literally burnt to ashes . The unfortunate woman was at the advanced age of 82 , enjoyed good health , and lived alone . At four o ' clock in the afternoon , a coal-higgler opened her house door , and inquired if any one would buy a load of coals , when he saw her lying with her feet near the door , and her head towards the opposite side ; her clothes were burnt ti dust , her body black as a cinder , and in some prfrts reduced to ashes . Her table stood near the fire with her breakfast things upon it , a cup of tea poured out , and a bit of bread in it , as if she bad been taking her breakfast .
WARWICKSHIRE . Murder asd ATrEMPiuo Suicme . —Repiok , Saturday . —Last evening an inquest was held at the white Lion Tavern , on the body of Henry Peter Taylor , aged eleven weeks , the illegitimate offspring of Jane Taylor , aged 20 years , who had jumped into the Warwick and Napton Canal , with the child in her arms , on Thursday nisjht hist . Hannah Taylor , ofllanningham , said that her husband was the brother of Jane Taylor . She was at her house on Thursday evening about five o ' clock . She had the deceased with her . When she went away she was crying very much , aud witness understood that she was going to Leamisgton . Witness wished her not to g- out , as it was quite unnecessary , but she persisted
in going . My husband had told her that she must procure a fresh home , for he was unable to support her . We had notice to leave our house in consequence of her being there , which notice was up tonight ( Friday ) . We have but one room for myself , husband , a » id three children , and , therefore , had no room for her aud the baby . Phineas Page said : On the previous evening , as he was coming from the mill , he saw something floating on the water , on the opposite side . Having procured assistance , and got the female out , she then ejaculated , "Oh , my poor baby . " Her dress having been unpinned , the deceased was found elapsed in her arms quite dead . The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Jane Taylor , who was fully committed for trial at the next assizes .
BIRMINGHAM . 1 here are now in the Birmingham workhouse 613 persons , 593 of whom are paupers—and this in a season of no extraordinary distress , for , compared with other large towns , Birmingham may be considered singularly fortunate in the present condition of the lower class of its inhabitants .
OLOUCESTEKSHIRE . Suicide or a Clergyman . —On Friday the Rev George Ireland , the chaplain of Northleach Ilouse of Correction , in this county , was found in his room with his throat cut , and quite dead , the fatal act laving , it is presumed , own committed some hours before its discovery . We have heard that the reverend gentleman had forwarded or left behind him letters addressed to Mr . ReeveB , the governor of the prison , and to bis own family , in which he expressed his intention to commit 6 uicide . We have not heard a cause assigned fir this very rash act , but f-ar that straitened circumstances , and the great difficulty ot sustaining by small means his position in society , may have operated upon a dispirited man and been the impelling cause of this sad catastrophe . He was beyond the middle age , and has left a widow and a large family of we believe seven children : None of these , at the time of his death , had joined him at Northleach .
b « h . Elopement of an HmEss .-An elopement from Bath has given the gossips of that watering place an amusing topic of discussion . The lady is stated to be the "grand-niece of alateeccettric inhabit nt ofthe viciaity of Bath , who , at his decease , bequeathed to her a considerable portion of his enormous fortune , which he placed at her own conditional disposal , after her arrival at the age of twenty-one . Like her well known kinsman , the young lady wae somewhat singular in her habits and refined in her tastes , and , as matter of course , in afortune-huntinE like the of
pace " Queen city the west , " the heiress attracted much attention . The funds at her disposal caused more than one needy Peer , and many a half pay hero to vow eternal fidelity . Like Miss Burdett Coutts , she was pestered with lovers ; but had her face and form been her only dowry , ehe might have been deemed a noble prize , for in the exclusive circleB of the provincial ton she was universally known to be the belle of Bath . A few days ago she was missed from the house of her guardian . Pursuit was defeated , and on Thursday it became known that she had been married at Exeter — to a tailor ' s assistant !
