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„ : WSCELLAHB 01 I 3 . i « - S *_ 5 ? FIH 8 MBTBOP 0 U 8 - —Ttenamber of deaths ttgjstered in the London districts last week were 978 , Or ^ fl 5 *? fon ^; 466 ; ' Birth s . 1 , 327 , or ^ alesi ^ : females , 659 ; - \ Meteorological observatu > na taken at the Royal Observatoiji Greenwich : — Barometer , mean height , 29 005 ; thermoraete - . highest . 68 . 0 ; bwest , 45 . 1 > mean , 56 . 1 ; gener *! direction of the wind , S . S . W ; , witha maximum pressnreof 3 . 5 lha , on the square foot ; mean amount ot cloud , 6 . 8 ; smn ofrain > 0 . 54 inches . ; ' - . ... " ¦ ¦
Ljtbkdkd New Gatsrnrro Btss Par * .-For some days past workmen have been engaged in Hyde Park in cutting down trees , ' and preparing the . foandafions for the erection of new foot and _ carnage gates , witha handsome lodge , in that portion of the park abutting on the Great Western road , at the spot so manyyeara disfigured by the continuation of that mass of old bricks , and known as the " Half-way House . " It is intended that the gates , with the . lodge , shall form a very handsome entrance into the rpark , and from the park into the two splendid terraces , to be called " Ennismore Gardens , " how in ; thecourseof erection oneach side of Kingston House , the residence of the Earl and Countess of Listowell and abuttinK on Rutland Gate ; eight of which
firatclas 3 mansions are nearly erected . ; The expense « f the undertaking will be borne by the spirited projectors of the terraces and other new buildings , who ± a « obtained the consent of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests totheir doing so , on their paying «» ™ e salary of the gatekeeper appoint d . ' ' The wiele will form an important improvement to that porfaon of the highroad , which already boasts ofthe residences of several noble and distinguished personages . ,..- : ¦ 3 \ r SroDBr Bhath of Mb ' Wm . Sinra , the ComedIan : —Mr W . Smith , the well-known comedian , for many years a great favourite at the Snrrey Theatre , expired on the morning of Sunday last , at'his late I ^ teM ™* ^ It appeatB
- ^*" - Hiatihedeceasedforsome time past had beenindisposed , but nothing fatal was anticipated by his faends . As | late as Thursday or Friday he was able to walk out , and in answer to a friend who had inquiredhowhefelt , he replied that he was getting aa strong 83 ever he was , and thathemtended to cheat toe undertaker for the present . He , however , was mistaken in his . calculations , for he never went out again after he reached his home . His symptoms became woree and he " shook off thismortal coil withoutagroan . " His death is considered to have been perfectly natural , but as it was rather sudden , it is Quite probable that a coroner ' s inquest will be held on the body . The deceased was only in his 47 th jear . ;; ¦ . ¦ - - ; -, . :.,. ,
-- BCQUESTS . • . , JJkpmrabis Death op a Mothsr as » Child ij » IHK Pasimruar . —On Monday before Mr Bedford in the Millbank Prison ; on the body of A < mes Dansnap . Mr Laurent , Deputy Governor of the prison , stated that the deceased was admitted on the 10 th of February , from York Castle , having been convicted at the Sheffield Sessions of stealing boots , and sen .-teneed ( after a previous conviction , yto seven years ' transportation . Mr Anthony White , the eminent suraeon of Parliament-street , deposed that en the 3 rdof May he wassent forfothe prison . He ' saw tne deceased , who was sufferine under nnfinW » i Vnn .
Tulsionsandin labour . He sawMr Davy . ihe resident surgeon , and suggested herimmediattf delivery i ? S orts wonld cause her death . Themechanil raleffortproTedMavaaing , from the excessive size w ! ± ? & * ^' ^ ** fteir peculiar nardness . As the only hopes of saving the mother , it was deemed expedient to remove the child , which after some time , was effected . It had probablv been lw rtTi ^ S 2 * " » " » *»« » " oomiier fMr White A 5 £ f . been done w good time , and to his per fect satisfaction ; by Mr Davy . Mr Davy , the resident surgeon , and other witnesses , stated that the deceased had gone on well up to Tuesdav last .
wnen toe was taken iU , and died the next day . The Jury returned a verdict of "Natural death , " and ^ j ^ -T """ PKnienfto Mr Davy , for the skill and kindness he had shown . ' vA Chod KitLED bt Dhdikkq Spirits op Habtshobs . —Before Mr W . Carter , at the Grapes , Bermondsey-waD , on the body of Susannah Eliza Saunoms , aged one year and three months . The eviff ^ P ™^ that the deceasedlived with its parents , K «» , Jiarl-streeV Bermondsey ; and on Thursday £ , Phial containiag spirits of hartshorn was placed outside the kitchen window , for fear any one Bhonld touch it . ' The deceased , while playins in the garden , jioticed the phial , and having taken the cork out she drank a quantityof thespirits . Mr Martin , surgeon , and another medical man , attended upon we deceased , but without counteracting the effect pi the hartshorn , and she expired on Sundayfromthe " Junes her throat and stomach liad rt # m ** l
verdict , " Accidental death . " A Yotse Fbjuek Buhht to Dbath is the Female Owhah AsraH .-Before Mr William Carter at the female Orphan Asylum , Westminster-bridge-road , J ^ ambelbv on the body of SopbJaTOlkins , aged 15 . it-appeared from the evidence that ft © deceased had Dsen engaged in assisting one of the domestics in the toth room , and on the 21 st of last month she was lighting the fire , when by some means her clothes eJcame ignited , and she was speedily enveloped iH hT ^ *^ cries £ , P hton&ht assistance , but Before ^ the fire could be subdued the poor creature TO 3 frightfully burned . Everything Was done for ixer that the nature ofthe case' required , but she never recovered , but died from the effects ofthe injuries received . Verdict , "Accidental death " Mchdeb of a Chied . —Before Mr G : £ Mills , de . puty coroner for the countv of Middlea * . at tto
lorfeshire Grey Tavern . Hampstead , on the body of a new-born female child , found in a pond / near Primro ; e-hill . John Sleight , of 12 ; Edward-street , Dorset-square , deposed / that on Tharsday afternoon last lie was crossing towards Hampstead , when on passing a pond in the corner of a field near Primrose-» iU he saw a bundle lying at the bottom . With the assistance of police-constable Hinton , S 52 , tie got it out - and on opening the bundle found it to contain the body of a full grown female child . The wrapDer wnfeuning the body consisted of a fine diaper towel , yth the initials " W . B . No . 6 . " in one corner . Mr -Lord , surgeon , Higtstreet , Hampstead , said he had inade apost mortem examination ofthe body , which altWhrracb . decomposed , showed that the child fT «^ i n f ^? ! 5 - The J" ^ r eturned a verdict ot ^ wufal Murder against some -parson or perions Unknown . - ; . •¦ ! > ¦ ¦ .
