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FuxofTwo llou ^ Ea . —On Saturday evening the utmost alarm was occasioned in Endell-street , Longacre , in consequence of the sadden fall of two large houses , numbered 23 and 2 G in the above-named thoroughfare . The buildings in question had for some time past been considered unsafe , and the parties occupvins them had received notice to quit . 1 he residents of No . 25 had left the house a few days , but Mr Croucher , the holder of the other tenement , was busily engaged during the day in gettmfi 11 « furniture away . A few minutes after he had . lew the house the part ? wall of the two houses suddemj bulged and carried away the roof , floorings , anU oacK walls of both buildings . T .. „
MODM . LoDGISG-UoCSBS FOB THE J »™™ £ Classes—The model lodp ing-hoHse ot _ ™ L * °° « y for the Improveroentof the Labouring &" ££ ate in Gearge-areet , » GiIes * l ? f ° TS The building contains accommodation for onwards of one hundred individual * each of whom ™ U bave aseparatesleepin- place . The conveniences of the building are admirably contnved . and the ventilai ' on of the mo st perfect order . On the ground floor sre baths and washhouses . a lar ^ e kitchen with every article necessary for cooking , a spaciousliving room , store ronma , Ac . The place is lighted by gas . The sum to be charged as rent will be only 4 d . per night . { We hope the society may be cheerfully encouraged , iO that it may prosecute its highly-praiseworthy undertakings on a very extensive scale . No greater benefit can be conferred ui > on oar poorer brethren than providing them » Hh clean , comfortable lodging , at a cheap rate . This waging of the war , on the part of this Society , against * ' filth , stench , and
death-dealing pestilence , is a step in the n . ht direction ] Fall ix the Price of Bread . —On Wednesday , the bakers throughout the metropolis lowered the price of the 4 lb loaf , id . The beat bread is 9 il to 9 | d ; Second quality 8 d ; and in the Blackfdare-road , Westminster , Whitecbapel , &c , 7 Jd and 7 d . Distresses Needlkw . imbs ' s Society . —There was a full dress «> free on Wednesday at the Hanoversquare Rooms . The proceeds of it will go far to
enhance the funds of the institution . It was under esi-ecial patronage . Several distinguished artittts volunteered their talent in the charity ' s behalf , and amongst them the Misses Williams , Birch , Betts , SolomoDB , Madame Bompaini , Messrs John Parry , Harrison , Philips , Seguin , Richards and Cflatterton . The stewards announce that a gentleman has offered £ 100 as a contribution towards an alms house for sged sempstresses , similar to that of the tailors' institution . At the conclusion the rooms were thrown oj * n for aneing .
The Wblusgios Statue . —On Monday a number of men were engaged in removing the remainingportion of the huge scaffolding which was erected to raise op the Wellington statue . It is expected that a fortnight will elapse before its entire removal wfflbe completed . 1 SQUESTS . Iktakticide . —Before Mr Milk , by adjournment , at the Suffolk Arms , Grove-street , Camden-town , on the male infant of Eliza Marshall , an unmarried female , which wa 3 found smothered in the watercloset . Mrs Sutor , accused's aunt , said that the accused was not suspected of being pregnant until the 19 th nit ., when the infant was found In the soil , and she acknowled ged that it waa her child . Mr Cnrtia . the district parish Burgeon , whose death from
fever was announced in last week' s obituary , was instantly called in , to whom she confessed that the child was born before its time . The coroner informed the jury that since they last met Mr Curtis , who had ex unined the body and attended the inquiry , died from fever . He left behind him a written account of the post-mortem examination , from which it appeared that the deceased had lived . But as that statement could not be put in as evidence , he was of opinion that the jury would be compelled to return an open verdict . Mr Fellows , his assistant , said that Mr Curtis left his bed to attend the first day ' s inquiry , on the 24 th ult .: he died on the 3 rd inst . Verdict— "Deceased was found dead in the privy ; but there was no evidence to prove wiether he wasalive or not" At the close of the inquest the police arrested the mothtr for concealing the birth .
Death whlle Bathisg . —Alleged Neglect op the Pouce . —Before Mr Carter , at the Mitre Tavern BroadwaU , BlacWriars , on E . P . Gibbons , aged 16 . Mr West , of Southampton street , Strand , stated ttaton Friday night , at half-past 11 , he went with the deceased , who was his apprentice , to bathe in the baths in Oakley-street , but found them closed . Deceased wanted to go into the water at Waterloobridge , and asked witness to go in , which he did , and swam beyond him , and then showed him how to strike oat , while witness held up his chin . He get u j . to hisfulldepth near the brid ge , and asked witness to leave him . As they were simultaneously striking out , the witness left hold of deceased , who was carried down . Witness made for the spot where he thought
he had fallen , but could see nothing of him . Helv was called for , and the Thames police and another boat came up . Witness got into the latter , and ashed rf the boy was found , and they replied " All right . " Witness supposed he was in the other boat , or h < would not have left . Having changed his clothes at home , he went to the police ship , and was told the boy had not been found , and the superintendentexpressed aw surprise he should have left . He replied he should not , had not the men called out " all ri » bt" He pmnted out to them the spot where he sank . The jury returned a verdict that the deceased was accidentally drowned . The coroner hoped there was some mistake as to the TLames police , for they were generally most ready to afford assistance .
