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The MuaosaoDS Attack o . v a Letter-Carrier . — . Bradley , the letter carrier , who was so iuhumanlT attacked in Mitre-court , WOid-street , is aot likely to recover his reasonin ? facnltiesfrom the effects of the blow he received upon his head . Ue « as led dawn to the PO 3 t Office on Saturday , and had an intemew with Mr Peacock , the solicitor , when he appeared to be labouring under complete unconsciousness . The opinion of the Post-office authorities is , that a discarded bank clerk , or Post-office clerk , was privy to the evidently pTeeoneevted attack upon Bradley , from the fact that no other person conld have known the contents of the bag Bradley earned . The key with which the highwayrcea locked tnegate counts of the rusty pipe of an old street-door key , to which is soldered a skeleton end , qui'e new , and
seemingly made expressly for Hie lock . Inspector Shackeil , Serjeant Brennan , and a number of the detective force , have been throughout the week in pursuit of three men , wliose description they have received , bnt they have hitherto eluded detection . Fibb at the Wasbsworth Dbtili . ert . - ~ A fire broke out on Monday on the premises known ag thfl " Wandsworth Distillery . " The exertions of tlie neiahbnurs assisted materially in preventing the spread of the flames and in preserving the immense propr rty . Tiie premisesare very extensive , covering nearly swen acr « 3 of ground . The fhmes broke out in the mos t dangerous part of them—viz ., the still hnnse ; and at one tima threatened the destruction
ofthswhole . Ithaslbecome neoessary to examine the still , and the spirit which it contained had been washed off about half-past two o ' clock . On opening the " man-hole " a great quantity of gas ruskvd out and came in contact with a lighted candle held bv a man who stood at some yards distance . Ignition and explosion were the immediate-consequences ; the rnan . whose name is Kearney , was rendered insensib ' e for a few minutes , but received no injury . It will cost about £ 5000 to restore the propertv damaged . Ten engines arrived frosa London in less than an hour after the outbreak . Mr Watney is undfrsto-d tabe insured in the San , the Phoenix and the Inwerial office . '
Destetcctnb Fibs . —On Saturday morning , between three and f . mr o ' clock , the Blue Soar ' s Head Taveta , lU Long-acre , the property of Mr Drinkwater , was discovered to be on fire . Mr Drinkwater and family effected an escape by getting through the roof and passing along the coping to an adjoining hcKse . Saveral engines were at the scene ot conflagration in less than 20 minutes after theSrat discover ? was HKale , awl copious streams of waterve > e thrown ao-n the blazing pile . At one period the destruction of the adjoining houses appeared certain , and the inmates commenced removing their goods to a more distant place of safety . The damage done is verv considerable , and , besides the destruction of Mr XJrinkwater ' a property , alodger in the house has also lost about £ 200 worth of goods , which wa 3 uninsured . 3 Vo of the fireiaan -vere severely injured .
Fash . Boat Acgidesi . —On Saturday evening a cutter containing seven persons , through the uosk ' ilfu ' mps 3 of the coxswain , came into violent collision ¦ with one of the abutments of Westminster-brid ge , and broke about midships . Only five of the party were saved ; two brothers , aged 18 and 23 , sonso ' Mr Garter , of 9 , Sou . tb . -rew , Lmnbeth-waik , were drowned . Fam . is the Price op Bread . —On Monday another fall ofj * . in the price of the 41 & . loaf took place generally throughout the metropolis . Best bread is now at Sid ., second-rate fid . Some bakers in Whilecuapel , tueBfockfmrs-road , Westminster &e ., OBly charge 7 < 1 . the loaf , weighed on deliverv League broad 7 d .. and household bread 6 ^ .
Tar . Dagesiiam Murder . —Apprehen sion op Skrbeam . Parsohs . —On Monday considerable excitement was created in the neighbourhood of Stepney a rumour being circulated that Sergesnt Parson *! formerly of the K division , and for whose apprehec ! sion a . reward had been offered by the goYewsment Ifce being concerned in the charge of perjury , at the inquest « f tlie murder ed man Clarke , conjointlv with two constables of the K division , named Hickton and Jv-i-npton , wio havereceatly been sentenced to transportation on that charge ) , was in custody . On makmsinqirias at the Thames police-station , Arborsquare , Stepney , ¦ ne found the rumour of theappreheasien of Parsons was perfectly correct , he being at that time lodged in the station-house , having been taken into custody and brought up from Lincolnshire in tee charge of a sergeant of the K division and p'her constables , lie will be conveyed to Hford jaiJ .
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isngiai ® . LAXciSHinr . The Famise Feveb . —We are glad to be able to nntiee * n abatement loth in the number of Jev ° * patients and the intensity of tbe dir ^ er , which , now exists In a roach milder fnrm ; and the advantages of hospitable treatment are manifested in the larger proportion of recoveries . From tbe reports of the sanitary officers of police we see there are manv ca « H : id which persons ill of fever have neither medical aid nor pecuniary relief , not having applied to tte board , in other cases individuals who have applied to the board and have been required to go into tne workh-rase . Iiave declined to do so . preferrine d * s-
titutwn in their miserable cellars . There " have been some lew " cases of exposure of fever patients tamed out of loding-houses in Wakefield-street Little Ireland , and they have been removed in carte to Manchester workhouse . About eiqht o ' eloekon Monday evening last a boy , a mer < vehild of fiveyeare was found there , lying in the street , both his father and mother being in the fever hospital ; he had neither fnend nor home , lie was conveved to the ¦ workcoase . There are also cases of rhematie attacks i ^ in damp cellars and of English cL-olera , reported On : hj whole , however , the health of the town or ratter of its Irisk immigrant ? , isgreat ' y improved — Manchester Guardian .