Poisos .-By Mr Mills , at the Bank of England , South-wharf-road , Paddington , on the b % of Eliza ! fts . h Baker , aged 18 , the wife of an enrfneer . From the evidence of decea ^' s parents and brother it appeared that she had b : en married seven months , and led antinhappy life iu consequence of her husband ' s nnkind treatment-he had obtained a situation in Jrehnd , whither he intended to go , leaving his wife TOth herparents , wi& whom they had resided since their marriage . On Saturday evening hst , about seven o ' clock , he went accompanied by deceased to habedroom to get histools , preparatory tohis departore for Ireland ; they had not been Ions abovestairs when a noise was heard ; and the husband exclaimed , Do come up , your daughter has poisoned herself !" Thwitness
e instantly rushed np stairs , when they aw Baker holduif the deceased round the waist 6 y the right hand , and having in his other hand the phial produced , half filled withprussic acid ; she was then quite dead . He told them that after she had packed up ha tools and as he was going down stairs Aesnatefied from his box the phial of prusic acid S M w h ^? for ^ ths , and swallSwed a portion of it beforehe could prevent her . He instantly ?* - ^ w S /^ - as 3 istance , which promptly arrived Mr W . Robms and Mr G . Gascoyne , sur-^^ 7 rt ff ™!^ a . ^ mnm asamination , fiS * * - ^ ^ P ^ Ic acid in . the sto ^ n » ch , insufficient quantijyfocausedeath ; they also declaredittobe their opinion that the deceased had
poimedherself The examination of wttneSelha ing concluded , the coroner , addressing the jarV said , " ^ re 8 at « fied , _ gentlemen , that the deceased tost her life by prussic acid ? " Jurors : "We ate . " Coroner : Have you any doubts about her having takenthepmsonhetself ? " Jurors : ' ' GrSdoiS indeed . The coroner then recapitulated and com-S ? SJSS f fl ? CTideflce . after which the court 1 m ^^ £ ^ F" an the jury remained in JjJgS ? lfan-hour , when they returned the ^^ . ST ^^^ - " ^^^* Elizabeth SSw , l *« m the effects of prussic acid passed tSSSSAA t . ^ en or adminiateted
«;„ , -&CCIDESIS , OFPHSCES . KIC . - m-t ^ , j S ** " ° , ™ RivBB .-Twogenttemen , onenamedMeesom ( a member of the Thetis Club ) , SrJlte !?" ^ Pownes , took the light club ^ herry fr omT ^ beth . andsfcartedinit for Putney . There was a strong wind , and . the sweU was 7 ery heavy . On " shootmg" Battersea-bridge the surf was very high , and their boat being light and uncovered , dippedtothe waves , Hied , and turned over . JBr Meesom clung to the stern ; but Mr Bownes , feel ing confident in his powera as a swimmer , bid him " hold fast , and struck out for the shore , which unfortunately he never reached . . Mr Meesom maintained Ms hold for ten minutes , and was eventually picked op by Hawkins , captain of the Citizen boat , passing at the time , who conveyed him to the White Bart , Chelsea , where prompt assistance was afforded him , and he soon revived . Two hours after the accident the body of the deceased had not been found . . . : ¦ ; .
Cabbusb AcciDEtT . —An accident of a frightful character occurred in ths Regent ' s Quadrant , Piccaoj lly , by which two children and a young woman sustained the most serious injuries . Mary Killington , aged nineteen , servant in the employ of Mr Fletcher , ™ J ™ &er , of E ^ fcul-dtfcet , had proceeded out with . two of her employer ' s children for a walk ( the P * fytFtpM . and the bo / three ) , and on reach-Mg the bottom of the Quadrant attempted to cross the road / at which moment a gentleman's carriage « ameop , andbeforethe c 3 aohman had time to pull np she was knocked down , when all three of them were run over , and tram pled on by the animals .
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win . th « assistance ofthe jwliceandbystandew Kuffe ^ &rthwi th removed to . the Chirtag . JS ^ HoS ! where medical officers : w « re . in im-SteXn danoe , and it was ascertained that the little girl had received amost irightful wonnd ,. on the temple , and a very serious injury on the occiput , besides some . severe contusiens in other parts . ^ The boy : exhibited a dreadfully lacerated , wound on the scalp , and several deep cuts about : the face / -. ; The servant , who was for some time insensible , in addi * . tion to several bruises about , the head , is suffering from an injury to the breast , inflicted by a . kick , and which : is described by the surgeon , to < be of a very dangereuRcharacter . . ;¦ , , . ;'
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mok . oh ] thibpictobb ; : Thb Qoees ' b Febiitities —The Queen gave 4 state ball ; on Friday evening last . It was numerously and brilliantly attended . -The . ' suite of state saloens were opened , most brilliantly illuminated with magnificent lustres of cut glass filled with wax lights , and chandeliers and candelabra ; the two baU-roomB exceeding the other anart . mentB ; . in splendonr ' and brilliancy , each of these rooms containing nameron » gold branches , with wax-lights round the sides , in . addition to several large cut glass lustres . Choice exotics and plants , of the greatest rarity , were arranged in the recesses , of the different saloons . ' The Queen wore a very magnificent dress of blue gauze oyer blue silk arid ; tulle , trimmed with roses panacliees ; white and pink diamonds were inaarted in the roses , and the dresB . was also ornamented ' with brilliants . Her head dress was formed of a wreath of roses , similar to ., those ion the dress , and also ornamented with diamonds . At fire minutes before ten the Queen opened the Ball , with Prince George . Prince Al . bert and the . Duchess of Satberland were tne oppo . site' couple . ' Prince . Edward of Saxe ; Weimar wag also in the quadrille . Upi wards of one thousand visitors were present . . After dancing had been continued ' for some time in the ball room , it was commenced in the throne room . KefreBh . ments were served in the , green drawing room , " The supper was ; served Boon after twelve in" the state dining room . ; The ' range of tables displayed a gor-. geons assemblage of goid plate , > nd in the centre of the end of the apartment was aboffet , also filled with articles of gold plate , of a rarer aBd choicer ki ^ d . Along the tables were masfive ' centre pieces , candelabra vases , wine coolers , and epergnes . To . reliere the mass , of magnificence , at certain distances along the table'i wrre placed the most beautiful flowering plants in gold vases . The appearance of these bright flowers among the mass of gold plate had a most charming effect . On the buffet surrounding the centre shield were ranged vases , cups , chalices , tankards , ' and salvers in profusion , some of them glittering with precious stones , others enriched with exquisite earrings . 'Was lights were skilfully interspersed on the buffet . Amidst this most superb collection ,, in which the genius of the artist and the utmost skill ' of the workman were concentrated in ; a material the moat beautiful and valuable , were placed two ample water-lilies , in reduced copies of the Warwick vase in gold , with an effect which it is very difficult , if not impossible , to describe . Her Majesty and Prince Albert , ' the - . Duchess- , of Kent , the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge , Prince George , and the Prince of Leintagen , returned to the ball room after supper ,, and dancing " was . resumed . They afterwards passed thepicturiS gallery to the second ball / room ( the throne room ) , where quadrilleB , waltzes , and polkas were danced , and where the august party remained until a quarter before two o'clock , the quadrille band playing the National Anthem on the departure . of H « r Majesty . " " " ' Esk Majesty will give a second state . ball on the lOtb proximo , and a grand concert ' on the 28 th instant . \ .. ' ..... , ' Hee Majestt , Prince Albert , the Duchess of Kent , the Duchess of Cambridge , Princess Mary , and the Prince of Leiningeo , honoured the Royal Italian Opera on Tuesday night with their presence .
^ A Gbkh > Bam ,. — Sir tl Richard Sutton gave a „ grand ball on Tuesday evening ; the preparations si for which were upon a scale C ( of liberality and magnifi- w cence rarely equalled . The 8 ( whole interior of the man- n sion was thrown open for s the reception of visitors , in p ] addition to which an enor- vi mouB pavilien , six ^ y feet \\ long by forty feet wide , was , ' Vi erected over thecourt-yard h or garden as a ball reom . Beyond this was a second 1 pavilion , devoted to the ser . p vice of refreshments , and a h cwridor / upwards of one tl hundred feet , in length , « -, y tended from the court-yard h gates to the entrance hall 8 of the mansion . The whole c ofthesetentporaryercctions t were fitted up in the most i tasteful manner , with scar , i let and white draperj , re- i gardless . of ' expense , the ( walls hung with mirrors , < and every recess abounding , j witha rich display of the i choicest exotics . At ( one < o ' clock a supper , cantaining i the richest delicacies , both \ in and out of season , was : served in the banqueting- ; room ; afterwhichdancing : was renewed and kept np until an advanced hoar next morning . ' the 1 8 . . i ¦ ¦ s i ' ,, > 3 ; i s :- g P r , .