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . Sufferings of the Peasastrt . —A few days aeo h ^ Dg p ? f a Urera of Bice 8 ter- Laimton , Ambrosden Blackthorn , Arneott , Piddingto n , Wendlebury , Stratton Audley , and other places around Bicoster , took place at the Independent Chapel for the purpose , of stating their distress , and brineine their condition before the public . There were froJ two hundred and fifty to 300 labourers present , an ™ m addition a considerable number of tradesmen and other inhabitanteof Bicester . Many of the labourers proceeded to state their condition , and the attention of the meeting was directed for some time to their statements . We select a few of their declarations :-. Jn ^ u . " t ! " ^ . Blcester ' has a wife : h" ^ t since the Ilth of October averaged 2 s . per week ; has to pay Is . Cd per week rent . Coxhill , of Bicester , said he had not earned Is . per week since
raicnaeimas ; has a wife and four children : has a hoy who goes to work and earns 3 s . per week ; his money went to help to keep them ; paid Is . per week « nt ; had managed to live by the kindness of Mr . Ferguson and others . Thomas Justice , of Bicester has a wife and child ; for the last two month ? his earnings nave not averag ed more than about Is Sd per week ; had to pay Is . 34 . rent . Mr . Ferguson said it would be a query to many as to how people Jired under such circumstances . He found out that two or three families lived together ; those that have more aaust those that have less ; thos one helped the other . —A emale next rose to speak . Bavins ? her
name was sarati ti . irt , the wife of Thomas Burt , o B > o » ter ; he . r husband ' s earnings had only been tt « hirf ? V !! i " ««« « e * en in family " they had two cL-ildren at work , one at Si Cd ano theotherls . ; they had Is . fid to pay for rent had not been without . bread , it was true , but it was ' diffi SSf f * A > I T ? ' B&A . 3 ffy Kit" / 1 " dren ' fT , ? 6 lasfc four month 8 l ™ husband had only eamad 17 s 91 , and out of this he had Js . to pay away lor ] m lodgings ; she had gone about besging with her baby * t her breast . - _ Baeott of Bicester , said he ha . 'l only had six days' work in ten weeks ; had eight children at home ; for three weeks the boy had earned , ik . per week ; had suffered a great deal ; had gone witL'QUfc bread for three days
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cogether ; had pledged all their things that the I thiluren should not go without victuals ; the whole eight had only had one pound of bread a-day . — Richard Markham said he had a wife and five children ; had eight shillings a week ; a boy was this day gone to work ; had to pay Is . 3 d . a week rent ; was very short of victuals ; some days only one bit of bread all day to work with ; had Is . given him last night ; that was to carry them on this day . — A female next addressed the meeting , saying she was John Franklin's wife ; he was a cripple , and came to Bicester to fetch letters from the post-office ; they had four children ; she went oat in the fields to work at Cd . per day ; their earnings altogether were
ab > ut 03 . 6 d . ; they were in great distress . —William Jeacock , of Launton , said he had a wife and two children ; in ten weeks he had three days' work ; before that lie was ill three weeks ; when in work he had Is . 4 d . a-day ; took 4 s . to his landlord , Mr . Ashby , when he was dowH ; it was all hfc had ; had a loaf of his wife ' s friends ; left no bread at home when he came away . William Tubby , of Launton , said he bad been an old soldier ; he had been in battle , and never was frightened ; he had not a pension ; he gave that up to get his discharge ; since Michaelmas he had had eight days' work ; lived alone , and had 7 d . a week to pay rent ; paid his rent orce a year ; for five days he had only had a penny cake .
The above cases are but a few of thoBe which came before the meeting , On the following day a meeting was held in the parish church to inquire into the state of the poor . Rumours had gone abroad that therecent statements respecting their condition were exaggerated ; but at this meeting all that was stated above was confirmed ; and a subscription was entered into immediately to alleviate the present distress , A committee was formed to solicit help from the public , and to take other measures likely to meet the crisis . This meeting was well attended , and caused unusual excitement . KORFOLK .
Cumulative Sentences for Poachiko . —On Saturday , James Barney was brought before the magistrates at Norwich for the third time , and charged with poaching on the 2 lst of November slast , at llorstord , and a witness was called who said he saw him with a hare . Defendant was now out of gaol , where he had been sentenced this day month for four weeks for a similar offence . On that occasion , also , he was then out , having , far another offence , been sentenced to a fortnight ' s imprisonment . Mr . Stracey thought these cumulative sentences highly objectionable , espec . ally as this offence was > aid to have been committed before the one for which the man had been suffering . It was very unlike the prisoner ' s having returned to the practice after his punishment ; and he thought a month ' " imprisonment at most would meet the justice of the case . The Rev . John Ilumfrey and Captain Bradshaw thought not , and agreed to give him two months . Mr . Stracey refused to sign the conviction .
MIDDLESEX . Ejection—The vacancy in the representation of the county occasioned by the death of the late Geo . Byng , Esq ., was filled up yesterday by the election ot Lord Robert Grosven < . r . Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather , which was the less endurable from the business being cairied on in the open air , there was a considerable budy of persons as&embleJ at Brentford . Lord Grosvenor was proposed by the Hon . P . Bouverie and Sir E . N . Buxton . No other candidate was proposed , and on a show of hands his lordship was declared to be- duly elected . The new member then delivered a speech full of the usual Whig nothingisms . The ceremony of girding on the sword , and affixing the spurs—which would be "more honoured in the breach than the observance "—closed the proceedings .
ESSEX . Destruction or Eustojj Lodge , thb Skat of Viscount Matnabd . —This large and beautiful mansion situated a few miles from Stortford , and the residence of Viscount Maynard the Lord Lieutenant ol the county , was destroyed by fire , on Monday morning last , nothing being left but the domestic oihees , and a few other unimportant buildings . His Lordship and the family were at the lodge at the time , and all the parties in the extensive establishment retired to rest late on Saturday night , when all appeared perfectly safe ; hut about three or four o ' clock on Sunday raornini ; they were aroused by a cracking noUeof flames in the upper part ofthe house , and his lordship was the first to ariise from his
bed and give the alarm to the other inmates . It was found at this time that the fire was raging in the Noble Lord s dressing room . The engine on the premises was got out , but it was soon evident that the flames would entirely defy all their efforts . Engines from the neighbouring towns ot Thasted and Dunmow were speedily on the spot and got to work ; but the flames at this time had obtained a thorough hold ot themansion , spreading rapidly from room to room , and bursting « ut with terrific violence . Many of those assembled , which included a large number of his Lordship s tenantry , seeing that the power thatcould be brought to bear upon the devouring element would be futile , set about removing some ofthe valuable property from the apartments that yet remained
untouched ; and m this way many of the choice pictures and a considerable portion of plate and costly furniture were saved from destruction . The flames went resistlessly onward in their progress , throwing a glare into the atmosphere which was visible for . miles around , and was continually bringing to the scene fresh parties . The flames continued to rage unchecked for two or three hours , destroying all the mam body of the house , the clock tower , and , in fact , all the building , except one wing , which was ultima-Wywed by those present . The mansion was a noble and ancient one , and the damage done amounts to many thousand pounds . We could not learn whether it was insured . The origin of the fire has not been explained .
