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INQUESTS . Fatal Stkam-Boat Accident . —An adjourned inquest hx * bt en concluded by Mr W . Carter , at the Rose aud Cio * n , Bermundsey , on Samuel Evans a waterman . From the testimony of Superintendent Evans , and other witnesses , it appears that the de eeasrd on the 2 nd of March had three sailers and a female , with tl'elr lugsane , consisting of two nammocVs , a sea ehe = t , fa ,., as passengers in his wherrv . He verv iniudiciouslv had the fore starboard scull , and a ' boy the larboard aft . They were rowing aeainst a s " tMnp flood tide , and when near the lower Tfeamfii i nnnel Pier , the Watcnnan steamer ^ 0 . 1 . r . f ,,, xv * oha » - mn , lftirn tn land herpassenpers \ nere .
T est . amer > top P rd her eng ines a sso-n . a » cut saw Evans , and told him ^ V . ^ liwE 58 r a rtSSSS Fr ffitSfftetstiz SsSSsbtt ?^ ^ . ? K iawasyrJaaiSt : shock to Hie system from immersion . The captain had a auraberof passengers to call as witnesses , but the jury were satisfied , and returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " _ ..
A Drbkkabd ' s esd—tty adjournment , before Mr W . Biker , at the Grave Manrice , Whitechapeltoad , on Samuel Palter ( 31 . ) who died in the London llospital . on Tuesday , of injuries received in an affray with Charles Frankish , who is in custody , and has been remanded , on a charge of wilful murder . The deceased resided with Frenkish , at 24 , Londonterrace , Commercial road , East . For some time past he had been leading a dissipated life , and was constantly in a state of intoxication . On Friday , 19 th , nit , he was very much intoxicated , and being unable to walk , was assisted home by Mrs Prankish , whom he afeu-ed and struck . When Frankish returned home , and accused him of assaulting his wife , an altercation took f lace , and they fought for several minnfs in the kitchen , in the dark ; and during
the struggle a table was broken . The deceased bled profusely from the nvutli , and in the morning he was brnushtto the London Hotpital , where he expired . M r Day , house * ureeon to the London Hospital . stated that when the deceased was brought into the hospital , he appeared to be intoxicated . The upper part of his b > dy was much discoloured and braised The appearance of the stomach indicated that deceased had been a great drunkard . The immediate cause of death was an effusion of blood on the brain , caused by violence ; he had no doubt from blown . A fall mkht cau * e an effusion of blood on the brain . The coroner then summed up , and the iury returned an open verdict—that the deceased " died from an effusion of blood on the brain from violence , but how it was caused there was no satisfactory evidence before the said jurors . " The inquiry lasted seven hnnr *
So ttocatios Br Gas . —By Mr Bedford , at the Unicorn , Henrietta-street , Covent-garden , on Ilenry Warren , aged 26 . the unfortunate young man who wa . 'killed by filling down a well opposite Coventcarden Theatre , The deceased went d « wn the well for the purpose of cuttins off a pipe . The well had been onlv opened but a short time previous to the deceased ' s going d » wn , and on lights being put down after the deceased fell they were iramediately extinguished by foul air . The well had teen opened several times before , and the men had gone down on the instant without feeling any effects . On the present occasion the Generation of the foul air in the well was attributed to a large escape of gas from the main pipe . Mr Brooks proved the death to bars 't een caused by imbibing impure and noxious air . Vrrdict—•* Ace'dental death . " the jury , at the Bame time , expressing an opinion that in all cased of opening wells proper caution should be used for the future in testing their safety .
Sixouiar asd Fatal Accident . —By Mr Wakley , M P ., at Middlesex Hospital , on Bridget Connor , ( 38 ) , ibt- wife of an ostler . The nur > e of the ward Btated that she was admitted on the 7 th , suffering from a deep wound at the lower part of the back , whence blood flowed so abundantly that it could not he stopped , and even forced out the lint with which it was plugged . She died on Monday . She told witness that she fell on some crockery in her room , which she broke , and a splinter entering her back , inflicted the wound- The bouse surgeon deposed that the wound , which was very deep , was one and a half inch in length , and appeared to have been inflicted by a sharp stick . Every effort was inefffctual ' y made to stop the blood , which rushed out in coshes . At length an attempt was made , by cut ting into the wound , to discover the wonnded vessel , but ineffectually . la consequence of the flow of Wood she ultimately died . It was ascertained that thftinter- 'alpuder had teen half cut through . Verdict . «• Accidental death . "
Death in Westuisstkb Bridewell feoh Allegkd Nkglect . —By Mr Bedford , at the Westminster Bridevrell . on Martha Doran , a sick prisoner . The deceased was admitted into the prison on the 13 th of March , from Marlborough-street Polire Court . On the 17 th she was attended by M Lavies , the wireeon , for general debility , but in consequence of some offensive odour emitted from her person she was not placed in the infi-mary , but in a rell beneath it , and on the 25 th she appeared so well that Mr Lavies allowed her to go up to the Middlesex Sessions and take her trial . She was convicted , and being an old offender was sentenced to nine month / imprisonmeci with hard labour , nine weeks to be solitary . On her return to the prison she was kept all night in the reception room , an-l the next day was removed to a cell beneath the infirmary , where she could receive better attention than in rue of the ordinary ward 3 . She appeared very ill , and . although known to be so , was not seen
from six o ' clock in the evening until seven o ' clock the next mo nine , when she was found sitting up in bed dead . Mr Lavies said the cause of death was rupture of the heart , and even if she had been visited dnring the night nothins could have saved her . He had nrdered , however , for the future , that all pritonera upon the sick list should be visited in their cells ap to ten o ' clock at night . If he had thought the deceased to have been in any danger he should have left special directions with regard to her . Verdict . " Natural death from disease of the heart . " Fatal Accidexx at Basksids . —By Mr J . Payne , at Guy ' s Hospital , on John Biggs , a lighterman . The deceased lived at Pike-gardens , Binksidc , and the evidence proved that about a fortnight since he was standing at Bankside , and attempted to sit down on the chain near the shore , which suddenly gave way , and he wa < precipitated backwards , and tneretty sustained a broken leg , and other injuries , which caused bis death at the above institution on Sunday last VeHict , Accidentaldeath . "
Tnc supposed Mordeh in St . Luke ' s . —On Wedne-diy evening , Mr Baker resumed , at the Green Gate tavern , City-road , an adjourned inquiry respecting the death of Elizabeth Richardson , ( 29 , ) whose body was found in a ce * s-pool . belonging to a water-closet in Broad-yard , Golden-lane , St . Luke ' s , on the morning of Thursday last . The particulars of the ease have already appeared in this paper ; further evidence having been adduced , the coroner a ^ d-essed the jury , and said that in the absence of further evidence there could be no difficulty in coming to a conclusion as to what verdict they should return ; he would advise them to return an open one , whii-h would , in the event of anything fresh transp iring , leave the case in a position that farther inquiries could be instituted before the magistrates . The jury having consulted , they returned a verdict " ttui tl e deceased wa » found dead in a cesspool , without 8 iiffici nt marks of violence' to account for death , but how she came therein there was not sufficient evidence to prove . "