AMAGNIFICENT KEDNION —lord and lady Combermere had a reunion , the most brilliant of the season , on Monday evening last . The whole of the superb saloons of the family mansion , including a new banqueting room recently erected on the ground floor , were thrown open for the reception of company . The guests began to arrive abonthalf . past ten o ' clock and , until after midnight the carriages continued to set down in rapid succession . At one o ' clock a most reclierclte supper was served to the guests ; after which , dancing was re newed with great spirit and kept up until after day-break . » ' - e i- ¦
andohteib ! j On the opposite column we have narrated a few , and but a very few , instances of the -excessive waste and spleni ¦ dour of the court and ariji toeracy , that have trans * pired during : ithl § , | week . We must point ,, amongst those omitted , to a sumptuous , banquet given by the ' Archbishop of CanterbHry , another by Lord John Rus- ; sell , and another by Lord and Lady Palm ' erston . * We ; would remind the reader of the Derby day , and the glo- ' ries of Epsom , for which even parliament wai adjourned—and we : would warn the rich against . » o wicked a course ,. which must draw , down , if not the ' . ' visitation , of , G ; td , ' ; at leaBt the wrath of the peo- pie . They ., are J / eowttoj , while millions are famishing of starvation ; they are dancing ,: while ; they . have .. murdered one . million- of unburied dead . As the former are . but a few ran . 4 om instances of th » multi- farious splendonr , so the latter are but a type of the countletg cases ef . misery during the current week ., ^ "In the parish of , Kil- glass this week , the skeleton bodies of seven wretches were found inside a Wge . The dogi of the snrround . Ing . villages had ., ths flesh almost eaten off . The police stationed ia : the place were called out . and- » hot seven doga , in the mouth of . which was a beabt- AND ' 'A ' , PORTION OF THE . L 1 VM 1?— Nation ' ' .-ic :-: . Cahieciveek . —In this district the gr « atest ; deititution prevails— ^ wretched creatures dropping down in the streets , ' . i'their !*¦ ' mnins exposed . . for days ,- and , often interred without the least covering , save only their j mother earth , and two or three inches is considered sufficient ; ¦ I -wit . nessed a most heart-rend , ing scene on last Monday , which occurred in one of the npiehbouring churchyards of this . town . A few days ago . the body of one of those poor people , ; whose ' death was . brought on from actual * starvation , was found over the surface , of the earth , and torn up by a do ? , which- was found ' feeding on his putrid remain « . — PailyNewt . - ' , ¦ MawowN . —Large num . ber * of our famishing poor assttnbled in this town several da b this week , with what is called a flag of dis-: tresB , but went off . in a peaceable . manner , Fever is still on the increase herei Several creatures are found lying in the same bed together , which must give accelerated intensity to ' the spread of this dreadful ma- ' lady , particularly when no exertion hat been made to procure . :,. nn hospital , for those children of affliction . Tralee CfcromeV . - - ;¦ . . ' ¦ ¦¦;¦ V Manchester . — A . poor woman , on Tuesday last , : went . into the shop of Mr Moore , baker , Ancoatistreot , to . purchase a 41 b . loaf . On putting down a . shilling in payment ; she remarked , . " That , Sir , is the last shilling I have' in , the . world , but when this loaf is . eaten , I . will ¦ „ come again < : and take a loaf , whether , I have , money , or not ; and then Ithall be sure to be tent to the New Bailey ! . ! " ^ adding , " you know , 8 ir , I ' have been a regular custo-, m « rfor mnriy years , but . there is not one of our family , that ib in work , nor , ¦ any prospect of being so . " —lime * . . ¦ •;¦' . '¦ • In Ireland numberltis families are now 'living on seaweed . —Local P « p « rj / " Cobk . —( Extract . cf a let-: ler . )—We are in a most deplorable state in this city , no business of any . kind doing ; nothing but poor laws , starvatien , aad fever . It would make your blood i run cold to see the poor peo-> pie dying in every direction ¦ about the streets ; the 1 workhouses , four fever ho 3-' ¦ pitals , and all the infirma-: ries are full ; sheds are being built to try to shelter sick and dying , —CTronkle .
At the Middlesex Ssb- IONS , Mary Howard , a de- cent-looking . middle-aged woman , was . indicted for stealing a blanket from her , reaoj-furnhbed lodgings . She said she was induoed to pledge the . article after having fasted for upwards of two days . She . called aeveral witnesses , who gara her an excellent character . At No . 10 . Nichols-street , Bethaal-greeh , the case of a poor man named Cooper has been made publio whom the clergyman , called In . to visit him , found not only 1 « bourlng under extreme physical suffering . but iu a state of wretchedness and , destttution . The only person * in attendance upoa him were . one of his daughters , a helplesB idiot i who was squatting down by thB i Sido of the , bed , And a poor woman living in the house , who , thoughher ? elf in great distress , bad neglected her own family to afford them all the service in her power . No assistance whatever had been furnished by tho , parish . ' Rowland , the warrant-officer , had found : the old man apparently Tery near hiB end , and his daughter lying by the side of his bed , both of them en tne brink of death from utter destitution / "
' , , - , From the country fearful accoustst ' are continually arriving—the people are driven into violence by . hua . ger , and they are maltreaU ed for taking food . ... Death from Starvation . 1 —In Manchester a man i was found lyivg : insensible , in tho streets . He revived , sufficiently to tell the po . > liceman that he lived in ¦ Lever-street . lie was taken i to tlie Infirmary , where he i died the followiag night . ¦ An inquest was held and a verdict given , ' Tliat the , deceased died from an at-: tack of apoplexy , brought on by the want of common necessaries , and . fe y expo , sure to the cold . " -rJfeft , chilcr Guardian , -
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• ¦• , ""'^; = . ¦ ' ¦¦ . . . n-iBtigiam ^ -, - >»» , ;• ¦ ¦ ? ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ ' ¦ '* ''¦?• - ¦' ¦¦ ^ i-rr- ¦'; ,.:, ^ ::,: - - - ^ : j : -: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ i : ¦ : .-. ..:: ;! 4 IWBBIM 0 RH . AHD . ' :: i . * : I : ¦ : ¦ ¦ . ¦; .:- . vct i- Shockwo Accidbnt on thb IUjlwat . —A few days ago on the arrival at Oxenholme ofthe goods train from the south , as a young man , named Thomas Goodier , a breaksman on the Lancaster'and Carlisle line , was : detachingi » goods train ? toi proceed to Kendal , hia ; foot slipped ,- , and the : wheels went over him , injuring him in the moat dreadful manner . The poor fellow sustained compound fracture of the thigh ' and tbe jaw-bone , and i a fracture' of -the leg . - ^ The waggon was thrown off the rail by . the shock . ; An engine was instantly despatched for surgical assistance ,- and Mr Longmire having arrived , the unfortunate raan was , by his superintendence , conveyed to Kendal , where every aid that care and skill could accomplish were bestowed upon him , but , it is feared , without the slightest hope , of his ultimate recovery . . The young man was from Lancaster . : ¦¦ ¦ ' . ' ; ¦ > % ' ¦ ¦
. ¦ -,. ¦ •¦ 1 . 1 -. :, i' -I-.. " ! ! ' NORTHUMBEELAND ; : > :.. .: iu :, ¦' . {¦ 1 : ' i \ ¦ Fatal Fioht ;—Vkmuci of . Mansutohikb . '—> A fight took place at , Cramlington ; nearvNewcastlektn-Tyne , i between . John Walton and . Joseph Simms , pitmen , vihen the . former was unfortunately ? killed ; An inquest was held on Monday , ^ . before Stephen Reed , Esq ., coroner . at the Bay Horse public-house , Cratnlington , when it appeared in evidence ) that on the day in question the parties had been at the Town . Moor , Newcastle , ata bowling match , and tbatsome words , afterwards ensued between . them . Simms , however , being afraid of } mischief , ; left the house in company with a friend ,, took the train , and reached , Cratnlington at seven o'clock . .. The deceased seenis to have , been in the same train , for on . reaching the station , he came up . to Simms-and challenged him to fight , but at that time he declined . Some irritating '
