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v&vtm : Suspicious Death wait PoisosiKo .-By adjourn , ment , before Mr W . Baker , at the Cape of . Good Hope public-house , m the Commercial road E ast , relatwetothedeatUof Mrs Louisa Brown . aged 37 , who died oa Tuesday week . The deceased bad been P / regnant * and wag in the enjoyment of very g * sd aealto . She had been residing with her husband , who formerly practised as a surgeon , but bad latterly been following the occupation ef an accountant , in Walworth . Sheleftthatplacea few weeks since , a- d went to residein Umehouse . On Xfrraday , the 11 th instant , the deceased becameivery ill , and Mr Cummins , a surgeon , was cal led in . The deceased Informed him that her husband had given her two
pills , and complained oi pains in her Etomaeh . Her illness broug ht oa premature labour , and she was delivered of a s till born child , She gradually sunk and expired on the following morning . Mr CumminR said be bad made a port mortem examination of the body , and discovered thestomaehhighlyinflamed and ulcerated . The inquiry wax afterwards adjsurned for the purpose of having the contents of the stomach tested , and when the jury re-assembled . Dr Leathb ? , professor of chemistry at the London Hospital , was sworn sai examined . He stated that he had carefully examined the contents and discovered traces of poison , bntbe wished to have further time for the purpose of examining another portion of the stomach . At present he was unable to state the
o rose of death . The inquiry was then adjourned . Straw Bosxst Makikb . —Before Mr Carter , at the Feathers Tavern , Walwortb , as to the death of Ann Callagher , aged 65 . The unfortunate deceased was in a most extreme state of destitution . Mrs Yoiutg , pf 10 , Burton-street , stated that the deceased lived in herheose , where she had a single room . She was a straw bonnet maker . Coroner : Aad what could she earn at that ? Witness : Sixpence s day in full work , but she could not work lately . Coroner : Was that all she had to live on ? Witness : I believe she tad 2 s . 6 J . a week from the parish , aiid she paid me 1 » . 61 ., when I now know she went without herself . I did not then . The witness went oa to state , that she often cave her tea and other
things , but she would never let her come into the raom- On Saturday she sent for seme laudanum , aedtoofcaportionofit ; ghenid it wauld assuage her pain . On Wednesday she was found dead in bed . The coroner : Da you think that she took the laudanum for the purpose of destroying life ! Witness said she thought she had been in such a state of vant , and as she herself said her stomach was destroyed frssi want of food , that the laudanum bad had a great effect on her . On the Wednesday when she saw her she thoaght deceased was stapified from the ( Sects of laudanum . Coroner : Do yon think her death was a natural one ? Witness : I think she was so much in want that her stomach wonld not bear laudanum . A Juror : Was what you stated all
die had to live on ? Witness : Tes ; she had no friends . Coroner : Was no surgeon seat far ? The witness explained that she expected a surgeon to attend one of her children , and she did not send for one , bat the gentleman did not eall that night . Coroner : Xfidyon gWe so nofioa to the parish ! witness : We did all we eoaW . Coroner ( to Mr Brooks , the constable ) : Is aot your surgeon bound to attend in a case of this sort f Mr Brooks said he was not nnless an order had been obtained , but he would in a case of emergency . A juror : The last jury I was on he would not , and the woman was dying . The foreman and one or two of the jury said they had no doubt the laudanum had accelerated her death , from extreme weakness arising ftom want , but ultimately a verdict of ' Natural Death . ' w «
returned . The Reckst Case op Highwat Robbbby and StspscTED Moedbe » Wkstmsstto . —Before Mr Bedford , at theGrosvenor Anns . Kensington-place Westminster , on the body of Mr John Bellchambers ' aged 57 . an engineer , lately residing at No . 44 , Wilton-street , Vincent-square , who was robbed and most brutally iU-nsed by a gang of thieves on the monansrofthe 11 th instant . Mr H . F . H t :, surgeon , 30 , Abingdon-street , Westminster , stated that he knew deceased well , and saw him two or three days prior to the occurrence and he was then in
