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      ACCTMWs , OCTIHCW , MC . MJtitB . isd Skcbzct . —On Sunday moraine a joung man and two or three females were oat in a small skiff onthe river : when off Mr-Chandler ' s Iteam-bsafcpier , owing to the stone breeze , audit B alleged , want of sldll in the parties in the boat , A the vessel eaddenlytarnedoTsrboard , and the whole of them were immersed . The cries of the people in the water brousht several persons to their assistance , bnt , netwithstandbs that every exertion was made , the young man who had charge of the stiff was carried alang with the tide , and disappeared . The females were saved , and refused to tell the name or address of the young man whose life has been lost .

      Skverb Ohsibus Accinnrr . —On Sunday afternoon » an omnibus , belonging to the Metropolitan Conveyance Company , wa « proceeding on its journey to Haneerford-market , with twelve inside passengers and nine outside , \ chen opposite Percy-street , Totl ? nnam-court . road , the hind axle-tree broke , and the tnmnbas turned completely over en its side , throwing the outside passengersin the street . One gentleman fcwhislegbroken , and another his shoulder dislo-Ss&fW "? . ^ huxi in cabs «* d conveyed to Middlesex Hospital es quickly as possible ; the driver and the rest of the outside pabeneers were

      moreorlessmjared , but sot so much as to prevent them from reaching their own homes ; the inside Tassengers were thrown together in a heap , but fortunately escaped without any further injury than a few euts from the broken glass , excepting one Udv . who was » eut and bruised that she was carried to asurgeon ' s in the neighbourhood to have her wounds dressed , and was then sent in a cab to her own residence . On examination , after the accident , the axle-tree was found to be composed ef very bad material , the iron at the fractured part appearing rotten and full of aawg .

      IKtJTKSM . IhsTiTunos . —Before Mr W . Payne , at the West London union workhouse . West-street , Smithfield , < m the body of Stephen Wackett . aged 55 , a labourer . —W . Pym . 276 , City-police , said that on Tuesday evening last he was called by one of the porters of St Bartholemew ' s Hospital to a man in the waiting mom , brounht in by two strangers , who had picked him up in the street . He had been seen by the surgeon , who said be . required no medicine ; all he wanted was food and rest . The deeeased was removed to theworkhoHge : He was quite unable to walk or stand without assistance . He shook like a person suffering frem the ague . He said he had had nothing to eat that day but a small piece of dry bread , and he had just come out of the country from tryinjlo getemploymentathaymaking . G . Forrow , theaight porter at the workhouse , said that ie admitted the deeeased about eight o ' clock on Tuesday

      night , aad seeing him very weak he asked him if he wished to see the doctor . The deceased replied' No , he only wanted rest , and he should be better in the morning . ' On beine pressed h » drank a little tea , but ate nothing . The witness took him info the refuge , and gave him two woollen rags , which he wrapped around him . He visited the ward several times daring the night without observine anything partieulaf ; but on Yhiting it about half-past five on Wednesday moraing , he fouad the deceased senseless , and breathing very hard . Mr Hutchinson , the surgeon to the union , was sent for immediately , who had the deceased removed to the infirmary , where mustard poultices were applied to his chest , bat he never recovered his senses , and died at ten o ' clock the same morning . —Mr F . Hutchinson , surgeon , said that he found the deceased was labouring under all the symptoms ofreriona appoplexy . proonced in this case , by low living and exposure to tfeecold . Verdict : 'Naturaldeath '

      . Alleged Death jroh Improper Dmvrjro . —At the London Hospital , before Mr W . Baker , upon a man named Richard Dean , who died from injuries received by being ran over by a cart , alleged to have been occasioned by the improper driving of a young man named Christopher Lucking , a eeneral dealer , residing in . Ceningham , Essex . On Thursday evenin ? , about six o ' clock , deceased was talking with some friends , and standing in the Commercial-road East , when a cart driven by Lucking came by ; the near wheel knocked deaased down . Lucking still kept driving on . The deceased was removed to the hospital , where he expired shortly afterwards . It vas said that blame attached to Lucking in consequence of his having passed on the off side , when there * as sufficient room en the near side , which

      was his proper Bide . The jury said it was a very improper place for men to converse together in the centre of a public road , and returned a Terdict of ' Accidental death / Suspicious Dshh op a Fimais . —Before Mr Wakley , M . P ., at the Elephant and Castle , King ' sread , Camden Town , on the body of a female unknown , apparently about 25 yean of age , now lying in the dead louse of St Pancras Workhouse . Connor , a groom in the service of a gentleman residing in Gower street , said that on Sunday night last , about twelve o ' clock , he . together with another young man , were in Tottenham-court-road in a state of intoxicatien , when , they met deceased , who was slightly known to them . They gave her something to drink and then prevailed on her to accompany

      ttem to where he ( Connor ) resided , which is a loft over some stables in Chinese mews . They were so drunk that they eoald not tell what happened after their arrival , but on the following morning they found the deceased on the floor apparently lifeless , which , on medical aid being procured , proved to be the case . Information was then given to the police , and as the deceased was not known , the body was removed to the workhouse . The coroner observed that under the very singular circumstances connected with the case , he mast adjourn the inquiry , not only if possible that the body might be owned , butfor a postmortem examination . Mr Robinson , tfaesurgcoa of St Pancras workhouse , was instructed to perform this operation . The deceased , who is of fair cemplexion , abont 5 feet 4 inches in heieht . was

      very well dressed , in a green lavender and white striped and figured mousseline de laine dress flnunced . blue cardinal cloak , white silk drawn bonnet with wreaths of green flowers , a pair of white silk knitted gloves , one ofwhichhad a green glass button , and the other , one blue and one green ; in her pocket was a smallpocket-book and some tablets ; on one leaf is written , ' E . Collin ? , 7 , King ' s Headcourt , Broadway , Westminster ;* on the opposite leaf is some poetry , concluding with the quotation , ' She never told her love' and appended , the name Jane Sarah Usher . ' Another nama in the book U 'William Brown , Percy-square , Basnigge-wells . ' There was alsoa paper headed , « A care for love . ' The inquest was adjourned . Death by Fire . —Before Mr Baker , at the Harrow

      public-house , High-street , Poplar , on view of the body ef Elisabeth Passmore , 71 , of No . 5 , Harrow , lane . Poplar . John Passmore , night watchman in the employ of the East India Dock Company , stated that on Saturday night last he left his wife in bed . and went to his work as usual . He returned home about eight o ' clock on the following morning , and discovered the deceased lying in the passage quite dead . She waB most frightfully disfigured , and th whole of the upper part of her body was completely burnt to a cinder . A candle was found lying tinder her body . It is supposed that duricg the night the deceased had an occasion to go down Btairs , when , on returning up stairs , she slipped and fell down . Her clothes caught fire from the candle , and , being very feeble , she was unable to move . The jury returned an opeu verdict of ' Found dead . '