Mysterious Suicide . —An inquest was held on Wednesday , before Mr W . Carter , the coroner , at the Torbay Tavern , St Mary , Rotherhithe . respectins the death of Richard Constantino , aged 63 years , whi > was found dead in the river . under very mysterious circumstances . William Constantino , of No . 32 , Britannia-street , City-road , deposed that the deceased was his father , and bad carried on fcusin ><« at the above place for many years . He * a « of sober habits , and lived on the most affectionate terms with his wife and family . On the morning of Wednesday , the 17 th of Feb'tiary , the deceased left home to transact Bome business at an auctioneer ' s in Newt-ate-s-reet , where he left in the afternoon , and was not seen alive afterwards . Information was forwarded to all the London and suburban police stations , hills were pasted , and advertisements were inserted in the newspapers , bat no clue could be obtained of him . Witness was unable to account for
bit d-ath . unless it was that he had precipitated him . se'f from one of the hridges . whilst labouring under some aberration , which was brought on by the illness of Iiit wife , which preied on his mind . The deceased on several occasions had been heard to say , that if his wife died he could not suiTive her many days . William Gardener stated that on Monday evening last the hodv of the deceased was found fluting in the river , oT Do . ' and Dock stairs , Rotherhiihe . It was in a dreadful state o ' decomposition , and had been in the wafer at least six weeks . There were no marks of vio -nre on hi * person , and his pockets were filled with small 6 ton « s , which the deceased had placed there to secure hi * object more effectually . Inforni tion of the finding of the body fas forwarded by < hc police in the usnal manner , and in a few hours the fru-m ' a were made acquainted wi ' . h the fact . The croner having taken other evidence , remarked on thr mysterious nature of the case ; after which the jurv turned a verdict of" Temporary insanity . "
Scicime or a Rethko Tradesman . — An roq iest was IihM on Wednesday , by Mr Bedford , at the White Hart . Little Windmill-street , Uaymarket , on Mr < f Stewart , a retired master bootmaker . The 6 &e ** A resided at 30 , Little Windmill-street , and for t ! : elast three weeks , the deceased had been in a low and depending state t . f mind , arising from his having invested a large sum of rnop . ey in some houses , vYieh he feared would turn out a failure . lie was « t seen & \ in at eleven o ' clock on Tuesday forenoon .
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and at four o clock in the afternoon of the same day was discovered suspended in his bedroom by means of a leathern strap , fastened round his neck , and attached to a hook in a closet door , only four feet from the ground , lie wa 3 cut down immediately , and Mr Hardinge , surgeon , was promptly in attendance , who pronounced him to have been dead some hours . The deceased had some time before made an attempt on his life , arising from a similar cause . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . " ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . ^^^^^^ - -1 . — — . —— — .
Mklascholt Fall from a Window . —On Monday afternoon an accident of a most melancholy nature occurred to a painter named Hingham , residing at 4 , M Dougallterrace , Chelsea . The unfortunate man was engaged at frhe house 36 . Edward-street , liampsteiid-road , painting the first floor wim'ow . when he by some means fell therefrom , and was conveyed to the University College Hospital , where it was ascertained that he had sustained a compound fracture of the loft thigh , a dislocation of the collarbone , besides a fracture of the right claviclo , and some severe contusious of the head , with other injuries , so as to preclude the slightest hope of re covery . Serious Accidend at the New Cross Railway Station—On Monday an accident attended with
very serious consequences , occurred on the line of the Croydon Railway , to William Jenner , residing at 3 , Martha-place , Deptford . The unfortunate man was a stoker in the service of the company , and was engaged on one of the locomotive engines . He has latterly been employed in working an engine between the Surrey Canal and the New Cross station at Deptford , which conveyed lar « e quantities of coal , dec ., from the barges for the use of the various ' engines on the line , and , whilst they were going up an inclined plane , he got down from his berth to arrange some deficiency in the couplingirons , when his right arm was drawn in between the machinery , and before be could be extricated , his
arm was most seriously injured . He was taken to a surgeon ' s and subsequently put in one of the carriages for London Bridge , from which place he was taken to the accident ward of Guy ' s Horpital , where it was ascertained that he had fractured the limb in two places . lie is not however in immediate danger . The Budtof a Gentleman Found inihk Regent ' s Canal—A gentleman , l » ir complexioned , having brown whiskers and light eyebrows , and wearing a black dress-coat and pantaloons , a shawl-pattern vest , and a black silk-figured vest underneath , and Wellington boots , has been taken out of the Regent ' s Canal , and is now awaiting identification in the vaults of Islington church .
Robberies . —On Monday the police received information of the following robberies : —On the 25 th instant was stolen from a bedroom , at No . 19 , 1 ' addinston-street , Edg ware-road , a mahogany desk . on . taining a cheque for £ 26 11 s . 3 d . on Sir Claude Scott ' s bank , a £ 10 Bank of England note , five sovereiens and £ 15 in silver , besides papers and memorandums ot value . On the same day , from the pantry of No . 19 , Westbourne-terrace , 3 silver tablespoons , 2 silver desserc ditto , 3 silver table forks , a plated knife rest , crest a griffin rampant holding a crown in paw . Also stolen from the pantry of the house of Lady Synot , of Clapham-common , 10 silver teaspoons , 7 dessert ditto , and a gravy spoon , crest a swan and arrow . On the 24 th from the Old Barge public house , Woolwich , 21 teaspoons , 6 table ditto , 2 tjravv ditto , 2 salt * . 4 pair of sugar tongs , 2 fish slices , all mark' d ' * H , " and 7 ' - 6 d . in silver .
Firk — Fat » i . Accident to onb of thb Brioapk . —On Wednesday night , a fire br < ke out in Denmark street , Soho , which originated in a chimney , and was making great progress to the roof , when the Crownstreet Brigade engiRe , with Mr Girrard , the enineer . the deceased ( Benjamin Cummings ) , and other firemen attended , and the deceased , while proceeding up the ladder , from some unknown cause at present , fell off the top of the house into the street . No time was lost in procuring medical assistance , but so dreadful were the injuries , that the poor fellow lingered but a shert time before he died . The deceased , who has long belonged to the London Fire Establishment , has left a wife and five children to lament his loss . He was highly respected by the officers , and all belonging to the Establishment , as a very sober steadv mtn .
Numerous Feahfdl Accidents—On Tuesday afternron , between one and four o ' clock , the following fearful accidents , some of which are expected to prove fatal , occurred : —The first happened to a man named W . Hughes , a mechanic , who was proceeding alonz the Strand towards Charing-cro 3 s , when , in crossing the roa , he slipped and fell , thus sustaining a broken leg , a fracture of the right arm , and other injuries . He was removed to the Gearing-cross hospital and placed under the care of the house surgeon ; but remains in a dangerous condition . —Abmit three o ' clock a second accident occurred at Messrs Slays and Cn . ' s , Meritans Wharf , Mill-street , Dock road , to John Chandler , a carman , who at that period was ascending a van filled * ith peas , when the
horses suddenly darted off and the unfortunate man was thrown , one of the loaded sacks coming upon , him . He was picked up insensible and conveyed to St Thomas ' s Hospital , when it was ascertained that he had received a severe injury to the head , with a fracture of the chest bone , and other contusions . — Another accident happened to 3 respeclahle looking person , whose name did not transpire . He was en deavouring to Across the road at the eastern end of Lombard-street , when one of Hansom ' s patent cabs came up at a moderate pace , but before Ik could get out of the way was knocked down ; and , upon being taken into , a neighbouring surgeon ' s , it wat found that he had broken his right arm , besides receiving some severe contusions about the face .
