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iEngUttiJ . DrniiAM . TSakk Fati . ijrt :. —Stjndekuks , March 8 . —A gr-at deal cf stir has heen created to-dsv in this town hy the suspension of payment o f the North of En-land Joint-Stock Bank , the oldest establishment cf the ki'"d in this part of the cmintry . The juincipal office is at Kcweastle-on-Tyne , but there ar « bran . 1 i offices at Sunderland , Piirhim , Shield = , £ <_! . The company drew on the T /> ndon and Westminster Ba'ik . The cause of iho present difficulties h . v be < n severe losses ovor a Series of years , and , in sh-rt , a succession of bad luck has acooropanic d its transactions almost from the first day it commence < i
Insineas . In consequence , ifc his revcr stood hieh in commercial ciicles , though its ptoprietaiy arc numerous , and many monies ! parties are cor '"< ctr < l with it . The rapifal was in £ 10 shares , ot which JJS os . was paid op . bat the share were at . a serious di «« r , nnt in the market , and have twn quoted as lowas £ 2 Ss . 6 d .. at which sum they now stand in the shnrelirokers' quotations . The liabilities of the company will be very considerable , and gome ineon wni-nce will be felt by traders who kept their ¦ wr ?^ * i }\ th e bank , but it la not expected to I * att ended with any very disastrous coiwo lionet wb as have often been witnessed b y bank failure ir this district .
XEVfCASTLE . Sehiotjs Acctpent . —An accident of a serious and s&Hrvnmg character occurred in Newcastle on Snturdav last , which had nearly proved fatal to two voim * tadnHj , one of them a dauehter of Mr . Geo . Bnlman " andtneothcradaxishterofMrs . Arunriale , b « tb of ^ P Terraee . In the middle of the day , as a cask Of W ? ck lean was in Tirneess of bems lowered by a crane rom the second floor of the w . ireliou « e of Mr . Snenecr , chemist . Low Friar-street , it by some in an * slipped from the slings , and fell to the ' eround mt as the youne ladies were passing . They wrc both knocked down hy the cask and seriously hurt particularly Miss Bu ' rnsn , who had a leg bmken , a compound fracture , besides receiving a severe blow on the hea-1 . They are both , however , in a fair wav frecoTery .
LIVERPOOL . Fever . —The Liverpool iftrcunt expresses jrest alarm at the spread offerer in Liverpool occasioned i > y tne hordes of Irish who are filling the town . " W <> 1 a vo no right . " say- the Mercury , " to sit still and let . T « s' i ! i nee walk in amongst as . " At this moment the O TJSiKS of the fever in therellars and carrets of Liverpool is most alarminr . The first flush of wain weather will spread disease and death into hundreds of streets . The filthy state in which the r ^ or people arrive , and the shocking dark , damp , dirtv r . Ucea in wh : ch they herd—as manv a » thirty in a fellaare the most certain cons'ifsienfa of malignant fever ; and deeply shall we snffer in a few weeks bv the loss of many of our valued townsmen jin < Hownswonwi , if the evil now growing around us be not stayed .
TOBKSHISS . FATAL AcCTDEST OS THE UutL ASD BBVTJUXOTftS Batxwat . —A dreadful accident ocenrred last wrek on the Dull and BrtdUngtan Rai' . wav . by which t- * o unfortunate men lost their lives . The u « nal train from Hull at half-pnst sis o ' eloek left this place a crup ^ e of minntes or sn before its time , and nroeeerJed towards Bridlington . It had reached a place ea'Vd the Snuff Mills , about half . ft-tnile on this svte of the Cottinghara station . wh « n the en < r ?* p-t ? rirer fancied he saw something flv off to the roadsifo from the front « f the eneine . He immediately ? hut off his -team and reversed the engine , wl . en on the train beinc broueht to a stand , and examinat i on beins mndr , the bndy of a man was found jerked into a « Ut hoy the side of the line quite dead , and that of
anther Vine between the raiis also nnitedead ; they 'ff immediately conveyed along by the traw to the station at Cottinehnm . when it was found that thfi bodies were in a dreadfully mutilated condition . The two rr . en were trespassing on the line returniner from their work at a Mr . Btitterick ' s farm . There was , at the time of the accident , a luceaee train enminc from Cottinehara . and it is supposed that an at the imp ( ahont a quarter to feven ) it was . quite dark , tho noise of the loggaee train which the nnfortonate men knew to be coming towards and ineeting'tbem , drowned the noi « e sf the pnwenser train which was coming up behind them . The men , to avoid bein * run over b- the luseage tmin . had . it is sopposcil topped to the otlier lino of rails , and so heen struck by the engine of the passenger train almost immediatly .
IOC K WOOD . Diabolical Akempt at Rape—Duringtb « nii ; ht betw ' vn Saturday and Sunday last an oepnrrene * of he most atrocious character tonk plnce close to the Bath Hotel , Lockwood , and -which but for timely assistauee might haTe ended in murder . Between the murs of twelve and one o ' clock on the above night Mr . John Ellam . landlord of the Bath Hotel , and us sjm , Jehn Oslev Ellatn , were in their stables at-« n « 5 ins to a horse which had b ? en hrousht in late that night , when they were ahrmed by Joud shrieks of" Murder , " and criea for help . Proceeding Tom the turnpike-road nearly in front of th « hotel . They instantly ran round to the front , and . when within afewvards of the spot from whence the sound proeeed « d , they saw three ruffians forcibly holding a
female tip against the wall » urr < uinding the quoit ground , and a fourth standing at a * hort distance , apparently keepiRff - a look nut or wa < "h ; there Were also two " navvies" etan . ' . in ? by . but they did not tpppar to touch the woman . " The tnaM . '' ein ? fine , and the moon shininjrbrightly . Mr . Eilam and his « on had a diotinet ? iew of the villains , and saw one of them ( who was also holding the wr-man ) kick ner a most tremendous blow < . nth »> nMnwen , makinir oseat the game time of the m < -st violent threats Winst her for not suffering him to e&ct his abominable pnrpose . One of the ruffians also held b < : r by the throat , r . nd the imprints of his finder nails were clearly risible for hours after * a-ds . On p erceiving snecourat hand , the ruffians let . »« their hold ? . V j : icUm aTld fled , t » kin the road to
Iluddersneia . 1 he poor woman then sank down from slieer « lMHWfci « n anrl Wgbt . anrt wa « taken into the h . ^ el more dead than alive ; in fact , for some time utter her life was despaired of . More assistance arriving , the Tillamswerc pursued , ar , d yoiTOgEV-am , r > n > . ctrippin " the rest'by at least-30 yard % carae up with { he hindermost near Spring-garden * , with whom l . e fearlessly grappled and secured until thn rest of the pursuer ' s ^ rnts nr » , when lie was given into custody of a conrtabie . In the scuffle yoniijj Eilam was severely bit bythemwrrant he had captured hut still kept hold Of him with the utmost tenacity . The fellow wa * ctn-? eyed to the lock-up , and proved to he one James Wood , a notoriously ha
« ame momm ? , ar . d whose mm-s are . Tame * Parkinson and Booth Sagden . a 7 « V " Raacy . " l » th eqinlly notorious bad charters , the latter , in nartica ' ar , who has haen several times in prison at WakefWd . and all three were the mo « t eiHou ^ -looking ruffians ye ever beheld . The woman lnviner l ^ en carricl into the hrt ^ l , had every attention paid toher by Mr . * nd Mrs . Eilam . Mr . " Dow . surjeon . was sent for , tfho , < m examining th ° patisnt , found she had reeeivi > d a tremendous blow on < ho . fae . o . closing up and blackening an eye . —her nnck and brensts severely tamed and scratched by the finders an-1 nails of the dewradoes , —her sid « much bruised an 1 lacerated , --and she wan otherwise mo ? t dreadfully injured . On Mon-Iayimnrnins the nrisonprs wop' placed « t the bar Wore Messrs . W . W . Battycand J . . Sutcliffi ' .