i > 1 ' I i : i i I ( expressions haying soon after been made by thedeceased , , both parties , threw , off their elothes , and , after exchanging blows . ; the deceased seized' Simms by ^ the-hair of tne ; head , and bothifell down , Simms falling against the fence ,: and the . deceased « into 'the ditch . On getting up , and ^ while the deceased was advancing . towards Simms , in a . fighting , position ; the latter struck trim . op the side ot ,, the : neck , when he fell on his hands , and . . knees . -The deceased got up , but after walking a yard or two fell down , and soon afterward ! expired .. ; There were altogether but two rounds . ^ The jury . 'returned . a verdict of ^ manslaughter against . Joseph Simms , who was committed under . tbeucoronerls warrant to Morpeth gaol ; to await , bis trial at the next assizes . . The : deceased is understood to have been of a quarrelsome disposition ; while , on ; the , contrary , Simms bears the character of a well-disposed man . ' ^ - . ' ' '
! i : ¦ > . , rja , t ! . ., ; ¦ ; i LAMOASHIBE . ¦! < : > noi ' = - * U i Fatal AooroiNr fhou Fibb-ahus . —Lasfc week , as a party of gentlemen were shooting ,- at Purroxhall , near Fleetwood-on-Wyre , the seat ' of'Daniel Elletson , Esq ., one ofthe company ;) Dr ¦ Elletsbhj ' of Fleetwood / ahot a nok , which feH ^ amongst'tne branches of a tree , i out of his reach . He helpedup ' a boy to get it for him , and as he was rather short of it / he raised his gun , and with the butt end of it ' was pushing the boy . higher up the tree , when the contents discharged themselves into his breast . ' He ' was immediately seen to be in great danger , and medical assistance was procured , ( rathe only lingered until'five o ' clock on Saturday morning , when he expired . ' ' " Ashton . —TiphcsFbv £ R . —Thi 8 conta ( rioiis malady still prevails to an alarming extent in Ashton . Mrs Baker . - the matron of the workhouse ; has ¦ caught the infection , and is at present dangerously ill : There are no' less than sixteen cases of fever in the work house at the present time . ¦ ; ¦ - ¦•¦¦ y - J
' ..:. ; ¦ : , v . ¦ . ' < : ¦ tOBKBHIBS ; ' ; . ! - 'MlRBCTElD . —APPREHBNSION OP ANOTHER OF THE Stoposbd MDRnBREBS . —The murders of Mr Wraith , his wife , and the servant girl , ai the village bf Mirefield . ^ which are almost unequalled in England ' s calendar of crime for atrocity and cruelty , have produced the most thrilling sensation throughout the county . Thd unfortunate creatures sacrificed were ( excepting the servant girl ) between 70 and 80 years of age . They were much respected . The house they inhabited stands in a somewhat secluded spot , about 160 yards from , the public road , and no other building near for some 200 ] ards . "Mr Wraith is known to have possessed a considerable sum of money in the house ; which cannot now be found , leaving rio
doubt that plunder was the object of the murderers The horrible appearance of the sufferers can never be effaced from the memory of those who saw them ; the skullof each was beaten to pieces ' ; the jaws driven in , throats cut , the arms of the two females fractured , and the bones broken to pieces , as if the ' arms and hands had in vain been raised to protect the head from-the fearful blbws of the inhuman wretches . The sight was jdoBt'horrifying ; in places where the hoJies lay were pools ' of blood , in which the teeth and brains of the deceased' were lying . Amongst the first to enter tho . house after the discovery ofthe murder was Mr' Kennel , the landlord ofthe King ' s Head , at Mirefield , who states the drawers and boxes in the house were open' and' had
been ransacked / arid the'blinds'had been drawn down and pinned together , to prevent ' persons looking in . The motberof the poor servant girl , ; Caroline Ellis , on hearing of their shocking fate swooned , and . died the following day . On Friday ;^ Mr Superintendent Green appiehendeda man named Patrick Reid , who was seen itfeompany with M'Cab ( already' in cus . tody ) near the ; house at the time the murder mu 8 . t have been going on . Marks of blood were found on his clothes , and the pblipe are' in pbssesaion . of . cirdumstancw which will in" a great meaadre , be -the means of unravelling ' the my ' stefy that ¦ , at ptfisent
exists- Both the prisoners are imprisoned at Dewsbury lock-up , in charge of four police constables ; i Later pabticulaus . —The remains of the deceased Mr and Mrs Wraith were interred here in one gravei and those 6 f their unfortunate servant maid , Caroline Ellis ; in another , oh Saturday , amidst a large ooBcourse of spectatiirs . ' It 'isihot true ; as reported , that the mother of Ellis died suddenly in consequence of the news that her daughter was murde ' re : | having been communicated to' heft She , however , is very illi her illness arising from the ' shock to her . nervoua system by the awful death which' has befallen her child / ' ' ; ¦ - •¦ — ' * ¦ < - ¦ ¦ ¦> ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ••¦ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ - ¦ : - ¦ . ; -
: ¦ ( . DTOBT 8 HIHB . . TissiRGT 0 N' ! WELt . FrowERtNG . -40 n Holy Thursday the ancient custom of decorating with flowers the wells or fountains in the village of Tissington was duly observed . The scarcity of flowers , consequent upon'the extreme backwardness cf the' season , seemed to haveHtimulated' the ingenuity" ofthe villagers ^ It must have puzzled any but the good folk of Tissihgton to produce such a number of baautiful designs from the very slender stock of materials which their fieldj , woods , and garden ' s afforded . ' Tlie morning gave promise of something like a fine day , but in the afternoon there we ' re' heavy ' showers of rain , which to some extent marred the out-door enjoyments of the scene . ; ' ' •; .,.
j ] < BTAyFORnSHIRB . , ; . Thb late Riots . ~ Deatii op ose of the wodnd ' ed . —An inquest has been held at Wolvcrhampton on the body of an Irishman , named DoheHy , who died , it is supposed , from injuries received near Willenhall , on Thursday week . The principal witness examined was the wife of the deceased , who deposed that herhusbahdlefthbnie oh the morningof Ihursday last in excellent health and spirits . As he was proceeding along thb road'from between WiUenball and Wolverhamptdn , he was met and attacked by . a number oi m iners ; and received severe injuries at their hands '; he returned home towards evening and in
complained very much of pairs'different parts of his body , more particularly , at his left side ; he said he seemed to have a load at his heart . She believed hia death was to be attributed to the treatment he received . ' The inquest was then adjourned , that a jHwtawrfem examination ' of the body might be made . A great number of Irishmen have been compelled to cease working in the district . Tbe miners seem determined not to allow them to work . The iron and coal trade throBghbut Staffordshire is still very good , the men are well employed , and at goad wages . The trade of the Fetteries has not been so bad during the last twenty years as at present ; : ' " ' " J : .. ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ - ¦ ' : BlRJiiNoniM . '¦ ¦¦ ¦<•! ¦ ; ¦ •' - ¦ ' " •'¦ ¦'• ' ¦
: Charge op Murder . —An inquest was held before Mr Birt Davies , the borough coroner , on the' body of Margaret Leonard ; about forty years of age , who , it was alleged , had died in consequence of the injuriesBhehad received by being thrown down stairs by her husband . From the evid-nce it appeared that the husband and wife were both of dissolute habits , and that on Saturday morning week , having been absent from home drinking the whole of the night , they returned drunk about half-past seven o ' olock . They then quarrelled ; and the woman refusing to rise from the floor , where she had dropped / the husband , exclaiming . "Liethere . * von — . "
pitched-her down the cellar steps ; and slammed the door after her . The deceased was afterwards found by her neighbours in an insensible state , and speechless , . and the . blood streaming from her . ears . The husband , who is now in custody , refused to assist his wife , and , before the arrival of . the surgeon , said . . " Stop your grunting , or I'll give you as much as I have given you , before . " The woman was removed to the hospital , where . she died on . Thursday . . The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Peter Leonard , " by trade a paper hawker , and he was committed to take his trial at the next assizes for the county of Warwick . ,.