Alarwkq Fire in tbr Curtain Road . —On Wednesday afternoon , an alarming fire broke out in the upper part of the premises belonging to Mr W . Wallace , willow bleacher , 7 . Chapel-street , Curtain-roa ( It was caused by the boiling over of a pot of sulphur , which set the contents of the drying room in a biaze . Several engines of the brigade attended , as well as one of the parish . The firemen made an attempt to enter the room , but owing to the suff icating nature of the burning sulphur they were unable , and it was found necessary to set an engine to work . That having been done , the flames were confined to tne premises in which they commenced , but the ; were not extinguished until the whole of the stock therein was consumed . Fortunately , the sufferer was insured .
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t £ nglanir , LANCASHIRE . Manchkstfr . —Cutting and Wounding . —On Monday a serious cliarge encased tbr attention of tli « magistrates . A young man named irHi , had none to a public-house in " Liverpool-road , on Saturday night , where he met with a companion of about hi * own age , Thomas Willett , with whom he had t . ome drink . Willett ' s sister came in . and ^ "illott subsequently accused Irish of having insulted her , and n fight took place between tin-in in the « tm't . Irish was no match for his opponent , but after they h : ul been Iseparated . he declared that if he could not " mill" Willett , he would cut his head rtf . Ill appears to have laid wait for Willett . at a Inter hour of the night , and to have attacked him with a knife , as he left the public-hou-e . Heforc tlioy could he separated he inflicted several severe cuts on his victim , one of which extended »' rom the rklit , eye down to the chin . The prisoner was committed for trial .
Ivcendiarism at Todmorden . —During the niehrs of Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday . Thursday , nnil Fri dav , of last week , the plantations of J . Taylor , Esq .. Todmorden Hall , were set on fire , notwiihstatidinjr the example set forth by the magistrates in the comraittat of those previously taken . The police hnd been on the watch every night , during the w .-ck until a late hour . The fire on each of the ah < m > ni'hts commenced immediately after the con * tal > ii ! 8 had eft the prerrises . On Friday , a poliee-serjennt dc . termined on a stratagem , wiili avi « w to entrop the
rascal , if possible , which was put in oppia'i « n the same evening , and the constable succeeded by thimanceuvro in catching thev < sung fox in ths very act 1 is name is James Lord ( 17 ) . a tailor ' n atiprc : ntice Immediately after being collared he was searchpii , and a box of lucifer matches was found in Ms poi-k-t , with which he acknowledged to having set fire to the wood , and that he had watched the police go ( ff the ground , and had fired the plantation every night , — adding , that be did net care if he was transported He was committed for trial .
R * rRK 8 KNTATiON of Warhinoton . —A meeting of the liberal electors took place on Monday , for the purpose of selecting a suitabte candidate to represent lie horoneh in parliament . It was resolved thai William Allcard , Esa . , should be requested to offer limself , and a coramittre was appointed to acquaint him with the wishes of the electors . The meeting then adjourned to a future day , that a reply might > e received .
DURHAM . Daring Outraok—An attempt was mads to breult out of the gaol at Durham late on the niulit of Sunday last . It appears that a person named la-ia-Dawson , who is undergoing two months' imp- isnnment , ranghigbsll . and when Robinson , the turnkey answered the call , Dawgnn told him that his bedstead was broken , and upon Robinson stoopinsr to lo-lc at it , he immediately received a most severe blow from the prisoner , wlw was in posaeBsinn of the Ire of on * - of the stools used in the prison Robinson instant W
ran out of the cell , but not until he had received another blow , and getting the gate at the tnd of th » - passage locked , pave the alarm , and with assi-tsne secured the prisoner , who , upon hi * examination the following morning , stated tha * he and sonv others , who were under the sentence « f transport . tion ( who left for their destination hv the mail train on Monday night , ) had agreed to disable the turnkey who should attend the call , get possession of thlkeys , and let themselves out , hut at this they were fortunately frustrated .
NORFOLK . Stamford . —Accidknt at Wombweix ' s Mknaokrik . —A few days since direotly the "intrepid female . ' ' or "lion queen . " made her appearanee in the den . the lion sprang at her , and bit her face , but nnt severely . She screamed loudly , and the Rcene whioli ensued is difficult to describe . The arena was ncarh full of respectable persons of both next * . Th * keepers did all ihey possibly could to beat off 'h « infuriated beast but were some time in awoniplishini
their object . The lion , the keeper , and the woman , were all down acd strugglii > s together on the bntfoni of the den , and again the animal ReiW thu woman and bit her at the lower part of her b tck . To make the occurrence appear move dreadful , tha whu' . p <•' the beasts and birds assisted in the uproar . Ultimately the keeper rescupd the daring woman , ami the assistance ^! a su rgeon was immediately cstlivl in . She was induced in the evening again to enwr the den . Nothing , however , occurred this tin ; c to injure her .
Murders bt Poison . —On Saturday evening last Mrs Pearson , the wife of a farmer of that name , at Tibbenham , invited a Mrs Everett , the wife of another farmer , in the samn village , to take tea with her . She accepted the invitation , and those women and other persons of the family sat down and tn » t- ' tea toeether . Soon after eacsh of the women , and several others of the party w re'akH ill . and we !¦ •• - ewt to pa y Mrs Pearson ami Mrs Everett ar ? dead , and others ( whose names we are notable tn eive , nor can we say how many in number , ) art > lying in a very precarious state , and some of tlvwe also may be dead by this time . At present we huve no knowledge whatever of the me .-vs by which the poison ( which , we understand is arsi nic ) could g tinto the tea , or by whom it wns administered . A coroner ' s inquest has been since held , but no su « - pieion has as yet been thrown on any parties . Ts ; ij ether parties , who were so ill , are get tine better .
BKRK ° HIRK Sudden Death during Divine Sbrvick . — Considerable alarm was created at the church of St . John Windsor , during divine service on Sunday mornhi " . in consequence of a lad named Henry Doe . the son of Mr . Doe , in the department of the Master of the Horse , at Windsor Castle , being seized with death just after the commencement <« t the oermon ¦ whi .-li was preached by the Rev . Mr G . wld . The un fortunate lad . who was nnt more than fourteen yeuvg of age , fell from his seat , in the gallery , upnii the floor . He was immediately conveyed to his fatherV residence in the Royal Mews , and attended l > y a medical man . Iluman aid . however , waa of no avail , and alter remaining in a atat > - of total une"iixrkiu < - ness { or not more than four hnura . he breathed l \ i » ast . An attack of apoplexy was supposed to have wen the cause of death .