LrexpucABtB Scicide—Before Mr Payne , at St George sworfihoU 9 . on G . Kent , porter atthe Clarence Dotel , Brighton . Mathew Brass said that on Monday yh i ? e ec ed * ho was Ms fellow-servant , asted him how bng it would take to hang himself ? Witness told him he thought abont two or three minutes ; upon which the deceased replied , that if uT ht ¥ - wo ! d k dead in half a minute , he would hang himself . He did not say why . nor could witness guess the cause . In the course of that day he was sent for change for a sovereign , but instead ef returning with u , came by railway to London . From Jurther evidence , itappeared that the deceased tooka lodgmson Thursday niehtlast , attbe "Hed House , " * yasjrants lodging house in the Mint , and on the
foUoffing morning was found hanging by a rope to a rafter across the room , and ' quite dead . Just under where he wag hanging , he had written in chalk , " My ftwndsliveat ft . Church-street , Brighton . " "Temporary Insanity . " Death of the Stage Mahager of the Pbkces 3 ' s Theatre . —Before Mr Mills , atthe Feathers , Warrenstreet , Fitzroy-square , on Mr T . J . Walton , aged 48 . late stage masager to the Princess ' s theatre . Mr T . Parker , house surgeon in the University College Hospital , said that last Friday evening a message was sent to Mr Listen , requiring him to attend deceased . Jn the absence of Mr Listen , witness attended , when na found deceased suffering from a painful disease , and also from the effects of a strong narcotic . Having ascertained that he had taken a large quantity of
laudanum and morphia to allay his suffering , witness applied the necessary remedies to correct their effects . In an hour afterwards Mr Liston arrived , and approved of bis treatment . He understood that , in the first instance , Mr Hallion , deceased ' s medical attendant , had ordered laudanum , and that afterwards ne prescribed for him three erains of laudanum m an ounce solution , to be taken 30 drops every two hours , to allay his pain . Mr Hallion had also bled and purged him . Witness remained until i o ' clock on Saturday morning with deceased , who died about twelve oclock . By the coroner : Understood that deceased had token the laudanum oftener , and in greater quantities than prescribed . In all , he had taken 16 J grains of opium , which was sufficient tokilJ JS . SWiF' u ? T 1 lnded that tne ^ Pinm hastoedhisdeattalttongh thepwtiwrtwexamination
would not justify the conclusion , as thelength of time that elapsed betweea his taking the laudanum and his death was so great that the system absorbed the poison and destroyed its traces . Mrs Walton , deceased s widow , confirned the medical testimony . She further Btated that her husband , who was in the oabit of taking laudanum to assuage his sufferinga , compelled her to purchase and eive him at two separatetimradoublethe quantity of laudanum prescribed fiy Mr Hallion , which he took during Friday night . By the coroner : Her husband had no idea of destroying Me ; hia object was ease from his intense suffering . Verdict—" Deceased destroyed himself by an ever dose of laudanum , which he took with the view of alleviating the disease uader which he suffered , and that he had prescribed for himself a portion of that laudanum . "
ACCIBESTS , OFPESCES , &C . Fatal Accident oa thk Easikrn Counties Railway . —On Monday afternoon , as Wm , Coiewell . aporter in the service of the company , was proceedin ? down the line he was overtaken when about 200 yards from the Shoreditch terminus by an engine . The driver endeavoured to alarm him ; but from some inexplicable cause he never turned from his course nntil struck by the buffer of the engine , which passed over him , cutting his head in two . The deceased was twenty-four years of age , anative of York , and without a relative in London , had been frequeatly warned of the danger attendant on his recklessness by Mr Grimshaw , the station-master . Fatal Accidesx os the Rivsb . — On Sunday
evening a boat , in which were two ladies and several gentlemen , wa * swamped just below the pool , nearly opposite Rqttenbury ' s Dock , by the swell of several 8 teimer 3 . The life buoys of each steamer were thrown overboard , and a boat lowered , and all saved except Mr Smith , of Gray ' s-inn , who was swept by the tide under a tier of shipoing . and lost sight of .
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ISnglantt * MORTHCUBBSLAND . PoBosnro at North Shields . —A lengthened inauiry before Mr Reid , coroner at North Shields , has just terminated in a verdictof wilful murder against Marcarct Lennox , for h&ving caused the death of her husband , John Lennox , by poison . The deceased , who was sixty-seven years of age , was formerly a sailor , but had latterly obtained a livelihood as a scullerman on the Tyne . He was in good health up to the 3 rd inst ., on which day he went home to his dinner , as usual ; but on returning to his occupation he complained of a pain in the stomach , which increased to such a degree that he was obliged to return and go to bed . The symptoms continued , and he died the game evening . A . doctor was sent
for , but deceased died before he arrived . No one suspected his death was attributable to unfair means , until it become known that an apprentice of a neighbouring chemist' had sold some arsenic , to the wife of deceased on the Saturday mornin * . Information was then conveyed to the coroner , and an inquest was held on the body . A woman who was called in to attend upon the deceased during bis illness described the sytrptoms . and the wife of the deceased was admitted to make a voluntary statement . Shu attributed the illness of deceased to having eaten some puddii g made of Indian meat , which she had bought at a neighbouring grocer ' s , and she said she also had been unwell from the same cause ; she acknowledged having purchased arsenic that mornin g , but said it was for a gentleman on horseback whom she had met in the street , and who could not digmount and go into the shop , on account of the restiveness of the animal . She did not know who
the gentleman was , nor would she know him again , but said he wanted the arsenic to destroy rats . On timipoit mortem examination of the deceased was directed by the coroner , and the inquest adjourned . A considerable quantity of arsenic was found in the stomach and intestines of the deceased on applying the usual tests . The fact of the prisoner having purchased the arsenic on the Saturday was clearly proved , and it also appeared that the deceased and his wife had frequently quarrelled , on account of the latter having given herself much up to drinking . The jury , after hearing the evidence , returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against Margaret Lennox , who had been previously taken into custody by order of the magistrates , and she was committed on the coroner ' s warrant to take her trial at the next assizes for the county . The deceaspd and his wife had been married for upwards of thirty-seven years , and three of their offspring are living , two of whom are married .
YORKSHIRE . Suspected Iscesdiarism . —Scarcely * a fortnight has elapsed since an extensive fire broke out on the premises of Messrs James Akroyd and Son , extenBtve worsted spinners , known as Bowling-dyke Mill , near Halifax , by which from 1 , 000 to 1 . 500 work-people were thrown out of employ , when a recurrence of the disaster took place . Last Wednesday week a fire bunt out in the modeKroom of another mill belonging to this firm , situate at the bottom of New Bank , near the junction of the two roads from Halifax to Bradford . The flameB raged with great fury , and very extensive damage was done . This occurrence following so soon after that of the 1 st ., has led to the suspicion that the whole is the work of an incendiary , and great sympathy has been excited for the sufferers .
BERKSHIRE . Windsor—Singular Case of Somsajjbchsu . —A most fearful accident has occurred to a little boy only ten years of age , the son of Mr C . S . Voulee , solicitor . Park-street . Mr Stillwell , articled clerk to Mr Voules , hearing at a very early Hour in the morning the breaking of glass , and the sound of something falling on the paved yard , immediately de . -cended from his bedroom , when he discovered Mr Voules ' s son completely doubled up on the stones and insensible . Mr G . Chapman , and other medical men in the town , were speedily aroused and were in attendance . Although the poor little fellow was most dreadfully bruised , his body shewing one mass of
contusions , no bones , fortunately , were broken . It < ras gathered from the little sufferer , aa goon ag he wasrestored to sensibility , that he had been dreaming he was bathing in the river , and it is supposed bat when he was in the imaginary act of leaping from a bank into the water , he sprang from the Testing-table through the window , falling from a height ( bis bedroom being on the second-floor ) of upwards of twenty-eight feet . Although the pane of glass he leaped through was little more than a foot square he sustained not the least injury from the broken glass . We regret to state that from the extremely severe nature of the injuries he has susc dned , but very faint hopes are entertained of his recovery .