... . . ,. . worcestershire . Worcester . —Mordbuous Attempt at Assassination . —An attempt upon the life of Dr Turley , M . D ., while seated in his study . The Doctor returnei home late in the evening from his professional visits , and had been aeated for some time in his > library , situate at the back part of his house , in St JohD ' s , in the suburbs of Worcester ; and while in the act of writing , he heard the explosion of a pistol close to his window , and immediately the shot whistled past his head , and entered the wall of tho room opposite the window , between which Dr Turley was sitting at a table . It is impossible to say what could have been tbe motive which led to this diabolioal attempt . NORFOLK . ThbTibbenbam Poisqminqs , ! —The inquest on the
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bodies pf ^ the deceased" Mra Eearson and ; AJw Everitt na » been cohdludedr The jury ' , afWri brief " consul . tation , returned , a yerdict Ti that , ' , the deceased died from the effect ' s ¦ ' of arsenio , wilfully administered by some person or peradns ' unknown . " l , ' . : * 8 i ; FFbLK . ' „ , , .. ; , , ,- { . . Thb "P 6 i ' sokin 6 ^/ a t BuBr . ^ Tho young wpman , Hannah Rouao , who had been apprehended on . suspicion of being concerned in the poisoning of theentire family te which she belonged , consisting of ' six persons , was brought up befbre ' Messrs Prqbart > : and'Le Grice , borough magistrates / for examination ^ on the serious charge / The ' many mysterious cases ' of poisoning that" have occurred of late , more espeoially the
Acton murder , for ,: which j Catherine . Foster suffered , a month aince , ' gave to the proceedings considerable interest . The circumstai ' ices which led jko , herbeing takin into cu ' stony were the production of some' letters written bylierVwliereih she ' expressed he ? regret at " some act of pilfering she had committed , and rather ^ obapurely hinted at self-destruction . At the close of the evidence , the , bench observed that there could be no doubt that a very wicked attempt had been made on the lives of > . theifamily , but'there were' no facts elicited that would -warrant them in detaining the acciised . and therefore slie would ba liberated on en-, tering into her , Vflwn ^ recognizances , to answer any charge that- , might be ihereaiter made -against her . This : was done , and she was discharged ; " ' ' j * ° " . ; ,. .. " Gi . OUpE 8 TERBHIRE . " . .. . .. . [ '
. Robbery of ^ A' . Commkrcial Travei , isr on the Hiohwat . —Mr-James Gibson , commercial traveller , ¦ to ; -th ' e firm of Messrs '; -Thos . Gibson and'Co ; , hat ' manufacturers , Castle-green , Bristol , while travelling after : dark , on thefroad between Cirencester' and Stround , was attacked by three men , who rushed out suddenly from the road-side , seized the head of his horsey and then , dragged him from the p \ g ; and used him with great violence . ' One of them knocked him down-and'then knelt on his chest and'gagged his mouth , to ' prevent his resisting or giving an alarm , Vhile a second plundered his person of his watch , chainj and seals , and cash andjnotes to the value of between £ 150 and £ 200 , ' Fortunately about £ 50 in sovereigns , which was in the driving-box of the gig , " escaped their notice . After- threatening him with further violence if he attempted to pursue them , they decamped with . their booty ; ' ... .. ¦ ¦ ,. .,,
' ... CAMBRinOESHIRE / . , Cambridge . —Alabmiso Fjrb at Trinity Coiibob ; —Last week the town of Cambridge was thrown into a state of the utmoBfc alarm and contusion by ; the sudden outbreak of ft'fire , which at oneperiod thread ened destruction to Trinity . ' College . The flames originated from some cause which . cannot at present be ascertained , in the kitchens of the college ,-and were first discovered by Mr Hudson , the cook . At that time they had obtained such a strong hold , that it ' at
once became apparent that the fire would not be easily extinguished . Intelligence ! was promptly , forwarded to the authorities ; assistance was obtained , and every . person set to work most vigorously . The flames continued to spread fearfully , and'n deal of time was lost before any impression could be made upon them . The . roof of the kitclien ' was burned ' off , . and . considerable damage was done to the . interior ofthe premises ., The property is insured in the Sun'Fire Officejfor , it is understood , £ 10 , 000 . ,. ' ¦ .. ,. .. i . . : ' ¦; . p ¦ I ¦ .
' . ; - BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . \ WOLVERTON . —AccinENT ON THE LoNUON . ANn North Western Railway . —An accident has occurred on the above line ' . which had nigh been'attended with serious consequences ; ' The other evening at ten minutes to pjght o ' clock ; the express train for London left hereith ' aying , amongst other passengfiwin the carriages , ; seieraldireotorn ^ It was preceded by a goods ' train / which ; it was computed , would travel . at sufficient pace to enable it to get into Wolterton before the nrrivar pi the express . " It appears , however , thatwKenthe goods train . arriyed within- two miles of Wblverton , from ' some cause the ^ pace of the engine ' . slackened , and . the driver
finding he could not get on so fast-as he ought , one ofthe guardsjumpedoffand ran back to give a Big : nal-to the express , but he unfortunately fell upon the line and hurt himself . Another guard also tried to give a signalj and every possible efforf ' was used to get eut of the way , but before thisVcoiild be effected the express came up , and a severe collision took place . Some of the . carriages were thrown off the line , and the passengers . in the ' express carriages shaken , but none materially injured . The necessary assistance was procured from , the Wolvertb ' n !' statiqn , and'th ' e train resumed itsjouriiey after about an hour ' s delay . The engine must have been very ^ powe rfu l , for . it escaped quite'uninjured ; with the exception * of " a slight damage to the funnel . ' ¦ ¦
j ¦ ' v- ¦¦ ¦ ' - " ¦ - " ¦ ESSEX . ' ° ' ' " ¦'¦' ' ' '"' ' Ingatestone . —Singular Case of SoicinE . —A corprier ' si inquest was held before C . Lewis , Esq ., on the body of Maria Gotts . an unmarried woman , about 26 yea » old , and had occasionally been of unsound mind . The other evening , when at tea with her father , she siid that two persons would come and say she was . drurik ; and ; immediately cut her thrpat . Her father ran for the doctor , and he came directly , bound up the wound , but she died about an hour afterwards , . A verdict of'temporary derangement was , with one dissentient voice ; returned .-•; ' % - ' ¦ ¦ - < i : ke ' nt ; - ¦ ¦ * . :- " ¦ . ¦
MAinsioNK ' . —lNCENDiARisM .--On Monday morning last the ; , inhabitants of Gabriel-hill , in tliis town , were thrown into a state of considerable alarm , by theundden outbreak of a fire upon the premises in the occupation of Mr Joseph Eppsy a fellmonger and farmer , which there is every ground ' to suppose ' was the work , of an incendiary . It appeared that Mr Epps had recently been threatened that his premises would be'fired . The polic . e _ . were made acquainted with what had been : threatened , and persons were placed to guard the premises , but without avail ; and at the time previously stated flames were seen bursting forth , and before they could be subdued the property was , nearly . destroyed . Fortunately Mr Epps was insured in the Sun and Norwich Union fire offices . . ; . .