KSNT . Cautiojt to Touno Females . — The Maichtont Gazette » &yi :- ~ We have tins week to record a case of heartless depravity upon the part of a female seldom heard of , and which ha * been happily frustrated hy discretion and prudence . A . vaunt , ' woman , attending the markets in P . im , from some cause > ot explained , became in great distress , and unable tn purchase goods to sell , as hen-tot ' oro . She applied t <> a female friend for advice under her distressing circumstances . Her friend advised her to go to Londm , and she would assist her with Kome money and a letter of recommendation to a lady , who would take hsr as a general servant . The ymwix woman , ovivjoypd at her good fortune , immediatelv Ret out tor
Boulogne ; on her way thither she was taken ill , and obliged to remain until she cot better . Having paid her fare in the first instanso to Boulogne , h . r illness exhausting the remainder , when sho arrived there she was unable to pav the extra fare demanded , and was obliged to leave her hoc of clothes . Sho then came to Folkestone , where her tale and her interest - ing and simple appearan- e sained her friends ; a subscrption waB laiaed tored-pmhtrbox . and assist her to London On Friday evening she ro « do her Jtppearanee again at the Pavil on Hotel , to the surprise of thos > - who had bpfrended her , and explained the treatment * he had received in London , it appeared she was directed to to tn a house in Gcrrardstreet , Soho , and inquire for the ladv . She was
informed she had removed a few streets off , whither she repaired , and upon preKentinj : her letter of recommendation , she was shown into a stylish apartment * where there wereHeveral gentlemen and finely-dressed fp . ro . ales . The lady ( who spoke French ) inquired i iha knew what she had come for ! her reply was , t / - brt her servant , nurse her children , &o She was informed Bhe could do much better tor her than that , and she could earn plenty of money , and be dressuri like the ladies she had seen , if she would follow her advice . The truth and the object of the wretch at once flashed across her mind , and she peremptorily refused to be made her V'ctiiu . The woman , finding
her pmuaRionB u > eles « 8 , immediately commenced abusing her in the most shameful and heartless manner . The poor girl left the house sobbing bitterly and by some means found her way back to the railwa j station , and anivei at Folkestone , where a subscription was again rained to cany her back to France , and she left here on Saturday evening b \ steamer , full of gratitude . There is no dnubt but thaithe ruin of this poor creature would have been accomplished , bad not the fact of the kindness she received in Englandon landing impressed hur mind that her sad tale would be b-lieve . l , and sho would be again assisted to her native couriiry .
CHATHAM . A Soldier Fohnd nbahw DKA » . —0 n Wednesday morning a soldier was discovered lylrt ^ r ju $ w trencn at the east end of tho fortifications surrounding the garrison at Chatham lines by 8 wne workmen going to work , and they gave information of the circiunitancfi to some soldiers on duty at ( ho jjuavd-rooni-Assistance was promptly rendered , and with tho aid of sx ladder , the soldier was get up , and he appeared to be lifeless ; he was , therefore , vilhout loss of time conveyed to the military hospital , where \ m person was examined . One knee was fouiid broken , and
also a leg , besides bein t otherwise Bjrlously injured about the body . Tins soldier was attached io tho Invalid Deyot , and had kc \ n at Brumpton tko night before , drinking with « omc < f hi * comrades and on returning to his quarters at lite Cremate Barracks he must have mistaken thr psrji leading thereto , M , A accidentally walked into the trrncli , a depth of thirty to forty feet , nnd there remained in the greatest suffering until the morning , wlicu he was found us described , 'i'he name of the soldier is Geurge Foley of the 60 th regiment , and has recently returned from India to be pensioned off , after a servitude of some years .
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8 TOBBX . I Crubl Chastibbmknt .-a schoolmaster , named Wharton , residing at Adelaide-crescent , Brighton , was tried before the magistrates for treating a hoy in a cruel manner . The decision of the magistrate vv-1 fully explain the nature of the Msec-Mt'jor W i Hard said they had gone quite sufficiently into tAis case to be satisfied , without the examination of nny other party , that the offence was clearly proved The bench was also of opinion that tho child had i > ei'n chastised withoutany necessity . There was no cull at all for tho severe punishment that the defendant gave him . Supposing the boy bad been forgetful . and that the defendant being out of temper , nad a weapon in his hand , he might have struck him w ¦ i . ¦ ¦¦ 11——»— , ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ M
with it ; but that was not all , for he asked a boy to fVtcli a stick or a cane to beat the lad with , and with that weapon he laid about the child till he broke it ; and he was not satisfied with that but he asked a boy for hN whip , and when the boy refu , -ed to go for it , lie went up stains for it himself . One mi ght have imagined that in that interval he mi ght have soft . en « l down in hh temper ; hut they found that with that weapon he punished the boy mostseverely . much more than the occasion called for , and much more than a schoolmaster had aright to do . Under these circumstances they telt it necessary , for the prott'etion of children who were under a master that could not command his temper , to impose the full uniount . of the fine that the law required , lie wag fined £ 5 .
D 15 VON 8 HIBB . KXTRAORDINART CASE . — " SpRI . va-HBELED JACK , " Teignmouth was greatly excited on Mond » y , in ennsxquence of a ' spring-heeled jack " investigation before the magistrates . A delinquent of this gennii occupied himself during the winter in frightening md annoying defenceless women , s ^ meof whom were rather roughl y handled . The police having been on the . alert for some time , suspicion fell on a Captain Fincli , of Sbaldon-a man of alleged ill health , and apparently sixty yenrsof «« ge , about the last person that cmi'd have l > een suspected . He was summoned before the masistrates . Mr Tucker , in opening the case for the complainant , said it was not only difficult but moHt painful to him ; his client belonged jo th » humblest rank , and the defendant , Finch , had been considered hisrhlv re ; nectable . Should he not
"iieceed in establishin » the charge , the effect of the girl s evidence mieht prejudice her through life ; should he succeed , the moral character of one who had hitherto moved as a gentleman would be blasted . I le had two charges of assault to prefer . His client , the » e ; vant of MiRs Morgan , a lady living in Mac f » rt ? n '» . <* w , Bi tton-road . had been twice assaulted in January , between nine and ten at night , by a man disiiuivied inauk in c > at , having the appearance of a bullock 8 hide , Rkull cap , horns , and mask , and the alarm hnd produced serious fits . Evidence having been given in support of the charges , the bench expressed pain at finding an old soldier puilty of such an assault , but there was no material refutation to enmnlainant ' s evident . He w&b fined seventeen Rhillini-s for each assault . Defendant , thanked the hi'nch for their impartiality . The case lasted several hours .