ex-, cellent health . Witness was called to attend himat six o ' clock in the joorninj of Monday week , and found him quite insensible , with a wound on the nght temple of about an inch and a quarter in len 2 tb f aBraK on the right cheek , with a small ent nndertte left eye ; both eyes were blackened above tte orbits . Fromallappearanees . he was sure there was concussion of the brain . By the eoroner : Was inclined to think that the wound on the forehead wasthe effect of some deadly weapon . Sawdeeeased three fames a day from this period till his death . He never rallied , and expired oa Snndav evening
JJy theeoroner : Considered the wound * were the result of more than one Wow . Inspector Taylor , of the B division , in answer to the coroner , said that George McKay and Thomas Doyle were in custody , and temwded toThursnay next , as being concerned lntheaffiur . The coroner then observed that the case still terns » tbebanfls of the police , he thought that Boms tmschirf aight bs done by proceeding with itmyfartheratpresentin that ( the coronert ) oonrt . and especially as allHthe parties suspected were not fiSSS 1 TheU 1 * ae 8 t ™ ftea •*««* SmcDHs raoc OvBa-sTnBr . -Before Mr W . Baker , atfteMoamouth Arms , Singleton-street , Hoxton cn ; the body ofWm . Rawlinson , aeed seventeen
years , wno oomiKtted suicide by swallowing bitter oil of almond ? . Deceased was a lair ' s clerk , and ^ ^ £ . hl 7 arents afc No- **• Sfnfleton-street . He had been for some considerable time studying ehemieal works , and other p hilosophical matters . He was in the habit of locking himselfnpinhis E 2 ? £ P'oyofe of Preventing his friends molesting him . He had made several experiments , but in consequence of the frequent loud reports and explosions , his father threatened to destroy all his $£ & , X W o ? i ,- ?? - rged from Ms situation on Saturday , the 9 th inst ,, in consequence of his inattention to business , and he was freonentl « r « mnB .
is Chancery-laae . lhs mmd alwajB appeared to be oecnpiedwithhiflstudieg . - andheseldoVS addressed anypetwm . escsjtinmoBosjllablM . He hadlatterly appeared very eheerful ; and on Saturday last he re-^« d to rest asnsual with his yonngerbroihe ? About one o ' clock on the following moratag £ SST ' -rt ™ * , bybB attempting to jump out ofbed The deceased then fell backonthe b ^ and groroed very heavily . MrYoung , asuttje ra was Kntfor who attended immediately ; ' " diffii t £ STSE * ***• ^ f 8 twngl 7 . fpmSe ? &f i £ " f a dl 8 COT «« d two small phials in SJ ^ ftj ™ m ° r , al 80 on the table « "Wch had contained bitter oil of almonds . The Juryreturned a verdiet of Temporary insanity . ' J wwn « a
WSCEIiAKEOUS . Mahtlebtkb Rkwbm A <* ocuTiojr . —At a meeting of members held on Saturday nightat the Exmouth Arms , Exmouth-stree ^ Hampstead-road , a resolution was confirmed which declared this association to be finally dissolved . There was considerable oppoaitionte the measure , which gave rise to some
warm discussion . Pcbuc GncfAsniM is thb Regeht ' s Pabk —The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have erected a gymnasium on the ground at tha foot of Primrosehill which will be open to the use of the public under certain regulations . , « ^ 5 ] . ° ?^ MofiBaB —1 * 8-week wecopied ansccountof a triple mnrder which was reported to have taken place at Foot ' s Cray , in Kent , the report appeared in the 'Morning Chronicle " Mora ins Herald ' and Morning Post , ' on Frida , mom £ fi- f Privet ' ofSundtysays } :- ' Fromtheexaanughtba expected , excited a great gensafinn Anxious toproenrethe most wiJKJRSH . parheukrs . acentfeman was immediately dispatched to tiiephee where the dreadful deed was said to have been committed . On tfg arrival at Fooft Cray , he was surprised to find that not onW w * . u »
wiio : estoryafabrication , butthat tha simple vUlageis , removed from the sphere of the daily press , had not even heard the report of the atrocious crime allege ! w have been perpetrated almost at their own dwrs . I hey one and all expressed the greatest surprise at the circumstance of any one having represented their peaceful and innocent locality to have been the soene of so great an enormity . On inquiry it was ascertained that th « re are t , o such persons in the viUage as Ellen Uwson and her two children ; neither is there any inn with the sign of'The Plough . ' The whole story , so circumstantially described , owes its existence to the inventive faculties ofthe writer . A more heartless hoax was never practised on the public . It is diffinnit ?« iLJzZl