      - FIRM . Fire is the Wist Irou Docks —On Monday night , between seven and eight o ' clock , information was received at the London fire-stations of a fire having broken out in the West India Docks , Poplar . The firemen found that the shi p Helena , of Dublin laying in the Import Dock , had taken fire about an hour previously . The flames originated from some unexplained cause , in what is termed the aft-deck , or steerage , containing a quantity of sails and ships ' stores . The flame 3 having obtained a strong held of the under part of the deck , the water pumped down conld not touch that compartment , conseanentlv the

      - ¦ work of destruction was still going on . Mr Fogo , the foreman of the brigade , on reaching the place , suggested that a ladder should be procured and f lowered into the store . That having been done , the brigade men wentjbelow , and by taking the branches of the engines they were enabled to scatter the water in the right direction , which had the desired effect of getting the fire entirely subdued ; The damage done , however , to the ship , is very considerable , for sack was the violence of the flames that seme of the beams are nearly barred through , and the aft-deck is very seriously injured . Independent of which' a nn »" ber of sails and general ( tores are consumed .

      Fire in Bbruosdset-stbskt . —On Tuesday night , about 11 o ' clock , afire broke out in Great Bermortdspy-stfeet . " : In the course of a few minutes the entire district was illuminated to such an extent , that , from London-bridge , it appeared as if the . greater part of the houses in the street were on fire , j . Numerous engines soon reached the spot , when it was found that the premises belonging te Mrllodgkms . rope and rag merchant , were wrapped in one immenn sheet of flame , the fire from which was ascending high into the air , threatening destruction to the surrounding buildings . Fortunately , an abundant

      supply of water was immediately obtained , and a powerful stream was thrown by the engiaes into the midst of the ftunea , but they ; continued to increase until the whole of the stock" in trade was on fire ; and it was with no little difficulty that the sire manufactory " belonging to Mr Mills was saved from destruction , and also an adjoining yeast warehouse lie firemen Eucoeeded , by 12 o ' clock , in getting the complete mastery over the conflagration , but not Uilil the entire range of premises in which it commenced , ' together withtheir contents , were reduced to ashes . ' ¦* ¦ -

      UECBLLUTEOES . ; Tas Cjit of LossosSuauDsbts'Act . —Tb » first court to be held under the new act , which will tale pla .-eon the 29 th inst . hasbeea appointed for tie 12 tii of October . In the act , there is a provision wm artooneialheSeW Qoart y Courts' Act , fer

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      West Londoh Central Anti-Enclosure Absociatiojj . —At the last weekly meeting of this Asaociation , at the Princess Royal , Circus-street , Newroad , September 13 th , Mr Baston in the chair . A communication from Richard Oaatlerwas read , respecting the proposal of that gentleman to write a public letter m aid of the Anti-Enclosure question . Mr Oastler states tha t it was a mistake to suppose that he ever intended writing such letter , for though he had stated that if a public letter from his pen would be of any service he would write one , yet he wished it to be distinctly understood that it would not be of any service , public patriotism being at so low an ebb , that he had tbeen forced to lay down his

      pen , and retire at once into private life . Mr OastieVs explanations were deemed satisfactory by the meeting . A resolution in support of Howitffs Journal was unanimously adopted . The meeting then adjourned till Monday evening next at eight o ' clock . More books wen received for the library . Irish Democratic Cosfkdbhaxion . —At a meeting of this body held at Cart Wright ' s Oofiee House , On Sunday evening , September fith , several new members were enrolled . The following gentlemen were elected as the managing committee for the next three months : —Messrs Martin , Tucker , Joice , Bezer , and Dwain . Mr Clancey was elected secretary , and Mr Cartwrlght , treasurer ;

      Eaiiks Bakk of Enolakd NothforaWager . — Two privates of the Royal Marines just paid off from her Majesty ' s steam Teasel Plato , Lieutenant-Commander Low , at Woolwich , for a trifling wager commenced eating several £ 5 Bank of England notes , with bread , cheese , and onions , but were stopped by some of their more sensible comrades , who came up at the time , and compelled them to desist . Fortunately the numbers of the notes remained uemutilated . The Prometheus , Commander Hay , and the Phoenix , Commander Dennis , have just been paid off , and the seamen have been playing similar ihsurd tricks . Most of the sailers have received neariy&Weadr .

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      iSngUtfe * cohbirluto . . . ¦ . ; ¦ :. A Man Kimjsb bt a Bkab at Cabmsls . — Wm .-Rtmon , aged thirty-nine , porter to Mr . Bannell , of this city , one evening last week , went on his employer ' s business to tha house of Mr Robert 'Cowen , publican , of Newton , near Carlisle , who keeps a variety of wild animals , amongst which was a large blaekbear , brought to this country very young by one of the officers ef the 89 th Regt . It was . with the regiment for a considerable time , and > as so tame that the men wrestled and took similar liberties with it . Mr Cowen had had the bear about seventeen months ; it was secured to the stump of a tree

      by an iron chain , four or five yards long , and had an area of partially unenclosed ground , to the extent of its chain , on which to move . The deceased , in company with an old man named Gass , on the day already mentioned , went to see the bear ( as he had often done before , but stood where he thought himself out of the bear's reach . He was there feeding it with bread crumbs front the palm of his hand , when the bear sprang at him , knoeked him down , and drageed him within its area of ground . Notwithstanding the intrepid exertions of the poor old man , Gass , and Mr Cowen , the bear commenced to worry the man . and eventually seized him in the neck below the left ear , and continued to draw the blood

      from the wonnd which it had made there . It was not until several men , one of whom had a pitch-fork and another a coal-rake , had beaten the brute that the unfortunate man was released . Although all the otber persons were within the bear ' s reach , it did not attempt to injure any bat its victim . The unfortunate man , who was dreadfully torn about the neck and the head , was soon afterwards taken to the infirmary , where he received every attention , notwithstanding which he died on Sunday morning . Mr Cowen , who was absent' when the accident occurred , informed the Coroner and th& > Jury , when they went to see the animal ' s habitation , that He had never known the bear guilty ef attacking any person before . He shot it early on Saturday morning . '¦