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JirrlantJ . THB DISTRESS—IRISH UNDMRnS . The Dublin Evening Pott contains the following from a Flieo correspondent : — " In your paper of the 23 rd inst ., you expressed a desire to know how much Mr Ormsby Gore , M P . for Shropshire , nnd father to the M . P . for county Slign , has contributed to the reliet ' of the poor on h \* estates in the npper half-barony of Leyiiy . To satisfy your curiosity . I heg to inform vou . that havinc an estate
worth £ 8 000 per annum in th « district , he gave £ 10 U » t July , and nothing t <» the funds of the Relief Committee since that time ; and that sine * Chriatmas tho committee have expended ftbnut 4300 in relieving destitution on his estates . It is proper , however , to add . that I have ascertained that the honourable member gave £ 15 la « t Christmas , through other channe's , for the relief of the poor on estates yielding the ahove ; naraed £ 8 000 per annum . No seed of any deseriptinn haying been provided , the lands , for the most , are lying waste , and will , probably , so continue . "
THE DISMISSAL OF UB 0 URKR 3 FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS . " At , Newmarket-on-Fergus . while Captain Fishbourne strove to explain his instructions from government , which he said he should strictly act upon , the nthor gentlemen of the committee endeavoured to quiet the people , and remove their ill-feeling against him . but to no purpose , the peop ' e saying he was the nause of hiving them disempl p yed . At last the gentlemen roan , and it was said loudly ontride that 'Captain Fislilmurne had £ 500 a year for starving the people . ' No sooner had this got afloat among them , than they shouted ' pull him out , knock him down , trample him , kill him , ' and many like expres . sions . The people leaped at him , some saving' blood
i « better than starvation , and as the gentlemen were coming through the crowd , he was struck violently , hut his foes being so numerous , could not by the press ilo what they intended , but pulled off the hair of his ' ¦ end in handfnlla—some dragged him this way , ami vime that , striking at him with sticks and stones , and nutting him severely , while Sir Lucius O'Brien , Mr Studdert . Head-constable Armstrong , and others , rushed about him to save him .. The crowd dn > ve them on a heap of broken stones near the river , the moh striving to push him off the stones into the river , a d in the effort made to keep out the head constable was precipitated into the river on his back , and much injured . Sir Lucius and Mr W . Armstrong were put into it also on their knees , but the shout
was given , — 'RespectSir Lucius and Mr Robert ; hoys , don't crush or hurt Sir Lucius , ' and those ia the river resistiug , Mr Fishbourne fortunately escaped being drowned or trampled to death . Mr Studdert , by courage unprecedented , was determined to save the stranger or share his fate , and succeeding in the f'rmer , hurried towards the police barracks , while tho persons thus paving him received many of the blows intended for him . On arriving at the police Imrrack he got a jaunting car and drove away , escorted by Mr William Armstrong . The whole town was one scene of uproar and alarm . Fires were lit on the hills around Newmarket on Tuesday night , as signals , it ia said , for a vast assemblage of people to meet near Drumline .
BALUXA , The working classes of society in this part of the country are ev : ry day falling victims to fever and dysentery in prodigious numbers . The workhouse too is the scene of the roost awful mortality . It is rep orted that 220 persons are now ill within its walls . For the last few weeks the deaths which occurred there averaged between 40 and 50 a week .
KENAOH . Thb Popular Arma mbnt . —The following placard has been extensively circulated through the above town during the assfees , and persisted in with impunity , in the presence of that judge who denounced it ns an impudent and audacious document . A bellman was sent about the streets , and the ' recommendations' given to the description of a long-barrelled gun , which he carried on MsBhoulder as a specimen of those offered for sale , was , that it would ' shoot a parson , a bailiff , or a proctor at 150 yardstake down a pay clerk at any distance . " and " was a receipt in full for the November rent ! " The following is a copy of the placard—it is headed with a Q , ueen ' a arms : —
" whevias , Many etil-dlepoEed persons avail themselves of the present scarcity of food as a pretext to commit acts of violence against property , and otherwise disturbing tne peace of the country , Hia Excellency the Lord Lieutenant is ploased to grant all Her Majesty ' s peaceable ami loyal subjects , without distinction , tbe power to have and to keep every description of firearms for the protection of the public peace , and likewiie their own homes and property , without any restriction , except an invoice or certificate of the person from whom the arms arc pur . cliasid . Thomas M'Grade is privileged by his Excellency , and fully empowered by the honourable Board of Excise ,
to offer for sale by auction t « the peaceable Inhabitants of this town , at the house No . 80 , Castlo-Btruet , fire hundred double and single barrel gum of various sorts , one thousand pair of pistols , warranted all double tower proof , fivu hundred thousand best percussion capB , and a large quan . tlty of powder flasks , shot bags , and belts , wash rodi , turn-screws , nipple wrenches , ttc , " Sale to t'ommenca on Saturday , and following dais , "Thomas M'Gbade , " Licensed Auctioneer . " 4 , CASTLE St ., DUBLIN . "N . B . —The auctioneer ' s invoice is all tbe license re quired l ) j purchasers for keeping arms . *' CBIME IN TIPPEBARV . The assizss for the North Riding hare terminated
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, although there was no capital conviction , no less than 62 persons were sentenced to transportation for various periods , while at the January quarter sessions nearly 40 prisoners received similar sentences . "Thus ( says the Tipperary Vindicator ) , in the course of a few months , upwards of 90 individuals have been-doomed to expatriation from one divtoen of this great county . Crime is , indeed , truly deplorable , and wo sincerely hope that the examples that have been made will have the good effect of checking its perpetration for the future . " ^**^*——»^—Mi —^ M ^^ i ^^—^* —^* * ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ —
BELFAST . Mahch op ing Pestilbnck Fever continues to advance in Belfast . From the 1 st to the 26 th ult . inclusive , one district medical assistant sent Rl cases of fever into the hospital . Dysentery is increasing in all the districts , and the medical gentlemen consider it to be contagious . CARHICK-OK-SIIANNOK . In the poor house here on Monday last , 20 died , nnd 15 the following day , and there are upwards of 300 cases of fever and dysentery in the house . The pestilence is so virulent , that the guardians have to hold their meetings in the Court-house .
ATIILONE . Contagious disease is fearfully progressing in this locality . For some time past the poor have suffered severely from fever of the most virulent nature ; hundreds have already fallen victims to ita influence , which is extending its ravages to the middle and upper classes , and from which the troops in garrison are not exempt . The cause of this epidemic must be attributed m a great measure to the crowded state of the burial grounds , in which the dead are so promiscuously thrown , with scarcely * covering of earth—in fact , so near the surface that the famished dogs are literally dragging the bodies hardly decomposed from their resting plaee , and this cemetery is situated in Win centre of a densely populated town , over whlii , from the causes mentioned , an effluvium floats sufficient to create a pestilence , and spread contagion throughout the country .
BANDOK . At a recent meeting of tbe guardians they closed tbe house against further admissions , in consequence of the increase of illness among the inmates . The doctors state as follow : — Number in hospital during the week ending 20 th March . Fever Females , 108—Males , 39 Diarrhees Females , 71—Males , 28 Old and infirm ward Males , 22—Females , 28 Total sick in male , female , and old and infirm
wards , 335 ; besides 100 cases reported by the master and matron among the inmates afflicted with diarrhoea that would require hospital relief , making in all 435 sick out of 1 , 096 in the house . The state of the town is daily becoming more alarming from the influx of the destitute from the country districts , numbers of whom take up their abode in miserable huts in the suburbs . Private subscriptions are becoming inadequate to meet the mass of misery and disease which existB . Deaths from want of sufficient food are numerous . Epidemic disease Is on the increase .