on tne charge of violently admitting with intent . &c . i Hie pon- wnmanwas loo much inj-ire . i nnH too ill to waiic , and vra s therefore broudbt in a cnb to the Offic » to J'ivi- hor evidenee . She stat- - "J her n'rae to be hliM Mathens . the wife ' . f a miner , a- 'd that the came to HuMei-sHeld on tin prcrioiis W < < mesday with her busSai > ' \ , who wan in ? ear < h of work at thu Ln ( -kwr ) od tunnel . On Saturday afternoon he went to I / ic ' twnod , but not rctnrninc at nislit . she s ^ t out to look fir him , and after son-chin" mou of the puWie-nouses in the town , « lie went cm to T . oekwo" *! , about 12 o ' clwck , and was fol ' owed hy the pri > omr . * , \ rlio ill-used ber as before st . ted . ' Tlie p : isor . crs were committed to York Castle for trial at the ss-izes , bail being r ? fa = ed . Their tordshins *? re n » w at a loss » iow to disno > e of the woman ; fro .-n this dilemma they w * re , however , lvHeved by Mr . ElTuta o ! reri »« to provide for her at hla licuse for Is . n-day . until tae i « -z < . s , aud , to prevent the husband irwi <_ ' <\ ing away , he wo « ( bain ^ a surveyor ) employ I-im upon the r . nd 3 . The nw . ; iS'ri << -H truv . kei Mf . Klism for the kindness and humanity which he La ! displayed throughout the entire cas ? ' ; too much p-. ai-2 c . 11 M not begsvento yo > ip » Ellarr . fir thepsrsnvoriiigchu-. t'C he exhibited in tha rapture of Woo'l ; nml !>« t fir the sccHentnf he an < ihis father beii ^ - in the "fables , and their prompt assistance at therp-cuo , thepi '> orir < iin : in wou ! d in all probability have bsca left dead fin the foad
Barsskt . — Dsr . AD ? rjL Coi . UF . nr Accihrxt . — ' Several Lives Lost . —A fearf . il co : il-:. it accident , attended with the hiss of nearly eighty lived , took place on the afternoon of the Cth in ^' nut , at the Great ilfdaley Main , orOalcsColliery , nea" iiarna ! ey . About thre .-. o ' clock , sevcra ! persons n'r : w the momh of t ! r _ - pit were a ! arni 2 ' ! hv a terrific ts ;> lo-i n from the « nafr , which vras fallowed by an unipti'm of moke , timber , coal , stone , &c % re-emWins ; the wuiilion of a volcano . Two or throe of ilv . nien were Kmovin ? the eorros from the pit-moiith itt ( he time . The nar ^ ics win wore in ih « i < i raciljate Height * mrhooj of this ^ Ince \ vs ? - w . v ' ied . None
remain to give an account of the u < i £ Ui m t ! ia arc- i dent , whichis beiicved to have Keen at t ' ii ? sp , t . The explosion was , > fso vwlcnt a character tli-. tittWcw up the landsn ? at the mciMi -. f tlw i it . : i «
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pit . Mr . Wilson was accompanied hy George Armitacc the under-ground steward ; and Joseph Littlewood , foreman , and several men . In descending the i , it they heard croans and cries of distress from the sufferers in all directions ; and on reaching the boMora some of the men . who had fathered round the shaft , addressed them with exclamations of gratitude . Several of the men aim uv ! , ig ~ Z : « ' ^ ZZ \ Z '" , evrr > l y wounded by the concussioiw that they had it aS t £ " ,. ^?' O 8 ion - Others were in a J <> f in ^ r , piiit , v . Twenty-three wcicdiawn out ° . .,: e pit ahveia a short period , and about an hour afterwards th ree others . The melancholy search was continued , and bfcf .. re twelve at night forty-one
others were taken out dead . Being convinced that all who had not then been found must be dea ! , and the state of the pit beiii a swell as to render it very unsife to continue the search , Mr . Wilson and his assistants reaBcended the shaft . Measures were thun taken for ventilating the pit . But this was rendered difficult by the fact , that the explosion had broken slown Ihe scparatini ; wall between < he down-east and the up-east shafts . The pit is the property of Messrs . Frith , Barber , and To ., and has been worked four or five years . It is 2 £ 2 yards deep . The pit which is Hie -eene of this sad calamity , i * about two miles from the ? cene of the accident , which a few weeks 3 " <> caused the loss of six lives .
Later Iniuluoescr—The following are the re * suits of the above cata-traphe : —Forty-one men and boys have been got out of tlie mine , whose badies present a most awful specsac ! ' ; so awful , that some Tot remain unknown , and bodies have hecn taken t « the residence of others in mistake . All appear horrorstriick at the cajaroity . The following are dead in or out of tho pit—their name * , residences , snd families , as near as we are ab ' e to ascertain at prrsent : — Jnmes Brown , Iloyle Mil ) , wife and four children ; John Houph , Iloylc Mill , wife pregnant , and three children : John Littlewoorl , Iloyle Mill , ? wochildrcn . no wife ; Issnc Lin % , not known ; Matthew Lindly , not known ; Samnt-1 Lindly , not known ; Jamos toes , Hoyle Mill sin « le man ; Thos . Brown , Iloyle Mill , single man ; James Whitelyand two sons . Hoyle Mill , not known ; George Bedford , TInyle Mill , single . ; Joseph Wroe , and three sons > , Ard-= ! oy , not known ; John D . « nton . Barnaley , a boy :
John Gelder . Barnsley , a boy ; Richard Beardsall , Birnsley . n bov ; Thomas Beardsall , Barnsley , a boy ; John Bnckle , Barnsley , a hoy ; Ezra Winter , Ardsley , widower ; Joseph and Thoma <» Chadwick , Barnsley , young men ; George GiMerthorpe and brother , Barnsley . single ; George Dyson . Barnsley , wife and child ; Robert Ilnzle , Iloyle Mill , wifV and family ; William Addy , George Parker , Henry Gardener . John Cooke , Barnsley , sinpln ; Joseph Tnrton snd son , wife and two children : Joseph Fcarnley , Barnsley , nngle ; Jolm Ilitchcn , Worsboroiigh Commim , single ; Billingtnn , Worabpmnnh Common , 8 inslc ; James Kelly , Chas . Stecle , Barnsley , single ; Charles Mutthews , ' Matthews . Jnmes Gal ' oway , aged 20 years , died afterwards , leaving a wife and child . Ho was one of the 24 who wero got out alive t !; e previous day . None have been got out , although about thirty are said to be missing . Men are employed mak'ui ; the air roads yood , so as to enable the men to make further search for the missing bodies .
Further PARTiciaARs . —On Monday , the coroner of the district opened his inquest on sixty-five bodies , which since the explosion on Friday had been recovered from the pit of the Oaks colliery , at Ardsley . The inquiry was commenced for the purpose of enabling the burial of the bodies to take pl » ce , and after the necessary preliminaries had been s-oae throueh , it was adjourned to Tuesday , the 16 th instant . Forty , two of the bodies were subsequently interred in one L'rave , in rows six a-breast , and seven deep . The scene was a most melancholy out-. Next day , a further inquest was held on six bodies subsequently recovered , and a like adjournment took place . The suinberof deaths is 72 " ; and one body yet remains undiscovered in the pit .