Rainr-iT Accidest . —MlBACUMUS Escapb . —On Tuesday , the 20 tb , an accident occurred to one of the ? uanchester and Leeds trains , which might have been attended with frightful loss of life . The 4 b 20 m . train from Leeds left that station at the u = uai time , with about forty passengers , and had proceeded as far as where the line crosses the Doneaster-road about three miles from Leeds , when a cload of dnst ana the shaking of tue carriages , with a sudden application of the break , gave intimation to the passenger * that all was uot right , bat their real dancer wasnot known until the train was stopped On getting out of the train it was found that tbe first axle of the engine had broken about three inches trom the shonlder , and thai five of the wheels were off the rails . Fortunatel y no one was hurt The t « m was on a high embankment , and tho wonder is that it was not dashed to pieces , for . on measnriiMr
tne distance , it was ascertained from the marks m-ioe in the earth by the wheels , that tbe axle had broken upwards of 250 yards before the train was stopped . Another engine was obtained from Leeds and iho passengers forwarded after a delay ot about an hour and a half . A FoMosB-TEiiER is Difficulties .-At the Salford Police Court on Friday , before Mr Alderman i ^ ay , a man calling himself John Rhodes Anael , was placed in the dock charged as a rogue and vagabond , and practising the art of fortune-telling . On lfcurs : ay last , it appears , the chief constable . Capt . fcteppard , learned thata buxom widow , named Marv Wriatey , hadVuated the house t >! the prisoner to ascer tain whether or no she was likely to meet with a second husband , and having ascertained that , for Uie information then communicated , the prisoner tad charged her Is ., the chief constable obtained a warrant for his apprehension . The same dav the warrant was placed in the hands of Inspector Taylor , for execution , when tie , accompanied by another officer , went to the prisoner ' s hous 3 , No . 3 , Hulrnestreet , Oldfield-road , behind the Crescent . On first entering the aoase , the officers were inclined to be lievetaeyhad made some mistake , as the place bore the appearance at firstsight of a medical man ' s surgery . A little inquiry , however , soon convinced them they were in the right , as it turned out , that in addition , to his business as a fortune-teller , be practised extensively as a " herb doctor . " In the lower room of the house , they found the prisoner ' s wife in conversation with , two respectably dressed ladies , who , as it ap ^ tored . were waiting to have their fortunes
tolo . On proceeding up stain to the chamber efths " weird man , " the ; found him in deep consultation with another lady , who was there on a similar errand , and he manifested considerable impatience , at being so inopportunely disturbed . The officers commenced a regular search of the hoax , and were rewarded by finding some very furious articles . Amongst other things , they picked up a huge slate , on which was engraved a representation of the whole planetary system with a moving brass dial used in ruling the p ¦ -u > -, 'ts , and casting horoscopes , and solving quests ' ¦ , « , which wauld puzzle the most learned a ? trono-¦ xer * , 1 'herewere also magic glasses of most porv . Mj'W < appwrance , owule 3 manucriptbooksuninie Ltotetoany one , save the writer , and copies of vrii . Ui ' sEpheraeris , Zidkiel's Almanack , Lilly ' s Astrology , &e . &c . The fellow wn& committed to hard labiur for one month .
Is ? pecimh op Mixes asd Cou . EHEs .--Mr Hall , of Preston , urg-s ihe appointment of government inspectors « f mines and colleriea , from which heaaya s > aTia ; of Bfty per cent , In life and property would result . ' He asserts that " one of the greatest evi ! 3 practise } iathe coal districts of the nor *' nis Ifcat of eitepdsns the warkin ^ in alt directions two or Mires ijiiJes withaat tinkisf adilitjonal shafts . ^• ciT-ui " . ; cut of every hundred ef the casaalitiea TZiuli . * T 3 a » the economical system of working the pi !* fo " a jT ^ p csteraus extent in connexion with only 033 shaft for fe ° & « P and down casts . In the St lliHa , theJarn *' , 3 w ° tner collieries , the gres . t ^ lislauees the men h ' . ^* *™* ! after the explosion wts the cause of death . && mastera ( he continues ) , on ! y do juslica by institute ^ more perfect system f ventilation , andthecareles . > 85 ofw ° rkmeu will bo longer be the cause of these fesu ^ W §? Plos | oqs "
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¦ TORR 8 HIRB . Iniehesiisq Festival—The town of Leeds wae last week the scene of one of those interesting gatherings which , though somewhat common ( on a smaller scale ) in ancient days , are bow of too me occurence . An entertainment was given at the Railway Foundry , by Messrs E . B . Wilson ana Co ., the proprietors , 'to celebrate ttw openius of aa extensive new building , £ 10 feet long , which they have just added to their former works , for the fitting up and finishing of locomotive engines . All the TiTorkmen , 600 in number , * n d the wives of those who are married , were invited
to a supper and ball , a large number of ladies and Lgentlemen , friends of tkefi * m . or connected with the railway world , being also invited . TJpwarda of 1600 ¦ persons attended , including the Mayor of Leeds , the master cutler of Sheffield , and a number of the lead-> ing inhabitants of Leeds and neighbourhood . The building was fitted up and decorated in a tasteful manner , and the repast was served in capital stylo , music playing and cannon firing the while . After dinner anumber of appropriate toasts and sentiments ^ eredruBk , atd the tables wereclearedaway to enable the company to enjoy the sprightly dance , which was kept up to a late hour .
The Mibjikld Murdees . —The persons accused of these murders are kept in custody , and the charges postponed till next assii's , for the purpose of procuring additional evidence , that tendered at the late assizes not being sufficiently conclusive . Suddhn Death at as Election AIeetiso ; . —A correspondent informs us that the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir Charles Wood , Bart ., arrived at Halifax on Monday , to prosecute his canvass for that borough ; and that in tbe forenoon of that day he was to address the electors assembled . Mr Ed . Ackroyd one of the leiding members of his committee , was appointed to introduce the right honourable gentleman , and as he wa » in the act of doing 80 , hi ; was seized with a sudden difficulty of speech , fell down , and exoired in a few minutes . The event has thrown a gloom over the barough as Mr Ackroyd was much respected .
DURHAM . Sportisg bt Steam . —A race between the Scottish Maid and Harvest Home steam boats , for £ 25 a side , came off last week at sea , from the Herd buoy at the mouth of the Tyne to the buoy of Sunderland bar and baok , a distance of about 12 miles . As this was the first set match between two Tyne boats , considerable interest was excited , which was increased by the fact , that , independent of the wager , it was a trial of the capabilities of the builders aud engine makers of the respective boats . The boats were alike in size , with 25-inch cylinders to the engines , equal to about 22-horsepower . The Harvest Home had the call in
the betting at 5 to 4 . They weat off with considerable swiftness , leaving all the other boats behind , some of them 40-horse power , but kept together for only a short distance , when the Scottish Maid began slowly , but perceptibly , to creep a head . This state ot things continued for nearly the whole distance ; the Harvest Home , from being finer in the bottom , wag not eo well adapted for searuuningas her competitor , which was bolder built . After a gallant run the Scottish Maid came back a winner by about half a mile . The distance was gone over in 1 hour and 12 minutes . There was a great deal of spirit in the betting , and considerable sums changed hands .