DUBLIN . An Electiok Hist . —The result of the division on the ex-offieio clause of the Irish Poor-law Amendment Bill has been received with great dissatisfac tion in Ireland , and will probably lead to the expulsion from Parliament of several of the jmudo Irish patriots . It appears that of the entire body of Irish Members only fourteen voted against tbe Ministeiial preposition for placing the control and actual administration of the law in the hands of the Irish landlords , while nearly half that number voted with Ministers . The remainder of the '' patriotic band " were absent ; in other words , they were either traitors or cowards , and , as such , ample justice will be dealt out to them hereafter , should they be presumptuous enough to face the constituents they have so shamefully betrayed . Misoovkrnmbnt AMD its Effects . — The return
tide of immigration is beginning to set in , and will be in f 11 force , as soon as the Poor Law Bill , sanctioning the principle of out-door relief , becomes the law of the land . The poor Irish , who have wandered in shoals to England , will then , as a matter of course , be re-shipped by tbe authorities in England to Dublin , Drogheda , Ac . As the new measure gives no right of removal or settlement , these poor people , to tbe number of 40 , 000 or 50 , 000 , will naturally locate themselves wherever landed , and the obligation of their maintenance devolve on those already ' sinking under the weight of daily accumulating burdens The steamers from Liverpool have already brought over about 600 destitute-looking creatures , who have arrived in sufficient time to be placed on the parish lists now preparing under the directions of tbe newlyformed committees for carrying out the provisions of the Temporary Relief Act .
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DESTRUCTIVE AND EXTENSIVE FIRE 8 . Blackwaix . — On Saturday last , Blackwall wai visited by the outbreak of an extensivo fire , at the large manufacturing premises of Messrs . Sarauda , Brothers , the engineers and atmospheric patentees , Bituated in Crakerd-plate , between Bo-v Creek and the East India Docks . The fire was first discovered by a private watchman , a few moments after six o ' clook , when a portion of the centre floor of a newly ercc ; ed building , three stories high , was in flam < s . A vigorous effort was instantly made by the workmen , who had just assembled , to stop the flames , but without effect , and very little of the goods therein could be rescued from their ravages . An engine from the neighbouring glass-works was the first that arrived and got to work , but the flames quickly
penetrated to the t"p story , filled with patterns of a most costly character , and difficult to be replaced . At the same time the fire descended into the lower floor , used as the riveting department , and in a very brief period the whole of the immense building was wrapped in flames . The dock engines were quickly put into a working condition , but from there being no water-mains laid down in the district , their services were of little aviil , the tide being down in the river . Subsequently Superintendent Braidwood with several engines arrived , and a powerful muster of firemen reached the spot , but they were of little use , sn great was the want of water , that nntil the tide rose they could not be cot into operation . At length the roof fell in with a fearful crash , carrying along with it all ihat remained of the floors , after which the front wall bulged considerably , and it was found necessary
to set mi-n to work to prop it up and prevent it top pling over into the Btreet . Although every person exerted himself to tho utmost , th « fire was uot , wholly ex . ingu ' whed until late in the (" ay . The origin of the calamity cannot be accounted for . Two men were at work in the lower floor , as late as ten o ' clock on Friday night , and when they left they state that the building appeared perfectly free from fire . Tue exact amount of damage is unknown , but it will no doubt reach several thousand pounds . The second floor , termed the store , contained prepared leathvr valued at £ 4000 . The trass castings in the riveting department were valued at nearly £ 1 000 independently ot the loss ot iron blocks , tubes , and the valuable patterns . Insurances will partially cover the loss . The remainder of the manufactory , including the steam-works andtamiug compartments were uninjured .
Noitinoham . —A few days since a fire broke out in a house occupied by an old man ot tho name of Miller , residing in Fox-lane , Nottingham , which in a very short time left nothing but the outside wall * standing . Miller is of penurious habits , tmt though posseted of several houses in diff rrnt parts of the town , as well as the one he occupied , he would not use a morsel of coal , and for the last time years has n « t purchased an ounce of fuel , but has collected , where be could , wo . d and siiavinsrs to burn . While making a tire on Friday afteriwon , about hve o ' clock , a spark flew upon some shavings , and as ihe hous-e and bed-chamber Uvi large quu » iilW » « . V tm > ecum . bustibles in them , the flames aoon raged with great fury . The old man did not give any alarmfancy ing
, he could extinguish the devouring element himself , but as the fire soon made its way to the roof the neighbours perceived it , and an alarm was raised Every effort was used , and < he engiues sent for , but in a short time every vestigo of furniture , &c , wa « destroyed . The rw > t' fell in , and the house was completely gutted . Tho damage cannut be very well ascertained , as Miller is apparently half stupid , and will not answer questions ; but his deeds , papers , and considerable sums of money hid in the house must all have been sacrificed . A month before the last assizes Miller was robbed on the highway of £ 7 . but declined to appear before the Grand Jury to prosecute . Baron Purke or dered his recognizances to be estreated so that he is now in a double difficulty .
having £ 00 to pay to the Queen and his house burnt to the ground . MtsiBiuous FiRK . —The villaee ' of Ilanley Castle , letween Upton-ou-Severn and Malvern , in Worcestershire , was thrown into a complete state of consternation at an early hour on Saturday last , by an alarm of fire . It wmn transpired that the farmbuildings on the premises of Air Tomlinson , near to the Roman Catholio chauel , were on fivo , and the Upton engines were immediately sent for , but before their arrival , the dt slrnetion of tho building in which the fire originated was complete . The barn and out-house , however , w ere burnt down , and six cowh and other forming stock were burnt in the
ruins . The , origin of the Ihe is quite » mystery , but rumours of incendiarism are abroad . Infernal Machine . —A diabolical . attempt' has lately been made to five the lar ^ e Htai'k . ytud of Mr Allcz , of the Bordages , St . Saviour ' s , who has beeu recently released from prison for etmttrapt of court . On removing a stack a few days ago on liis premises a bundle of cartridges of powder , bound to ^ eth r with slow-match , and covered with Ioobo hay , was found underneath . The amailoux , or match had evidently been Hunted , but appears luolilj . to have beenextinfjuMed fioro , being too tightl » b . undto tho packet attached i » it ; otherwise , no doubt , one of the largest stackyards iu Guernsey would have been reduced to ashes . — Guernsey Sun .