whatooaldh&vebeea tJie objects of the person who hasbeen guilty of thus outraging tha feelbJ oS e . tre cammomty . The nolioe , as well as thl pubHc , were deceived by the minuteness with which the pamful details were given reepectine the murder ! Nofe « rthan five gentlemen from London visited the plaw ra tto course of the day , for the purpose of learning the particulars , and wareas much surprised as enr repwter in finding the village of Foot ' s Cray ia its usual state of perfect calm , instead of being in 'the state of utmost consternation , 'in which theinventor of the audacious hoax represented it to be . Oae ofthe persons who went to make inquiries was milled a second lime by a gentleman be met in the
neigobourhood of Foot s Cray , who told him that the crime had actually been committed , but that it was at the village of Wilmington , a place three or four miles distant , and at which there i » an inn with the n ? n of' The Plough . ' Thither the party went , but found that the Beeond report was as groundless as the first Various other persons left town with the v . pw of proceeding to Foot ' s Cray , toleara the state of matters ; but ascertained , atdlferent poinfa of the journey , that the story was a piece of pore invention from beginning to end . TJie pnblic will be glad to learn that every effort will be made in the proper quarter to discover the anthor ofthe fabrication , and confident hopes are antertained that they WJ 1 be taccessfe ] , JSo pnushment coaM he sX
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- i ; ISftglfflfte DUBBJAX . A ViCiKCT IN IHB RePEBSENTATION OF ScSDERuid is likely to be created by the recent failure of Messrs Barclay , Brothers . Mr D . Barclay , M . P ., w ill , iti « said , retire from the representation of that town , and the liberals are already on the qid vive . IiAKCASHUUt . The Operative Faciost Dilboateb of Lancashire , assembled at Manchester , on Sunday , came to a resolution in accordance with tha announcements of their intentions to stop working . There were twenty-font towns or districts ' represented , and three resolutions were come to : —1 . To send a
deputation to the masters of Ashton to endeavour to induce them to withdraw their notice of reduction oi wages . 2 . That in the event of this deputation being unsuccessful , to strike labour throughout tbe whole of the districts on the 21 at inst . S . That four delegates ba appointed to proceed to London to represent to government the state of the cotton trade , and urge upon them the necessity of relaxing the rates of dig . eount now charged by the Bank of England , and thereby afford greater facilities to trade . SoiCIDE O ? A CtSKQTHAir AND MAGISTRATE . —On Sunday afternoon last , Haslingden and the neighbourhood was thrown into a state of considerable excitement , owing to a report that the Rev . W . Gray , rector of Haslingden , who is also a magistrate .
had committed suicide by catting his throat . It appears the rev . gentleman read prayers in the morning , aud afterwards christened or baptised Beveral children in the church . He eat his dinner as UBual , and at half-past two o ' clock he was found dead in his bed , with his throat cut in a shocking manner . A raxor was found in his hand . No reason ean be assigned for the rash act . Deceased was about sixty years of age . _ Irish Paupbr Immigration . —The stream of Irish immigration in to Liverpool his again set in ata fearittl rate . Last month the total number of arrivals was 10 , 369 persons . Within ths last fortnight they have been on the increase ; the numbers arrived being 8 . 639 persons landed np to the 17 th inst , or 511 per day againBt 345 in the previous month . Since the 15 th of January , when Mr Dowling , the
high constable , first kept a record ofthe daily arrival ? , 262 , 675 immigrants have arrived in Liverpool , ofwbom , with the exception of those who have proceeded to America , and the few who have returned at our expense to their own country , tke bulk are scattered about the country . Maxchbbteb . —Thb Swirdukq Cabs . —Charles Walter Fitaslarence , an account of whose impostures was given in the Star , a short time since , in having obtained goods from Manchester tradesmen , byfal-ely representing himself to be 'the Hon . Charles Walter Fitzclarenee , captain of the 11 th Hussars , ' was brought op for tnai on Hondvj , &t Van Manchester Bsrongh Sessions , on the charge of false pretences , and pleaded guilty . He was sentenced to nine months'imprisonment in Lancaster Castle .