KENT . Aa accident occurred on Tuesday in Abbott ' s Cliff Tunnel , on the Southern Eastern Railway , midway between the terminus and the Folkestone station by which Joel Rush , thetnasterof the electric teleeranh at Dovor . met with a frightful death . The unfortunate man was greatl y respected , having been in the service of the company since the opening of the line . It appears that the deceased , having experienced some difficulty in the course of the forenoon in transmitting messages per teleeraDh to
Folkestone , it is supposed he determined on proceeding along the line to inspect the wires , with a view of ascertaining where the defect existed ; and , on the 1 o clock passenger train leaving Dover for town he got on the engine with the driver and stoker . When the tram had advanced about thirty or forty vards in the Abbott ' s Clifftunnel , the engl driver saw him fall against the wall on the left hand side , and disappear beneath the train , The engine was stopped , and the body was found frightfully mutilated lying across the rails . An inquest was held on Wednesday last . Verdict—Accidental Death .
CHATHAM . Painless Operation at thb Military Hospital -A series ot surgical operations were performed at the General Hospital , Fort Pitt , Chatham , a few days a o , m the presence of Dr French and all the medical officers of the establishment , the patients previous to operation , having been each subjected to the influence of the vapour of sulphuric ether by inhalation , the effects of which were as satisfactory as they were surpruung .-The first operation was the extraction of a tooth from a soldier of the 52 d Reeiment , dextrously performed b y Mr . Peck , dentist , of Chatham , and perfectly successful as regards free-« nn fnm pain .-rhe next was an amputation of the ! tft l 6 £ r - a 8 e Ot th % « We joint , in a soldier of the 37 th Regiment . This patient , after inhaling ? efJfiLa polIr ior two or three minutes , was dedared to be in a fit state for the performance of the operation , and the e was quickly removed he !™
tue knee . Uuring the tying of the blood vessels the limb was convulsed by strong spasms , and he moaned once or twice , but declared , on his return to con--ciousness , that he had had little er no pain throughout , though he had been " sensible of the sawine of h ^ fJ / v J the j ?«»« wm with the knife , he stated that he had no knowled ge or recollection whatever . —The last operation was the removal of the last joint of the great toe . The subject of this was » tall , spare Irishman , private Patrick Foley Ihe ether took effect in less than two minutes and he remained under its full influence for about tour minutes , during a brief part of which time the toe was amputated . On awning from hTtw
ZZl'nm > u * va wouid Hke to have his toe taken off * He replied , m a drowsy voice "Oh I'm very weak , but ' tis a great bother to mo" and * ,,, ? denjynnnng up , he lilted his leg high into " the air " KMing for an instant at the foot in wmSw « S a ' . ght . and exclaimed , "Oh , by the ? hokev but it toe is gone ; well , an' sure , 1 had the £ s ; dJS in the world , though in throth it wasn'tth * . L t dreaming about at all . " he toe 1 was rr va SUSSEX . mem" ^ Slf ^ TwIt ^ ° 1 Sussex , in the room of O . WvShaSX , » H ° accepted the Chiltern Hundreds , to * place on Tu ^ day , at Chichester . R . Prime Eso 5 wX . depnty-ehainnan ofthe WeBtSu 2 a ^ 2 Sinrton ' elected without opposition . The Ton 2 ' 7 " Sonisf Con 8 e 4 tive ^ ' ^ ISSS
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Accident at Covent Gardek Theatre -On Sunday afternoon , between two and three o ' clock an accident of a very serious nature happened 1 wUhin the walls of Covent Garden Theatre to a lahS named Bushill Molley , aged 45 . He was at Srk at the time , and was ascendiae a ladder , when after hav , n ^ rcacheda bout twenty . slx f « efcfrom the RWnd ho missed his footing , and was precipitated with such iorce as to fracture hh thigh , ^ besides receiS ! several other extensive injuries . ^ ivui { , Railway Contentions . —We understand thaf -ill hopes of the differences betaeeu th * London and North-Wcstern and Great Western Companiesi belle amicably settled are at an e » U . AWfottJ S «
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SCOTLAND . FAMINE BI 0 IS IN THK KORTH . Eloi . n . —The present high price of provisions , chiefly meal , attended with a riotous disposition in Beveral districts of the counties of Aberdeen and Banff , have been marked by similar symptoms i « MorayBhire . At Elgin , last week , the younRW portion of the town paraded the streets , and exhibited much turbulence at the residence of a gentleman extensively concerned in the grain trade . Mr . Sheriff Innes ( who arrived in Elgin in the course ofthe day ) , Mr . Sheriff Cameron , and Provost Wilson , accompanied by a number of respectable inhabitants , were successful in quelling the disturbance , and apprehended a few of the ringleaders , At Burghead , though a proclamation had been issued by the autho
ritiea insuring plenty of provisions , the Ceres , Capt . Mason , laden with meal , forLeitb , was unloaded by the women of } he place . The James and Jessie was also unloaded , but the authorities have been successful in restoring peace . In order to preserve public peace , Sheriff lanes , forwarded a despatch to the military head-quarters at Fort George for troops . About forty men of the 70 th regiment , under the command of Captain Gordon , acordiugly left barracks at five o'clock on Friday morning , and marched to Nairn . Special conveyances having been provided , the party arrived at Elgin about two o ' clock ; they are quartered in the Court Ilouse . On Friday evening , the house of Mr . John Allan , corn merchant , was attacked , and othor riotous proceedings renewed .