WARWICKSHIRE . Alleged death op a CnttD from Criminai Assault . -An inquest -was held atthe Grand Turk , Ludgate-Iull , Birmingham , on the body of a girl , eight years of age , whose death was alleged to have taken place in consequence of a criminal assault committed on her person by an Irish labourer , named Martin Hogan . _ From the evidence of the mother of deceased , it appeared that she had sent her out for some ale , and that she did not come back until nearly three-quarters of an hour had elapsed , when onehalf of the ale was gone , and she appeared very ill , and said she had been knocked down , and kicked on the back by an Irishman . She shortly afterwards went up stairs to bed , but could not sleep during the
night , crying frequently , and she continued in a Yery distressed state during the whole of the next day , in the course of which she reluctantly made a sWementto her mother , by which she implicated Martin Oosan , as the cause of her illness , and he was accordingly taken into custody . She continued inthesaroe state until shedied . A juwt mortem examination was made , and from the appearances , not the least trace was observable of any violence having been used towards her . The coroner having directed the attention of . the jury to the fact that there was nothing to ahow that the deceased had come by her death from other than natural causes , a verdict to that effect was returned . The prisoner , flogan , was then discharged .
GLOOCESKEonlRE . Serious Cam o * Poigomo A Ship ' s Cbkw . —a frightful occurrence took place on board the Achille 9 , of Newcastle , lying at Gloucester , last wpO * . A new cook , a black , had been recei «^« - ^ - ^ proceeded to make soup for dinner . ^ i »?^ u U 1 mppily and most reprehens = 7 , = jar of arsenic had been left in the - ' «* . irfet . and the cook , mistaking thia for flour , used a handful of it to thicken the soup , of which when prepared , the . eook himself , the mate , the carpenter , Uie captain s child , and a nurse girl , partoek . A tustom-faouse . officer on board tasted the soup , but not Wung it , refused it . The other five were speedily taken alarmingly ill . Thenurseand child weresoon placed out of danger by the prompt and energetic remedies , but the three seamen were far some time considered in extreme danger .
SUFFOLK . A tablet has been placed during the past week on one of the ruined pillars of the Abbey Church , Bury in the grounds of Mr Muskett , bearing the following inscription : —Near this spot , on the 20 th of Novem ber , a . d . 1215 . Cardinal Langton and the Barons swore at St Edmund ' s Altar that they would obtain from king John the ratificatioa of Magua Charts .
SENT . MttrrARr Outrage At Chatham —A most deperate affray took place on the Military-road , Chatham , on Sunday evening , between a Jarge party of the 62 nd and 10 th Regiments . The quarrel arose , in the firet instance , between a corporal of the 62 nd and a private ff the wtb , in consequence , it is supposed , of some heart-burning between the two corps relative to the manner in which the 62 nd is said to have conducted themselves at the battle of Moodkee . It « said that not less than from 800 to 1 , 000 men were engaged in liis affray , and one man , named Allison , a private in the 69 th Rifles , whilst on duty at the main guard , was knocked down by tha rush of soldiers from the barracks , and had his skull so severely fractured thas his life is in danger . Several others were also severely wounded . The affray was only suppressed by the timely arrival of several strong picquets , aided by the civil power . -
Sieam-Boat Collision os the River . —On Tuesday another collision , attended with the loss of a leg to one of the passengers , took place near the Rosherville Pier , between the Sapphire , Diamond Company ' s packet , and the Sons of the Thames steampacket , plying between London and Sheerness , and touching at that pkr . It appears that the two boats on their way down and approaching the pier about twelve o'clock , were competing each to reach it first . The Sapphire was the outer boat , and she eadeavoured to get ahead and to cross the other ' s bow 80 as
to anticipate her reaching the pier . The paddleboxes of both came first in contact , but the Sapphire bsing the most powerful of the two , the Sons of the Thames was compelled to give way a little . The trial of strength and celerity continued , aud the Sapphire a 3 they closed ihe pier , gained about half a length ahead of her competitor , and then made an attempt to turn her bow and cut her off from the pier barge , which both were fast approaching . In this bold attempt the paddle-box of the Sapphire came in collision with the bow of the Som of the Thames
with a terrible shock , and both vessels became . entangled with each other . The damage done to either was , however , of trifling import , bat unfortunatelynot so the injury done to a gentleman of the name of Catlia , of Chandos-street , Bedford-street , London , who happened to bs on the fore deck of the Sons of the Thames at . . the time of the second collision . When the fust contact of the vessels took place , Mr Catlin advised his wife and a friend ef his , who were with him , to move aft , as he feared some bad work would be the result of the straggle of the vessels to anticipate each other in reaching the pier . They did as he advised , and he was
preparing to follow them when the second collision took place , and he was thrown prostrate , something at the same moment coming in contact with and breaking his leg below the knee , and , as subsequently appeared , crushing the foot and ankle bonea to splinters . The sufferer was landed on the Terrace-pier , and removed to Mr Woodgate ' s Hotel , Windmillstreet , where Mr Gratnahaw , tbe surgeon who amputated the leg of the young man ( Moore ) who Buffered in the late collision between the Satellite and the Eclipse , attended aud performed the same necessary , but melancholy duty for Mr Catlin , by removing the leg a little below the knee .
DEVONSHIRE . # Northmolton . —A case of accidental death has occurred in this village daring the last week under circumstances of a peculiarly awful nature . On Friday night , or early on Saturday morning , a woman in decent circumstances , dressed in disguise , having an empty sack in her hand , made an attempt to enter the corn-mill of Mr Ley , situate in this town . She had k-en seen in the village about eleven o'clock at night , respectably attired ; but nothing further appears to be known of her until the Hext morning 'Saturday ) soon after five o ' clock , when the miller ' s man entered the mill , and his attention was
immediately attracted to a pair of shoes lying by the wheel ; on looking more narrowly , he was terrified at observing , between the inner wheel of the mill and the wall , but so tightly that it required the assistance of nine men to lift the wheel before tho remains could be extricated . The body was at length got out , and proved to be that of a woman , named Westocatt , aged 55 , wife of a decent man in the village , a schoolmaster ; her neck was broken , her per * con fearfully tom and mutilated , and she must have been dead for severa'i hours . It appeared that the miller had latterly missed corn from his mill on se-Teral occasions , and bad w ^ ued a few nights previ .
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ously , but without detecting the depredators . There is an aperture above the axle of the . watewsheel , through which the entrance must- haveibeea made ( although apparently too small for any grown-up , persona to get through )"; and , therefore , onfcho night in question , he left the mill-wheel slowly turning to prevent the access of the tbieveB . Howeveri through this opening ihe woman Tentured to enter , and in tho attempt came to her untimely and ignominious end . She was a pewon of respectable connexions , but her character for honesty had long been suspected . An inquest wa 3 held on the body before Mr John Henry Toiler , coroner , and a verdict returned of" Found < Jead between the wheel and the wall . "
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GUILDHALL ^ — Apf licamoS bibpsciiso Boihhho Sooietie 8 . ~ A hard-working man applied for advice and assistance ou a subject which was of great importance to him and a number of the poorer olasses who subsoribo to building societies . He stated ' that ho was a membur of a building Boulety , and had contributed to it £ 18 . There was a clause in the rules of the society which gave members tbe power lo withdraw the amount they had paid in , and his means becoming somewhat straitened , he was compelled to give the usual notice for the return of the £ 18 . The society declined to do * it , and finding that they were continuing to advance out the capital , he , with levtral others , again demanded the return of their
deposits . They heeaed not their requcBtB , and his circumitances becoming exceedingly reduced , so much so that his goods bad been distrained upon for rent , ho was compelled to seek the aid of tbe magistrates to get back-that which belonged to him , ana which he so much needed . Mr Alderman Qibbs asked If there was an arbitration clauBe , in tho rules ? The defendant said thero was . It had been referred to arbitration , and it had bedn decided that the society had tho option to advance tho capital or return it . Mr Alderman Gibb » said ho was afraid he could not assist him . If he desired again to refer it to arbitration , the previous decision might only bo confirmed , and he would be putting himself to an expense without effecting the least good .