A Pcbhc Heetiso w * s held on MfljdBy . gTeen . to take into consideration the bt-st new * ef procuring justice for tf » e wives an < 1 fimiliog of tlie murdered dead . Mr . M . jS-gr . iveprcsldedJnn tlie occasion . Tlie meeting was addressed by the chairman , aud Mr . Shallow from St . HtlvnV , afier which a committee wna appointodto carry out the object for which tiny assembled together , namely , —to collect futuls tofcrojrtoy a solicitor . The town was divided into districts , » nd throe of the committee waited on the shopkeepers , a fewbthired liberal , but like angels ' Tisits few and far between , whilst more thnn one had rtie
daring impudence ! o doubt the horesty of working men , acting in the capacity of collectors . It is hijjh time such miserable scrap-rs of the people ' s pence were brought to their scnee 3 ; however , thr prevailing opinion omonjrut them were , that astwo Whig lickspittle * had arrived in the shape of government inspectors , they would be suffici nt te >; et justice done ; " nut the worUtit ^ \ iMp \ zare dttermint" ! not to be fooled by such humbug , and acconlingl y carried out thtiv * coUcctit > t >' amon » st their own order , ana are de'trmined to have Mr . Roberts here by next Monday , when the ; expect tuh 9 ld a public meeting .
IXSBS . ExTnAORnisART Case of Attemptf-h Suicide . — On Tburday last , a younj : woman , namen Ilannah Davson , cut her throat at her home in Q turn-street . A young surgeon was called in immediately after wards , ard on ex-tmiuinj her pronounced her dead . 3 od left her . She wr . s then laid upon a bed up > fairs , uncovered in readiness foracnrr . ner ' sjuryto view tiie body . After the lapse » f about an hour , one of the Leeds policemen , who was passing , asked , out of mere cariosity , to see the "dei-cased . " His wish was complied with by her frirnds , and the ? olieeman proceeded up stairs , and found her actually hreatU ' . vig ! Another surgeon was miled in . she v / ai then renmved to the Infirmary , aud was «> n Tuesday very satisfactorily recovering * ! BT . oswion' .
dpTCBE or a GnosT . —Fur some weeks complaints have been m-td- to the police that several persons had been r anly frigh tened at the . awful nnpearance of some stip'vnatural rannster in the neiulibmirbood of 15 l ox ^ ich . havin < r a hnce pair of hm-ns , and enveloped , in white . InstrnrtionF were civeii io the poVice to use jiU dilivsnce to effect his capture , hut somehow or other his ghostship became aware of the attention paid to him by the " inert \ nblue , " and " stavtedlike a miilty thinj : upon a fearful sumra' -ns . " Nothing more wa « heard of him , until the nicht of Monday , the 22 od ultimo , wijeii he was seen traversing , with " nnrtial stalk . " the nvighbnurhnnd of Bloxwichgrren , exhibitins . as « . n former occasion ' , ahui ; cpair of horns . After frijrlitenixjr one or two personswho
, Red at the top » f their spred , he came in contact with a "field carpenter , " a young man , named William Adams . Aiiams , it appears , was returning from his work , havins ; bis tools on his back , and not liking tke ways of his ghostly acquaintance ( who , by tho way , became more pressing than i > lf . fl ? ant , Vsoi ) ght to free himself by means nt a bradawl which he had in his hand , and with which he dealt a severe bl . w at the left tniRh of the shosl . who immedtateiv fell upon his knees , roariTij ; pitemisly . Adams th n proceeded to dismantle him of hi * masquerade tlre 3 = , when the unfortunate hero of tho night ' s adventure turned out
to be a young man named John Perry , a stump filer , nf Bloswieh , well known to Adams . Several persons were promptly on the spot , and conveyed the ghost to his home , where he was put to bed , and a surgeon sent for to dress his wound , which , foi ttinatel . v for him , thon ?! . a severe one , was not considered dangerons , r » nt he has bern confined to his bed in codsrqtsence nearly ever since , as semi aa he was sufficiently recovered , Perry prorui-ed a warrant against Adams for stabbing l : im . anil had him apprehended . The accused was h !« H-. > ht before the mnqistrates at t ' -v » < lui ' itiha !! on Wednesdaylast , butthcompMnart did not appear , and Adams was disvhari > e < i .
I j BL'XTO . V . Robber Killed —Lut week n gana of burglars broke at ni ^ ht i nto RiTwtuid House , near Btixtnn , the ? eat of Samuel Grimsliaw . Esq ., and seriously ill-treated the servants , but whiUt they wf ; rconga » ed in ransacking the house , the gamekeeper came up 1 an <\ fired amongst them , killlnsj ono of the party on < the spot ; the nst made their e ^ caje .
; ' ¦ i I j _ C . VMnftlDGK . | A Thikf Detkcted ami Am . owkd to Escape . — ¦ Between thu Imuwof 11 n ., d 12 .. ' cWi .: kiin Wednesday I night iast , a ntan namod Kibnurn . a labourer , a most ! notorious thief , w * s detc'itcd V > y Mr . Newton , a I farnser , of Cherryuinton , inthuMiinfiohhinshim of i three bushels of barley . Mr . Newton w * u walking jii . undhw promise ! " : ami on ea ; u » up to his barn | iloor iibxerred a man crawling out at the bottom of ! it . It invarsthat he had , with -w . nci atron » inatruto
i incnt , raised im > t !;« door lii » h eimu ^ h admit him in » n-l out . Th « u'iru , which be hud just set ditwn | by the sale of the barn , was in a sack , lie wa ! then intcrrttntuii by Vr . Newtmi , who made an attempt to t :: ' uj th" t'i ! t- , but he was kn-wked down hy him , an < l lie then ruu away , . Mr . Newton follow-] injr him . After nuitiing acoti . vdcr < ihle distance in a j fi-. iii ] , it ;; callt-l to a man tu st . > p , :.: iy ! iijr , ac the same ! tun-, lhat uul' -ss he tiitl \\* would rut ¦ : » n through . He was iiltimitt-ly run duwti ! , y Mr . Xowton , who co ' . lare-. l liim . 1 'he thief turulc fvcrv effort he could
to escape frtna the bainis of < iis jitcsu ^ r , but was tivci-jjiMrcrtd . lit wits then iti- iiu ^ lit hack by Mr . N- ! wtoii to his iionse and v ' ' < . ^ ' i * . u > 1 ' ' cinlndy of two uf his men , whilst Mr . j \ V < vti >> i t' « 'k jifissessioti of thu corn and cont whluij tli'J thiii" i : a-I left behind , and uruceC'icd in t ' ie house oi' a «» r ! atat > lc for assistance . On their rctimi ( ro ¦ tu * ir ! : iv « t surprise ) , they found the iiii- 'i ii . < l usci-tiMl . be htiving thrcateitud t = » s : ab Ihctivdti'oti wi » U a kttifo . u-- !« : ss ilu-. y allowed him to < lf lart , t « w ! . i ( -h tiiey wm .-xuu-d , and he has not siui-c been s :-eu or heard " of .