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^ THE FAST AND THE FAMINE . BY WILLIAM HOWITT . "Ther « . were pressnt at that season some thftttnu him ofthoGalileatu , whose blood Pilate had jnin » i , 2 with their gacrlBces . And Je » us . nswering said um them , Suppoie ye that these Galileans wereilnner . ^ D allthtOalileam because they suffered guch thingt ! tell y « u , Nay : but except Je repent , je shall all like *! ,, perwh . Or thoas eighteen upon whom the toww « . Siloam fell , and slew them ; think ye that they w « e , ln new above all men that dwtlt in Jerusalem ! I tell v Nay : but except ye repent , ye hall all likewiie p « Uh —Luke xiii . I . " Ul , . ^^^ ^^^^^"' *^^^ ^*^ 'w ' w >*—**^> w >*^^^ | W ^ Mii _ M ^ ^ . ' ' I'JJUi
Whcnthn paper isiues from the press , the faitm . * claimed by Government for the avertance of the famt . will be uriemnhlng ; and the remarkable words iH above will b . in the act of utterance from ten , hou " ^ pulpltf . throughout this country . What a inn . » m \ m pre . enttotheeyeofaju . t and di . cemLV H a 7 enV J prayer agaln . t amine-a famine which tbe aervicL , tueoccaium tell , us ha . been inflicted b , God sent UVh order of Government , from one end to 1 I P > ' country , fertile , so wealth , . oSVf f " ° ' * country w » . incetne foundat on o , thi 1 £ m ' t ^"'"' famiBe-fierce , unprecedented " ^ £ £ f ?" land ; the people P * , « . h , and * rlSn £ ? ° ^ ' arm , and are flung into the earth , not dI M *? to cover them . There is famine 2 £ ? iuw" ^ Scotland j there is famine ia
KaBcbwtw anfl th granaries o the united empire amw . r that ! !* , £ ! ve " 2 J r , J ° 1 UP ~ 8 >> even ln l « l « H » . «» fi very midst of these human horrors - answer it ! Let our bonded . warehouseg , londtd with corn till the floors « a obliged to be propped , waiting for a yet higher prlc . answer that ! and let the Government , which hesitated S t «» rawiiythelMtrR Softhe infamous Com-Uw . and Moon , come in free , answer it ; and finally , let th « speculators in corn , and Changers-cm for high prices while their brethren in thousands , with their faintiJ wives and famishing children , are perishing before tbeir « yes , go and put up at the footstool of God thatfearful mocker ; of a prayer .
Nwerwastheresuchan awful instance of the daring of a national h ypocrisy exhibited before Hearen and the nationi . There i . no fact better known than that there In in this country at thU moment food-abundant fo » d of ill kinds—for all its inhabitants ; and the certain assurance of the arrival of more bow the winter in America and on the European continent hat broktn up : —and wt dare to tell the God and Futher of us all , rrheso eyes an continually going to and fro in the earth , and who lookt into our naked hearts , that he lathe Author of that famine which is chaiing our brethren like iraoke befon the wind ! Instead of going to churches and chapels to mock God , and to insult our starring fellow .
creature ., we should have gone to our ware , houses , and unlocked them to the public gait , and hare let the eye of the hungry feed Itself oi the enormous atorai there laid up . We should hart shown our corn , our butter , our chteae , our rice , our coffee , our teas , our American flour . Wo Bhould hare pointed to our markets crowded with fatted cattUand sheep , and to the cattle on a thousand hills , and bars aaid , "We have sinned , O God ! in the sight of men and ofthee , in that we have withheld thy bounty from the suffering and the dying , from the father and the child , from the mother and her suckling ; but we stand re . buked , and csnnot dare toheap on thy holy name thereproach of our own hardened selfishness !"
What I are the Irish more wicked than the rest of us t Are tbe Highlanders more wicked than we English , who are rolling in dowu , and wallowing in er « ry luxury ? Are the famishing people of Manchester and of Paisley more criminal than tlie Government who hate brought abont by their neglect and their selfish measures ler years on years this dieadful state of things f—more crimlual than the speculators and extortionate landlords , the regrateri and the wealthy indifferent ! ! No ! And if that be true , then it cannot be that these dreadful inflictions are th » inflictions of God , A just God will sendhia punishment ! on the guilty , and not on the innocent . If , as this fora of prayer says , we are guilty , and that God hat sent tall vhiistiaement ( orua , why « b it not fallen onuil ITby has it fallrn on the Irish and the Highlanders , and not
on the English and the Luwlanders ! Why on the governed , and not th » governors ! Why on the poor , and not on tbe rich I No ! wtrs it an infliction from God . bt assured it would have alighted eltewhere . It would bn » fallen on the proud and lofty dwellings—on tbe palaca and the hall—and not on tbe cottage and the cabin . It would have fallen on the mis-goternors , and not the misgoverned—on the exacting landlords and not on the exhausted tenants—on tbe haughty , and not on tbe humble—on those whose eyes stand out with fatnets , and not on those who are drwd by famine into mer » human locusts , which the first strong mind will sweep into the sea of Death . No ; it is not a rotten potato tbat can ruin and desolate a country—it it rotten government . What besides the potato hum failed us , anrt that but partially , 1 Never were there finer crops than last autumn waved on the plains of the united kingdem ! Let ui
hasten to put away this mockery of Hearen this * ham fast on the best fish , and the richest pastry , on the find ! desserts , and the moit delicious coffee , and on tht strongest wines ; and let us remember that th « poor of Ireland , of Scotland , and of England , have been fasting while we have been feasting too long ; and if we will not do just penance for our wickedness , let us fast that th * y may feast . Where is the man amongst us that will fast as a poor Irishman did the other day ? He had been for weeks and months without werk , and without half enough food when a gentleman of our acquaintance set him to a job ; and , to enable him to begin it , placed before him cold beuf , and bread , and beer . But it was * Friday , the poor man was a Catholic , and in tbe midst of his ravenous hunger he turned away his oyei from the beef , and took only a piece of dry bread , and went to hit labour !
Are these the men who hare sinned , and for whom this affliction is sent ? And yet it is on these that it has fallen . No ! it is a famine of ages and misrule ; a famine of heartless landlords , who have let four Diillioos of Irish acres lie waste , while their poor brethren had not food or work , and have charged them fer what little plots they did allow them from £ 7 to £ 10 per acre ! Let us thun pray in earnest , and let this be our prayer ; let it ba hone » t , and hearty , and national ; let it be sent up from pnlace , and hall , and gay teriace , from » bop , and cottage , nnd from under the hedges of a blessed spring :
'OLoru God ! thf great and common father of us all , inspire u « at least with a sincere desire to be what wbhave so long professed to be in vain—Christians . Look down into our huarts with thy bright and immortal countenance , and light up all the thou-and retreats of our old and inveterate hypocrisy , and put it aid us to utter shame , bake us confesn in dust and ashes that we have never really believed in thy Son , whom thou did send down to teach us to love our neighbour as our . selves . To du justice , to love mercy , and to walk humbl y before thee . Make us ashamed , O Lord , of our selfish
maxims and practices of government ; make us ashamed of those great wars in which we have slain the poor , and enriched thj rioh j in which we have heaped dungerous honours on those grent warriors whom one of our poets h'is so justly styled , butchers iu great business / thereby dreadfull y increasing the cannibal thirst of blood . Make us ashamed of the 4 ebt » that wb Uat « heaped thereby on the suffering poor , and on the wiegs of commerce ; and which bow down our very women and children In misery and enolesB labour ; which dry up the hope of life iu millions , aud snatch the torch of knowledge out of their bitt . r paths . Make us ashamed , O Gud of Truth , of the laws which w « have pasted to
fetter trade , and make dear the necessaries Oflifo ; and instead of rending our clothes as recommended in * . UiB form of pra > er inspire us with a sincere determination to send them to the Irish , who have none to rend , no nor even to cover them . Make u » ashamed , O Father of all life , that we have so misgoverned Irelwvd ; that we have dtalt her such hard mensurv ; that we have , from age to ¦ ge , refused to listen to her cries o ( distress , and to tile cries of all the goo . I men who have , from age to age and year to jew , pleaded wUh us on her btsnalf , Make us heartily ashamed of our criniiual neglect ; and that we have let tby heritage lie liku a desert , when thousands of happy families might have tired aud praised thee for tby bounties upon it . Make us blush and burn
in shame before thee . tbat we huve at length out-He oded Herod , cut-Pharaued Pharaoh , and created » famine of locks und warehouses , ot Corn Laws and other restrictions , of speculators and regrater . ' , and have dared to heap tbe reproach of it upon Thee . " Such is the prayer which as a nation we must send up , and that in all sad sincerity , before we may hope to be heard ; and before we shall have a response either from Heaven , or tho hearts of a great and wronged people . We must resolve , if we will put an end to the recurrence of tho famiue , which is now stalking not alone through Ireland , but through the manufacturing districts » i England , to look Truth and God in the face—confess the
errors of our policy , rend awaj the last rugi of restricts luws , and set our many millions of poor brethren In Great Britain and in Ireland , to work on the neglected ¦ oil , to feed our ertisane , aud thereb y to set to work all our factories to clothe them . If wo did this , there need not bean idle hand , or au unfed mouth , or an unclothed back , or an uninstructed mind in this great empire . On this subject I have much to suy , but at this moment I say only let us molve to be honest , and to let an honest people have free scope fur its energies , and we shall har * laid the foundation ^ that new era , ol great aud general diffusions of labour and of employment , which must , ere lung come .