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O'Gprman . sen . was struck with a stick on the back of the head , Mr Meaner was knocked down at the corner ot Earl-street , and Mr Joseph Rogers , of Capel-Btreel , was attacked and beaten by some persons at the same place . Amidst a scene of general uproar , the gentlemen before-named , witn their friends , entered the shop of Mr Faulkner , grocer , North Earl-street , for refuge , when the house w » g immediately surrounded , and stonrs flung through the windows , one of which hit Mrs Faulkner on the head , and severely cut her . After a Aort time spent at this place , a reinforcement of police arrived , which prevented any further attack , and enabled the gentlemen to retire . Tho groaning , however , continued for a long time , in the midst of which loud cheers were given for Old Ireland . "
At the weekly meeting of the Repeal Association on Monday , Mr John O'Uonnell commenced the business of the day by handing in several sums of money . Amongst them was a remittance of £ 12 12 i 6 J from the Right Rev . Dr Higgins , Bishop of Avdagh , who says that the contribution "is the voluntary offering of a poor people , almost heartbroken by every kind of oppression from bad government , bad landlords , and mal-administration of bad and cruel laws . Under Providence their only hopes for redress are fixed on the peaceful and persevering efforts of Conciliation-hall , for whoae success they incessantly and fervently pray . " The rent for tho week was announced to be £ 59 15 s 4 d .
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GUILDHALL . —A . Mah ' b House sot bib Castle . — Richard Strin&le was charged with being in the unlawful pussession of a house in Toy . lane . - A Mr J , Ewins was a lecsee , under the Dean of St Paul ' s , of tome houies in Toy-iane . He let one of them ( No . 6 ) to a person named Evans , who raided in it until about twelve months tinea , when he transferred his tenancy to a person named Lewis . The latter eventually gave up possession to the original lessee , Mr Ewini , which reaching the eats of Evans , ho wanted to r . gain possession , on the grounds that he had never regularly given it up . Accordingly , on Wednesday , a Mr Allen and the prisoner , entered the premises , and said they came to take possession on behalf of Mr Evans ,
and that the prisoner weuld be left there . Mr Ewins remonstrated , and told them they were trespassing ; "but finding the man would remain , he called in a policeman , and the prisoner was token to the Btattan . uouse . Mr Hobier , for the prisaner , said he suspected the alderman had no jurisdiction . He wished to know what the nature of the charge was that they intended to press !—Mr Humphrey ' s clerk said , for taking unlawful possession ] —Mr Hobier contended that the prisoner had a right to do what he was ordered ; and , if he was trsspassing , they had remedy in another way . —Sir C . Marshall did not think he could interfere Mr Humphrey ' s clerk laid , then he had no charge to pi MS . He should seek bit remedy by an action of treapasi . —All partiei then with , drew .
BOW . STRBET . —Robbery bt a Soldiee . —Richard Kind , a soldier , and John Martin , were charged with assaulting — Holborn , on Monday morning , and stealing his watch . One of the riding boys of the Pout-Office said that he saw the soldier clasp the prosecutor round the wa » t and take the watch out of hii pocket . He handed it over to his companion , who ran off with it . Witness gave the alarm , and withene or two policemen , pursued the prisoner , who , finding himself hard pressed , threw the watch down upon the pavement . The two prisoners were caught and taken to the station-house . The soldier and prosecuter were both drunk . The prisoner Martin was sober . The prisoners were committed for trial .
MANSION-HOUSE . —The Thahes STEiHE » s . —The Lord Mayor said be had received a number of letters complaining of the dangers and annoyances to which the writers bad been subjected , in consequence of the careless and reckless mode ot navigating and Overcrowding steam-boats npon the river Thames . To several of those letters he had replied , but many of them entered so much into detail that formal answers could not be given without the greatest inconvenience , and he hoped the press would , under such circumstances , notice the ob . serv&tions he was about to make upon the subject , The public inferred that because he was consemtor of the river Thames from New Windsor to Yantlet-creuk , he was , therefore , the redresser of all the wrong ! Committed in that eattensiTa part of the river , hut us a magil .
trate his jurisdiction was not co . exten 6 ive , for if an of . fence was committed upon the river beyond the City of London , such act determined the magistrate who should take cognisance of that offence . Now , he had observed that every complaint which had been made to him was capable of being remedied by the Watermen ' s Act ; but it was a singular fact , that not one cause of complaint of the description to which he had referred aroBe within hi » jurisdiction as amagietrate of the City of London , the law requiring the complaint to be made to some justice of the peace acting for the place nearest to that at which the offence was committed . He was fully aware that most criminal recklessness was displayed by the master * of the numerous steamers plying upon the river , and he was anxious to do all in his power to pre .
rent any accident from occurring , or any infringement of a law so necessary to be observed from taking plaoe . He had given directions to bis own officers to co-operate with those of the Watermen ' s Company in checking in London , by means of rigid punishment , any abuse of their act of parliament , oreftbe very uieful by-laws of the Court of Aldermen . He , however , wished it to be distinctly understood that if persons who witnessed the commission of any offence were indifferent as to the con . sequences , or considered their time too valuable to be expended in the making of a personal complaint , the fault was theirs , not his , if punishment were not inflicted for the mischief perpetrated . He would ( as he bad
done during the precedisg portion of his mayoralty ) readily and cheerfully devote his time to the duties of his office , and promise that no just complaint should be unredressedif the parties would wait upon him ; but he had too many engagements in his public capacity te allow hun to enter into an epistolary correspondence with a number of persons who were wholly unknown to him . — Several summonses were subsequently issued by his lordship upon the application of persons who complained that within bis lordship ' s jurisdiction as magistrate in . dividuals had performed the duties of captains without being duly authorised , and that in other instances the by-Uwg passed by the Court of Aldermen had been violated .
LAMBETH—Docbh : Chasob of Bioaht . —Michael Daley was charged with intermarrying with Johanna Brown , his wife Bridget being still alive . About thirteen years ago the prisoner got married to Bridget Sheen , then supposed to be a widow , and four years ago , last Christmas Day he was married a secoad time , as it U alleged , in St Pancras , to Johanna Brown , a spinster He d . serted both wives , aad his former one Bridget , happening to meet him b y accident , gave him into cub . tody . —The prisoner denied - being married to Johanna Brown , and said his reason for leaving Mb wife Bridget was his having discovered that she corresponded with her former husband , who had been transported . The wife admlttea . that her husband had been transported for being a « Whiteboy " in Ireland , but denied having heard from him long before law mawh ge with the prisoner or since , —The prisoner was ultimately remanded , for the attendance of other and important witnesses
MARYLEB 0 NE —Attempted Sdicide Mary Anne Jones , a young woman , was charged with having attempted to commit suicide . —A police-constable deposed that on Tuesday morning , about five o ' clock , as he was on dHtjintheRegent ' s-parkhe heard a loud scream in the direction of the bridge , near Gloucester . gate , and on proceeding to the spot found the prisoner , who had just got over the railln . s on te the parapet of the bridge , with the intention of throwing herself into the canal , which object she would most certainly have effected had not a female , who happened to be passing at the time , thrust her arms through the railings and held her tightly by the dress . Witness with great difficulty succeeded in extrieating her from the perilous position in which she bad placed herself , when ih « declared that altheugh then disappointed , she would effect her object the first time any chance might offer itself . The prisoner was remanded while inquiries are instituted respecting ber connections , with . the view of having her placed under proper care
and contronl . WOESH 1 P-STREET , —A » soH .-John Watting was charged with wilfully setting fire to the premises of his master , Mr De Sax , wadding manufacturer , Maotaguettreet , Spitaifisid * . —on Tuesday w ; eek the prisoner wai observed by a lad named Williams to leave the premises in a hurried manner , and immediately a fire burst out . A great pwtion of the building and property was de . stroyed . A constable stated that the prUoner came to him and said that he was desirous of giving himself into
custody for having set fire to his master ' s house . He said he had accidentally let fall a lucifer-match b y which he was about to light his pi pe , among a lot of tow , which had ignited ; aad seeing that the premises were likely to be set on fire , he hastened to escape . He , however , denl « d all intention of wilfully setting the hou » . e otv fire . —MrDe Sax said that smoking was strictl y prohibited not only in his , but in all factories of the like nature HU confirmed impression was that the prisoner had ml / ally set fire t « the premiseB .-Mr Arnold remanded the prisoner .