      YORKSHIRE . , ... . A 'Planet Ruler . '— Superstition w 1847 . — Last week , a child of E . Mitchell's , bobbin-maker , near Todmorden , got severely burnt by falling against the oven door . A neighbouring woman happened to go into the house soon after the accident , and assured Mitchell ' s wife that an old planet-ruler and fortune-teller , resident at a tecluded and solitary place called Frield Hurst , near Todmorden , could euro the child instantly by cabalistic art , for , continued the woman , he can stop bleeding , kill witches

      and wizards , by means of ruling the planets . The mother of the child went to the fortune-teller , whose name is said to be Holgut a&wHolgate , and after she had told her story about the accident and paid him the usual fee , he told her that she might go home , for she was completely cured . The woman returned , but found the child crying and much worse . On Sunday , Mr Hardman , surgeon , of Todmorden , was called to see it , and . under his care , the child is in a fair way of recovery . It ia stated that the planet-ruler of Frield Hurst obtains an excellent living by his bad fortune-telling , chiefly by young

      women . Mobder at Swinios rear Doncaster . —The deceased , Caleb Barker , aged 47 , warehouseman to Mr Barker , of Don Pottery , left his house between seven and eight o ' clock last Saturday evening , and went to the Ship , kept by a widow named Simpson , at Swinton-bridge , which is distant only a few hundred yards from his residence , and immediately opposite the railway station . On arriving he paid some club money , and had some ale . He left the house in good health about half-past nine , taking with him a quart of ale , his oustom every Saturday

      night , for his wife to partake of , and also a few pipes which he had purchased . His wife , haying waited Borne time longer than usual , sent a person to inquire respecting him ; and about half-past ten an alarm was given , and some persons came to her house for a light . On going out with lights ^ he was horror struck at finding her husband quite insensible , he having just been found in that condition by a person named Thomas Gore . The poor man was at once removed to the house , and medical aid was immediately obtained , but he never spoke afterwards , and died early the next morning . An inquest was held , but no positive proof of the guilty obtained .

      The Sheffield Free-Trade Association have sent an address to Col . Thompson , M . P ., whom they have appointed oae of their representatives at the Free-trade Congress at Brussels .

      WARWICKSHIRE . Birmingham . —Supposed Murder . —Three persons ( a man and two boys ) are now in the custody of the policeof this town , charged with being concerned in , or having a knowledge of , the murder of a man named Brown , in a hut at the Crescent , on Friday night last . It appears that the deceased , who had been out all the day at Tamworta , thatehing , asked permission of a number of boatmen ( the prisoners being of the party ) to rest himself in their hut , situated on the banks of the canal . This favour was granted to him , when one of the boatmen proceeded to quarrel with the deceased ; the fellow seized Brown ' s stick , and beat him so violently about the

      head and neck that he lay insenble upon the floor , when his brutal assailant lifted him upon a bench , and he was found to be dead . The whole of the party who were participators in , or witnesses of , the murder , then made their escape . The deceased was supposed to be possessed of a watch and some money , but nothing was found upon his person . In the course of the the week police apprehended the parties now in custody , but the principal offender , whom they state struck the blows by which the deceased was killed , ha 3 for the present succeeded in eluding the vigilance of the officers in pursuit . The men in confinement refuse to give any information as to the watch and money .

      sopfoix . A Pber ' s Opinion of FARH-LBA « E 8 . —At the annual meeting of the East Suffolk Agricultural Association on Saturday , Lord Stradbroke said : in some districts we see farms ia the highest state of cultivation ; this is , no doubt , ascribable to the aids of science applicable to husbandry operations ; in such places there must have been a considerable outlay of money , with a proportionate amount of labour . This state of things is most gratifying to the spectator ; it not only reflects credit on the occupier of the soil , but is attended by inestimable advantage to the poor . But we cannot deny that a less cheering prospect meets the eye in other districts . We see vast tracts of land imperfectly cultivated , the farm

      buildings dilapidated , the tenantry in an obviously impoverished condition ; in short , all betokening neglect . In such places , it it painful to reflect upon the amount of suffering to which the poor are unhappily subjected . Are we not bound to ask what is the cause of all this ? Now , then , I maintain that these evils spring from the bad system of farming pursued , If the land does not yield more than half the crop that it is capable of producing , the system of cultivation must be wrong . The question then naturally arises , who is to blame ? This is delicate ground ; but , however unpopular , I shrink net from stating my opinion fearlessly—I truat not offensively . I say , then , that the landlords are the chief culprits ; it is the landlords' fault if farms be not better

      cultivated . ( Great cheering . ) We may call upon the occupier to improve the land , but can we expect men of sense to expend their capital without some guarantee—without the certainty of such continued occupation as may secure both principal and interest to the full extent of the sum expended 1 ( Renewed cheers . ) The next question that arises iB as to the mode in which that object may be best attained . My answer is , by granting leases to deserving tenantB . That is the only way in which the land can be extensively improved . I am aware that heretofore there has existed considerable difference of opinion ' upon the subject of farm leases , but we should bear Id mind that the pursuit of agriculture is placed upon a very different basis . We must henceforth adapt our

      system to those altered circumstances , and the first step will be that of giving the occupying tenant a distinct and permanent interest in his holding . ( Cheers . ) Indeed , the question in future should not be whether the tenant be desirous of a lease , but rather whether he should be permitted to enter upon the occupation of a farm without it . For my own part , I conceive that leases are essential to the wellbeing bothof the landlord and of the tenant—I mean such form of lease as may render it imperative on the occupier to adhere to a prescribed rotation of crops , and whioh should likewise provide for the employment of such an amount of labour es would in the end prove advantageous to the tenant , secure the rights of the landlord , and be beneficial to the labourer . . " -

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      <» . Wfo \ t % SnrwFRECK AifD Loss of Life . —In the evening of Saturday last , the 11 th inst ., during a heavy gale from the WSW ,, in Carnarvon Bay , five persons met a premature death . ¦ Two vessels , one a yaoht , the other a schooner , were seen on the afternoon of that day out in the bay . The yaoht signalled for a pilot to cross the bar , and proved to be the Gem , the property of H . Fleming , Esq ., member of the Royal Yacht Squadron . In consequence of the distance from the station , she did not wait for the pilot's arrival , but exchanged one of her own hands for the mate of the . other vessel , who was to act as her pilot . The schooner proved to be the Vine , of Pwllheli , bound with a cargo of coal from Lanelly , in South Wales , to Baugor . From some cause or

      otherper-, haps the daifcnes of the evening , the schooner , in attempting to pass the bar , some time between five and seven o ' clock , into the Menai Straits , struck on the north bank , must have immediately capsized , filled and sunk with all on board . The pilots belonging to the station at Llanddwyn went out in the life boat , but owing to the extreme darkness , and the schooner sjwwiDg no light , they were unable to find out her position until day-break on Sunday morning , I !^ rf ^ T a lf ' » P | lU 8 d out for «" purpose of boarding . She was on her beam-ends , S ^ F ^ ™ ed in the s and . In the caB mmi dead wdy of a woman passenger was found , and on the bank the body of a man was discovered : and both were immediately taken to Carnarvon , there being signs of life m the man . Four other men , the remainder of the crew , perished . The Gem arrived safe over the ar with the Vine ' s mate on board .