Lossikmoutu . —A few days ago , several carts laden with oats having arrived , they were immediately surrounded by a mob , who escorted the grain to the storehouse , After seeing the produce safely deposited in a loft , the mob , composed chiefly of women , locked the granary , and kept possession of the key . Findhorn . —A few days ago , four carts laden with grain for shipment from Findhorn were stopped by the people , and brought back to Forrea . The following day the fishermen , aided by women and children , exhibited the utmost determination to prevent the exportation of produce . TheyBeized a considerable quantity of flour and meal , which was freighted from the South .
Gahuooth—The fishermen of Kingston ( Garmouth ) , Port-Gordon , and Buckie , marched into Fochabers with flags and banners , and assembled in the square . Their object was to demand from Mr . Baliner , commissioner to the Duke of Richmond , and Mr . Marquis , factor , an unlimited supply of meal at 20 s . per boll . The party at first conducted themselves with propriety ; but their demands being treated with indifference , they threatened to raze the houses of these gentlemen to the ground unless they complied . Whatever were the conditions ultimately entered into , they returned to their homes , under the impression that meal would be supplied in accordance with their requests .
I his port has been the scene ot much disturbance during the week . The utmost excitement prevails among the working classes , the usual avocations of the fishermen being suspended . Order and regularity were set at nought , and the holders of grain openly denounced . The people of Keith , animated by the desire of disburbing the peace , and aiding the fishermen , marched in a body to Port Gordon . Petebhead . —At Peterhead some slight symptoms of disturbance occurred on the mornings of Friday and Saturday last week .
EDINBURGH . The Edinburgh and Glasgow committees on Highland destitution have formed themselves into a central board for the relief of the distressed districts . They have resolved inter alia that no man able to work , and having the means of obtaining it , shall receive any assistance . A large number of troops have been despatched to the north to aid in quelling the disturbances occasioned by the scarcity . New Application of thb Sulphuric Ether , —Dr-Simpaon , of Edinburgh , has applied this new and wonderful discovery to the purposes of midwifery . and with the most signal success . This is the most
wonderful of all the applications of this surprising alleviator of the ills that flesh ia heir to . If it should be found to succeed on further trials , it will make the discovery one of the greatest blessings ever conferred by science on humanity . High Court or Justiciakt . —The Court met on Monday , to try Wm . Boyne , farmer , Elgin , who w « as libelled withseven charges of forgery by bills , to the amount of nearly £ 900 . The prisoner pleaded not guilty , and a great number of witnesses were examined in support of the charges . Mr . Crauiurd having addressed the jury for the Crown , and Mr . Inglis in behalf of the prisoner , the Lord Justice Clerk summed up , and the jury returned a verdict of "Not guilty . "
GLASGOW . Extensive Bank Robbbrt . —On Friday afternoon , a clerk of one of the most respectable houses in Glasgow was sent to do bank business . He repaired to the Union Bank , and drew a check of £ 1 , 200 . He then proceeded to the Commercial Bank , in the same street , with the money upon him . He was writing some order at the bank counter , after finishing which he put his hand into the pocket of his outside coat to draw out the money , where he though he had it snugly deposited . The £ 1 , 200 was gone ! Is is moro than probable that he was reconnoitied by some expert English thief , several of whom , we learn , arj now prowling about the citv . Glasgow , formerly , wasa rich field for them . But let every man who goes to the bank have his eyes about him , and not trust to his outside pocket . Another bank robbery of £ 247 was committed the same dav .