CLERKENWELL—Cohkssiok or a McaDKB . -On Wednesday Jehn Ramsay , who somedays ago surrendered himself to thejpoliceon his own confession , was RKain charged with the wilful murder of Mr Henry Williams wheu the mostintense interest was manifested ; and long before the prisoner was placed at the bar the court was crowded in every part almost to suffocation . Mr Horrv the barrister , attended on behalf of the prisoner The following additional evidence was adduced :-Mrs " Sarah Osborne , wife of Mr Henry Osborne . of the University Hotel , Rathboue . 8 treet , St P . ncras , having been . 5 ? deposed that , in October , 1814 , her husband toptthS Crooked Billet Tavern , Tower-hill . She knew the pri iniHF anil . 1 .. II . limit .. - - ™ " V " scmeraud asaMr Wil ft
, . taS ) , W . eT h ^ ,. ™ tbemseveaaltiniee . Saw them on Saturday evenb g the 2 . S rf" " ' . 814 < The Pr ~ M ' WilC rcToc ^ t 2 r ; r xie - ted - **~*««* 9 ua 9 to wnw ™? Priso « r stopped at the bar , and Mr WiUlami went upstairs , where there were other ^ SSt Sprisasjss tl ^^ S TOJKksH
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_ ¦ . ^^ 8 Aw « L ^ ' 1 ^ Jl •** down . This was about an hour after Mr Williams had gone upstairs . Witnsss sent up about 1 » o ' clock , when Mr Williams came down and saw the prisoner , and they staid n short time together , when Mr William * returned again to the party upstairs . Did not see them together after that . The prisoner left the house about 12 o ' clock by himself . Mr Williams left the house at half-past 12 o'clock witli Strickland . When they left they were very tipsy . Had never seen the prisoner or Mr- Williams since . On Sunday nig ht following , she heard that Mr Williams had met with an accideut . She was not examined at the coroner ' s inquest . When the prisoner went awny he was cross and aa he went out he said that Mr Williams would not come down , and he would wait for him . James George Rogers , a city policeman , deposed that on Saturday night , at half-past 12 o ' clock , on the 2 nd of November 1844 he was on duty in the Minories . ne saw three
, Men cross from the Sparrow-corner to tVie city side of tha Minories They came as far as the railway bridge , and hailed a hackney-coach passing by . Witness had his light with him . Witness opened the coanh-door , and Mr Williams got inside first ; he was a stout gentleman . Another of the pnrty got into the coach also . What became of the third person he did not know . He saw no murks of violence or blood on any of the party at the time , and no complaint was made to him . Robert Coplieg , 2 , Carey-street , Vincent-street , Westminster , deposed that on Saturday , the 2 nd of Norember , 18 * 4 , he drove the hackney coach . He was at tho inqucBt held on the body of the deceased Mr Williams . At half-past 12 o ' clock on Sunday morning , November 3 , 1844 , he took a fare close ty the railway arch , Minories . It was a wet night , and two persons called him , and he drove towards them and took them up . He did not see any blood or marks of violence on either of them . Iu
Whitecrossstreet they offered him Is ., but he claimed Is . 6 d , The deceased only had half a sovereign , and they ordered him to drive to GrayVinn-road , and one of the gentlemen told him to pull up and put them down at a house in Constitution-row , ttruj ' s-inn-road . One of them told him to knock at the door and aek for the name of Williams , One seemed more weak than tho other , his head hung down , Witness knocked at the door , and it was opened , A light was brought , and the stoutest gentleman ( deceased ) was guided into the house . When in thepassage , witness saw blood flowing from some part of his forehead . Did not see the wound . The cushion and inside of the
coach were covered with blood . Dr Fogstrty deposed to having been called out of his bed to attend Mr' Williams , whom he found in a state of insensibility , partly from intoxication and partly from an injury be had received over one ot his ejest lie had an Impression at the time , from the appearance of the injury , that it might have been inflicted by the point of a stick or an umbrella . He died on the following Tuesday or Wednesday in const , quence of tho injury ; Elizabeth Baker was at the house in Constitution-row when Mr Williams was brought honu in a coach . Mr Strickland was with him . Mr Williams
was insensible and blecdtng . Witness took possession of Mr William ' s umbrella , and Mr Strickland claimed the umbrella , which had blood on tho ferule , 4 c . Mr Strickland stopped two hours in the house , and he called en the following Monday to see the deceased . Had seen the prisoner ut Mr William ' s before the night In question , but never afterwards ; Witness was at the inquest , but not examined . The umbrella stained with bloed was called for , but not produced . Mr Arnold said the case must be further investigated , and remauded the prisoner for a week .