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      Thk Shipwbkck at Cahwrvsn BAB ' - ; t ? M ^ ; day an inque » fc was held at Carnarvon onthetody of Mary Humphreys , the wnan fonnd drowne din thecabin of tie Vine schooner , lacked on thebar on the night of Saturday last . From *«« e evidence of one of the seamen who ha ^ n reepvered , ( r ithough found senseless , named W . Wilhanw , it appeared that the schooner was on her pasaage from Portduillaeh to Bsngor ; . tbat the y had left the above place about three or four o ' clock ; that nething Mcurred until about six o ' clock , when she struck on the sand-bank ; the captain , G . Griffiths , was at the helm at the time , and he was well acquainted with the navigation of the bar . They had nroTwmolv flvohsneed their mate with one of the

      handB of the yaoht Gem . There were on board , when the vessel struck , the master , J , Owea , J . Jonas , the yachtman , and the female , who was a passenger te Bangor , The Vise was driven over the bank by the extreme violence of the waves : the crew took refuge in the rigging , with the exception of the female , who was in the cabin . The witness saw the Englishman washed from thenggiug , when he tried to swim . Did not see the others washed away . Did not make a signal for a pilot , astheoaptain knew the navigation well . Could see the shore for some time whilst in the rigging , and thinks that the wreck could be seen from the land , is sure that the body is that ef the woman who is in the cabin when the vessel atruck . Verdict , 'Found drowned . '

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      < m Scotland LANARKSHIRE . Another Determined Attempt at Swcmb . —A female , engaged in a public work at Anderaton , Glasgow , having been discharged from her employment on account of some misconduct , resolved upon destroying heraelf . The poor creature ^ had set her mind upon death by poison , but in order to effect this , he found it necessary to have recourse to the pawnbroker , and she actually pledged a portion of her clothes for threepence , with which she purchased first one pennyworth of laudanum , which she drank , then a second , and these doses not proving immediately effectual , the last penny was expended on the drug in order to accelerate herdeath . She was fow-. d in a dying state , and the cause of her illness having been ascertained , the stomach pump was applied , and she is bow nearly recevered .

      PERTHSHIRE . DdoaI'Fks . —At a meeting of the Perth town counoil , Bailie Barlas stated that heavy fees were exacted by the Duke of Atholl from every one who visited the Dunkeld grounds , and thatthe whole of these fees went into the duke ' s pocket . He ( Bailie Barlas ) was certain there was not another duke in Scotland did the like . 'Thesefees / adds the Advtrtiter , ' are as follow : One person , 2 s . 6 d . ; two persona , 3 a . ; and a shilling a head for any greater number , A Rentleraaa told us on Monday , that he had lately paid 7 s . for the privilege accorded to the party with which he was connected . ABCRCBSNSHIRB .

      Right op Wat . —A subscription has been set on foot , in aid of which the public are invited to come forward , and to support their claim to a pathway on the south side of the River Don . Lord James Hay has issued an interdict , prohibiting the public from using this pathway , which he claims aa private property . At a meeting of the town council of Old Aberdeen , on Friday last , a motion was made that the council should give £ 10 , to assist in defending the jight of way through Seaton Park . The council , however , negatived the motion without a division .

      ATRSBIEB . Dbteruinbd Suicide . —A person named Teale , lately in the employ of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company , but dismissed a few weeks ago , threw himself on the rails between Drybridge and Gatehead stations , at the mement the down train from Kilmarnock came in sight . The engine-man perceiving him , reversed the engine , and sounded the whistle , whilst the guard put on the drag , and both shouted to him to get off the line . In vain , however , tor the unhappy man kept his position , and the train , before it oould be stopped , Went over him at a slow pace , mangling him in so shockingly that he died next day . Before the train came down , he inquired at Gatehead station if the up-train from Ayr was past , and , on being told that it was , he repiied , ' Oh , it makes no odds ; I'll wait for the next ;' and went off to meet it . No one suspected his purpose . He was an Englishman , and has left a wife and five ehildren .

      Dbath of an Old Fiddlbr . —Died at Peeblesstreet , Newton-on-Ayr , on Monday morning , Matthew Hall , aged eighty-seven years ; The deceased was a well-known character , in the West country . He surpassed as a bass fiddler . The old worthy used to mention that he was forty-five years in the habit of frequenting Coilsfield and Eglintoun Castle , in his capacity as a musician . His chief coadjutor was James M'Laohlan , an Highlander , who came to Ayrshire in a fencible regiment , and was patronised by Lord Eglintoun . At concerts at the castle the late Earl of Eglintoun generally took a part on the violincello or the harp , and amongst other professional players on the violin , blind Gilmour from Stevenston was usually present . ' 0 tbae war the

      days for music ! ' involuntarily exclaimed old Hall , as he proceeded with his reminiscences . Hall and M'Lachlan played over the whole county at all the gentlemen ' s residences , and even in Edinburgh and Glasgow , on great ( occasions . In one week to use his own words , they ' passed twenty-six parish kirks , and returned to Ayr on Friday to a ball , never getting to bed till Saturday night . ' They obtained snatches of sleep , to they best | could , during the intervals of playing and travelling . At one time Hall and M'Lachlan were at the Duke of Argyll ' s for six months together . M'Lachlan had been there before

      as footman to Lord John Campbell . It was a time of much festivity ; a blind Irish harper , of the name of O'Kane , was also among the party of musicians . The harper , conceiving himself to be eclipsed by the violin players , or fancying an ' jnsult from the Duke of Argyll , left the party , and bribing some boys ; to procure materials , actually set fire to the lower p ' art ofluverary Castle , which would soon have been in flames , but for the timely discovery of the act . The incendiary was taken to Inverary gaol , and no doubt met the punishment he deserved . Mr Hall ' s bass fiddle was a present from thelate Countess of Eglintoun . It is , perhaps , worth mentioning that he was the first mason ever made bv the poet BurnB .

      MID-LOTHIAN . Lbiqh . —Fau of a Granary . —Between nine and ten o ' clock on Tuesday night the front wall of a granary , situated in Lawrie-street , Leigh , suddenly fell into the street , throwing out about 200 tons weight of grain . The building was three stories in heieht , and - the floors , we understand , were laden with grain to the depth of about seven feet each , which overloading appears to have been the cause of the unfortunate eccurraice . The inhabitants in the

      neighbourhood were , of course , dreadfully alarmed by the fearful crash , but so far as we have ' been able to learn no parsonal injury wa 3 sustained . Fortunately , Lawrie-street ia not a great thoroughfare except on Sundays , during divine servioe , when it leads from Kirkgafe to Mr Smart ' s church ; and had the fall taken place two hours sooner , the consequences might have been highly calamitous . The amount of damage to the property must have been great . The back wall seema to be all that remains standing of the building .