Fall of a Granary at Port Dunhas . — jf large granary at Port Dundas , belonging to the heirs of the late Miss Kidd , suddenly gave way ; the south wall , fronting Clyde-street , falling out towards the street , and the beams , joiatjng , and flooring preci pitated to the ground . At the time the building fell it contained about 9 . 000 bolls ofthe finest English wheat , a con siderable portion of which will be destroyed . Considerable danger was apprehended to the adjoining properties , but workmen were speedily set to take down such parts of the building as were dangerous . Fortunately there was no life lost , although two of the storekeepers were in the upper floor when the building gave way , but they escaped by tho staircase without Buffering any injury . The total value of the grain in this building is estimated at £ 16 , 000
Atiempt to Poison On Sunday morning information was conveyed to the police office that a family residing at No . 37 , High-street , consisting of a mother and four children , had been poisoned . On the case being promptly inquired into , it was found that the parties re ' erred to were evidently suffering from the effects of arsenic , or some other deleterious matter ; and on further inquiry it was elicited that , it was after having partaken of some oat cake that they all exhibited symptoms of having been poisoned . It was likewise elicited that when the mother wa < preparing the cake , her husband , who is a coal carrier , named James Ducherty , eave her a small quantity of meal out of a handkerchief , and as he declined to state distinctly where he got the meal , he was taken into custody for examination , and lodged in the police office . The poisoned family are likely to recover .
ASOYIiESIIIBE . Melascholt Circumstance . —A boat belonging to Ken more , on Lochfine , which had been wind-bound in Tarbert Bailed from the latter place a few days ago , laden with birch brooms from the Clyde , and when rounding Ardlamont point , there being a heavy sea at the time , was overtaken in a squall , when , sad to relate , the bo&t swamped , and two fine young men , ofthe names of Ferguson and Campbell , the only individuals on board , met with a watery grave .
AYRSHIRE . Robbht Burns . —On the anniversary of the poet ' s birthday , the foundation stone of a large hall to be attached to the cottage at Alloway , where the poet was born , was laid with Masonic honours , by M . Dick , Esq ., Irvine , in presence of a great number of spectators . Iu the afternoon About thirty gentlemen—M . Dick , Esq ., in the chair—dined in the large raora of the cottage .
THE BORDERS . Agitation of Fahm-Shrvants . —The farm-servants or hinds in the southern districts are following the example of their brethren in Haddington , by holding public meetings to diBeuss their grievances . This is the first time that this class of the community have corce forward as agitators , and the appearance in that capacity of parties so much dissevered by location , and hitherto regarded as so illiterate , is a marked symptom of the co-operative spirit of the age .
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Dbspkrate Suicide by Pbussic Acid . —On Wednesday , whilst Mr . Mills , the Deputy Coroner , was holding an inquest in Marylebone , he received inforaia . tion ofthe following determined act of self-destruc tion by a young gentleman , named II . B . Fisher , assistant to Mr . Farmer , chemist , Duke Street , Manchester Square . It appears that Mr . Fisher has tor some time past been paying his addresses to a young lady residing in Robert Street , Paddington . On Tuesday morning , at eight o ' clock , he went out , and was seen walking with the young lady in q uestion , it the neighbourhood , and engaged with her in earnest conversation . He returned home shortly after Hint o ' clock , and in a few minutes went up stairs to his
bedroom . About ten the youth left in charge of the shop ran up to the deceased ' s bedroom , and having called Mr . Fisher several times without receiving any answer , he opened the door , and there discovered the deceased lying on the floor struggling , and apparently in the agonies of death . He raised an alarm , ami two or three medical gentlemen were tent for , and promptly arrived . Antidotes wereadministered , but Mr . Fisher died in two or three minutes after . A cup was on the table , which was found to have containe / 1 a strong dose of prussic acid , mixed with brandy . Two letters were also found , one addressed by the deceased to his relatives , and the ether to the young lady in question , in both of which he declared his intention to commit the act .
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IRELAND . PROGRESS OF FAMINE AND DEATH . Dublin , Jan . 30 . —In the language of Reproductive Employment Committee , " it is impossible to exaggerate the extent of the famine . From the county of Donegal , tho Ballyihannon flera'd givea the following : " Distress is here on the increase , and deaths are more numerous in this county than in the fatal year of the cholera—all owing to want of food . Since the news of the ports beiHg about to be opened the markets have fallen about ten per cent . —but what relief is that to the poor—they are about fifty per cent , too high yet . " The Northern Standard reports as follows from the county of Monaghan : —
" The state of distress is becoming frightful in thi « county . The poor-houses , with the exception of Mo naghan , are extremely crammed . In Clones the guardians have taken tenements in tho town , where tho miserable victims are stowed away in hundreds , and of course , in such masses of misery , death and disease are rife . " " Ballina , Jan . 28 . —Deaths from Starvation . — Not a single day passes without being marked by the holding of inquests on the bodies of persons who have been starved to death . Since our last list of such casualties , Mr . Atkinson , coroner , held five inquests , and in each case a verdict of ' Died from starvation ' w .-is returned . *' From Kerry , the accounts are of the sarao melancholv character : —
¦• Deaths from Starvation . — The Rev . C . M'Cnrthy , P . P ., in a letter to the Kerry Examiner , dated Tuosist , January 17 , says , —' Though our deaths are not reported , having no police , or any other person . ) in the district who may feel it their duty to forward the fatal list to a coroner , our parochial obituary is not , alas ! the less crowded ; ever ; day furnishes a new and increased catalogue ; the grave-yard is filled with those human victims , receiving five at an average each day , and in many cases the bodies become nearly decomposed before they are interred , for want of coffins . " " State op the Poor in Maryborough . —It was stated at the meeting of the Lalies' Relief Committee , held on Wednesday last , that out of one hundred cabins of the poor , visited by two of the committee , at one end of the town , forty-three were without a bed of any kind , and of tbe remainder only four had blankets .