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Arson . —J . J . Bond , found guilty of arson at the recent Liverpool assizes , has been sentenced to fifteen years' transportation . An Untoward Dream . — A respectable auctioneer of Chesterfield was so troubled a short time back with a dream , asledhiaito inflict upon himself a serious injury while under its influence . He dreamt that ho was much troubled with a nutshell that had become jammed between his teeth , and so strong was that impression that ho tugged violently at the supposed shell to relieve himself troni it ; awakening with hia efforts , he found to his great consternation that he hnd pulled out a sound double tooth , which had ken the night before a firm-set and serviceable grinder , but which he then held between his linger and thumb . Lord C . J . F . Russell has beeen elected , without opposition , M . 1 . for Bedfordshire , in the room of the late lamented Mr Astell .
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- —?—SrotlanDr * THE RIOTS . In the North the nuthoritien arc busy in the apni-phcnsion of parties involved in the late fond riots , * nd Mm fruit of their effcr's will duly appear * t tho inproaching Inverness-circnit . The military utill continue at Wick and Thurfio , but without r quirinj in bo called out . The young man who was apprehended nn su * pininn of being concerned in the Achow murder ha" buen liberated , and as yet no clue to the real murderer has been discovered .
EDINBURGH . Drfawino a Laj > t . —La * t week , in Edinburgh , a rase was tried before the Lnrd Justine Clerk and a jury , in which Mia « Sarah Marie M'NeiH . Charlotten \ ' ? re Rdi nnur 6 h w& 9 pursuer , and the Rev . Gilbert Rorison . Episcopal clereyman , Peterhead , as dpfender . The issue was . whether , in a numher 'flettero written to a third party in Leith , concernine 'he pursuer , she wai falsely and calumniously represented to be a person of immodest or unchaste character and conduct , and euilty of falsehood or ^ eceir , to the los » , injury , and damage of the purser * Diiroases laid at £ 2 , 000 . After hearing cvi-¦ fence , the jurv returned a verdict for the pursuer , damages , £ 500 . The trial excited considerable intpr e « t . The majerity of the crowded court-room were ladies .
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Mba « rk Diet . — It is declared that Soyer must have prepami tho Now Prussian Diet , for it is so like his soup—there ' s nothing in it . —Fund .
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• THE NORTHERN STAR . April 3 1847 T- " ^ MM—M^—^ ** ^^ 1
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New Ragged School . Clare-Market —On Monday a ragged school was opened in Yeates ' -court , ClementVlane . The vicinity of the school is a m » Bt wretched and crowded locality . The school is on a novel plan : parents may send their children from six in the morning until ten in the evening , where they will , free of any charge , be taught to read and write , and be traintd to habits of industry and cleanliness . Ilu . NOFRFORD SusrENSION-BRIDOE SlEAM-EOAT PlSR . —All that part of Hungerford Suspension-bridge , sitnate between the market termination and the north turret is divided by iron railing , the west tide of the bridge , on and after Easter Monday lieingtobe thrown open to the public landing or embarking in steam boats , free ot charge . The directors of the Bridge Company bave ordered a toll-house to be placed at the north turret , for the convenience > f yer-8 onswish ' < n < r to pass over to Latnb ^ h
Illicit Distillation . —From information received Messrs . Lewins and Humphreys , excise officers , on Tuesday proceeded to premises belongim ; t ° William Skinner , ( who has been already lined £ 100 . ) at 2 , Sidney-Btreet , Mile-end-road . UVon obtaining admission , they proceeded to the room in which the ; seized an illicit still oathe 25 th of la-t mourn , where they found a large still , set in brick-work , fully charged , with fire under it , asd at work . Skinner and hia daughter were attending the working , and were immediately arrested by the officers . Ih
the still-room was a large quantity ot mulas&eg , molasses wash , tubs , &c , &c ., and the usual apparatus of a distillery . It was evident that nut tbe slightest suspicion existed in the mind of the owner that be should receive a second visit from the same officers go soon after his former detection , as the stock of raw materials were laid in for carrying on an extensive trade . Having secured their prisoners , the officers obtained a van , and the whole of the seizure was conveyed to the Excise warehouse , in Broad-street .
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LoNBOs Misery . —Though I ' wish to return to London in " the season" when that city is an adequate representative of the state of things in England , 1 am glad I did not at first see all that pomp and parade of wealth , and luxury in contrast with the misery , squalid , agonizing , ruffianly , which stares one in the face in every street of London and hoots at the gates of her palaces more ominous a note than ever was that of owl or raven in the portentous times when empires and races have crumbled and fallen from inward decay . It is impossible , however , to take a near view of the treasures created by English genius , accumulated by English rndusuy , without a prayer , daily mi-re fervent , that the needful changes in the condition of this people may be effected by peaceful revolution which shall destroy nothing except the shocking inhumanity of excliiaivenebs , which new prevents their being used lor the benefit to it
of all . M ^ y their present possessors look in time ! A few already are earnest in a good spirit . For myself , much as I pitied the poor , abandoned , hopeless wret- hes that swarm in the roads and 8 tr * fk ° f England . I pity far more the English noble with this difficult problem before him , and such nted of a speed y solution . Sad is his life if a conscientious man ; sadder still , if not . Poverty in England has terrors of which I never dreamed at home . I felt that it would be terrible to be poor there , but far more so to be the possessor of that for which so many thousands are perishing . And the middle class , tor ., cannot here enjoy that serenity which the sages have described as naturall y their peculiar blessing . Too close , too dark throng the evils they cannot obviate , the sorrows they cannot relieve . To a man of good heart , each day must bring purgatory , whicu he knows not how to bear—yet to which he fears to become insensible . —Correspondent of theiVbw York Tribune ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 3, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1412/page/6/
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