. n . Caitusb of a Ho ! iiiK-:. ~ . \ t Dover , on Snutlay mor . i ;]) - . ; it a ' wtmr fho o * ri , -k ,.-: & ? . eial tra narrived at Dnvv , witii ^ a K-i : tlc 2 iiaii siul one ui the city | fdii : C , in scarfh of a m-n w ! m > it was stated ha : l ; - «? ibcl a mf ' tl . atil : it ! l : u « - ilM ! rgh « f more than . £ 4 . 000 . After iiHf'cViw'V h > ytiv . ' . niia on hoard the jiiiekcts tiusu about to ^ . i > -i it-. r tin ; » -oini : ient , they u rocycdrd t > llolhrr ' s l . tr . ulon Hotel , wiicrc they iJirCuvcrcdthjfuRitivi 1 ( plot !) <• 'joyinshishrcakfast . lit- a'Tivc ! at the Lomlon ii ' i ' i'l l » y the mail train , intending to »» ib !> rk : or t ' tc contiiK'nt , !) 'JS was comptiled to retrace 1 th stcn > ylth . ha c&ftors ,
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In Armagh , there is some dread that mortality will ppread beyond its usual limits in tho workhouse there . Typhus fever has appeared , and the medical attendant is at present ill of the disease . On Wednesday , the remains of fourteen of tho paupers , were lying in the deadhousc . TirPElUUY . Tho means of Iho Relief Committee arc becomina exhausted , while the numbers requiring assistance art ; increasing with fearful rapidity . There are now fifteen hundred paupers in the Nenagh workhouse and upwards of a thousand families are daily relicved at tho Soup Kitchen ; whilst the cultivation of the soil is , we lament to say , still almost t-itallv neglected . Fever and dysentery are still making d re ^ Hiavoc in the rural districts ; so numerous arc the deal .. * tll <« it is found quite impossibls to find means of sepulchre , and sometimes it is difficult to obtain living men to bury the dead . , , „
SKIDBKREE . V . The following are extracts from a letter of tho Rev . Richard Boyle Townscnd , descriptive of an excursion on which he took Lord Dufferin and the [ Ion . Mr . Boyle , in the above nei ghbourhood : — We went from this to the old churchyard . There they saw the mode of sepulture norv common , of throwing the bodies out of a shell coffin into a pit , and covering thorn eo sliRhtly that a few scrapes of a shovel SOOB laid bare the abdomen of ona that was the uppermost ! You uiny be assured this sufficed for bo far . We passed thence to
the place occupied by their m ° re fort unate fellow . suf . ferns from tho workhouse . These h od coffins . They were , however , scarcely cover ° ''> and tho endu ef two o ! ono tier of coffins ( for there ar « lhr placed on over another in % grave ahout two feet deep , and the n PP er no comes level with the surface ) were exposed . There was a pit in prosrens of being filled by bodies from tho same houso at the foot of these , and I ashed why it was left in thst uncovered , unmade state ? The men employed ib diuRinit a lengtbtnrd pit said that the . persons employed by the parish authorities had brought four bodies as yet , and , as thpy expected six more that ovening , they left the pit unfinished . They had buried » ix the preceding morning from the workhouse , and four more in the evening of the vgme day ; and they nro in the habit of bringing some days eleven bodies to be tbus interred .
We left this only to be witnesses of a scene which , while it baffles description , shows powerfully the terrible effect such a state of things as ours is producing on a people n « t pretlouBly brutalized . At the cBd of what is called the New-brldge , there is a miserable slied at th « gable end of asmiserable a cablB . The parish coffin arrired just as we reached the end of the bridge I begged his lordship to stand and see . The men standingb ? begged we might move off—but wohr . il come to see . The coffin wan taken from the curt—its Y « ryaizo , taatnU dimensions of persons , is In itself calculated to strike with horror . It was brought to the door—it was too larpe for this to admit it . One of Ihe
fellows began to blaspheme , and curse at others , not disposed to do hi » work . They went in , and after Borne minutes * rummnRing amongst her dying family of four which she hud left , thpy brought out the waked and emaciated skeleton of an old woman—a mere little torn remnantof what bad once beta a quilt boinjt Just thrown < v ? er the abdomen . One took her by the head and another by the heels , and flung her into the coffin , making some shocking exclamation ! It was too much—we turned from the sight completely sickened , and hislor < lship made uph !« mind that be "had seen enough—he would not call on the doctor , " with whom he was to go round the next day .
roscommov . The deaths in every parish aro still greatly increasing , and it has hecome quite a practice to bury the poor uncoffined . Roscommon suffers much from the famine . 41 paupers died in the workhouse during the last week , and several deaths from starvation occurred throughout , the country . Fever is very rife , and unhappily in too many instances the afflicted are left to its ravages uneared tw—as the uninfected do not care to venture near them .
SHOO . The people are dying by hundreds of starvation , and those who do not die of absolute want are carried off by fever and dysentery , chiefly diseases which have been engendered by tlie w&veU ? o ? pto-sisions . Coroners' inquests carrnot now be looked upon as affording a correct account of the deaths from starvation . Sir Robert Gore Booth stated before the srand jury that he knew of five persons dyinjj of mnger in his neighbourhood , upon whom no inquests had been held ; indeed , tho rule now adopted hy the police is not to send for the coroners when they previously know the victims of famine , and have no doubt as to the cause of their death . Inquests will now be only held upon the bodies of strangers who perish miserably by the way-side or in ditches .
OALWAT . Tuam . —Not adaypasses werus but the most afflicting and horrifying occurrences take place in our neighbourhood . Various inquests have been held for the last few days by the coroners . The most thrilling records of suffering were recorded in tho evid « nce of the witnesses , and the verdict returned by the jury in the majority of instances was " Death f-om starvation . " But what are these to the hundreds that arc daily pining away , and of whom no no ice can be taken ?
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Pusctt iHD Da . A . UW . KJ . — -Tra Qajwm is a Pet . —The courtgosvpshavc got hold of a talo about the highest person in tho realm having discovered the number of Punch , containin ? tho caricature on the Cambridge election , on board the Fairy , during the late trip to Oshorne House , the royal ire heinij violently aroused thereat , the expression of it , however , being principally confined to her lefthanded relative . Fitzolarence . The prince himself ia said to have taken the thine in good part , chiefly , perhaps , because the points of tlie quiz are appreciable only by those familiar with Cruiksh . ink ' s orif inal drawins of the " Election of a Beadle , " which is here parotlised . It is added , that l . is royal highness is terribly alarmed lest the last soubriquet of "Dr . Albert" should stick to him , and wants to know if the eternal repetition of tho tttfe . even
though it be in Latin , can't be left out of the installation ceremonies ? It is now notorious enough that the whole court influence was employed with desperate energy , at the express instance of those who 3 C slightest bint is a command , to secure the return of the prince , —the representatives of nearly 1 , 400 livings within the gift of the crown ard its immediate servants not only voting , but zealously , anil in many case ? unscrupulously , canvassing fur ' him , and , on the pretext of loyalty , making converts of several who had declared themselves in favour of Powis The proceedings at the poll were reporter ! at Windsor with "the utmost regularity and dcs . patch , " as the advertisement s' say and as much interest was exhibited on tho receipt of each instalmcnof news , as though the prince consort really were a beadle candidate , '' with fire small children and a wife , " as set forth by the pictorial satirist .
Lola Montes Aoaix—The . Siksian Gazette g've < another anecdote of Lola Montes . The dmucvue suspected a litterateur of Munich of publishing somo details of her adventures . As a revenue , sho invited t be author to tea . and he came with sonic hopes of gathering materials for new feuilletons . When ic had taken UU first cup of tva . he observod that the Indy ' a cup had not been filled . "Sir . " said she , " you have taken liberties with my character , and ns a Spaniard , I must have revenge , Poisoi . iu your cup , Sir ! You are a dead man ! " The litterateur rushed to the apothecary ' s for an antidote , and was sometime before he recovered 1 ' rom the frit-lit occasioned by the practical joke of Lola Montes .