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- ' Rathkbale . —A ' strong coristaKuIary' patrol came upat Lishennett with a party of fifteen ' armed men , whom they" at ' onceo halleTiged . The party immediately fired on the Constabulary—one pbliceman wai wounded in the finger . "The ' policeretarhed the ' fire : when the party ran away , but one of them ''' fired again upon the' police , ' who returned the shot $ th fatal effect ;" ' The ' result wa 3 , two prisoners' ciptured by the police , and onei ' man killed . ; ' , '''' i Cratlob . —On Monday evening , as ' fo ' urloads of Indian corn were about to be deposited at ihe medlhouso , ' after arrivijig from Limerick , they were attacked'by the starving expectants ; who but the' bags , and'distributed' - 'the meal indiscriminately ' to ' " allaround . ¦ "They then forced " an entrance ' ' to the house , and havingfourid the books , tley tore them to pieces . ' •¦'• . •¦ -.. n .. ' -- h- - ¦¦ : -- , ; •'• ¦• • • - ' - ¦ ' ¦ '¦' ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦' , ! , ( , ¦ ; .: ; . . . „< . 7 < .. l :., - : Cr . ABE : 1 - ''""' - ' '' ¦¦ ¦¦ : : ''
; E « NisTYM 0 ! f .-rLa 8 t' week a crowd of people atteraptedto i force their way into' the Court-honse , where the Bonn-boiler Had been ' tistablished , but £ ad been repu ! sed ! by the police ; The' people pelted the police ; with stones ; one of which cut the resident magistrate , Mr Bell ; on thehead . The police fired by : his : orders , when- two " womenand a man were severely wounded . The men then fled in all directions . - :. ¦¦•?!¦ •¦ -. ( . ' . ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ '¦ ' , - ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ " " J'i " " " ¦ ' ¦ - i Large bodies of peasantry continue to perambulate the country , . u - -.- ¦ •¦* . ¦ :.. '
. Ballinoarry— A conflict' has' occurred between tho police and a party of Rockites . The results seem to have been that the Rockites were beafen off , one shot dead , and three made prisoners . ' One of the police is dangerously wounded . ' ¦•" . ¦¦ ¦ \ . Moatb . —An infuriated multitude paraded the town demanding employment or food : They broke into i . the bakeries , and pillaged at discretion-. They were at length prevailed upon to ¦ disperse ; but they threatened to re-assemble next day and sack ¦ ¦¦¦
the town . < r > - .. - . y > -:. - >¦•< .. . .-. - ' ^ OtABBi—On Saturday night last an armed party , attired in women ' s apparel , attacked the dwelling of a man named i Clune , herdsman to Mr StucUert / . o / iBunratty , and took therefrom a gun ; Clune held | out a candle as . if to identify the party , when one of them struck him such a blow-on > the head that he is since speechless , and tto : hope'is entertained of his recovery . Same party attacked the houses of Hehir and Kinnayanein the same neighbourhood , and took a gun from each . - ' ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : •¦ -i ••• i . -= •¦; :
. MEseipnL Preparations . —As many as fifteen warrants to military officers in this county have been sent down from the ilanaper Office , in consequence of the supposed ^ reluctance of the resident magistrates to issujanyorderto . themilitary to : fireupon the people in the event of any disturbance occurring . ' The diyJBionof the 65 th- Regiment stationed at Clare Castl * , ' :. has been strengthened by an addition of sixty rank : and file' from the head quarters ih Limerick ...:-. ; ,. » . ¦ i :-Cavan . —As William Johnston , a most respectable of Corlisbalt
farmer , on , near Arva , was returning from . Cavan , at about two o ' olock in the day ; with an ass and a hundred of Indian'meal , he was knocked down > aod beaten by a man as yet unknown , at a place called . Carrospoint , olese to Farnham grandgate . The police , on hearing-of the outrage , immediately repaired to the spot . v = They found Johnston lying in a . most , shocking : state , unable to speak , on the road , and brought him to the infirmary , where ho . has .-since expired . His assassin , to whbm there , is as : yet no due ^ did . not 1 take-any of the meal . .. - . ; -. .:. - . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ; :.-, ¦¦ : • ¦ .- : - .. < ,. ?¦; . ,,. . -..
j , ' - ¦ . i . " ' : . i . .: . !• ¦ MURDERS . ¦' . - •'' ¦ ' ¦ ' ; ; WATERrORD . — AlIKMPTitD ASSASSINATION . — Mr Usaher , a gentleman residing at Ballyraggastmon ; near Dungarvou , county-Waterford , was fired at near his own residence , and seriously wounded'in the neck and face . This outrage is recorded in a Dublin paper of Monday morning , whioh'adds : " The " cause of this outrage is alleged to be the eviction of some tenants . " Mr Ussher ' s name has been frequently before the public in connexion with proceedings of that . nature . iTipperary ;—A ihannaraedDarcy was fired at near Fethard , by a footpad , but the ball having struck Darcy's waistcoat pocket , was turned aside by some meney deposited there , and he escaped .
; ; Leitrim . —OwenCoyle , a farmer in Leitrim , was lately roused from his sleep by his nephew , who told him'that he thought there was some one in his garden , Upon which Coyle rose from bis bed , and seizing ; a spade-shaft , proceeded to the garden . He perceived a man pulling his plants and putting them into a creel , but owing to the darkness of the night he could not . see who it was . He stole softly upon him , and struck him a blow of-the spade-shaft on the head . He repeated the blow , when the man reeled and fell into tbe furrow . * Coyle then lifted him " the of
up and put him sitting ^ n side the ridge , when he recognised him as his neighbour ) Patrick Donnellan . lie then , went into his house to put on his clothes , and as soon as he had done go returned to the garden to see if Donnellan was still there , but could not discover him . His dead body was shortly afterwards found beside a stream ; of water , about forty perches , fromi / where the . circumstance took place his'feet were in the . . water , his body resting on the bank , the creel , with some cabbage plants in it , beside him .: . ¦ -.. ••'¦ i .-,-: ¦ . . .: ; - .: . ... v-. i . - j .- - ,. .... ¦ ¦ : - . : ¦¦
Down . —Mr James Paxtonj- of Dehemet , in tlie county of Down , was murdered on Tuesday evening , close to the door of his own house . ¦ -.. The body preyented . marks of frightful ; violence having been ussd in ' the perpetration of this atrocious deed . Mr Paxton was a farmer . On Saturday , ^ inquest was hold to inquiro into the circumstances attending this murder . Evidence was given to show' that robbery was not the object of themurder , as the sum of £ 8 , in notes and silver , was found on deceased ' s . person . In consequence of some information given him , Mr F . Beers , J . P . accompanied by Mr J . P . Hill , sub-inspector , and a party of police , prcseeded' on Friday hiehtts the
house ot John Paxton , brother of deceased , which they Bearchcd . In an upper room they discovereda coat , the left sleeve of which was deepl y stained with blood .. The family attempted to account for it by stating , that the old man , John . Paxton , " had been bleeding caftle ; but , the statement was not borne out . Consequently—and because of the further ciicurhstanceoithe foot-marks indented in the soil at the spot where the deadly struggle had taken place appearing , to correspond * with the peculiar shoes worn by the man—James Paxton , the eldest son of John Paxton , was taken intocuatody , and eventually held to bail , in conjunction with two persons , named Kelso , father , and son . ¦¦ . - ¦
Killalok . —Mr James Watson , of Ballycrony , brother to Alderman Watson , of Limerick , has been shot dead in the county of Limerick , near to Killaloel He | had been compelling payment of Borne of his tenants ; . .,. . ; . . STATE OP THE COUNTRY . - • ' ¦ Inefficacyofthe Relief CoMMiiTBES . —Tbereare still many districts where nothing practical has been done , or , what is equally bad , and more disgraceful , relief committees are resorting to tricks and pretences to delay the adoption of , relief for- the destitute . A clergyman of the Established Church , who has a parish in the county of Mayo , states that but for the assistance he is able to send through the medium of the trustees of charitable subscription , hundreds , nay , thousands , must have perished . He adds that win "
there are 8 , 000 on the list for out-door relief , not one has received any help in that way whatever as yet . { Magisterial Honobr . —A circumstance has transpired in a southern county which perils the character of one of its leading men and chief magistrates . Tbe gentleman who is reported to have traded on the sufferings' of his fellow-oitiiens was a member of the relief and ' finance committees of the districts . 'A quantity of Indian cern had h > en forwarded ^ through His influence , to a neighbouring mill , to , b& manufactured into . meal ., He was a dormant and unacknowledged partner in the- concern . ; When , the produce was returned it was found to have been adulterated to a very l arge extent : ; about one-half the corn having been abstracted .- Inquiries wereset on foot , and the ; foul transaction brought home to the toilty parties . : . ; : , . . .