The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains most appalling accounts of destitution aud death in various parts of that extensive county . The Rev . J . Bfechinor , R . C , curate , describes the great increase of fever at a place called Gurtecrasing , and mentions several deaths from starvation , some of them by the hedgeside . The Rev . J . Mulcahy , P . P . of Castletoansend , says : — "My poor parishioners are dying in multitudes in every quarter of those parishes from downright starvation . "
The Rev . J . Molony , P . P . of Itos 9 carberry , also in the County of Cork , says : — ' Several have died oi want since I last wrote , and thousands are at this moment in the last stage of existence , and will inevitably perish if something be not speedily done for them . " A requisition , rather numerously signed , has been sent up for presentation to Mr . Monaghan , > -olicitorgeneral , requesting himself as a candidate for Galway . iMr . A . O'Flaherty has been put forward by the Old Ireland party , and Mr . Corayn has addressed the electors on the Young Ireland interest . WILFUL MURDER—IMPORTANT JUDGMENT . —O ' bHIEN IN ERROR V , THE QUEEN .
This case ( which came before the judges of the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Friday , upon a writ of error ) having been called on for judgment , the prisoner was placed at the side bar in the custody of the goalerof Newgate . The Lord Chief Justice , whose judgment was acquiesced in by the full court , pronounced the decision of the bench . Tho case , he said , had come before them upon the application of the prisoner , Patrick O'Brien , who was tried and convicted at tie last summer assizes for the county of Clare for the wilful murder of his wife , Johanna O'Brien , and sentenced to bo hansed , which sentence was respited until the 8 th of February by tho Crown , when the writ of error was sued out . The point raised in his favour was , that the verdict
returned against him was bad , because it was a general verdict ; on the ground that the indictment charging him with the crime of murder , charged it by three counts , in three distinct ways—by drowning , by a fracture of the skull , and by kicking and beating - , and it was impossible that death could have ensued in three different ways : consequently , it was relied on that the proper verdict would have been to have found the prisoner guilty upon one count , and to have acquitted him on the others . Now , after fully investigating all the authorities referred to on both sides of the case , the Court felt that there was no real weight in the objection , and that , in tact , if iwere to be decided in the prisoner ' s favour , that it would be impossible ever to bring home guilt to any culprit . It was argued that the decision of the Lords in the " Queen v . O'Connell . " and the other
cases cited by Mr . Coppinger , the prisoner ' s counsel , went to the extent that judgment should be reversed if a prisoner was sentenced to punishment upon an indictment , part of which was proved , and part of which had failed ; and that as the prisoner could no t , be guilty of murder in three ways , he should have been acquitted on two counts . Now , the Court was of opinion , that the case in question was not at all applicable , as it was merely a misdemeanor case , in which the punishment was discretionary , and might b 2 affected by a general verdict ; whereas in a case of murder the judgment was not discretionary , and could only be the same whether a prisoner was conictcd on one or on twenty counts . For theBe reasons they were of opinion that the judgment below should be affirmed . The prisoner was then handed over to the goaler of Ennis to be executed on Monday next . AWFUL REVELATIONS OF THE FAMI . VK . We arc enabled to lay before our readers the following extract from a letter addressed to the committee in London , by a gentleman whom the British Association for the relief of distress in Ireland and Scotland has recently sent to the north-west coast of Ireland . The statement bears obvious marks of unexagperated truth , whilst it prescuts the most vivid picture of the horrora of famine , and oi the actual misery under which a large portion of the Irish population in now suffering . 11
At Camck-on-Shannon I found the poor-house and hospital crowded with half-naked and emaciated men , women , and children , prey to dysentery and fever , which terminated fatally . The number of daily deaths exceeded the supply of coffins which the place could furnish , " Between Carrie and Sligo numberless straggling and ragged families had been observed , some crawling , some squatted on the road side through utter exhaustion , all bearing downcast , broken , and wornout countenances—fearful results of starvation sickness , and the exposure to the inclemency of the weather , which alternated with rain and snow
" At Sligo I have found the streets swarming with the distressed , clamorous through hunger , although orderly , respectful to persons , and respecting their property . The poor-house presented an awful number of cases of fever and dysentry , which co-nmonally terminated fatally . " In the poor-house , or properly speaking , workhouse , 'there are 500 persons sick , and the master and under master in fever !' "Between Sligo and Westport , in the locality of Ballina , toxtord , Swinfon ' , Castlebar , the dssolating aspoct of the country grows more fearful still . The population seems as if paralized and helpless , more raged , squalid—here fearfully dejected there stoically resigned to death ; then again , as it consoious of some greater forthcoming evil , they are deserting their hearths and families .