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      tie recovery of tenements in a summary manner : — 'And be it enacted , that when and so won as the term and interest of the tenant ef any house , land , or other corporeal hereditament where the value of the premises , or the rent payable in respect of such tenancy , did not exceed the sum of £ 56 . by the year , and upon which no fine shall have Veen paid , shall have ended , or shall bare been duly determined bv a legal notice to quit , and snah tenant , or if such tenant do not actually occupy the premises , or occupy only a part thereof , any person by whom the same or any part thereof shall be then actually occupied , shall negleet or refuge to quit and deliver up posses sion of the premises , or of such part thereof respectively , it shall be lawfnl for the landlord or his agent to enter a plaint in this court , and thereupon a

      summons shall issue to the person so neglecting or refvsing ; and if the tenant or occupier shall not thereupon appear at the time and place appointed and show cause to the contrary , and shall still neglect or refuse to deliver up possession ot the premises or of such part thereof of which he is then in possession to the said landlord or his agent , it shall be lawful for such landlord or agent to give to the eourt proof of thehdding . andof the end or other determination of the tenancy , with the time er manner thereof , and where the title has accrued since the letting of the premises , the right by which he claims the possession ; and upon proof of the service of the summons , and of the neglect or refusal of the tenant or occupier , as the case may be , it shall be lawful for the judge to issue a warrant ander the seal of the court to any bailiff of the court , requiring and authorising him within a period to be therein

      named , not less than seven , or more than tea days from the date of such warrant , to give possession of the premises to such landlord or agent , and such warrant shall be a sufficient warrant to the said bailiff to eater upon the premises , with such assistants as he shall deem nesessary , and to give possession accordingly ; provided always that entry upon such warrant shall not be made on a Sunday , Good Friday , or Christmas-day , or at any time except between the hours of 9 in the morning and i in the afternoon ; provided also that nothing ' herein contained shall be deemed to protect any persen by whom any such warrant shall be sued out of the court from any action which may be brought against him by any such tenant or occupier far or in respect of such entry and taking possession , where such person had not at the time of suing out the same as aforesaid , lawful right to the possession of the same premises . '

      Alleged Desecration or xhk Dxad . —In consequence of the reports recently circulated concerning the alleged desecration of the dead buried in the vaults of Elim Chapel , Fetter-lane , Fleet-street , Sir James Duke . Bart ., M . P ., alderman ef the ward of Farringdon Without , aeeompanied by Charles Pearson , Esq ., M . P ., City gslicitor ; Messrs Batchelor and Calk , churchwardens of St Dunstan ' s-in-the-West ; the Rev . Mr Cowan , curate of the parish ; Mr Comfort , the foreman , and other members of the inquest ; G . A . Walker . Esq ., surgeon ; Drs Ross andFarquhar ; Messrs Fewler , Dunn , Ac ., attended on Monday to inspect those vaults , with the view of ulterior proceedings . Messrs Church , Frisken , Peaty , Gardner , Westwood , Preston , and Hutchena attended as trustees of the chapel , and produced

      maps of the vaults , which were inspected by Sir James Duke and the jury , who afterwards proceeded to examine the vaults , the entrance to which is by a double trap-dotrin the body of the chapel . The vaults presented a most frightful spectacle . A large pit had been recently excavated to the depth of several feet , whence a vast number of human remains had been removed , and on the right hand side was an accumulation , to the height of several feet , of human bodies and broken eoffins , While on the opposite side was piled together heaps of old coffins . The jury and several other gentlemen having expressed their disapprobation of the disrespectful treatment to which the dead were subjected in the vaults , Sir James Duke , who had minutely examined every portion of them , said that the present

      proprietors were not to blame for the confused manner in which the dead were heaped together . On the contrary , they were doing all in their power to remedy the evil , and the alterations which they were making were necessarily imposed upon them , and were done with even possible respect for the dead . Still he called upon them to lose no time in completing their work , and thereby securing to the dead respect , and to the living security from disease . Dr Farquhar assured the worthy alderman and the Inquest that since he had visited the vaults daring the previous week many of the abominations whiehhe had then visited were removed . Mr Pearson said that on two previous occasions similar complaints had been made against Elim Chapel , once fourteen years , and again seven yean age . But he was confident that

      the present wonld be the last . Sir James Duke having again pledged the trustees to leseno time in properly securing the vault ! against further sacrilegious intruslOB , the inquiry concluded . ThePoob nc St Paxcbas . —OmcuLlnvKsno atiok . —On Tuesday g numerously attended meeting of the directors of the poor of St Paneras took place in the new board room adjoining the workhouse , King'sroad , Camden-tewn ; Mr Churchwarden Howarth in the chair . Mr Pitt , the agent of the beard , brought up and read a lengthened report as to the overcrowded state of the workhouse , from which it appeared , that on the 5 th inst . there were 1 , 530 inmates , for the accommodation of which number 43 , 911 feet f house-room existed . The dimensions of unoccupied ground in the rear of the workhouse was 320 feet

      by 212 feet . In the first floor , to accommodate 180 persons and 6 children , there were but 524 beds ; rooms between the new vestry room and boys' school , 54 beds to IS persons ; infirmary ( men ' s side ) , beds 44 , persons 46 ; infirmary ( women ' s side ) , beds 126 , persons 165—total 170 beds , and 211 persons ; boys ' school 83 beds , and 165 persons ; girls' school 136 beds , and 296 persons . On the motion of Mr Douglas , this report was referred to the committee appointed to inquire into the condition of the poor , with reerenceto better classification and accommodation . Mr Clarke then called the attention of the board to the charges which had been made in the public prints with reference to the treatment of the poor . More particularly the letter of a blind and paralysed pauper , named George Whitfield . which contained

      Buch seriouschargesaoainst the master and the board , that he considered an immediate investigation necessary . After discussion it was resolved to call in the master and the inmate , Whitfield , and enter into the inquiry forthwith . George Whitfield , on being examined , said he was totally blind and paralysed , and had been in the workhouse 12 years . On the first Friday in August he applied to the master for permission to visit his mother , 80 years of age , at Camberwell . He asked for two or three days and was refused , unles he discharged himself . He applied to the committee ef the board and they confirmed the master ' s decision . He thought this very harsh and oppressive , seeing that he had no means of getting a living . He did not write the letter which appeared in the paper of Saturday , but he acknowledged that it was done by his dictation . He must be excused telling who did write it . Had a card in his possession , which gave him the privilege of going out on Sundays , but went out for a few hours on the

      Tuesday following his application by the master ' s permission . It was not true that his bed had been kept by the master for a week ; never was out of the house a single night since the appointment of the new master ; considered the master treated him harshly . Mr Eaton , the master , denied the allegations altogether . He declared that he never gave Whitfield the permission to go out on Tuesday , and that he never saw him from the time he went before the board on the Friday , until the following Friday , and that his bed was empty the whole time . Whitfield said he could prove by the inmates of his ward tbat he was never out as described . Mr Wright then moved and Mr MarkB seconded a resolution , ' That in the opinion of the board , the allegation !* against the master were unfounded . ' The motion was carried unanimously ; and a resolution having also been adopted , ordering the issue of the new uniform clothing to the inmates , and that it betaken from them and their clothes returned on their dioharge , the I board broke up .