Lord Dundonai . d ' s War Plan . —We understand that the secret official trial to ascertain the cftVct «> f a continuous evolution of intense tins in nrnjeetins shell * or shotfr » m a tnhe , resulted on an . average in throwing 25 six-pounder shot to the distance of 7 , 000 yards . From this data it is clear that balls ol greater diameter would tar exceed tho vango of com mon artillery . Another important advantage is si \\ d to accrue—namely , that tiie continuous rush durinu their emission would prove muuli less injurious to vessels projecting such missiles than the shock or recoil of snisle discbarges . We learn that Lord Dundonald ' s ingredients produce an elastic emission like that which would be evolved by kindling the end of a hawser or cable formed of hard twisted guncotton .
Dkatii op a Character . —The individual well known by tlie soubriquet of " Turkey Willie , " went the way of all the living afewdaysaso . His name was William ttoss , but we suppose it is many a long year since he heard it very frequently pronounced Willie was among the first in this quarter to deal in game or poultry , and for many years supplied the principal families in the town , " lie had then a good business , but giving himself up to intempwite habits , he lost it , and has of late years become almost destitute , and was often in want . He was sand blind , and of weak intellect , and had a peculiar cast of countenance , that harmonised very well with the
visage of his constant companion—a turkey cockwhich ho almost constantly carried under his arm . Willie , like many blind people , in whom tho want of one sense is to some extent compensated by the jrcaterdcvelopement of another , hud a very delicate sense nf touch , and could distinguish almost any sort of o rdinary bird or fowl by pa « sins his hand over it Willie was a great favourite with the servants about the houses he frequented , and fora "lass of whiskey would entertain them to his hen ' s inarch . a stroml ol hia own , in which he gtive excellent imitations ot tho call of tho turkey , and other domestio fowls . — Aberdeen Herald ,
Accident on tuk Eastern Counties Railway . — A man , who is a foreman of thb ^ augers on the line , was found early on Tuesday morning with his left leg cut off , and otherwise lirnisod . It is supposed that an tip-train knocked him down , but how it occurred is not yet . known . Mr . Uancovn , a surgeon , was quickly in att endance , and idtec administering to him somo brandy and water , and being well assured that iwmDvrhaga had ceased , he convevid him U the Lundon Hospital . The Turkish Ukpormkii . —The Sultan has re . moved some . oftllQ worst critvauces of hisChvistian subjects .,
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Misfmitukb of Good Luck . —John Lyons , alias John Mintjs , was indicted for having stolon and converted to lua own use three £ 10 Bank notes the property o Mr . Ldward Monckton Jonca . Ik appeared that the prosecutor bad received , on the 3 rd of ieoraary , at the Bank of England , the notes in question , which he placed with somo irold in a small pnuket book , and the whols was deposited in his waistcoat pocket . He rode in an omnibus , from which he alighted near to Crockford ' s Clubhouse St . James s-strcet , after which he missed his pocket book , but in Ins evidence lie said ho supposed it had slipped between his coats on returning it to his pocket after lie had taken it out to pay the fave . On the 12 th the prisoner was taken into custody at Greenwich , where lie had been changing the notes at the shops of various tradesmen . Mr . Cimrnuck , for tho defence , called several witnesses , who all concurred in giving the
prisoner a most excellent character for honesty and sobriety . From their evidence it appeared that tho prisoner had picked up thu pucket book on the 3 rd , and had shown it to his employer , whom lie had !«• quested to keep an eye on the advertisements in the papers . Finding no mark where to find out the owner , and thinking he had waited long enough , lie applied it to his own purposes , by l .-iyimj in a stock of clothing for iris wife and children , which were in his possession when arrested . The Learned Judge in his direction to the jury , said if the prisoner found tho pocket book , and it contained no address or name whereby he could restore it to the owner , he was not bound in law to put himself out of the way to restore it ; and if he had not when first possessed of it , any intention of feloniously keeping it , and if the jury thought so , he could not be convicted of larcenv . The evidence was certainly rather favourable to this assumption . The jury instantly acquitted the
prisoner . KoBBBRT . —Ann Cunningham and William Williams were indicted , the former for stealing two JE 5 notes , 8 sovereigns , some half-sovereigns , nnd some silver monies , from the person of Jeremiah O'Connor , and the latter for aiding and abetting , and for receiving , with a guilty knowledge , a portion of the property stolen . Jeremiah O'Connor deposed : I keep the Grappa public house . White street , Southwark . On the 19 th inst . I had been to Rfttherhithe , and on my return I met with a friend named Bryan , w ho saw me home . When at the corner of Millpondstreet . I heard somo one gay , " There ' s Jerry O ' Connor of the Borough , " and on lookin ? round I saw the prisoners in company with another woman . Cunninchamcame
up to me , and I felt her thrust her hand in my pocket , draw out my porse , and she then ran away . I followed , calling police , when the male prisoner came up , and snid , " Hollo , Connor , has she robbed you ? " I replied she had . and the next moment he snatched my watch , a eoM one , from my pocket , but I laid hold of it , and he then snapped the guard . Bryan cam © up and seized Williams , while I went for a policeman . When I returned Williams had made his escape . Bryan deposed to the above facts as far as he was related with them . A policeman said he received a description of the thieves , and in consequence he went to a house in Ann-street , Henrystreet , Kent-road , where the prisoners lodged . lie could not get in at the door , & % it was barricaded , so he c ambered a wall , and got through a window into a room , where the prisoners were in bed . Williams pretended to be asleep , but said on being " hauled "
on to the fl ^ or . " Yon don't mean to take my gal away ? " The female said she had met Williams in Kent-street They were both taken to the stationhouse , and were instantly identified by the prosecutor and Bryan . Mr . Humphries , a publican in Ken - street , said the female prisoner caino to his house on thfl 19 th , and had some sin , in payment for which she tendered a ha 1 f-soverei » n and produced two sovereigns and another half-sovereign , which she requested the witness to keeD for her until the following morning . The other prisoner joined her . and he ( witness ) heard him say to her , " I don't think he'll know me again . " Was sure it was on the \ 9 tVi , and is positive as to the identity . The jury at once found both the prisoners Guilty . A former conviction for felony was proved against Williams . It appeared he was a returned convict . The prisoners were sentenced each to be transported for seven years .
C 0 UTT 3 V . DUNN . Mr . Dunn after having been allowed to remain two or three days in the receiving ward of the Queen ' s Prison , has been removed to a gallery for such misderapanants , of which he happens to bs the sole occupant . His room is furnished with a chair and a comfortable bed and bedstead ; but those are to be removed in ten days , and replaced with an ordinary criminal ' s sleeping accommodation , if he will not provide his own . He has applied to the Attorney General to be admitted to file a writ of error , without the certificate of a barrister that he has probably ground for doing so ; but this indulgence could not be given , aa the law required such certificate ; and Mr . Humphreys has lodced a caveat against a revisa ! of the proceeding , which can only be removed upon argument , and rendering the employment of counsel indispensable .
WESTERN CIRCUIT—Sausbury . . Tub EionTH Commandmbnt . —Eliza llopgood was tried , defended by Mr . Saunders , and prosecuted by Mr . Slade . charged by the Upv . Samuel Coswell . vicar of Chute , in tho county of Wilts , with having stolen three boxes and other articles . The prisoner lived as house maid nnd lady ' s maid with the Rev . Samuel Coswell from 1841 to 1846 , at wnses of £ 3 per year . Ucameont in evidence that M's . Coswell has frequently eiTen her maid different articles to compensate for low wnies , yet among those given wns found a box . of thevaluo of 2 s ., a common w . itehcase worth Cd ., a print worth 21 ., ami a piece
of printed calico worth 6 d ., and a piece of carpeting of very trifling value . Those articles she was accused ofpurloinincr . A carpenter named llopgood , livinc : » nd worHne for his'father . acarpenter , living in the village of Chnte for raoro than thirty years past , had naid his attentions to the prisoner , marrying her about three weeks ago . Three days after their marrinse , both wore taken into custody , the wife for stealing , and the husband charged with receiving the same . Tho grand jury ignored the bill against the husband , the youn » wife having to stand her trial alone , which shn did this mornine , when the jury found her Guilty . Sentence deferred . The decision seemed to surprise many present .