11 1 tear that this unfortunate country has not yet reached the climax of its misfortunes—the fearful increase of fever and dysentery will I apprehend take a malignant and epidemic character and spread contagiously—indeed several persons in comfortable circumstances , who devoted themselves to the visitation ofthe sick and the burial of the dead , have caught the fever , and fallen victims to their benevolent exertions . "
PROORESS OF DISTRESS . Dublin , Feb 1 . —A return of extremely severe weather forbids the expectation of any improvement for some further time in the accounts from the distressed districts . "Yesterday was intensely cold , and towards evening there was a fall of snow , ' followed by a sharp frost , which continued up to this afternoon . The reports of to-day from the counties of Galwayj Mayo , and part of Wexlbrd , are very unfavourable . The Tuam paper states , that in the neighbourhood of Kilcouly eighteen persons have within a few days perished from atarvatim , and that from even quarter of the county the intelligence is ofthe most gloomy character . The Rev . E . Moore , rector of Cony , in the most destitute part of Mayo , announces
the number of deaths by famine to be fearfully on the increase . In part of his parish , out of a population of 5 , 000 souls , there are as yet only 750 at work ; some of those persons receiving wages at the low rate of 3 d . per diem , with meal at 6 d . & quart In the neantime , it is satisfactory to find that the prices of all kinds oi grain continue to decline in the provincial markets , tho fall in wheat ranging from 5 s , to 2 s . Cd . per barrel , with a proportionate reduction in oats , barley , and meal . State of Kerry . —Mr . Richard Orpen , an emi nent solicitor in Kerry , gives the following extract
ot a letter received from a friend , near Kenraare : — " No language can give you an adequate idea of the state of the people . The first thing , I assure you , I heard in the morning , and the last at ni « ht were thewoansoftheaged , and the crying ofchil " dren , famishing for want . The men working on the " road ate pertect spectres . Their hire is not more than suthcent lor two or three at most , and when di vided between five or six it is not half sufficient , and the consequence is , that in trying to work without sufficient tood , they are run down in the most frighttul way ; and 1 am satisfied that if food be not sent here sp « edily , and sold at a reduced price , halt the
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SSSl . * country ceMe * «* *»; SHiPWRECK .-The Wexfordl ndtpa % dtntu ^ the ship Niobe , of New * ork , laden with S ^ and meal for Cork , struck on a reef during f ** of the 20 th uU . The ere * was saved , jSRfi ? I * will become a wreck . lDe vessel ., . . THE " ROYAL LOTALB . " The farce is ahli kept up . As miserable « . l ing of the moral force repeal party as 'tJ heh place within the walls either of ConeilUUoTiuJ the Corn Exchange , was held te-day at th Ot hour j the attendance was wretched , both as y . »" SUal numbers and the political standine of tu * B 8 r < lj Mr . O'Flaherty , of Knockbane . tSe candid Galway , in opposition (?) to the Solicitor . ffil **
was admitted a member on payment of t )> 7 *¦ > qualification fee of £ 5 ., which appears ZhVmaximum sum exacted from aspirants for p !'¦ mentary honours . It having been bruited abouf Ji ** this gentleman had not become a convert to ¦< i ' cause" until within the last few days , and then for a very obvious consideration , Mr . Steele to l y casien to state that such was not the fact fl ., * Mr . O'Flaherty was a full fledged Repealer f *' whole menth . He is , of course , to receive tL a port ofthe association , although it was Drettv « i 8 - P * intimated that the Whig law-officer wouldLft ^ "dangerous" an opponent as Mr . Comyn of \ v ? stock , who is to fight the battle ( at thu * I * "' £ 5 , 000 ., if necessary . ) of young Ireland and not ° promise . The average quantity of small-talk & Un expended , the week ' s rent was announced ft
MORE HORRORS . Dublin , Feb . 2 , -Most lamentable accounts nf h , progress of famine have been received from Cert * ! other counties . orK wb The -awful state of destitution , and the revolt effects ofthe demoralisation produced amS 2 ttS ! peasantry , are thus described by the CorkXReferring to the district of { fj ^ v £ ^ " inquests have been here held , and theverdict in each of three melancholy cases was ' death h ?!* th r ° mnth A ^ V ' A Croni ^ consSte afflft- ?^ * ^ ^ Affitesata .-SEa atlier , Michael , whom huneer had ren . l fi r ^ . n i , !? .
¦ S i ™ i C 0 UldgWe t ! lemno distance in thfr last struggle , nor even make their case known tatlf neiKhboun . The verdict was ' deXbJSKaW In the past week there was revealed another cS of a still more horrible nature . f DKAD BODIES OFFERED FOR SALE TO BPY POOD Fob ,..