Chabqe or Massuhohteb . — John Bruce wat charged with the manslaughter of Mart AUfforth , aged 69 years . The facts of the case have already appeared when-they occurred . Ob Saturday sight the prisoner entered the Bhop of a grocer in High-street , Lambeth , and without the slightest provocation made a savage attack upon a youth employed there . Not satisfied with pulling him about the shop , the prisoner drew the youth into the street by the hair of his head , and while the latter was struggling to disentangle himself from his savage assailant , both knocked dovyu tho deceased , who happened to be crossing the street with such force as to fracture hw skull , and she expired in six hours after , On her head being examined , au extensive fracture was found on the back part , which produced an effusion of blood on the brain , and caused her death . The prisoner said thai having received a severe wound in the liead , when he drank , he becaaae so excited that he did not know what he did . He was fully committed for trial-
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WESTERN GIRCUIT .-DoRCHB 8 TER .-Winiam ApBoy was indicted for having burglariously entered the dwelling of Thomas Colverille , on the 20 th of March . at Chardstock , and stolen therefrom £ 60 in gold , silver , five-pound notes , and doubloons . On the night of the 20 th of March , the property mentioned in the indictment was safely put into a chest in a small room adjoining the proaeoutor ' s bedroom . A portion of the money stolen consisted of twenty guineas , two crooked shillings , aa old far . thing , two doubloons , and a half-doubloon , and three h ' ve-gound notes . They were contained in a small bag , which the prosecutor called his " mother ' s pocket . " The doubloons and the shillings had been in the possession of the Culverwell family for more
than one hundred years . The prosecutor was an aged farmer , and on the morning after the 20 th of March , the window of the room in which the chest containing the money had been put , was found to have been broken open , and fhe money abstracted . Suspicion fell on a man of the name of Edwin Apsey , who was the prisoner ' s brother , who was in the employment of the prosecutor . This man had obtained the key belonging to his master ' s barn the night before the robbery took place , On the following morning lie was found at his work there , and the prisoner was lying on the straw . Edwin Apsey was afterwards taken into custody , when he stated that a portion of the Btolen money was concealed in a hedge on the prosecutor ' s premises . The money was found there , and
Edwin Apsey afterwards made his escape . In the course of the following day , it wa 9 also found that the prisoner had disappeared , and the prosecutor discovered , through the means of Mr John Bevis , a neighbouring farmer , that he ( the prisoner ) bad slept in the prosecutor ' s barn on the day following the robbery . In the course of a conversation which took place between him and a man of the name of Thomas Kowe , a servant of the prosecutor ' s , the pri-Boner stated that he was uoing to leave the village , as he was afraid that somebody would take him fur stealing Mr Bevis ' s wheat . He staled to Rowe that he had no money , and Rowe lent him half a crown . Some time after the pvisoner had , disappeared , Mr Bevis received information which induced him to go in search of him , and after seeking him at Bridgewater , Taunton , and Bristol , he went to Cardiff , in South Wales , and gave a full description of the prisoner to the police , lie returned to Chard , and in
the course of a few days a communication was cnado to him , that the prisoner was in custody at Cardiff . He then proceeded to Cardiff , where he learnt that the prisoner bad been at a public-house at Newport , at which place he changed two five-pound notes , and showed the two doubloons to the landlord , and btated that his father was a soldier , and bad brought those coins with him { torn abroad . At that time the prisoner wore a black wig . He stated that his own name was Brown . U pon his person a large sum of money and the doubloons were found . He said that he had come from near Exeter ; and when the town of Chard was mentioned to him , he expressed his utter ignorance of any such place . M r Bevia caused him to be brought back to Chard , and indicted him at the assizes at Taunton for stealing his wheat , when he was convicted , and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment . He was then brought here , and tried on tue present charge .
1 he jury found the prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to ten years' transportation , to commence from the expiratiou of his present term of imprisonment . MIDLAND CIRCUIT .-LINCOLN . t Murdbrs bt Poison . —Mary Ann Milner , a rather interesting joung woman , aged twenty-seven , was charged with the murder of her mother-in-law , Mary Milner , by poison . The prisoner and her husband lived at the tillage of Barnathy-le-Wold , in this county , and were agricultural labourers , or cotters . The deceased and her husband lived in the same village . It would seem the old people were taken ill , and recommended by tllO doctor Who attended them , to take sago . It would Beem that during the time the mother and
father-in-law were taking the sago , the prisoner was there , and had almost the whole house to herself , and to one of the witnesses she admitted having given the sago to the old people . The mother died . The father survived , but has become paralytic . Suspicion having been excited by subsequent circumstances , the body was exhumed , and the presence of arsenic clearly detected . The prisoner was proved to have purchased arsenic , but the facts were too slight to warrant a verdict of guilty , and a verdict of not guilty was returned . The prisoner was then charged with the murder of Hannah 1 ' ickels , being the wife of her brother . It appeared that on the 30 th of Jutie , the deceased had eaten some pancake in the mornine with tha
prisoner , and about ten o ' clock she came into the kitchen of ene Mary Winter , stating she had been so eating the pancake , and that she believed she uas poisoned , and Bhould die , that the pancake had poisoned her . She stated she had not taken anv poison herself , and had never had any in the house . Deceased , who appeared to be in . full possession of her senses , then left and went to her own house the witness followed , and found her on her knees violently sick , and saying tho pancake had poisoned ^ ssttfttrwsit'S ^ a tas ^ ftjft ^ S
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had got thrown away . Elizabeth Wataon proved that between eight and nine of the day in questtjm . deceased enme to her , and asked , " whether she had any one in her house ; " she replied , " no . 'Deceased said , " she would tell her something , but she was not to tell any one . " She then stated the prisoner had come to her house and said , " Why , you have no hre . I'll lay you have had nothing warm this morning , and if she would go with hef she ( the prisoner ) would fry her a pancake . That she went and had the pancake , but she believed the prisoner had put something in ir , she felt so queer—that she would have left a portion of the pancake , but a lodger was present , and it would have looked unmannerly . " William Percival , a grocer in the same village , proved that six or eight weeks previous , the deceased came for a pennyworth of mercury ( white arsenic . ) lie said it was rather an awkward thing , but she appeared to be in her right mind , and not likely to destroy herself . She replied , " Oh no , 'I want to kill some rats .
James Burdet Moxon , a "urgeon , proved the making nposl mortem examination of the body , and gave it as his opinion that death was caused by arsenic , in which opinion she was confirmed by Mr Paleron , a surgeon , of Brigg . The jury returned a verdict of guilty , and sentence of death was passed upon her . There was another indictment against her for the murder of Ellen Tiekels .
THE TRIPLE MURDERS AT MIRFIELD . Tuesday last having been fixed for the trial of Patrick Reid , charged with the murders of James Wraith , Ann , his wife , and Caroline lillis , at MirficH , the court-house at York was crowded . The prisoner pleaded not guilty . Mr Bliss , for the prosecution , stated the case . After describing various circumstnees , alluded to when the murder waB investigated befre the coroner , jury , and the magistrate . ^) , he said : The Jay on which this murder was commitfed was Wednesday , May 12 . On Monday , the lOtb , James Wraith went with a witness who will be called before you . toWakefield Market . A person called epen him , and he observed he had a second-best or older hat on , and that when he went
with him to Wakefield market he put a better hat on . He ( meaning the person who called ) paid him on that day £ 2 in half-crowns , and two sovereigns , and he observed also that be had a watch . The next day , the lUh , a plumber went to Mr Wraith's house to put in a pane ©? glass , and when he paid him , the plumber observed that he took out of his pocket a considerable sum of money , both gold and silver . On the morning of the 12 th , one of his ( Mr Wraith ' s ) step-sons , tlie sob of his wife by a former husband , went to his house in the morning , and saw him while there counting his money , and observed a sovereign drop which he picked up . This ia the person who last saw them all alive , viz > , James Wraith , A . Wraith , hia wife , and C . Ellis , tho servant-maid .