Irish Extorts and Imports . —Among the other extraordinary anomalies of the present condition of society , ra Ireland may be enumerated the exportation of foreign provisions . During the past week several cavgoes of foreign beans and buckwheat left Limemk for Liverpool and London , besides a carso of rye for Antwerp . Another and perhaps eqiS extmrdmary circumstance is the importation . oWe sto « k . from England . ¦ : ¦¦ : ; . ¦ ** " *"•'" , Rwdbuoan BENEyoMNCK . ~ A Belfast paner \ ss mt . into our handa a letter from America , ofarc'S date , the principal oontents ^ of which are , \ hZt \ l havbeen to each i i i
e appointed township for "Z 3 po ^ e ol colleBtingmoney , grain , flour , ana provisC of various kinds , to send to those narte Ki j which are in the greatest disff * Tbt Sfiftl jnenUcns a fact connected with w MSoS ten , which is worthy of note at the prS SJorN ant crisis in our monetary affairs . T de KthSSEt ? n U 3 ? & # ? V ?\ t [ l& t 9 inC 0 ^ becamea resident m the United States he was obliged to bather his grain , horses , caws , sheep , &P .., j Or other articlerhc required ; but at present ail that class of produce is invariably paid for "with cash , and is in good demand .
..- _ , .. .. . cork . - .. ; .. > The barque Consraello , from New Orleans , has arrived , with a oargo of provisions , comprising 1 , 773 bags of . cora , tor the relief of Iron distress , part ot
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JS ^ -S ^^ liA ^^ U "T , ¦— " ~ " ' Tr ^__ '•¦ . whiohJias been placed ^ at the disposal of mH / 3 ^ United State , . Con ul at Cove , and SRS % . consiened to . he Socety , of Friends . The JS ^*« toeC ^ d elloW t ^ jiihite he - ^ taffW ¦ W » » r « . nnmber ' of " T ^ l 8 , ira ? n ^ 3 ^ 1 ll sailed for Cork and Liverpool : and a very Jn ^ ' » 4 number were taking in "' cargoes . - ' arid ' to ? ^ 8 li « hte ? tapprehen 8 ionw « g felt there as to an ?! - " to the supplies which would-be gent to thh ?«? T't When . it . WM known that the Consu llo w , " ^ --: ^ -- : ¦^ . - - •^ -: ¦;¦ : ¦' " . -: ^ "MAY ~< 22 A&A * ^ -- ~ y . XOH'J
quantities of floHr , corn , mpal , biscuit , anil nil *** tinued to pour in than she could carrv all « i " ' " for the relief of lrcland , " ahd thee aptiihVsS * that' Ke left behind ' him ; at least , the W $$ * cargoes of free provisions equal to what heZ * ° The Cork paper ' publishes a letter from u , ^ Kurtz ,-chairman ofthe Georgetown Relief p a mittee , to the Mayor of , Cork , enclosing a bill of i din ? for 307 barrels of bread . and two barrels of fl as the contribution of the citizens of that town ^ the , reliefof ; the suffering poor of Ireland . This caS * was brought by the barque General Harrison v » K hasa rrived ' atCork !'' ¦ ' ¦¦ ; ' " . '" ™ HoRSKmsn '"—Numbers of persons have , in man » ocahties in Tipperary . been known very recently & be subsisting on hor ? eflH 8 h . ! ; -. ¦ "'
The Grkat , Hujib « 6 . —The . ' . ! Conciliation Ilall' » of Clonmel has been closed . -. witbout any notice toths . subscribers , the dupesof a now confessedly exploded and . bankrupt humbug .. ... . .. . " .:.,. ¦ .- , Si 6 NiFicANT ..-rT | ie house and demesne' of Glena Ullarney , the lamily residence of John O'Connell ' Esq ., is to be let . - ' ' ¦ "' ¦'¦ n '
¦ ' ¦¦"¦ ' •¦ " - ¦ - PEVER . - ¦ - •¦ - '• - ¦ ¦ SLiGO . ~ Many , deaths from fever have occurred in this- town during the week ; it is now . extending among the more wealthy portions ofsociety , and the . rayas . es . of this dire scouree will probably , as the season advances , become much worse . ; Entire families we understand , haviB been laid up in fever ; ' the hog . pitals cannot accommodate one-half the applicants for admission . ' MoNAonAV . — FeVer is rapidly extendine . The poor-house is crammed with a sickly and dying masa ofhumanboings , huddled together for want ' of aewtnmodation , there being : above 200 in the house more tbanJt can properly accommodate . In the gaol six
unfortunates are crammed into a cell six feet by nine —the fever-hospital has triple its number of patients , iahd , the , town' . infilled' with crowds of mendicants rom every . quarter , of . the . 'i sland , " "' . steeped in the ; lowest depths of filth and destitution . ' ' - "' Omaoh Union W 6 rkhou 8 b . —Fever continue to spread \ n \ h \ s workhouse . "From the report of the medical attendant , ' Dr White , made dunns the last week . it appears that there ' are at present in the twoprobatlontkry wards fifty-five oases of fever , and 15 cases in the male idiot ward . making in all seventy
cases of fever , in the house . Fiftyrfive of the inmates who'had been suffering from this disease have become convalescent / and there have been but three deaths during the past weeki ' ' ' ' MitLTowN . —The public works are suspended , numberless families living on seaweed . Fever is spreading fearfully . Bands of marauders are niehtly slaughtering cattle ; of ' all descriptions in Glenflesk . At the close of last week , three cows , the property of a respectable farmer , were slaughtered , skinued , and the flesh taken away ; The skins were left on theland . ' " : ' ' ' ¦ ' ' : i '•
' ; Kells . —In the Kells Fever Hospital there are at present 64 patients , beinj ? 3 i more than the regular number , 20 of whom were admitted during , the past weekrrwhile there are upwards of 30 applicants seeking for admission . Here , then , we have an increase in orie week of about a hundred per cent , and every probability that the number each succeeding week will be much greater . "'' ' " . ; BAllinasloe . —The Rev . ; Mr Dillon , P . P ., of this town . isilliXfever . ! ;" . . ' Clonmacnois r ^ Atthe-weeklymeeting ofthe Relief Committee of this parish , it was reported that
fever had made alarming progress during the past week , and , scarcely a house was to be found from Seven Churches to Shannon-bridge which was free of contagion . We deeply regret to state that the proceedings ' of the meeting were painfully interrupted by ' the sudden illness of two members ofthe Committee . The worthy chairman , Col . L'Estrange , was takenhome from the meeting in his carriage ; but Captain Johnson one ofthe most active members of the committee , lies at present in the hotel at ; Shannon-bridge , his physician having c onsidered it dangerous to remevo him to his own residence , although not more than a few miles distant .
DcButf . —THE Fever . —Earl BessboroHgh . Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , breathed his last at 11 o ' clock on Sunday night . •' ¦ >¦ Typhus fever has appeared in the Penitentiary at Harold ' s Cross . Fever of a malignant type has broken out in the Penitentiary at Smithfieldf where convicts under sentence of transportation are received from the country , to remain until shipped for their destination . During the last week a number of those convicts were transported from tli e provinces , and it is stated that some of them were actually labouring under fever , and in this manner the malady jas ^ been , introduced into the crowded prison at Smithfield . In the present condition of , the country > would be an act of prudence and humanity to allow thoseconvicts to remain at the various assize towns , and thus prevent the , spread of infection .