LIVINO-EJKCIMKNT OF TKNANTllY 1 A person named Thomas Millar , from Rinf a place on the extreme coast , opposite Cable Island came with his wife to Youghal , where they bo K tared tor sale at an apothecary ' s shop , the dead bodot a male child , aged seven years . The authorH were informed of the circumsiance , and the par « were arrested . Upon being interrogated , they coollj acknowledged that this child was a nephew of their / who had died m their hou » e , and they brought him to the doctor ' s to get something for the body that would keep the life in themselves and their children hie description they gave of their sufferings was ' frightful in the extreme . On more than oneocca-Mon they had determined to kill , and eat the cat
oiiiytbey feared it weuld poison them . The verdict in the casoof this child , too , was ' death by starvation . ' Such is the state of things is that \< L cahty ; and while death is doing its work , about 200 of the wretched tenants of Lord Ponsonby in that neighbourhood have been just served with notices of ejectment . What will become of the * frame of bo-The equally dreadful calamity of pestilenceexeitea the mast painful alarm in the county . In sixdavs -from Monday last to Saturday-the deaths were one hundred and two—just double the worst average
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The Adventures and Perils of the City PmB -It is known that the Corporation of London p ossesses a quantity of valuable plate , the accumula ted wea th ot ages ; and which rivals that of royalty in costliness and splendour . A singular discovery has lately been made with respect to that treasure , which has caused a vivid sensation among the corporate authorities . A worthy alderman , a namesake ot the founder of a northern empire , and scarcely intenor in genius and sagacity to that renowned autocrat , with hw customary sociability and love of good cheer , obligingly accepted an invitation to grace with his presence a Hebrew festival in the nei ^
dourliood o St . Margaret . Having long beenac&e observer of the peculiarities of the various classes with which he was associated , the sagacious Knig ht was fully aware oi the absorbine passion for display which distinguishes the ' -chosenpeople ; "he was not , theretore , surprised at the bounty and liberality with which his comparativel y humble Hebrew friends had welcomed the honour of his company when however , tbe supper room was thrown open , and the Iuught with other guests entered , they were posi . uvely startled at the prolusion and magnificence of I . . ? hT l 1 ' ? , "¦ little closer i ^ Pection , what nasthe worthy Alderman ' s astonishment to recognise his old acquaintances ofthe Mansion-house- * , sociated m his mind with so many pleasine and
melancnojy recollections ot departed l 6 ry and revellincs never to return J Of course the distinguished S was deeply moved at this discovery , and t no time in communicating information at head-qSrte ? Upon inquiry as to how the treasure could Save left its resting-place , the mystery was solved by the Dayus ot the Mansion Ilouse , who had the custody ot it . admitting that he had been in the habit for some time previous ot letting it out when solictited so to do ; and detended the practice by stating that as his Ute matter had done so , he saw no harm in earning an honest penny by following Wbexample . Thus at present ends the str . « nge eventual history . Nuraer-.. us meetings , conferences , and profound deliberations have been held on the subject . It is ex . pected , however , that some stringent and energetic measures will be adopted to prevent a recurrence !( this ungaW and amusing escapade . It iarSSS S that the City Remembrancer will be instructed to of aUeL ' et ' tn ft ° ? P « Wl 3 BSfaI ot aldermen , that the corporation plate shall never henceforward be . let oat to a ball or rout , wiEt being accompanied by the Lord Mayor , or a least two _ aldermen , and shall proceed to and i ? om its destination under a military escort , consisting o ? the men m armour , headed by thoCity Marsh" ? iwP ™ f " . TR 0 UB « .-The coachman of Lord Hastings , a few days ago , was directed to drive a r nS f ° IS ? rd 8 hi P 8 « 9 iden <* ^ « ton Constable to the railway terminus at Norwich » distance ot about twenty miles . He arrived at Kor-? ni e ff f ' , , «««» gentleman proceeded by nmeTs Ikl L ° nd 0 n - - , c ° acl > man , whose name is Haylett , is a married man . and ha « t a wife swartefaH ^^ raasBsssaSSs farashiswi ^ scottase and sta , there , nutdn . un
u « uurees at L , enwade-br dge Inu . Unfortuniitelt Sd £ iSd ¥ « ° t keen 1 'im . elf soW in S 3 unoueSntwa ? he T '' ^ Hotel , inaaomewhat 3 Xl ? ¥ *?? ' ^ « leven o ' clock at night . m lea on » K A ^ Drayton toll' « ate about liTO andthpi ^ ' ?^ ear 8 t 0 have fa » en « leep , telv led fc fi « T . ned n int ° > lane « whioh Mm * , deredla tt «>!? ' n ^ t they seem to have wan . aerea ab out , with Hay lett aaleuD on thn hnv tii « track of the wheels the next morEing showKt hes rf Ted" T ^ T ' V ^ 39 &X ! & cues ot the edge of a deep marl-pit ,- into which it However , they found their wav out of th « rm ono ; n
JSSSXfS'JSi ^^ CFKfrKVVSWSafcK been asleep upon the driving-box , and when heawoke about four o ' o ock in the morning , he found } S w the midst o these extensive waters , both the K « being drowned , and the carriage severed th / from the hind wheels . We need hS' , H ? . f"
ureaa ully tnghtened ; his screams broueht un i the assistance they could . In the ' « £ . ^ deret " aU ing the horses were wt out V ? mWh of V » morn " pHH ls ^ S ssasws ^ sawKB SjjpSZ& ^ g Hp"i £ S ~ HS # ? muit h > ra ,, t np bebind » n ' alisfraS Si ° fcj tutting both tho go ,-n „„ ¦ pJ 3 £ ¦""*' ti . nSS ^^ Si&SW-lWn , . aisfateiitfffissars ^ - - . SttcS ^ JSaAa asa&BSfaSS ^ gtf * .. » :.,., I .-:.,.: .. > . . 1 IV 1 ° j vile DOllfia in a atuM ¦ it incut union
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1404/page/6/
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