After that , however , J . Wraith was seen-alive by other parties . About ten or eleven o ' clock he came down to a house which is eppoBite to the Ki nd ' s Head , to a nephew of his who lives in that house , in order to engage a great nephew—a son of that ; nephew—to come up to his house and assist him on his farm in gathering atones . His nephew saw him there , and having given those directions he returned home . He was never seen alive after that . The ^ nephew went to the house rather later than he was accustomed to . as the ordinary time of going wag about one o ' clock , but it happened that there was a shower of rain at the time , and he did not go till after the shower was over . He went by a cart-road leading from the King ' s Head . That oart-road leads
into the yard which is behind the houses of Wraith . The nephew came up the cart-road , and entered the yard , where there is a wall on one side , and a barn on the other , but no gate . The kitchen faces into the yard , and the kitchen door is under a fli ght ot stairs behind the house . The nephew , who is about twelve years of age , tried the kitchen door and found it fast . He knocked , but there was no answer . lie listened and all was still ; he could even hear the clock tick . He then cume round the corner of the house to the kitchen window , and he observed that the shutters were closed but not entirely , so that he could peep in , and he saw something white but could not tell what it was . He then went round to the front of the houee , and as he passed a window on the
ground floor he observed that the curtains were drawn to . That is the window of the parlour where the family usually dined . He saw the window of the other parlour had the shutters closed , but that was nothing unusual , it being the better parlour not commonly used . But he observed on the step stones to the front door a pool of blood which seemed to birunning from under the door . This alarmed him : he weat back and made a communication to M'Kinnell , and at his own house . M'Kinnell returned with him by the same road . They went to the kitchen door ; found it fast . They went round , and WKinnell saw what Green , the nephew , had bef-re seen . They again went round to the back part of the house , when M'Kinnell opened the kitchen window and entered
the kitchon . When he did so he saw Caroline Ellis , the servant maid , lying on her back with her head towards the door , her feet towards the fire and towards a fender which stood between the fire and the door , dead , but warm , her throat cut and her skull broken , A pool of blood was about her head , some spots of blood were on the lintle of the deor , and some others near the door . From the kitchen he went into the passage which was between the two parlours . In that passage he saw Ann Wraith lying dead on her back , her head against the door , a pool of blood about her head , her throat cut , and her skull broken . From tho passage ho entered at the parlour door , and there he saw lying on his hick , dead , with his throat cut and skull broken in a similar manner , James Wraith ,
the deceased , into whose death you are now about to inquire . Everything was allowed to remain in the same state until fhe surgeon and the constable came , when a more minute examination of the premises took place . In the room where Mr Wraith lay was a chest of drawers , of which a larger ' and a smaller drawer were open . In the under drawer was a ra& > rcase with two compartments , having one rnzor remaining , and the other razor , which was its fellow , and which had the mark of Mr Wraith ' s name upon it , laying bloody , placed on the breast of Mr Wraith , as he lay on the floor . Mrs Wraith ' s hands were bloody , and the wedding-ring gone from the finger where it is usually worn , and that finger was much bruised . There was no money feuBd on Mr Wraith .
with the exception ot one-half-sovereign . His watch was gone , and a hat , which has never been seen since . I have told you that M'Kinnell entered by the kitchen window ; that the kitchen door was locked with a key , and that key was not to be found . The front doer was not locked ; but it had been bolted . All this transpired on Wednesday , the 12 th of May , between twelve and one and two and three o ' clock . In the afternoon of the same day a person was arrested named M'Cabe , and on the Friday morning after , between 3 and i o ' clock , another person was arrested named Patrick Reid , the prisoner now at the bar . In a week after the murder , vii ., Wednesday the 19 th , a well whioh is in the yard of Mr Wraith's house , about five or six yards from the
kitchen-door , was pumped out . On pumping it down , first a key oame up , afterwards there came up a soldering iron , and afterwards the handle of that iron which seems to have lodged on a ledge in the wall tome way down as if left there by the water . That key was tried , and fits the kitchen-door , and unlocks it , and you will have some evidence to identify it as the key belonging to the kitchen-door . The soldering iron was found to tit the handle . The soldering iron and the key had marks upon them , which were afterwards examined by a chemist , and who will be called before you ; aud the soldering iron will be traced up to the possession of the prisoner at the bar on the night before the murder was committed . When arrested , the clothes of Reid had spots of blood upon them , and on M'Cabe ' s dothes was one spot , which was perhaps blood . Now , as to the movements
ot Patrick Reid . On that morning he was seen passing Shill Bank , coming down Shill Bank-lane , b « a person who lives some way up , about ten or eleven o ' clock , with a cap on . He then turned towards Lee green . He ia seen at Chad wick ' s between 11 and 12 and likewise at James Sheacd ' a which U between Chadwick ' s and Ellis ' 8 houses . From Sheard ' g he is traced to Lockwood ' s nnd he is there seen going down the footpath towards Wraith ' s house . Now . iconnect the two together as far as tiiey are traced by the evidence . It seems that Reid came to the Shoulder of Mutton about ten minutes after M'Oabe had been there , and that he ( Reid ) turned down the footpath leading to Wraith ' s house twenty minutes before M'Cabe turned down the foothpath and went in the game direction . Reid is then seen on the footpath by a person who will be called before you . This footpath leads past Wraith ' s house , and iioes down In
Webster s house . Ho is seen about that time passing Webster ' s house in the rear , and cq / ine back again towards Webster ' s house about the same time He is next seen by a person who is Water Royd-lane ' coking [ towards Wraith ' s house , who sees Reid stand ! ing at the corner of the lane , and sees M'Cabe standing down a short distance from the King ' s Head whh his face towards Mr Wraith ' s house . About the sametime a pereon whe is taking in c o ^ esTut out ^ ach in a field adjoining Mr wSK
which he will describe to you . Reid is next seen at ! oS tSh d -r the T r Gate - ^ fiSBSfi S means ^ of f" ? ? , ateth « re J s aCOI » ication rae oSlr , i ° tp ? , lIe i 8 , 8 een there aKer «« - In * \ after what P erha Ps « 'H Prove an important event to mark the time , a shower ment aT * £ * T ° T at ** !?• h . H fc- \ 6 lown Gilte h > 8 mother had been standing . for some time . Ik joined his mother and went towards the chunk . From the bStno ^ i . " fOOtpatl 1 Which lcads in ^> SWilluanii lane , and he was seen coinc with that tannin
past a house by a person who had a short time proviously seen him go past with a cap on , and when he saw him return the primmer had a hut on . lie was leen going down Burrows-lane , which lcads to Dawgreen , and then again about three o ' cock he was seen coming out of his own house . When M'Cabe was arrested , and before he was arrested , he made a statement which it is not for mo to detail , as he will be called before you . When Reid was arrested he
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also made a statement which was this : — " we ii T was at the house about the time you mention » •* , £ my basket , selling things . I knocked at the donr no one answered , and I walked on . " He wasUm * asked if he choose to say where he went to afterwa ^ He said , "Well , I went down the fw-nth bv af : side of Wraith ' s garden . Wraith ' s was luelast houfc ! 1 called at ; 1 went forward , struck down the font l-ath which brought me to the Town-gate in Mirfield and then I went over the stile and along tho footpath ' which leads to Mirfield church , and whilst on that footpath I saw a woman with a basket . I waited till she evertook me , and we went on together as far a . Mirfield churchyard . I waited there until she went into a public-house near there , and when she returned we went down the churchyard footpath which took u 8 to Burrows-lane , where we parted . I then went put *