WORSHIP-STREET . — Bioamt — Wm . Chadwick , a brute , was eharged with having feloniously intermarried with Harriett Anderson , his first wife Rebecca Cbadwiok , being still living . Mary Ann Lucas deposed that she was present at tlie marriage of her daughter with the prisoner which was solemnized at Hacknoy Church , on th « 12 th of November , 1839 . The parties continued to live together , but on very unhappy terms , until about tno years ago , when the prisoner suddenly deserted her daughter , after selling off the whole of their effects , and aothing had been since seen of him , until they ascertained that he had been taken into custody , Harriet
Anderson , a delicete-looking young woman , who appeared painfully agitated , whilst giving her evidence , stated that she had been acquainted abouteighteen months with the prisoner , whorepresentedhimsell aa a single man , and professed tbe most ardent attachment towards her , and after a short coxwtship , they were last summer married at Greenwich . They had only hecn a short time united when tbe prisoner tauntingly told her that he had a former wife still living , and that his marriuge with her vtas a mere iraWty . In consequence of his constant
harshness and cru'lty she was compelled to leave him Oa the preceding evening he succeeded in discovering her , and , after conducting himself in the most outrage , ous manner , declared that he would smash everything in the place . Slio reluctantly gave him into custody . It was far from her wish ta proceed any further in the matter , and she implored the magistrate to consent to clio prisoner ' s discharge , ' and permit her to abandon the prosecution . Mr Broughton said that he conld not for a moment listen to such an application ; it was his duty to commit him for trial .
William Sheen , the man who acquired so much notoriety some years since by cutting off the head of his child , from which charge he was liberated by thejudges upon a technical informality , was placed at the bar hefore Mr . Hammill , charged with cutting and wounding a woman , named Mary Anne Sullivan ; n-ith nfaoui he had cohabited , with Intent to murder her . When the case was called on , it was intimated to Mr Hammill that the prosecutrix was not . in court , and that upon her quitting the "hospital , to which she was enrried , the had expressed tho most positive determination not to appear against the prisoner , or to carry the caise any further . The magistrate , however , said that her appearance was indispensable , and forthwith issued a summons with imperative injunctions to the constable to procure her at .
tendance , and the poor woman was shortly after supported into court . The prosecutrix , who appeared to have been seriously injured , and was in such a state of debility that she was allowed te bo seated throughout tho examination , then stated , that she had been living with the prisoner as his wife for the last eighteen yenrg , and that during nearly the whole of that tirno she had been subject to such constant illusages , that on several occasions sbe had been an inratte of different hospital ; from the effects of his brutality . On the preceding evening she accompanied him to the house of his brother in Wcntworth . street , Whitechapol , one of those children had been that day christened , and while on their return home 8 omo angry words ensued between them , which lasted until they reached their own house , when , tho in
stant they had entered the passage , tho prisoner turned ferociously upon her , and declaring with an oath tha he had at length got whaMie had u ^ f wanted and wished for , drew out a w » iie"handlvd cla 6 p . knife , which he deliberately O ? ehed , and seising her b y the hair of her head , made a desperate attempt to stab her in the throat . A violent struggle ensued between them , in the course of which she raised her arm to protect her neck , and while warding off the blow , received a severe gash in the left hand , one of tha fingers of which was cut to the bone . On finding himself foiled in his object , the prisoner struck her n terrible blow in the face with his fist , which fenocken her flown , and while tying upon the ground-continued kicking her until she was totally in ^ sensible , in which state she was afterwards discovered bv
a policeman , who carried her to the hospital , where her injuries were dressed , but she had since been very faint and ill from loss of blood . The evidence of the oonstable and the surgeon to the London Hospital proved the serious nature of the attack . When called upon for his dafenea , the prisoner deniodhaving used a knife atall upon the occasion , and fluid that he was induced a short time back to make over his property , eonsisting of four houses and a large quantity of household furniture , to the pro . eecutrix , but that in consequence of her constantly after , wards abusing him , and threatening that she would get some one who would be his master , he had considered
it right Walter that disposition and settle his property ujion some one else . and thatjtho revenge and indignation ot the prOBecu ' . rlx ever since that transfer had been so great that she had trumped up this charge against him far the purpose of getting rid of him—a threat to which effect , and to do him all the injury she could , she had held out to him so lately even as the preceding evening . Mr Hammill expressed . his Intention to Bend the case for the consideration of a jury , directed the depositions of the witnesses to be taken , and they having been completed by Mr Vine , the chief clerk , the prisoner , who displayed a coolness almost amounting to indifference throughout , was removed toKewgato in the van .
BarjTAl Assauit . —A powerful follow , named Thos . Helsley , vrai charged with a brutal ussault up m a married woman , named Catherine Shannon , living in Deronshire-atreet , Bishopsgate . The complainant , whose faca was terribly swollen , bruised , and cut , stated , that upon entering a public house in Shoreditch on the previous night ( Monday ) in the coJipany of her husband , to procure some refreshment , she found the prisoner and a woman , named Locock , standing at the b » r togetlur , the latter of whom , without any provocation on her part , loaded her with the foulest abuse , and then commenced a violent attack upon her , while protecting herself from which she was flung to tho ground by the other woman , and as soon as she had fallen the ' prisoner , to whom she had not even spoken , run furiously up to
her , and , exclaiming with an oath lhat he would kick her eyes out , dealt her such a ferocious kick upon the forehead just over the left eye , that her dress was instantly Covered with blood , and Bhe was reduced to insensibility . Several persons present , upon witnessing the blow , interposed for her protection , and , the poiice having been called in , the prisoner was given into cus . tody and conveyed to the station , while she was assisted to her own residence , where she had boen very sick and ill ever since . A man , named Matthews , who rescued the complainant from further ill-usage , and Few a con-Stable of tho H division , ' corroborated the preceding statement in its leading particulars , described tho attack by the- prisoner as unprovoked and brutal in the extreme , aud one expressed his surprise that the woman had escaped so fortunatel y eTen as she had , the prisoner having on & veiy hesTypair of boots , thetoei of which were covered with plates of iron . When called upon for
his defence , the prison er said that a dispute had arisen between tbe complainant and tho woman who was in his company , aud that an . unjustifiahle assault , having been made by the former upon the latter , he had interfered to separate them , aud might have behaved rather roughly towards Shannon , but he denied most positively that he had either struck or kicked her . The complainant wished for a summary adjudication on tho ease as she could spare neither tbe time nor the expense of carrying it elsewhere ; and Mr Hnmmill , who commented in terms of severo reprehension on tho prisoner ' s brutality , aad told him that it wbb only out of consideration for the complainant herself that he did not send him to answer the charge at the sessions , sentenced him to pay the highest amount of penalty it was in his power to in . fiict , namely , £ 5 , or , in default of so " doing , to stand committed to the House of Correction for two months The fine not being paia , the prisoner was removed in the van .