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. Westminster Mental Improvement : Debating Society ano Library . —This society held a public meeting in , the theatre of ; , the Temperance Hall , Broadway , for the djacuBsion of the political works of Thomas Paine , on Saturday evening , May 15 . At half-past eight Mr Cathie was called to the chair , and Mr Bowler to the vice-chair : The discussion was resumed by Mr Cathie , who thought the American colonists might have been justified in revolting agahrata foreign , oppressor , and bo . far as Paine ' s Common Sense and the Crisis excited this , they possessed merit ; but he could not think that the French people ' were equa lly justified in rebelling apainst a domestic monarch ; ' An immensity of blood was shed in that conflict , which wasmore or less to be
attributed to the writings of Thomas Paine . He thought republics more liable to commotions than monarchies . ~ Mr Trumble followed in a very able speech , showng the numerous and sanguinary battles engaged ia by' monarchs , and that , too , for matters of no earthly consequence to the people . —Mr M'Sweeney said , perhaps it might be deemed a novelty for an Irishman to " stand up and advocate republicanism . ( Cheerai ) ' Monarchy was opposed to- freedom—it was the freedom of the individual oppe 3 ed to that of the millions . ( Loud cheers ) He thought the advocates of liberty would do wisely to disseminate the principles of Thomas Paine , and as they became known so would freedom extend . ( G * eat applause . ) —Mr Bowler said monarchy had been-referred to as
) eing preferable to democracy , but the prophet Samueli had told the children of Israel in aneient times , that-, the consequence of choosing a king would be that- , the monarch would take their sons and daughters : and make slaves of them . He . appealed to them * tiad not this prophecy been literally verified ? : Loud cheers ;) Those writings wMeh they had met to-night to discuss had been most grossly villifitdl and scandalously traduced . But the truth was that , monarchical principles had inundated the world . with blood ; witness the wars wifck Prance , Spain , Foptagal , America ,. China , &c . ^ &o . ( Loud eaews . }| He Believed the writings oftilat great man , Thomas Paine , were exceedingly weJJicalteulated . to cause those who read them to become-wisear and better- men . ( Cheers . ) Mr Broome nwat hocidly 8 howe * the
inestimable advantages that Thomaa Paine-had conferredon America by b& ' Common Sense" and "Crisis /'—Mr Stallwoed ; said Pain © was by no means responsible for the Wood shediia the first French Revolution . The difforence between ropubliea and monarchies resolved itself into , this , the first governed by the minfis . of the people-, too latter bybrute fercb . He thought no reasonabfe mind couldi dispute the superiorifcy ofthe former * when they recollected that hereditary descent not unfrequently inflicted on the peopte' as rulers siadmen , fanaiiea , ! infants , fools , and sanguinary despete , whilst re&ttVs icanism left the choice of president with the jveople Loud cheers . ) Mr Stall wood next proceeded t » show he great advantage of the little pamphlet "First Mndpte pf . ftw « flMiMnt . ;' Mhe great utility of "The Decline and Fall " of . the English System of Finance ; " of •' Agrarian Justice . " All tkese were
the works of Tbomas -Paine , and could be obtained at a tnflitg . cost . ... ( Loua cheers . ) He cordially hanked tMemperanoe' body for throwing open heir Halt for such an elevating discussion , and trusted the , example would be followed . ( Loud chcers ^ MrWalfora rose to re ) and . said Mr Cathwhad ^ charged Paine with writing for popularity , nut wiiih . whom did Waeek to baoome popular 1 ce » - ta » ly not with monarchs or courts . Well , as he gavued not the patronage of courts or lordly smiles , > urely Mr Gathie . would not object to Paine ' s be-^ pming popular with the people . ( Cheers . ) Mr Walford quoted many . excellent , passages from the works of this admirable writer , and concluded amid st warm applause . ' The discussion was now closed , and t was announced that . Mr Cathie would open the ollowing question at half-past eight precisely , on Saturday ( this evening ) , May 22 : " The ph ysical differences between the human races as applicable to slavery . " .
PouTEcnNio . —A series of lectures on Chemistry arc being delivered at this excellent institution , by F . H . Holmes , Esq . The usefulness of the subject , and the permanent interest- attached to lectures of this description , need no laboured eulogiuin at our hands to direct the attention ofthe public , and espe ' cially that of our agricultural readers . At the first lecture , Mr Holmes very cleverly developed tho manner in which the different salts of potassium and liiue were taken from the soil ; pointing out those upon which the mechanical structure " was . essentially dep endent . It will bo " sufficient for us to refer to tbia highly important course of lectures . The Grand Duke of Constantino of Russia hn s arrived at Berlin from Weimar , on his way to England . . .. -..,.. , The negroesof Aritigua have subscribed the s » B of £ Ui tor tlie relief of the distressed Irish ,
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-I - 'Scotlanm ^ - ' ¦ ' ' { o ' ¦¦ ¦"'¦' [ ¦ ¦; ¦ ¦ anwotit . " - ' ¦ ¦ ' •' . ' - ¦'¦ ' ' \ Lj ['' Effects of Liohtning .-tFaix of ^ thB : Rutherfu ' rd : Monument— Advanced iis the season now . is , electrical commotion has been common for more than a Week over the whole south of Scotland ; and so late as Sunday last , a thunderstorm , in crossing the Boreland-hill , near Gatshouse , struck the Rutherfurd'Moriumeht ' with such violence ( that it toppled over from its basement ; and is now a mass of ruins , scattered on all sides . . It was a noble column , in the form of an obelisk ; wliibh'bsautifully . baseemed its ' alpine position , and was seeii . fro ' m great distances , particularly on the English side of the Solway , over a large section of the . coast of Cumberland . ¦
: .- ' . " DUNDEE , A Mad Shkbp . —About two months ago a little terrier dog having been discovered to be in a rabid state , it was found necessary to kill him , but this was not-effected before he had done considerable damage , though we are glad to learn . to . none of the human species , It appears he had gone into a park in which about forty wethers were being fed upon turnips , killed one and bit other six , five of which were so severely injured that they were immediately destroyed . As the sixth had only received a Blight scratch on one of the hinder legs , it was allowed to take its chance . Id a very short time the -wound
was completely healed up , and to all appearance the animal was none the worse for it . : A few days ago , however , the shepherd , on going into the park with some hay for his flock , was surprised to observe the wether referred to chasing the others most furiously , leaping on such as he could overtake , and exhibiting all the symptoms of rabidness . In the words of our informant , " he acted the ' dog as well , as could possibly be done by any other animal not of the canine race . " This the poor animal continued to do for about two hours after it -was first observed , and at last lay down from sheer exhaustion , foaming at the mouth , and even ; imitating tho barking of a dog . It was then destroyedii ;• ' ^ •¦¦ > ¦! ¦ ' ^ . ¦
' •¦ : ¦ : ., - ¦ .-¦ •;• X .: ;¦ ,-, ?; , BANFF . .. - . - : „ ¦ . ;¦¦ ¦ . - ¦ ¦ :. : Attempi on . thb Life of the Eari . of Fife . —An attempt has been made upon his lordship's'life by a servant of ; the name of ¦ Hammond , who was on the pemt of being discharged * ¦ The man was ultimately overpowered , and removed under , the charge of the police . His lordship has happily sustained little or no personal injury . ; --: ¦ , r : ;;; - j I : ' . . ' - ¦' ¦ AX- GRBBN 0 CK . : . , ¦ :: ¦ '¦? ' : ' . ' Vi . Last week there was launched from the building < yard of Messrs , Robert Steele and Co ., the eminent ship-builders of this town , one of the four ! new stsamers that were to be built in the . Clyde , for the British and North American Steam Packet Company ( Cunard ' sline . ) This ' hoble vessel is 1 , 826 tons , new measurement , and'is about two or three hundred tons larger than any other in the splendid fleet that belong to the" same company . The length of keel and fore rake is 251 feet , and breadth of beam 38 . feet . ' - : "" : ' : ¦ V " ,. '" J " ' . .:: ' .. " .: ¦ .
Ancient Prodioibs ;—No reader of Rowan history need be told of the frequent recurrence of what were termed prodigies , and which wereaccepted and setdown as prognosticating some sudden misfortune or success in arms .- Both Livy and Pliny mention the appearance of two suns , views of armies fighting , in . the air , showers of milk , bloodstones , frogs , &o . ; all of whioh were considered as predicting some dire calamity . The progress , of science , howevor , has been fatal to these alleged prodigies . < More than once , have two Buns been observed in England ; and proved to
beonly caused by the clouds being placed in such , a position as to reflect th . e image of that . luminary . The fires , fighting armies , &q .. see nin the air , aroknown to us by , the name of Northern lights , er Aurora Bomlis ; showers of stonea , ashes , &o ., reBultedfrom the operation of . a yqleamc eruption at a distawm ™ of milk , by . some quality in the air giving the waW 2 to . be only the red spots loft upon the earth or on S Snemv tn n ? n In ? - . ha 9 8 c » enoo been a despe ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1419/page/6/
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