Mr Haigh's , the magistrate , and straig htforward home . " lie waa then asked if he chose to say what clothes he had on , and he said he had the same coat waistco-t , browsers , and hat on that he had then * . His hat and clothes were then taken off and given to ' the chemist . In that statement there are some things remarkable . In the first place he says he was at the house , that , he knocked at the door , and that he heard nothing . There is an omission of his being at Webster ' s , and it seems the woman he spoke of was his own mother . There is an omisuon of his being seen at the barn corner , and there is also an omission of his hearing anything of what probably must have been taking place in Mr Wraith's house abont that time , Nowi gentlemen . M'Cabe will be called before
you , and his statement , I understand , will be , that he also went to the house , that he knocked at the door , that lie received no answer , that he knocked again , and still received no answer , and that he then rattled his pots . 'igainst the door . He says he heard a noise in the house of some person moving abouta noise of some person going up stairs . ' That stair-Case inside led to a window which is over tho stairs , and commands a view of the road outside . He then heard footsteps come down stairs . The door was opened by a man ; he saw some blood ; and he heard a moaning or a groaning . And he will tell you that the man who opened the door is the prisoner at the bar . It will be in evidence before you that the pri . soner at the bar had been in the habit some time
be-Ibre of calling at Mr Wraith ' s house frequently , perhaps as often as once a week ; that he waa on good terms with the family then ; that he was received into the home , conversed with , and sometimes had given to him meat and drink . But about Christmas last , having been at the house with some tea-caddies , he returned , after having left it , and charged Caroline Ellis with having taken a tea caddy out of his basket . This she denied ; but he persisted in it , and Mr Wraith was called on to turn him out of the house , and he left the house with a threat that he would be revenged some time or other . ' So recently as Easter , he met a person in the road who will be called before you , who pointed to the house in which Mr Wraith lived , and , speaking of the servant-maid ,
then used a threat that he would serve her out , Reid ' s clothes were given to a chemist , who examined them scientifically , and found marks of blood on the coat , the cap , and on some other parts of the clothes . He will tell you also that he examined M'Cabe ' s ciothes . I think I told you there was one spot of blood on his clothes , and I believe I omitted to tell you that when M'Cabe was arrested Ilia atockineg were found to be wet ; no markB of blood could be detected , but there had been rain , and his shoes were very bad . The chemist examined the key and soldering iron , and he will tell you that there are marks of blood , or traces of some of the component parts of blood , found on all these—the key , tho soldering iron , and the handle , gentlemen , the soldering
iron will be traced up to the prisoner by this evidence . Michael M'Cabe said : lam 35 years of age . I have hawked in the neighbourhood of Mirfield for the last five years . I knew Mr and Mrs Wraith , and was at their house on the 12 th of May last . I waa out hawking that day , and left home about eight in themornihg . I was at different places in Mirfield , and amongst them at the Shoulder of Mutton Inn . I called there about twelve o ' clock , and saw Patrick Reid there . Ikaew him only by sight , and did not speak to him . From the inn I went to other places , at one of which I exchanged some pots for some rags , a large bone , and a piece of rope . After a time I went down the foot-road to Mr Wraith ' s house . I
went into the back-yard , and set my basket down before the kitchen door , which was shut . I knocked , but no one answered . I put down n ; y bag and waited a while , and then knocked agiin . Then 1 heard a footstep , as if up stairs . I heard it descending tue stairs and become more distinct as it approached the kitchen , I knocked again , and then the door wag unloeked , ana opened about six inches , so that a man s face could bo put out . I asked if anything in my way was wanted , and * as answered in a low voice , " No . " At the same time I heard something like a soft moan or sigh . On the wall , by the side of the door , opposite to the latch , I saw sprinkles oS blood . My attention having been arrested by the white wall , the face , and the marksofblood , Hooked !
down on the floor , and saw other marks of blood there . The person holding the door open , seeing me look down on the floor , partially closed the door . I then retired a few yards off , and was in the act of lifting my basket on my head , when 1 saw that the window shutters were closed . I then went on my way ; and when I had got about forty yards off , I beard a noise , as if the door was suddenly closed . There was only my basket between me and the man , who came to the door , so that I was not more than % yard distant from him . That man was Patrick Reid . When I left the house , I went on to John M'Kinhell's , the King ' s Head Inn . at the topof the carriageroad leading to Wraith ' s house . From there j went to Smithson ' s , a few hundred yards off , where I smoked my pipe , and joked . A heavy shower of rain fell as I was passing from M'Kinnell ' s to SmithBon ' s . When I left Smithson ' s , I went to Charley Flint ' s , at Robert-town . I had
some rags and bones from him , and wanted to borrow some money from him to purchase ; ome glasses to take back to Mirfield . Flint was not in , and I waited till he came , and got from him the money , I then went to Hightown to purchase the glasses . When Flint came in , after 1 had waited , he agked if we had heard anything about the murder at Mirfield . Beia ? asked where , he said at Wraith ' B , where the old man , his wife , and his daughter , had been found dead . I then made a statement to Flint . When at Hightown I called at my own house , but did not stay three minutes . I went bask to Flint ' s , where I saw Will Sheard , and we had aome conversation about what I had sepn . Then I started back again for the Shoulder of Mutton , at Mirfield , with the pots and glasses , but waa apprehended by the constable , Leadbeater , before I get there . I have known the prisoner Reid , for about seven months by sight , but not by name . I have met him occasionally &a we have been hawking .
* ar'ous other witnesses were examined , and gave the same iwidence as before the coroner ' s inquest and the magistrates , all of which has been published ; and we need not repeat it . —John Noble , gaoler of xork Castle , stated that the day after Mr Watts , attorney , visited M'Cabe , Reid seat for witness , »« d seemed to wish to know what had passed between M'Cabe and his lawyer . He asked if I knew . Told him I did not . He hesitated a good deal , and said something . I said the public believe that two men could not do it . 1 also said , that the police was after two other men . I think it is right to say , that I did not caution him . for I did not expect to be called on m a witness . He then spoke ( but I cannot recollect the preoise words ) to this effect : " «• There was none in it , or none knew of it , but them two . " I did not put the words down , and cannot be sure of the words . One said he used the word " them . " Mv
"impression" was he meant "them" two , M'Cabe and himself . He said , " us two . " - Cross-examined : Will not swear that those were the words used ; for it is possible that I may have been mistaken in their import . The case for the proseoution having closed , Mr oerjeant Wilkins addressed the jury in defence , in a speech of three hours' duration , contending that the evidence was insufficient to show that Reid waa the KJ Hlty Party ; but that , if it proved anything , it was that M'Cabe had himself committed the murder . No witnesses were called in defence . At twenty minutes before six o ' clock , his lordship commenced summing up , laying considerable stress on the com » raunication made by Read to Mr Noble , the governor of the gaol . The jury , after being absent for two hoars and forty minutes , returned a verdict of JVot Guilty .