SOUTHWARD . —William Haines , a tall , powerful man , a navigator , was charged with committing a most ruffianly assault on Mary Custin , a ' young girl fourteen years of age , by giving her a kick in the lower part of the abdomen , by which her life is endangered . William Somerville stated , that on the preceding afternoon , as he was standing at liis door in Uint-street , Southwarlf , he obierved the prisoner leading a drunken woman along the streot . They were followed by a number of young poraons , boys and girls , some of whom were laughing at the spectacle of one of the female sex disgracing herself by getting into such a state . Amongst those who witnessed tlw exhibition was a girl foartoeu years of age who was at least a dozen yards in tho rear . All of a sudd « u tV ; e prisoner uropcwl Ma dtvmken charge on the and
ground , , rushing towards tho girl , gave her a most violent kick in the lower part of the abdomen , having on his feet at tha time a pair of exceedingly thick hob nailed-sboes , such as we usuall y worn by men following his occupation . The moment the unfortunate girl re ceived tlie kicl : she fell to the ground—as the witness ex . pressed it—as if she was shot ; and her cowardly -ir aailant ran aray , leaving tu « woman whom he was we vlously leading along to her fate . Witness , on boholdinJ the cruel act of the ruffian towards the poor Kirl hastened to her assistance , and lifted lKr up inhiB arms ' while the blcod flowe d down her stockiu » Shu u ' pcandtobo ia great agony , eiolnlnwd that she 1 dying , and in that coaditiun fee carried her t « th-hwiw of her parents , where she wa 8 promptly attended by a from whom a certificate tras produced for the mS
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trate ' s Inspection , describing tbe dangerous naturo o the injury inflicted on the patient , and staling that at present she was in a very precarious condition and tally- unable to attend the court to ' give eridenra against the prisoner . The prisoner , who morely denied tho charge , was remanded with the assurance that whatever mig ht be the wsult he would be severely punished . ¦ ¦ '¦' MANSION-HOUSE . — Modkbn FoolPit )* . — John M'Cartby was charged with havingpicked a gentleman ' s pocket . The . prisoner and another man had , it ap . peared , been seen walking together over London-bridge , by policeman Peacock , who having some knowledge of them both a g active operators In a crowdi looked after them rather sharply . They turned round to him ,
apparently offended at the manner in which he recognised them , and the prisoner * aW— " YTny , you aeera to look at us as thoug h you thought we were thieves and robberH . " The-officer replied— "You had better move away from this as soon as possible , or as sure as you live you will be passed by me into the station-house , " They both walked on ; but as soon as they had reached the Surrey side of the bridge they rapidly exchanged coats and hats , and returned to the City with perfect confidence . The prisoner soon began to-apply himself to business , and very artistically got possession of a gentleman ' s silk handkerchief , which he was handing over to his companion , when a young fellow who observed the movement gave notico of it to the owner , The yri . soner , finding that there- was a certain impediment to
the " free trade" he was pursuing , dropped the handkerchief , let fly his fist into the face of the lad who ob « tructed the dealing , knocked him flat , and endeavoured to follow his partner , but was caught by Peacock , and lugged off to tho station-house , where all tho necessary evidence was produced against him . The prisoner said the whole statement was a fabrication , with tho exception of that part Of it in which he was described as having struck n blow . H ; certainly had knocked down the- fellow who said he had committed n robbery , and he would tres . t any other man to tbe snme sort of entertainment if he received similar provocation . The policeman said he
could hear testimony to tho readiness with which the prisoner was disposed to use his fisti , as the prisoner bad endeavoured to pay him the compliment' of a knockdown blow nlso , but was rather disappointed , The prisoner was committed for trial . It would appear from the resolute and scientific resistance which the City thieves have been of latein the habit of making to the efforts of the police to put down their calling , that they were adding the accomplishments of the long-deserted " ring" to their usual occupation , for in almost every instance in wbich a thief is seiiod in the practice of his trade he hits out right and left for victory , and is , not unfreouently successful .
Assault bt a Clergyman . —The Rev . Ridley Bray , Clergyman of the established church , residing at No . 7 , Manchester-street , Mnncticstcr-fquare , who gave the fictitious name of John . Smith , was charged with improperly assaulting several females in'Parliament-street and Whitehall . The constable stated that about ei ght o ' clocK in tho evening he saw the prisoner going up Parliament-strect towards Charing-cross , when he drove himself in a lude manner against five females who were passing . The prisoner said as none of the females had come forward to prefer » ny complaint lie considered lhat the officer was over zealous in his duty , interfering with him for what bad happened in the most accidental manner , Inspector Stephens said that the prisoner appeared perfectly sober when brought to the station . The
prisonor might have easily passed without obstructing any one , and in addition to the'females alluded to he distinctly saw him place his hand on a lady ' a person in an improper mnuuer Another was obliged to push him from her , after trying to avoid him for some yard 6 , and two others were assaulted in an improper manner ; When the prisoner was near Charing-cross , witness saw him stretch out his arms to embrace two ftmalts who wero passing , and took him into custody . He had been occasionally within three yard * of the prisoner and wore hU uniform , to answer the call of any person who might require his assistance . Mr Henry said that a series of offences against public decency had been dearly proved , although no one had come forward to support the Matement of the officer , and it was not to be wondered at
that females felt reluctance to give evidence on such occasions , Tho inspector informed tbe court , that in addition to the wrong name the prihoner ' had given a wrong address . Mr Scott , who reside * in Northumberland , and occasionally at No . 1 , Manchester-street , said he knew the prisoner held a curacy at Ersdtn , near ShleWs , an <> also one at Marsden , in Kent . Mr Henry said that he cou ' . d not believe that the evidence w : incorrect without imputing perjury to the officer , and be was obliged to treat the matter in a summary way , in tbe obsence of any person appearing to complain against the prisoner . He therefore called upon the prisoner to find bail , himself in £ 100 and two sureties in £ 50 each , to be of good behaviour for three calendar months . The required sureties not being in attendance , ho was lent to Tothill-fields Prison .