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      CAMBRIDOIBHIBE . Coo tlaobatioss ahd Lobs op LiPB—Near Cambridge , last week , a tremendous fire laid in ruins the greater part of Cottenham , a Tillage noted for the manufacture of " eheese . When discovered ( about twelve o ' clock ) , it appeared to have oommenced in a coopers shop , occupied by Mr Moore , situated at the Cambridge end . The Cottenham engines were brought immediately into requisition , and thOBe of Willingnam and Cambridge were sent for , butbefore the latter reached the scene , the flames had advanoed with giant strideB , throwing a lurid glare over the country for many hours . In less than two

      nours , a row of dwelling hou 8 es , with twenty or thirty barns , granaries , outhouBes , and upwards of twenty sacks of wheat , hay , and straw , were in a blaze . As a spectacle , toe scene was almost ' sublime , and the utmost consternation . and dismay naturally prevailed amongst the Inhabitants . The conflagration raged fnrionsly till nearly six o ' clock , before it was checked . By that hour three parts of the village had fallen a sacrifice . No fewer than fifty buildings , and as many sacks of wheat , & < s . , have been consumed . It has been Btated that the losses exceeded £ 30 , 000 . The amount of insurances are not mentioned . How the calamity originated no accurate information could be obtained . Late on Wednesday night , twelve dwelling houses , tenanted by labouring families , at

      Sidmeutb , at a place called Mill-cross , were burned down . Itwascaused by the driver of the Northern Mail-cart , Ruagintoa stable with a naked candle , te bed-up his hones for the night , when a spark fell on tome straw , which speedily ignited . One man , named Bull , lost . his life » in the flames . His body was dug tut the following morning , a blackened mass , „ ¦¦ •• ' ' MSNEA , DEAR Ew . —Morb MYSTERIOUS POISONIITO . —A female named Ann Barnes , who for some time past had been residing at Ely , but latterly had been staying at her son ' s , at Parlo-bridge , near this village , had been ia the habit of taking a number of young children to nursa during the daytime , while their parents were engaged in gathering in the

      harvest . Amongst the children in her care were four whose ages averaged from seven to fifteen months . The first of these four children , a daughter of a labourer , named Benjamin Hartley , was taken ill a short time back , and after a few days' severe suffering Uncovered , having been taken homeland placed under the care of its mother . Immediately afterwards the child belonging to John Hartley , another labourer , was taken ill , and a third was seized with similar symptoms , about the same period ; and the fourth , the infant child of John Younge ; Mrs Barnes ' s son was also laid up with illness . After a

      few days of excruciating agony the children died . The fact of so many children having died junder such mysterious circumstances having come to the knowledge of the police , an inquiry was forthwith set on foot , the result of which showed that each csse was fraught with suspicion . Mr Peate , the coroner , at once issued his warrant fer holding an inquest on the body of Mary Ann Young , the only one not interred . Mr Dean , surgeon , made &post mortem examination of the body , and said he was prepared to say that the deceased had been poisoned with arsenic . Several witnesses were examined , and after an ar * rangeraent was made for the exhumation of the other bodies .

      At the . resumed examination , the bodies of the children of Aubery and Hartley having been exhumed on Friday last , Mr James Dean , surgeon , of Chattoris , was called : Exhumed the bodies on the 10 th . That of WhitweU Aubery presented so unusual external appearance , but internally , the , small intestines were suffused with a bright yellow colour . The lungs and liver appeared healthy . Removed the alimentary canal , put it in a sealed bottle , and delivered it t » Captain Hampton . The next day examined it with Mr O'Connor , and discovered the presence of crystals . Mr Dean then entered into minute details of the tests he had applied to ascertain whether any poison was in the body of the child . The result is , ' he concluded , ' that there is no doubt on my mind that the child Aubery died of arsenic ' Mr Dean next described the process by which he arrived at an opinion in regard to the death of Eliza

      Hartley . That opinion was that the child had died ot arsenical poison . As regards Young ' s child , Mr Dean had no doubt that it had an additional dose of arsenic just before death . The other two children had but one dose , and nearly got rid of it before death . This accounted for the crystals resulting from the tests in the case of Young ' s child and not-in the others Captain Hampton , superintendent of the Ely police , said he had caused every inquiry to be made , but the procuration of the poison could not be traced . No poison ortrace of it had been found in the house of Young , although a pinute search had been made . Other not very material evidence having been adduced , Captain Hamilton , applied for a further adjournment , and after some discussion as to the probability of the obtaining of further evidence , the eoroner having fully explained the importance of the inquiry , it was adjourned to the 15 th of September , the jury being bound over to appear en that day .

      BSSHX . South Ebsex Registration . —On Monday Sir W . Riddle and E . Bosanquet , Esq ., the barristers ap . pointed to revise the list of voters for the county of Essex , gave notice that they will commence the revision of the division of it on Wednesday next at Romford . On the following day the court will sit at Stratford . The number of claims and objections are much greater than usual .

      MIDDLESEX . Elopement in Middle Life . —The quiet little village of Acton has been furnished with a bit of fruitful gossip by an elopement . The young lady is the daughter of a tradesman at Charing-cross , and possesses considerable attractions .. The young lady has been very fond of taking short morning rides by the London and Wycombe coach , whioh she was permitted to do by her parents , in consequence of her health appearing much to improve therefrom , and not the slightest suspicion was entertained by any of the members of the family , that ahe was forming a secret attachment . The other morning ehewas missing at breakfast time , and it was afterwards ascertained that the usual morning ride had been varied by a drive in a ' fly / with the driver and proprietor of the Wycombe coach , who is some years her senior , her age being 20 . This excursion ended at a metropolitan church , where the parties were duly married . ' -

      SURREY . Two Gamekeepers Stabbed bt Poachers . —On the morning ef Saturday last , a murderous affray took place at West Horley , near Guildford , between a keeper and an assistant keeper , in the joint employ of . MrR . A . Frogley and Mr Carrie , M . P ., and a party of poachers , in which the two keepers were stabbed , and are now lying in a dangerous state . Guildvorb . —The Game LAws .-The excitement created throughout this portion of the county of Surrey by thelate frightful affray between a party of poachers and the gamekeepers of Messrs R . A . Forgley . and E . Currie , Esq ., M . P ., on the morning of Saturday last , is beyond description , and has only been equalled by the similar affray which took place a few years since , between another party of poachers and the gamekeepers of Mr Bryce Combeat Church

      , Cobham , when one of the gamekeepers met his death . The names of the two keepers who have in the recent conflict been stabbed are George Targett and James Martin ; the former , who is head keeper , is about 40 years of age , and has a wife and two children ; and the latter , who is a single man , is 21 years of age , and is an assistant keeper . The wounded men were not discovered for nearly three hours after they had received the injury ; and at that time Targett appeared to be completely lifeless . They were found b y a person who was accidentally passing through the wood in which the affray took place , from whence , as soon as assistance wa 3 procured , they were conveyed in a spring cart , each to ms own cottage , on Mr Forgloy ' s property , at iiast liorsley . Both men are in a very dangerous state .