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Colchkster , Monday . —Extessivk Fnw . —Yes . torday torer . oon an extensive fire was discovered in the formi homestead of Mr Frederick Wade , situate at Alresford , about six miles from this town . The only person at home at tbe time was the servant girl , who stated that she first saw the loose straw in the yard on fire , and from thence it quickly caught the buildings . The wind was rather strong at the time , and the flames consequently made rapid progress . The alarm having reached the village church , which is but a short distance from the farm in question , tho whole of the congregationwith the minister ,
, turned out to render assistance . An engine from tho town was also promptly upon the spot , but there being little water within reach , the destiuctionot the premises was inevitable , and in about two hours was completed . The only portion saved was the residence , which was effected by the exortions of those present in pulling down the granary , by which the communication was cut off . Mr Wade will be a severe sufferer by tho destruction of his crop ot hay nnd tho loss of two valuable horses and a colt , lho buildings were the property of W . W . Hawkins , b-sq ., ofAlresfordllall .
EmucuAKE at Havre . —On Saturday , tUc 10 th inst ., ; , a jjjittlo- before eleven at night , the sliocfc of an earthquake was sensibly felt in the immediate neighbourhood of Havre , accompanied by a low rumbling noise . Several persons were much shaken in their beds in Ingouville and Qranville , two adjacent villages . There was a second shook on tho same night , and after an interval of two days it wbb repeated .
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IrrUnti . PR 00 BES 3 OP " COSFISCATIOX . " The Guardians of the Ferraoy Union , headed bv Lord Mouutcashell and Mr Burke Roche . M . P . and including a vast array of the landlords of the county of Cork , met in great force this week to discuss the vital question of striking a rate for tho purposes of oit-door relief , in pursuance of a peremptory warrant issued by the Lord-Lieutenant to levy a rate of
J 3 . in the pound off the union at large . TJpenMr Stephen Barry developed " the unpleasant duty of proposing the heaviest rate ever struck in Fermoy , " and in fulfilment of this duty that gentleman proceeded to state the amounts for which the several el « ctoral divisions were liable . After Bome discussion , " Mr Sadlieb suggested that the board should follow the example of the guardians of Ballingar , and forward a petition to Parliament , praying for an extension of time for the repayment of the money F&nft °° r reHef undef the Temporary
• Lerd Mon-NrcASHE ti . approved of a petition ema-S »{ , o g t f e 8 ubj ^ ctfr 0 m that < "Mly . But heap-*» d " « ° » ld not be presented in sufficient If ~ m- X . h ? H J P ound > outof Macroney ! It remmded him of the old saying , That they could notgetblood outof a flint . ' Allthe military in her aWfhfT - */ 1 ^ P ° wder in the universe . r £ ^ l be ba n J et 3 that could be imported from Birmingham , could not enable them to pick up gold or not « mtheGlanworth mountains Letgovlrn-SVyiS , ^ te " *«^ «« l «* U » ' ! £ _ Ro ? * . . "a * ao long as he occunied the
- posiion oi trust he then held in the county , he aS ? Er M ^ Vl on his con 9 titaentarequi « d ; Llf tLTrt ^ £ felfc ^ as aa honest man to tell them that such a petition as had been suggested , S * n ? £ h ^ a «« dy « that , when ! ent to Engbnd would be raere vraate paper . Itcould have noefibct unless backed by strong , powerful , and earnest agitation outsidedoora . His opinion was th ^ t this money , which was laid out to meet a case of national emergency , should not be levied as a local taxation , but should come from the Imp erial Treasury . r " Lord Mooxicashhu .. —Hearhear .
, « . * toc ? . -They should make a stand now , for it tney paid the 3 s . m the pound they would be mulcted againand again , till a fraction waa not left in the country , and tut a revolutien would spring up . ( Hear , hear . ) All the Woody revolutions which had arisen m Europe originated in financial difficulties . Let them , then , stand on the ground that they were nnt bound injustice to pay this rate , and that they could not pay it . ( Hear , hear . ) He was net advocating the principle of not supporting the poor ; but this was not a question of poor-rate . ( Hear , hear . ) it was & question of a national difficulty . ( Hean hear . )
Lord Mobkicashbu , said : the government , indeed , might crush them—they might confiscate their properties and bring rain on their dependents , and in that way put an extinguisher on Ireland ; but how would they be able to govern Ireland afterwardi ? It must beby the Bword . They should send formilitary governors and station them at various places , and try and keep order , if they could . But England must see the folly of looking for what there waa not m this country , and he trusted they wenld not resort to such severe measures at would put the whole country against them , and occasion not only veat loss sf treasure , butgreat loss ef blood . ( Hear , near ) . . " The board then rose , the question of the rateberog adjourned . "
THEHAHVEST . fhe usualvery favourable reports have beenreceived respecting the grain crops . Regarding potatoes , the accounts arestiU . conflicting but it ib certain the disease has re-appeared to some extent , although in a form somewhat different from what it bore in the two preceding years . „ . . . JHB MOBAL MRCB PRISCIPLB . fhe Irish confederation held their usual weekly meeting on Thursday evening at the Music-hall in Aboey-street . At the cloge of the proceedings , savs theJ « emaa' , / oKnW j , within . the hall large crowds tad collected outside , who occasionally gave vtnt to their feelings m loud cries for O'ConneU . Conciliation-hall , andOld Ireland , mingled with eroans and other expressions of disapprobation for Young Ireland and the confederates . On th « .-iimpa ™™* t m .
,, K , 0 Gorman , sen ., and Mr R O'Gorman , jun ., Mr Meagher Mr Mitchell and other member * of the confederation , without the building , the groaning became more marked and energetic ; and tbes £ in turn , were met with opposite expressions of feeling from ^ tue persons * hohad attended the meeting . At this time the rush of people from the neighbouring streets , and the great excitement that prevailed vrere truly alarming . A large police force was in afc tendance , but thu was ineffectual in quelling the disposition to not . Each moment the counter-deraonstration of opinion assumed more threatening
aspects , aiones were flung rather freely ; and in the tumult , several persons were thrown down and trampled upon . Matters continued in this state until the crowds had reached Sackville-stree when blows wererathergeneraU y resorted to-SSJwS
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1428/page/6/
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