BOW-STREET—DtscssD at thk Ok « a . —Mr John Mills was charged with astaulting Mr Dugald Campbell in the pit of thu Royal Italian Opera , Ouvent Garden , on Saturday evening . The complainant » &id thai on Saturday evening lie was sitting In the pit at Covent Garden , shortly before the commencement of tho performance , when he observed a lady standing near him . He oficred her his seat , and she was about to take it , when anothergentleman , who had laid his hat on a vacant seat , took it off and offered the scat to the lady . She accepted it , and complainant was about to sit down again in his own place , when the prisoner attempted to occupy it . Complainant put outhis hand tocheckhim
and tho prisoner made several blows at him with a large Btiek which he carried in his hand , at the same time muking uie of abusive languugo . Prisoner gave him a blow in tho breast from which he still felt considerable incsnvenience . ' Mr Mills said that the complainant pushed him ^ violently away from the seat , in « nch a manner us to hurt his foot very much . He was labour , ing under a severe attack of gout , and suffered intense anguish at the time . He wa » provoked to the assault described , but he dewed the abusive language he was charged with . Mr Jardine said that Mr Campbell had evidently acted with perfect propriety from beginniug to end . He would 6 nd the prisoner £ 3 . Tho fine was pnid Immediately ,
Dibino Robbebt . —William Wiltshire and Ifatthew Roach , two sweeps , wore charged with committing a burglary at the houso of the Earl of Harrington , and tealing property ameuntinj , ' to £ 200 aud upwards , Francis Stinger , his lordship ' s porter , stated thatsbortl y after three o ' clock in the morning , while in bed , hear , ing a cry of ' sweep , ' he got up and let in two persons hiving the appearance of sweeps . John Payne , his lord sb 5 p '» butler , said lie miaseil the property about five o ' clock in the morniug , but the other servants had pre viously missed it , and thought it was onl y clcanine " Among the property taken were different articles ofplate candlesticks , &c ., a quantity of seals of various kinds ' and some gold ornaments . The thieves went to her ladyship ' s dressing-room , from which they took the jewel-ease . They took it down stairs , and havine ^^ ^ . ^ ' ^^^^ thedusthole . Seth Thomas
, a private in the 2 ud battalion of Grenadier Guards , proved that he was on duty on tbeSSTJ o clock in the morning , opposite to his lordship ' a , 8 Bi . dence . His attention was drawn to the house b , hear m the gates close , when he » aw two sweeps come out one of whom carried a bag . , nd from the immense sSe of it , being induced to observe them more S % stopped and upon his requesting they would suppW him with a inmfer match , as one of them had nono thVolw searched his pockets from which he took afewMl which he gave him : They then JSwt , SS ho told them and they went away . The bag « ch was earned b , Roacb who gave him the fusees . W « not of tbe ordinary descri ption , and was very heavy but ho could not , pMk « ^ tbe identity oftheir S liS ^ Tl " ^ ™ ,- " * tUat the Witne 8 s tol <* » different tale to the police as to the identity , and they were ordered to be remanded y
HAMMBaSElTH .-BuO TttOwMOT of a Husband -Shortly before the closing of the court , Mr T Mad den , tho . relieving officer of Kensington , begged ihe attention of the magistrate to tho recital of a case of great brutality , on the part of a husband towards his wife in which was also involved a chargepfafar more eeriou " character . Mr Madden stated that , in the course of the past week , he had boen applied to for assistance bf « woman of the name < Sarah Howard , the wife of a jour novmu , vc « nter living in Earie-street , Kensi nJZ , who had deserted her , having on the Saturday beforfl most violently assaulted her , n otwUhaUndiuTsho 12 8 cveumQu « i 6 advanced in pregnancy , after whieh , " had not set eyes on h m . Having r ' Ueved h „ " " tie . he tod her he should , apply for a warrant for her husband
for the assault , but . ho bogged he would not as some days had then gone by « fter it , On Satvucdrdas last the husband , who had b-. en absent for the week suddenly entorcd the house , and seizing a hammer attacked her with it and heat her In a frightful manner and again decamped . That morning he received the tollovring certificate from Mr Guazzaronl , the medical officer of Kensington workhouse , who had visited the injured wumiyn : _« I hereb y certify that Sarah Howard is suffering frow an injury to the head , a fracture of one of tho bones of the nose , which injuries have been afflcted by her husband , who is constantl y in tho habit of HI usin « her As she i * iu a very heipleB 8 an 4 ra [ tnw precariou * State , I would recommend her removal to the workhouse -John Guazzaroni , Suvgeon July 27 ch . » While he ( Hr Madden ) was taking the surgeon ' s instructions as to the rsmoval of tha woman , anoUw woman , who wasactin ? as nurse to her , came to tell him that she was much worse , her husband Imvlng iu the interim aBuin been to the h and her
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CIIAKOE OP PJBACV . George Rose ; John Harults , Richard Thnn , Lacy , John Shelton , John M'Phee . Robert rv R » bert Wright , Daniel M'Lean , Charles \ S Thomas Sfcratton , and James Nettles , were i nujZ } for that they bein ? mariner * onboard a certain ve « i called tho James Campbell , on the high seas , with ; the jurisdiction of the Admiralty , of which ve * 2 William Graham was the master , upon Wm Gr ham niratieally and feloniously did make an assa ,, u andcontinehim forten days . Another count cW « i the prisoners with piratically revolting . SC 4 This important case , which has created inter ,, interest here ant ! at Glasgow , came on for trial thi morning . The court was crowded to excess . The prisoners were all very good-looking men anj most of them between twenty and thiiiy ycaL
ape ; upon the indictment being read they pleaded "Not Guilty . " Thecaptain and several other wit . nesses wero , called to prove tlie case , but upon Mr Stone rising to address the jury upon - behalf of the crew , they said they would not trouble him as their minds were made up . Mr Justice Williams said , it was of the utmoel im . portancG that tbe jury should know from him what the law was before they gave their verdict . The in . dictment proceeded upon the Act passed ao long ago as the reign of William III ., by which it was m .