Rick BcnNiNo—James Russell was next placed at tlie bar , charged with havinsr unlawfully and feloni-< n »' y set fire to a certain rick or stack of straw , on Tuesday , the 2 nd day of February last , the property of Eliza Bell , living at West Ilarnham . in this county . Mr . Slnde conrincteA tho prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . Tho jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Guilty . Ten years ' transportation . Child Muhdkr . —Mary Bc . veridge , indicted was for the murder of her son , Thomas BcverMpe , months old . Mr . Poulden was counsel for the prosecutifn . On its appearing that no counsel wan returned f » r the defence . Mr . Missinsr . at the suggestion of Mr . Justice Williams , undertook to defend the
tinfortunate woman . The fnets of this case were very simple , lmt at the same time wire of a very painful character , and the interest which the case excited was heisrhtened hy tho fact that the prisoner was totally blind . It aupcarvd that the prisoner was the wife of D . Beverid ge , a labouring man now living at rortsea . and was the mother of several children ; she had been blind for the last seven years . The hushaml ha 1 ' been for some time past , : i mnn of very dissolntn habits , nndhnd been cohabiting with a woman named Barton for aomo time past , leaving his wifo in a state nf destitution , and also treatin-i her with srrat brutality when nt liome . This , it appeared , had much affected her mind , and on many occasions she complained nf violent pains in herhend . On the
22 nd of January last she was seen by n neighbour suckling her llaby ( which it anpeared she . hni ! not wrnncd , fearing that she should not be able to find food for it ) . She then snid to the neighbour , " Oh , my head , my poor head . " Sho then desired her eldest child , a girl of 15 . to fetch her father from a beerhouse , where she had heard hewasdrinkingwith the wftman Barton . The man did not come , but sau ] ho would do so by-and by . The prisoner then desired her child to co ji second time , and tell him , « . he must seo him : sho at this time had her child , the infant , at her breast . When the girl came buck f rom the beer houso the second time , sho found her mother with a bonnet on , without the infant ; and on her asking her where her little brother Tommy was ,
tho prisoner replied , " Oh , he ' s asleep . " She then desired her daughter to lead her to the police office , saying , "She would eet a policeman for that brazen Barton . " Tho girl led her to the station house where the unhappy woman said to thn inspector . " I am come to s ' wo mvsclf up as a murderess ; I hnvo murdered my child . " Tho child said to the policeman , " You must not mind mother , for she ' s out of her mind . " The inspector , however , asked tho prisoner to explain what she meant , when she said that she had hung her child , and tint it was upstairs behind the door . Unnn this the inspjetor wont to the prisoner ' s houso , leavins her at the station , ami on hisroaclrinsthe house , and going up stairs , he found
tU" clwlil lying on the iloor of a mom dead , w ith a . t handkerchief tied tightly round its neck . A surgeon s was called in , biu he pronounced lifo to be extinct , t and statedtliat the child had been strangled by tho 1 handkerchicChaving been tied round its throat . Tho ' ease for thn prosecution having ; closed , Mr . Missing : addressed thu jury tor the prisoner , and called witnesses to show that the unfortunate woman had always been a kind mother to her children , but that of late her mind had been much affected , and that since the birth of the numWroil child she hail nt times been completely insane . Mr . Justice Williams having sumtneil up , the jury acquitted the . prisoner on tliu ground of insanity . si
OXFORD CIRCUIT .-OxFoni ) . WiNTKnimunsE v . Wagner . —Liability op Anonnkt-s for Nsolioknci ! . — The ilftVnt ' ant in this caso is an attorney nt Oxford , and in tho course ot tho 8 utu . iuor . uf last year was employed by tho \ i \ a ' inVv $ to . 1 5 >
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' it Soft '" k '" I . C 0 Unt y- Tfae J > rcmis < K Sj tor * 100 , subject to a mortgage of £ 200 In t h . 1 ( 1 veyanco was contained no covenant respect !• !> mortgage , but in the recitals mention w « mj * thereof . The defendant acted as the attorney f both vender and purchaser , and in that cha / , Ot attested tho execution of both parties to tho cony ance . Somo time after the payment of the purch S ' money , tho plaintiff was informed that the t , r stamps had not been affixed to the deed . Inqui ^ were made at the Stamp-office , SomcrsouL n ' where it was ascertained , upon tho production ofth ' conveyaace , that the rumour was correct and i *
, # VU . I AU 4 a . Af * 4 4 l \ lh %% A At 44 AU t * fc- * lkt AM n ^ l . l ^ i !* .. - \ -U order to sot the matter risrlit an additional 5 ^ rl £ 3 was required to be paid , besides a penalty of cl for affixing tlie stamp duty after thu usual time ' Mr . Keating am } Mr . Pigott appeared for the p \^ tiff . Mr . Alexander , Q , C > , who was assisted by Jflj ' Gray , appeared for the defendant , and after qlle ^ tioning the evidence of retainer , contended that t | le stamps aflixed by the defendant , viz ., a £ l and £ 1 5 , were , under tho circumstances , the proper duties * inasmuch as the consideration expressed in tho de *} was only £ 100 , and the conveyance was made 8 uk
ject to the mortgage , and in it was contained no covenant on the part of tho purchaser io pay off tL mortgage money ; in fact , the sale in question was a disposition of the equity of redemption only , 'flm learned counsel further contended , that under the present circumstances no action for negligence could lie against tho defendant , because tho question wa « one of reasonable doubt and uncertainty , trana negligentia alone would render the defendant liable After a lengthened discussion between the learned counsel , and a refusal on ( he part of Mr . ICeatin ? tu be non-suited , the learned judge directed the jury that , in his opinion , a balance was proved . An attnrnev who acted for two persons was the attorne * ol both , whichever paid him ; but , as to the other part of the case , there was not sufficient shown to ronder the attorney liable . The jury found for the plaintiff , damages £ 8 .