      Fbightfk Occurrence at the New Cross Railway Stamon . —On Tuesday afternoon an accident occurred at the New Cross Station of the London and Brighton Railway to a man named William Wadley , which , it is feared , will prove fatal . Wadley was in the employ of the company in the carriage department , and while removing some trucks , he by some means became jammed between the buffers of two of the carriages , which came together with such violenee as to crush the upper part of his person in the most awful manner . His cries soon brought several men to his aid , and after a little difficulty he was released in an insensible state . He was taken to Guy ' s Hospital , where it was discovered that he had received dislocations of the collar bone , and fracture of the sternum , and that the ribs had sustained great injury , several being broken and forced in .

      . KENT . Fire at Woolwich . —At half-past twelve on Tues « day , a person in the employ of Mr Griffin , carrier , on his return from London , at that time discovered a fire on the premises of Mr Hill , furniture-broker , opposite the Dockyard wall , a short distance eastward of the main gate . An alarm was immediately given , and the Dockyard police , with two of the fire-engines , were promptly , on the spot , but could not , for some time , render efficient assistance , owing to the want of water . The policemen exerted themselves in a most praiseworthy manner , and by joining seventeen lengths of hose , of forty feet eaoh , succeeded in obtaining a supply from the Dockyard mam , which enabled them to play upon the house and shop so as to confine the fire to the building in which it originated , although the fire had obtained such ascendancy that the whole of the contents and flooring were consumed . Mr Hill is said to be insufed , but it is not known to what amount .

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      Jtoianir . . > FLAX IMPROVEMENT SOCIEir . —THE LORD LIEUTENANT . Last week a deputation from the Royal Society for the Promotion and Improvement of the Growth of Flax in Ireland , composed of the Earl of Erne Messrs John Sharman Crawford , John Herdman ' S . R . Mulholland , and James M'Adam , waited on his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant , at the Viceregal Lodge , to present an address of congratulation on his Excellency ' s' appointment to the government of this country , and to solicit that his Excellenoy would be graciously pleased to accept of the office of vicepatron of the society . ¦

      His Excellency said that he accepted with great satisfaction , the tn&vk of distinction the ; had conferred upon him by proposing to him to become the vice-patron of the Flax Improvement Society of Ireland . He was aware of the efforts they had made , ana the succees which had attended their laudable exertions . He attached the greatest importance to the cultivation of flax , because it afforded the means of creating and spreading a spirit of industry in Ireland , and he felt the moreinterest in it on account of its being the particular branch of agriculture most clesely connected with that particular branch of manufacture , the linen trade for which Ireland bad bees famous as an exporting couatry . As a free trader he thought that there should be no restriction placed on ' the praduceof other countries , howerer remote from Great

      Britain , and the principle of whiea he approved wa » that they shonld buy ia the cheapest and sell in the deareit markets , but that did not prevent his desiring to see the prodmtions of hit own country cheaper , better , and in all reBpscts superior to those of other sountries . Under their auspices he hoped they should yetssethe linen manufacture flourish throughout the country Notwithstanding that their climate was highly favourable to the production of flax—that their peasantry were as laborioQs and their artisans as ingenious as those ef any other country-with all these advantage * , he saw , with great regret , that the people of Great Britain and

      Ireland were tributarlei to foreign countries in the amount of five or six milllonB annuall y for an article which could be abundantl y produced at home , the manmfacture of which would be a source of wealth to the country , and the consumption of which would confer the blessings of remunerative employment on our own artisans . He therefore looked upon the growth of flax , and the manufacture of linens in Ireland , as of imperial Importance , and there was nothing that the deputation eould point out to him , either as vice-patron of the society , or in his official capacity , by which their objects could be advanoed , and the manufacture of linen promoted , in which the ; might not be assured of his cordial

      cooperation , THE . POPB—BHBH W&TRISS . The Evening Pint says , ' We have extwme mti-

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      SSK ?* "Srig The Rev . Mr Croke , V , p , of Oharlerllie , u . ^ ledgtng , with the dieput sente of obligation th .. *' £ 50 from hit Eminence Cardinal Fraasonl tor a , o £ ofhiapariib , most fervently uiltes with ' hb «« i ° !* offering the homage of grateful heart * to the » , Father for hli gessrom sympathy , and princeW J ? flcence tomi « g « t « the iifferiagi and save from . ua * tion the afflicted peopld of this unhappy country . Auohoh At Mr O'CoNKEii ' s . —On Thursfl »» lale by auction took place at the residence of the iL Mr O ' Connell , m Memon-square , of a- varieti iS artioles of household furniture . The nSZ * crowded during thecourae of theday , and everv n » rt of the spacious residence examined ; but of the I » £ distinguished occupant there was little or nothi ™ in the property sold to suggeBt a mtamtn . -rS !

      furniture was solid , but plain . - Neither books no » pictures were put under the hammer of Mr LawEr In the hall there were large trunks , directed fr » Darrynane Abbey , marked 'Law Books , ' and vacant places on the walls showed where pictur e * had formerly been ; but the articles actually S 0 U were of too every day a nature to excite peculiar at . tention . They were not suggestive , of the deceased as the contents of a library would have been , or of a study . The property disposed of by the auctioneer realised very good prices . ; but from the circum . stances already alluded to , the details of the sale do not call for any especial notice . —Samderfy NeuJt Letter .

      BPHEAD OF FETOR . Fever is becoming more prevalent and more fatal in Dublin as well as in the provinces . The state of the Caatlerea poor-house is described sa awful . The master and matron have resigned ; the latter is very ill of fever . On Friday none of the guardians would take the chair , lest he would subject himself to any of the liabilities . An assistant has been at work to try to regulate the accounts of the former clerk , which , indeed , appear complicated ! Where such mat . ters will end God only knows .