vided lhat if any seaman should confine his captain or make a revolt in bis ship , he should be deemed a pirate , and being convicted should be'liable to trarn . portation or imprisonment . Under tbat Act of Par . liament this indictment was framed , and tho pri . Boners were charged with having confined their cap . tain and with having made a revolt in the ship in which they were engaged as seamen . In consider , ing what was the meaning of thia Act of Parliament he must tell them that it must be taken to mean ' when it used the expressions , " confinement or making revolt , " the doing eo without justifiable cause ; and the great question lor their consideration was , whether or not there was any justification for tho unquestionable confinement of the captain , and revoltThere doubt
for that . was no there was a revolt , or . that the car tain was confined , and theon ]? question « a 3 , whether his conduct wa 3 8 uch as to justify the men in the course they had adopied . He agreed with the learned counsel that this was a queg . tion of the greatest possible national importance ' and that it was of the most vital consequence to the ' maritime greatness of this country that the law should not be misunderstood by any class of her Majesty ' s subjects , und more particularly among those engaged in a seafaring life ; and he was bound to tell them that according , to the authorities upon this subject a seaman was not justified in making a revolt by reason of the captain having been unjust or unreason , able in his commands . Thelaw would not allow
seamen to take the law into their owe bands , or that because the captain had issued orders or- conducted himself with harshness , or in an oppressive manner that they should deprive him of the command of bis vessel . It was an obvious rule of law that this * & » the case ; otherwise there would bo an-end of all maritimo discipline , which had raised this country to its greatest eminence among the nations of the world , and it . was necessary that if not justifiable & revolt should . be treated in this way . But at the game time tliat . he told them that inpoint of law it was not justifiable to revolt because the-conduct of tho captain had been unreasonable or vexatious , or that his orders had been unjust , he must tell them that , in his opinion , in point of law a revolt was justifiable in one view , and in one view only . It was not justifiable . unless the conduct of the captain had been such as to afford reasonable ground for concluding that , unless the men had imprisoned himthe
, crew , or some one or more of them , . would have been in danger of tlieir lives , or of suffering some greivous bodily harm . If they thought that was made out , it they thought the conduct of the captain had been such as to afford reasonable ground for concluding that their lives were in danger , that would be a justification ; otherwise there v * as no justification . If that was their opinion , then there was an end of tke case ; but if they should not be of that opinion , then in point of law they ought lo find the prisoners guilty . He thought they would be doing serious harm to the interests of ' thiscountry if anything bapjened to-day to . give cause for a notion tbat a crew ! iad power to imprison their captain . merely beoau « 0 he had issued unjust orders , ov . conducted himself in any way short of that which afforded grounds for ap . prehension that their lives were in danger .. In one case they must hear the learned counsel for the prisoners ; in the other there waB an end of the case
Thejury said , they did net wish to hear thelearned counsel . ; Mr Justice Wiams .-Gentleraen , you think there was reasonable ground for apprehending that unless the crew confined the captain they were in danger oi their lives , or of suffering somegrevious bodily harm ; . .. The Jury . —That is our opinion . A verdiet of '' Not Guilty '' was then returned and received with loud cheers .
; STAFFORD , Juw 23 . «? , !? T . ^ LOSIOS « SEDGLEr .-Jolin Love 7 Z Jh r \ ^'^ nfehterof Job Marsh and four other unfortunate lads , on the 24 th of March last . Ihe prisoner , a miner , left a candle lighted in which a quantity of sulphur had accumuiated . The twggy , m the morning , not bein ? : aware that a candle was there , gent the deceased lad 3 to . ' . ' buffet " hesnlphurout of thepit , which *„ done by dl turbing the air with their jackets ; this caused the tofcl rfCe 1 n tl 18 " SUM F > . " from whence it $ , o the shaft and thence out of the pit . Tae canfle being left at the top of the " sump ?' as soon S the SffiS ' thi ^? ' ^ ^ stur&nce of the air in dStWS ^ SfT ^ . * " * ' wh 5 ch caused the deuta of the unfortunate bovs . In crosa-exatninartheS edth ^ ? P ^^ kKoSSd in the pn m question before , and . kwA *„„«
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bimKspeare'a bouratothe country . A report had been circulated that it wM the intention o f certain part es to purchase the house for the purpose of exhmS ^ traveJiingr show . . That report he believed to be a chimera ; he was sure that neither Sfito Jteltfffifis K B is-fii-s ^ s Sl cond . ng a resolution That the ArchaX ica I A « 5 " ^ em bean mniaA «» .-: ™ ... r ' . lhe resolution havine
Z ^ SS """" " ^^ b' » 5 i »«» «' ^^ SS&SLSSR fsiiir ^' ' ^^^ ZfXB b d the S ^ ti&tition of being present at one of these representations , which is quite a novelty . 511 i «»«?* T ° i the op ! ^ rofaraswpe art ) practically HXf ^ « g » 'fvin- to col ossal dimensions a £ * ' beautifully coloured heads , representing ineettocts of the passions on the human face . The subject chosen on this occasion , was Collim's cele-Uiated Ode to the passions . " Mr J . Russell recited itiu a . most effective manner . disDlavinc
greathidcmeiit and feeling , giving ilie jnvmcrous , beautiful passages of this elegant poem full force ; iecping each subject perfectly distinct . and varied . The eltect is enhanced by appropriate music by the orchestra of the establishment , conducted by Doctor \\ alli 3 , M . D ., whodeserrsa grent commendation for his admirable selection , bsi : ig highly ' aporopriate to the . various subjects ey . hifcited . there is much to praisemthis successful e&tt . tA connectingmus-o with the drama and the fine avts . We wero happy to see so Jar « e and rcipectabla ar . faience , who te * LeierKS ° ^ ° ' ' "PP ^^ e throughout
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Scotland DUNDEE . Drbadfoi . Railway Accident .-July 22 . —This town was thrown into a state of great excitemeat by the report of a dreadful accident on the Dundee and Perth Railway , which occurred this forenoon . As the train from Perlh , which should have arrived in Dundee about eleven o ' clock this forenoon , had not arrived at or near the usual time , an express was despatched from the Dundee station to learn the cause of the delay . It appears that about five miles from Dundee one of the lines of railway had sunk considerably , and on the train arriving at that place the engine had run off the rails , and the luggagewaggon ( which was next after the engine ) , together witk two passenger carriages , had been , by the force of the concussion , broken into pieces ; indeed , the two passenger carriages were pitchedinto the luggage
carriage . Une person , named Cargill , a farmer , from the neighbourhood of Newcastle , and who had been on a visit to some friends in this locality , is dead . Another person , named StobJn , lies insensible , and no hopes are entertained of his recovery . Sixother persons are said to be hurt more or less seriously . The Dundee and Perth line was opened little or more than two months ago . So far as can be learned , no blame can be attached to the engine-driver or to any of the company ' s servants . Probably the embankments have not had pvojier time to cansolidate , and a heavy rain , which fell in the course of last night and early thia morning , may have contributed to the depression of the rails and embankment , and thus have led to the deplorable accident whicn has unfortunately occurred .