Manslaughter . —W . Cave was indicted for the wilful murder of Hannah Tread well . Both th « prisoner and the deceased , on the 4 th day of August in the la > t year , were resident in tho parish of Horn , ton , in this county , where the prisoner kept a beer shop , and farmed a small quantity of land . The deceased was a widow , and it was said that an illicit connexion had tor some years existed between her and the prisoner . On the day in question , the pri . aoser was seen by some villagers at an early hour of the morning , armed with his gun . The deceased was seen with him by several parties , and she wai heard , while walking and conversing with him , to make use of offensive and indecent language Between seven and eight o ' clock on th- * . same um '
rlt * VM /\* lAfc « 4 j \ w n * vH fax hiaii L ^ -UJ _* - . ! _ . t . 1 .,. * l the report of a gun was heard , and shortly afterward the prisoner was seen coming from the direction in which the report was heard , towards his own Un . use carrying his gun . The deceased was found lyin" on a footpath , in tho place from which the prisoner ' had come . A wound was found in her neck , and s he was quite dead . Near the body one of the witnesses picked up a piece of burnt paper-waddinp . When the prisoner was searched , in the pocket of the coat worn by him in the morning was found a piece ol newspaper , which corresponded with the wadding picked up . The two pieces had plainly formed part of one newspaper . Soon after the prisoner was approhended he made many and various statements , to different persons : to the constable he said . "Ihava
done it , and must suffer fov it . I hope it will ba a warning toothers . " When his house was searched , where two loaded guns wore found , he said they weia loaded to shoot himself , but that he had had a seenrd thought , and wished for time to repent . She ( the deceased ) was always aggravating him . lie said he had tried to seize hold of her , and could not , and somehow in the scuftla he drew the trigger , and shot her . She had been pelting him with stones , and cut his Up . The latter part of this statement was sup . ported by the fact that within an inch or two of the right hand of the body were observed several stonei lying on the footpath . The surgeon who was called in to examine the body stated that the death of tho
deceased was caused by effusion of blood from a gunchot wound . —Mr . Keating addressed the jury for the prisoner , contending that from the evidence it must be clear that the prisoner acted under strong excite , ment produced from the language and blows inflicted upon him b y the deceased . Mr . Justice Maule summed up , explaining the distinction between murdtr and manslaughter , when the jury , after Some onngideration , found the prisoner "Guilty of man . slaughter . " Ilia lordship , in passing sentence , said that tho case was one of very aggravated manslaughter ; that it was difficult to say that iho prisoner did not intend to take away the ' lifo of the -wom an . The prisoner was then sentenced to be transported fur life .
MIDLAND CIRCUIT . Beooi . no . —James Brunt , described as a common , beggar , was indicted for assaulting James Ely with intent to kill and murderhim . Air . WiMraan prosecuted . The prisoner was undefended . James lily , an intelligent looking boy , deposed that be was returning to his master ' s house from a visit to his mother , on Sunday evening , the 1 st of November last , about five o ' clock . On going by a close ha thought ho saw a beast getting from under a thorn bu * h ; but soon saw it was a man , who subsequently turned out to be the prisoner . Aa the witness was getting ahead tho man called out to him to stop , and when Brunt reached him he laid his hand upon his shoul . lor , and said , «• You are just the lad 1 want . " \ V itncs < replied , "Ami ? you won ' t catch me thiUiih . " Prisoner instantly pulled out a knife from his pocket and struck hi m over the hat and head ; the hat fell off . Prisoner exclaimed Those b
, people at the house yonder ( pointing to a farm-house ) would not Rive me anything—have you got anvthing ? " Witness slid " if he had got a halfpenny he would give it him . " Prisoner then said he would murderhim , and he passed his knife raund witness ' s throat , who felt the sharp edge of the knife . Witness succeeded in jumping up and escaping to his master s house , crying murder all the way . The prisoner denied being the iraty , and vequested to be sworn . 1 he judge declined to accede to his request . Ihe gaoler of Louth stated his belief to be that the prisoner was insane , and it being intimated to the judge that one of the juryman cjuld speak to tba prisoner ' s state of mind , the jutl ^ e stated ho saw no objection in a case like the present to his being sworn . Upon being sworn he deposed to certain facts , dearly showing insanity , and the jury acquitted the prisoner on that ground , and he was ordered to be confined during her Majesty ' s pleasure .
NORTHERN CIRCUIT .-Yoim . James Waddington , aged 30 . was indicted for highway robbery at Leeds , on the 31 st of July hist . Mr . Sudden , the prosecutor , said he was a commercial traveller , residing in Lontlon . He was in Lculs on the night in question , near to Mcrrionplace , walking along the street , when two women came up to him , one of whom threw her aims round him , with the pleasant salutation . "Well , my love !" Instantly his heels were tripped up , and he was thrown upon his back . She thrust nor hands into hia po : k < : t , and took out four sovereigns and two
lialt ' - [ . 'iown . She then went up Memon . pkwe , but the prosecutor darted alter her , and caught her when sho h ; idj ; ot about fifteen yards . Afthat moment the prisoner came out of a passage close b y ( the prosecutor , as he sworo , thinking he was coming to his assistance ) , seized the prosecutor ' s stick , and gave him a thwack with it , which knocked him down , aud not sut ' bfiL'd with that , added two kicks , which comp letel y saved tho woman aii'l the primmer t < jo from pursuit . Mr . ltonm Rolle summed « p , and the jury found a verdict of Guilty . He then sentenced the prisoner to be transported lor ten years .
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Mon . vr at Set . —The barque Clydesdale , commanded by Captain Murcliin , bound fr om Derry to Sew Oilcans , had proceeded on her voyage as far as Movvlle , where , on the 2 ith ult ., oight of the crew headed by the carpenter , refused to go out fiu-ilwr on the voyage , allying that the ship was not seaworthy and leaky . The owuevs Messrs . Osborne , Allen , and Co ., ot having been duly informed of the circumstance * , requested Cftpt . Ramsev , 1 & ! , nd Capt . Mason , ol the Superior , now lying here , to survey the vessel , and to report whether any repair * SS ^ - . ¥ M t' «» o gentlemen hiving the vessel the
JggHgi day af ^ aS n ^ ing er voyage forthwith , she not making more water than was usual with vejsels at sea . Tho seamen , coHtinuing refractory , wcro taken before the Rev . Jt , M . Maples , J . P ., Morille . ou Friday last , who finding the charges proved against them , sentenced them to fitteen days' imprisonment . The sailors were afterwards conveyed to Lifford gaol . Ttio Wydesdale remains at Morille until the complement ot her crew can arrive from Liverpool , who are expected by the Maiden City steamer on Weduosdav ,
lIoniiiBLK Dkatii . —On Thursday week , as two boya wore wlueling each other in a barrow near tho edge of one of the blasts ;\ t Bowling Iron Works ,, one of them , named Lcvi Watson , u years old , was turned over out of the barrow into the " naming blast , > -vcn itet deep . Although tho damper was up at tho time , yet the place was red hut . Immediately 00 his iaiiing in , tho other buy made au alarm ; and a man who wurked at an adjoining stack , ran to the blast and s : iw the lad alive at the bottom , lie hold down to him a long wal-ralw , and with which he pulled the lad up nearly to tho top . ; whon , unfortunately , the poor fellow let ko UUliuUl and tell down again , lie lay there nearly half an hour , until ho was bu ' rucd literally , to a cinder . 'Iho small remains of tlie beily were pullt-d up , and pre * eut « v \ a sliocluug spectacle .
St . Lkonakds , March 8 . —Mr . O'ConncU arrived at llnstin ^ on Sahmhy uvetunn , nnd immediately sent lor Dr . DuK The itnctor does net think him in Iho dangerous s ' ate which tho papers rewstnt , but reduced by inlliivnsa and very um-oua aml Jc-? v esm ,
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Sftiaicg . CAIUURTUEX . Drfalcation op a Relieving Officer . —Edward Pugh , one of the relieving officers of the Carmarthen union , last week absconded , taking with'him aeon-Biderable sum of money , which he had received to pay the paupers in his district . The exact amount , however , cannot be ascertained until inquiry has been made in thedistrict . From what we have been able to learn it appears that on Saturday , the 28 th of February , ho received a cheque from the clerk for £ 28 , the amount necessary to pay the paupers ; this cheque he got cashed , and it is rumoured that he went to a notife of ill-fame in the town , where he became intoxicated , and got robbed of a portion of the money .
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Sfotlantr . ROSS-SRIRE . Bread Riots . —On Friday an attempt to ship meal at Fowlis , for the W est Highlands , was prevented by a resolute and determined mob . The day previous a similar occurrence took place at Invergordon . A portion of grain had been put on board the vessel at Inveruordon during the night , but the populace assembled , took out tho grain , and marched the carts from the pier . A detachment of military has since been sent to protect the grain and effect its shipment .