      FOOD RIOTS II BANTBT . A letter dated Bantry , Septembers , and published in the Cork Examiner , says : — Tbii ill-fated and almoit depopulated town became this day the icene of indiicribable confusion . The with . drawal ef the rations , coupled with the frightful pres . pectofan approaching winter , has blighted all hopes tf csiitence , and goaded the enraged multitude to desp « r& . tion . The consequences were painfully exhibited this day . The wretched and famished inhabitant * of tbe neighbouring parishes proceeded to town , and thence to the workhouse , where they demanded admission , and , as might be expected , were refused . They were not

      long supplicating , when a large party of military u £ police were on the ground , commanded by a captain aad sub . impector of constabulary , all under the control of Mr Hutchinson , Justice of the Peaoe . At this stage of the proceedings , the hungry and disappointed applicant * commenced uprooting a plot of potatoe ground attached to the workhouse , but the military obliged them to retreat as quickly as their exhausted strength wonld per . mit them . Some ot the dispersed people plucked op somi turnips and ate them whilst retiring , Still nothisg serious occurred . Three only were captured for the very clamorous manner in which they sought to obtain food .

      It it rumoured hera that the melanchol y scenes of ttiis day are to be renewed to-morrow and each succeeding day , until the people find a refuge in the workhouie . The Tipperary Vindicator contains a long report of a meeting of tenant farmers , held at Borriseleigb , on Thursday last , on the same subject of tenant right . There appears to be considerable exciteraest on the matter in Tipperary . The Evening Mail denounces the movement as revolutionary , and as directed against the payment of rents ; but as yet , there is nothing in the proceedings to warrant this imputation .

      POOR BBL 1 BP TAXATION . The Enniskillen board of guardian ^ , yielding to the demand of the poor-law commissioners ( who threaten to dissolve the board and appoint paid guardians ) have made the rate , including a portion of the temporary relief expenditure , as required by the commissioners . The Kilkenny board of guardians have in part complied with the demand of the commiBsioners , by making a rate of 3 s l $ d , which will be entirely devoted to the ordinary expenditure ; but they have by a majority passed a string of resolutions , declaring that they are not fairly liable for more than one-half of the loans tor temporary relief . The Marquis of Ormend and the flon W . Wandesford dissented from the resolutions . In Carlow union the resistance to the rate for outdoor relief appears to have ceased . MONSTER MEETING OP FARMERS AND UBOtffiERS El

      TIPPERART . A movement of a very extraordinary kind , with the professed objected of promoting a settlement of the Land-tenure question , is now in progress of the county of Tipperary , in which a notification , of which the following ia a copy , has been extensively circulated : — A public meeting ( convened by requisition numerously signed ) of the tenant-farmers , labourers , asd people at large , ol the county of Tipperary , will be holden at Holy Cross , on Sunday , the I 9 th of September , 1817 , for the purpose of establishing a league of tenaoU farmers , aad of taking such other measures as may be thought necesBary and effective to prevent themselvM from the general ejsctment intended by the landlords ; to provide and secure themselves and their families against the danger ef another famine , and to obtains fixed and firm right of property and possession in their farmB , on such c « aditions as will enable them to lire is independence and comfort .

      Last year there was an extensive failure of tbe potato crop , tbe usual and sole source of subsistence to tbe farmer . An universal dearth and desolating general fa . mine followed the failure . This year from want of seed , want of means , and general fear of another failure , the potato has not been planted to aay extent . The stack and means of the farmers have been greatly reduced , and in many cases takenWay altogether by the demandi and deficiency of last year , and they are in consequence utterly unable to pay this year the ordinary rents and extraordinary taxes . In the face of this fact the landlords are determined to require and enforce full payment of the usual rents , and if those rents be not paid to take the lands into their own hands , or let it in large tact ! . In public and private , in Parliament , through the press , and at public meetings , they have declared that the til * lage farmers of Ireland must be cleared out and got rid of .

      Under those circumstances , the tenant-farmers must now determine how to act , and what courae to follow . One and all , let them come te Holy Cross , on the 191 b of September , and then and there determine and declare , by common agreement , in full meeting assemble ! , what that coarse is to be , and in Yihat manner they are resolved to act , The qnestlon between landlord and tenant most noiv atlaBtbe fully and fiuullv settled ; it shall be settled . It shall be settfed at Holy * Cross , on Sunday , the 19 tb of September . The tenant-farmers and people of Tipperary have now , if they choose to use them , the power and oppor . tunity is their own hands of settling that question for 6 TGf «

      The Iabaurers also , as well as the farmers are re . quested and bound to attend ; they have a direct per . Bonal inte « . t in the matter as strong and clear as that of the farmers-the rate of wages and extent of employment , their future condition , their subsistence , independence , and very lives are aU at stake , and all to bo determined on as well as those of the farmers ; for H the farmer * obtain security in their holdings at reduced aud fair rents , which will enablethem to make improtements , the employment of labour will increase , and rate of wages will rise ; but if the . farmers lose their landi , the labourers will lose their lives , or B » k into wretched paupers depending on the workhouse .

      The interest and prospect of the townsmen and trading classes are intimately btund up with those of the occupiers of land-the rate of wages and extent of business , the certainty of employment , the amount of profits , whether of trade or professional practice areall based on the amount of disposable nwanj in the hands of tbe tenant-farmers . And , finally , thefutura state and condition of Ireland , her independence and wry existence are staked oa iM preservation securit y , and prosperity of those ^ ho oc ^ C , ? l u . ultlTate her 80 il as ferm « 8 and labourers . All h « help and hope is in them-ttuy constitute brt people-her only people ; for the town population of Inland is scanty in amount ; and the landlords , with few except onB , are aliens , enemle ., or atientMi .

      In direct furtherance , therefore , of the interests & every class of our people , in defence of their rig hts " life and property , in defence of their country and all b hopes , it is requested and expected that the entire poF lation of Tipperary—tenant farmers , labourers , tows men , and tradespeople—will attend at Holy Cross on tl day of meeting . . ' It is earnestly requested that aU means be used ' circulate this handbill as extensivel y as possible . W- \ be passed rapidly from haid to hand . Let no oi > keep it in his paBsession after . reading it , but send it <» through the country ; aad let eaoh man who resdf I use all exertion to prevail on at least « ve or six others « accompany him to tho proposed meeting . This is « way to secure success . A great ebject is at stake- ;* grtat purpose is to bo achieved , and a great meeting i ? required . j By order of the Preparatory Committee , ( Signed ) . ' James F . Law *; I The Pmuths in PAmiiMBK » .-. Tho four Iri »

      representative prelates for the session 1847-3 . ?* r The Archbishop of Armagh and Tuam , the Bisno : of Killaloe and Clonfert , the Bishop of Kilmor t Ardagh , and Elphin , and the Bishop of Cio gher . A FavBB Victim . —M . de Mussy , onoof thephj * oians sent over to Ireland by the French goy ? t » , ment , to report upon tho epidemic now pre tauiDfi is ill of fever at his residence , in St Stephen ' ** " * " The fever is of the spotted type , and Dr de Wm has been in a perilous state ; but his medical at « w dants now have strong hopes of his recovery . . , j ? y eanght the infection in the fever sheds in the V f SJ of Dublin , where he had bee * almost oomtanw attendance , > ( Contimxt&tot fovtnffi Peg .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1436/page/6/