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SriUnd . THB UABVESX—POTATO CROP . " The correspondent of tho Morning Chronicle says , —The potato disease , beyond all question , is extending , slowly , however , and partially . It is the disease [> f last year , but in a much more mitigated form . Fortunately , the early potatoes were gro wn before the blight came on , and there are now considerable supplies of them at market in all parts of the country ; They will afford a seasonable relisf , but it would be utter infatuation to place the slightest reliance upon the late crop as a source of food for the winter and spring . Asa staple food for millions of our population , the potato cannot any longer becounted upon , and to meet this social revolution some other mode ef sustaining the people must be devised . The grain crops are progressing very favourably , but there are partial exceptions respecting wheat .
STATE OF THE CGUKTBT . The country papers to-day apeak of the condition of the country in terms of hope and cheerfulness . The harvest prospects are ? ery good , and they have been crowned within the last day or two by a genial rain which fell for several hours unaccompanied by wind , saturating the parched earth , and stimulating the growth , as well aa maturing the produce of the soil . With the exception of the " extermination " referred to below , the journals do not contain a single record of crime .
WH 0 ra 8 AtK EXTERMINATION AT CnABLEVILLE . The Limerick and Clare Examiner gives the detail from its special correspondent of one ef the most harrowing scenes of extermination we remember to have read of , even in this unhappy land , where our noble peasantry are wont to be treated rather as pestiferous vermin than as those for whom God created the soil , and whose labour , under his blessing , imparts its luxurious fertility . The extermination S ^ J « ° have taken P ! ace on tne Property of the karl of Cork , and in his name : — ChnrleTille , July 23 .
" I went without delay' to the old Cork-road , or Glen , tho « cene of eviction . Thia is , or rather wa 6 , a suburban hamlet , leading from tha main street of Charlcville . There were fifty-eight houses in it . There are forty thrown down , and ei ^ hteeu to be . The laud upon which these iibutt , xxzi * dlSr-w » held by Miss Anster ( sister to Dr An « ter , the gifted translator of Faunt ) under the Earl of Cork . Eithw her term expirea , or she surrendered the holding , and thereupon ejectments were serred upon all the holders on the part of the Earl of Cork . On the first day of April they were all served , and on the 13 th of July ( this month ) the SUb-sheiiff ol Cork . aiced by tho military and police force , proceeded to execute . As I went along to view the w * k of deso . Iation , the first object that attracted my attention was the roofless shells of many tenements on oseaideof the road , and temporary huts raised with wattlea and old
pieces of timber , thinly covered with sooty straw wuh which the demolished houses jhad been thatched , on the other . In these huts , unfit foi swine , I saw many feverstricken sroatures lying on a little discoloured straw without hardl y a vestige of bed or covering . laere ( said one of those who accompanied me ) is a poor woman recovering from fever , whose mother I saw fall from weakness and disease when she was about to reach a cup of water to the lips of her daughter . ' 'And there ( said another eagerly ) is the house where the widow Reil y , afraid that if Bhe did not obey she would not get the roofing materials as the usual giftin such cases , was forced to go up on the roof of her own house to tear off the thatch wiih her own unwilling hands . '' And see ( said a third ) in that shell is James Thomas , with his wife aud child lying down in fever , without any friend or relative to assist them or take care of them in any way whatever .
THB Case or the ltoatic . iu-iv one tne dilapidated dwellings person named VWiliam Lyons resided under the care and protection of bis brother ; the former was a lunatic for iomrieen yeare . When the vengeance of the law was exhausted upon the house , the poor fellow wandered in melancholy about the country , " away from the haunts of men , " coming occasionally in the evening to look upon the spot of his birth and his affections . It was a sad story—and the brother , who loved the maniac the more because of his calamitous visitation , Baid to me , with tears , " 1 didn't care so ' mucb , sir , about myself , only tor him , • . " At the turn of the road a little way down from the ruined hamlet is the
CHURCHYARD OF BAIXTSALLY . This laBt resting-place is well inclosed , and neatly planted . Within tne enclosure there are many flit tombstones and grass covered graves ; and here the evicted families , numbering nearly four hundred , took shelter , and for four consecutive nights slept under the canopy of heaven , huddled together , " God tempering the wind to the shorn lamb *" The total number of persons thus driven from house and home is nearly 400 , of whom 100 were , or are , suffering from fever .
CLONMF . J . —MDRDER OV A POLICE-CONSTABLE . August 23 rd . —The trial of Thomas Ryan ( Rody ) and Michael Ryan ( Goster ) , for the murder of Sub-Constable Crowley , on the 21 st of January last , occupied the court nearly the entire day . It will bo recollected that , on the occasion alluded to , an attack was made on Mr Wayland , pay clerk under the Board of Works , as he was proceeding on a car , accompanied by two policemen , on his way to Cappawhite , to pay the workmen at that place , and that in the conflict one of the policemen lost his life .
After the examination of witnesses , including an approver named Patrick Ryan ( Waller ) , Mr Rollesion addressed the jury on behalf of ihe prisoners , and commented in indignant terms on the conduct of tho approver , whom he said was the ruffian who , in his opinion , actually shot the deceased , aud now added the crime of perjury to that of murder , and wanted to sacrifice the lives of the two prisoners at the bar , to save his own neok from the rope which he intended for them . : ¦ The jury returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners . .
On Saturday the prisoners were brought into court to receive sentence , which was death b ) the hangman , on Friday the 24 th of September next . Prisoners : Thank you , my lerd . The unfortunate men , who were quite unmoved , then retired from the dock , and in a short time after the learned judge desired the governor of the gaol to have them again placed at the bar , which having been complied with , he said : — " I have sent for you to say that I have given you a long day , to prepare 5 < mrse \ ves to meet your God . "Xou gave your victim no time to prepare . 1 hope you will make the most of the time between this and the day ef execution which I have before mentioned . " Ryan ( Goster ) j We are dying innocent , thank God , Ryan ( Rod ?) : We are dying innocent .
Kepbai Association . —This body , which appears to be gaining new strength , held its weekly meeting on Monday . Several gentlemen who have either been absent for a considerable time from , or never attended in Conciliation-hall , before , were present Amongst the former were Captain Broderick Mr J . A . O'Niell , &c . ; Mr J . Collett , lateM . P ., for Athlone , was the most prominent of the latter . Captain Broderick took the chair . The usual speeches were made . Mr Maurice O'Connell expressed his appreheu . sion that no Repeal candidate would stand for Dublin ; but it was the determination of the committee to start a candidate for Dungarvon in opposition , to theRightIlon . il L . Shell .
The rent for the week was announced to be £ 65 18 s . 61 . "The meeting then adjourned for a fortnight .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 31, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1429/page/6/
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