DiNGwm , March 1 . —It being the intention of one or two corn-dealers to export grain from this port , the people gave indication of a determination to prevent it . The magistrates , therefore , summoned verbally a number of the inhabitants to a meeting , in order to devise means to keep the peace ; but few attended , so that they had to issue printed circulars to about 150 . The meeting having assembled at 7 o ' clock p . m .. only about 15 or 20 of this number took the oath to act as constables , all the rest declining—some on the ground of age , others of conscience , Ac . From the spirit the people manifested , they appear determined at all hazard to accomplish their object .
TUDRSO . Stakvatios made Easy . —We mentioned in our last , that pieces of ordnance had been carried to the head of the brae , at the month of the river , in addition to the planting of two small sloops on the way to the river . These formidable ! impediments were , however , removed . The people attempted to frighten the horses , while the earts were unloading grain at the vessel , but in this they did not succeed . They then commenced throwing stones , which struck several of the constables . Tho sheriff , upon seeing this , proceeded to expostulate with the people ( who had assembled on the "Brae-head" in great numbers . ) He was immediately greeted with h issing and showers
of shingle , upon which he read the Riot Act , and immediately sent for the military , who were promptly in attendance . They drew up on the ' Brae-head . " and forced the crowd back at the point of the bayonet , by means of which the greater part of the crowd dispersed , and the shipping of grain was proceeded with during the day . The soldiers remained about two hours at the scene of action , and were then marched to their quarters , conveying with them one prisoner . This day all remained quiet , though the constables were in attendance t © facilitate the shi pment ot grain . At Castletown , too , the shipment of grain on Thursday had been prosecuted without interruption .
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Ireland DUBLIN . 418 S 5 l d oa >~ The rent f ° rtte week amounted to T 11 CORK . In tho south devastation is holding its onward course * -The following brief abstract from the transacts 1 ottlie presentmen t sessions tells its own awful and astounding tale : —
At a presentment session ? at Balljdehob , held on the 2 < linstant , for the barony of the west division of West Carberry , the following presentment was passed by Lionel J . Fleming . Esq , cnnirman .-To plaee a layer of earth orer the following huryin . ' grounds , to tbo depth of three feet , and to dig trenches for future interment , with a view to the prevention of contagion . Granted £ 1500 for Kilraoe , Crookhann , ise . At a presantment sessions held for the barony of East Dirision of West Carberry iu Sliibbereen , on the 1 st of March , inst ., a similar presentment was passed—Amount , £ 1 , 100 . Mr . A . ( . >' Driacoll , in a letter to the Cork Reporter , says that in Crookhaven , " 25 on an average die every day from want ot food " Kilkenny . Workhouse . —There were fifty deaths last week , and five hundred and sixty-eisht in the hospital—five hundred andjtwenty of the latter being in the Fever Hospital !
Failure of the Wheat Crop —We deeply regret to say that tho state of the wheat crop in this county is most alarming Indeed , in several cases it is a total lailure ! In others its appearance is most unhealthy Of this we are assured , on the best authority . What , in Heaven ' s name , will become of the people of this unfortunate country , if this failure becomes general ? Government and tho landlords should not lose a moment in making extensive inquiries on this subject . Not a moment is to be ost . CULTIVATION .
The provincial journals all complain of the neglect of cultivation ; and , in some cases , tho local gentry are calling upon tho country to till and crop the lands as well as feed the famishing peoplo ! The Limerick Reporter says : — Go into the rural districts in wh » t direction you will —ask any of ihe country gentlemen who aro attending the assizes what progress has been made in sowing the soil with the staff of life—and jou will sec for yourself , as they will oue and all tell you , that nothinR hns yet bee done . Instead of sowing thrice the breadth of laiiil to make up for the quantity of food that was supplied by the lost potato , there is not half the extent ot area sown that was wimt to be under oats and other sprinu crops in ordinary years , when the potato flourished in all its prolific abundance ! And what is to become of the country if this state of things continues niiiuydajs longer »
THE CURSE OF LANDLORDISM , AUD EMIGRATION . No preparations are beins made to promise lor the future , in Mayo . Galway , Clare , Limerick , Tipperary , Cork , Waterford , « fcc . &c—including some of the mo 3 t fertile districts in Europe—the people appear te be completely paralysed ; individual exertion is at an end , and unless tho great landed propnetors and gentry como forward at once , and enable the people to till and SOW the ground , the condition of this country next year will be infinitely worse than at present . The truth is , the people—even if they had the means of cropping tho land—are under the impression that , so far as their own interests aro concsrnc . l , it would ha only time and money thrown away . They fancy that the moment the crops cai : ia b . maturity they would he swept away bv the
landlords ; and certainly the proceedings at the recent ( inarter Sessions , when landlords proceeded in hundreds to recover the November rent by civil bill process , to some extent justifies such an assumption . Acting on theconviction , the small farmers uenerally uave permitted tho ground to remain untilled . while tne latter class , tho men holding from 20 to 30 acres , are emigrating from every port in Ireland . The quays ot DuhJm are crowded every day with croups ot peasants from Meath , Dublin , and Kihte , preparing to start for Liverpool , from thence they take shipping for America , and it is a notorious but melancholy fact , that these are all of tho betterand more respectable class , men of some mark and substance , who aro hastening , while they have yet the means , out of a country which the perverse ingenuity ol man has converted into a desert . °
ulstkk : PnoctiEss of Famine in tiie North . — A . U the letters nnd provincial journals received since our last , contain most afflicting accounts of the progress 0 ! destitution in the northern parts of Ireland . From various parts of Ulster the reports arc quite as afflicting as most o ( those coming from the south or west .
ANTRIM . The reporter of the Banner of UUter , after giving soveral iustai ; ces of extreme distress under which the people of tho north are suffering , states , that in the town of Derrymacash , "trom the 1 st of January last to the 20 th of February , the number of deaths in this townland alono exceeded four hundred ; nnd nlmost in every ins + nnco tho illness by which they were swept away could bo traced to originate in want ol foo'l ¦ " ARMAGH .
Mortality in the Luroan Worktiouse . — It is stated that nearly 400 paupers havo died in the Lurgnn union workhouse during tho last ei"ht weeks .
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PORTSMOUTH . MrjRDBBOua Attack bt a Convict . —On Friday morning , at six o ' clock , as the convicts were employed in stowing away their hammocks , one of the prisoners , a young man about 20 years of age , who is undergoing sentence of transportation for fifteen years , two of which has expired , made a desperate attack on M M *?* " ? d i the chief mate , by striking him over the head with a broomstick , to which a piece of chain was attached , felling him to the deck by the second blow ; and there appeaiC to ^ no doubt that the villain would have accomnlisbeu lae murder of his
victim , if one of the keepers , namCi ! Duncapnon . at whom the prisoner also threw tke broo ^ ticfe , had nut run to the chief mate ' s assistance . So serious « . " * . the injuries inflicted on Mr . Meatyard , that he continued insensible for four hours , and now lies in a dangerous state . This atrocious attack has boon communicated to Mr . Capper , of the Home Office , and the culprit will , ' of course , be dealt with as he deserves , lie has only one avm . Wo nnder&tnnd that his fellow-prisoners looked on ir . the affair , without attempting to interfere in behalf of the chief mate , and that some of them had previously threatened "to do for him . "
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« THE NORTHERN STAR . «* -..- ™ la . i lli i ~ r . ' 1 iVIAKUtt 10 , im * ' i
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1409/page/6/
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