Liverpool , —The Correction op Mabiks Sxobb Dealers with Crime . —Monday a case came on for hearing at the police court , which unfortunately showed the intimate connection which some , at least , of the marine store dealers of that town have with the felonies which are being constantly perpetrated within the prajinetaofthe borough . Two wretched-looking children , apparently in the last stage of disease , who gave their uiraes as Michael Keegan and Honor Keegan , brother and sister , were brought before MrRuahton , on a charge of having been concerned in therobbery of a variety of agricultural pndnce , and Richard Saville was , at the same time , brought np and charged , as a marine store dealer , residing at No . 13 , Sparling-Btreet , with
having received the same , knowing it tobeBtolen . Seme idea of the extent of the robberies—for they were effected at various times and from several warehoases—naybe learned from the following detail of them , whieh was handed to the court . A banal of oats , a barrel of wheat , a portion of a bag of split pew , a barrel of Indian corn , and seven bap of Indian wheat The children were seen to enter Saville " s premises on Saturday , with about eleven pounds of Indiaa corn in a bag , and thsugh bo pertion ofthe remainder of the stolen property was as yet discoverable , yet there was very little donbt upon the mind ef the officer that all of ithad found itsway to Saville ' s store . The warehousemen who gave evidence as to the quantity missed from the premises of their employers , stated that entrance had been effected ia most instances by breaking the padlocks on tbe enter doors , and then cutting away the boarded partitions which separated the rooms from
the Btaireases . Mr Rushton ordered the prisoners to be reminded , and in doing so informed Mr Dowling and the officers that ho expense ought to be spared in trowelling the whole of the circumstances connected with the present most important case to the iBCfeanti ' e community . ' It was essential to the police themselves that they should leave no stone uutnrned to ascertain all the particulars connected with it . It appeared pretty plain that if they could now succeed in cutting off the source , they would also succeed in cutting off the effect of the crime in the borough , for here were two wretched children about to be made into confirmed Ihieves by the villainy of their seniors ia understanding as well as in years . Saville , he understood , wasthe successor of ft man , in the same street , who had been carrying on aamilar nefarious game to the present , bnt he must be checked , exposed , and , if proof was forthcoming , punished .
YOBKSHrRB . Mr CoBnEK—A correspondent ef the Stockport Advertuer asserts that , 'in the event of Mr Cobden ' s electing to sit for the West Riding of Yorkshire , it is intended to eontest the Beat for Stockport on the Conservative interest , by an influential free-trader of Conservative opinione . ' Bioahtakd jot Scotch Law op Marriage . — A ennous case of bigamy came before the Huddereneld magistrates last week . Mr Jonas Bellawell , the son of a respectable iradesmsn in Hudderefield , was sent in his youth to Btudy medicine in Glasgow . He completed his studies in 1835 . Duringthe latter part ofthe time he . was residing in Glasgow he lodged at the house of a Mr Nicol . who had two daughters , thn
eldest of whom proved enceinte , and Mr HeHawell was the repnted father of the child . When this cir-CumBtance Wag discovered . Mr Helkwell removed to other apartments , bat continued to visit Miss Nieol regularly afterwards . A consultation was held by tbe family , to know what must be done with reBpect to Mm Nieol ' s situation , when it was decided that her brother John should invite Mr Hellawell to take coffee with him one evening ; which he did . This wasinlKg . At this meeting there were present Mr and Mrs NjcoL their two daughters , their son John , and Mr Hellawell . The old gentleman began to speak of Margaret ' s being likely son to become a mother , when , it is alleged , Mr Hellawell remarked , ' Oh , Mr Nicol , we are married ; are we not , Mar-€
garet * ' To which she replied , « Tea . ' Then , ' said Mr Nicol , * we will « ay ao more about it . It is said he neither asked when , nor where , nor how . Since that period Mr Niool and his son are dead ; and now , after a period of fifteen years , a eharge of bigamy is brought against Mr Hellawtll because he has refused to advance money for the maintenance and education of the ! child , now nearly fifteen years old . In 1838 Mr Hellawell established himself as a practising surgeon in Huddersfield ; in 1811 he married a lady of some fortune in that town , and- which marriage took place openly and publicly in tbe parish church , and was proclaimed to tho world in all the local newspapers . By this marriage Mr HeUaweU haaa h ?* *™* four J " . tafrWs wife died m March ,
1815 . The prosecatrix states that she had no idea that he had got married nntil about eight months since ; she states that during this long period she never received a letter from Mr Hellawell , but had herself frequently written to him . —A ptofessienal EenUemaafrom Glasgow appeared before the bench to expound the Scotch law of marriage , which he divided into regular and irregular marriages . This , ne stated , was an irregular marriage ; but , according to the laws of Scotland , stood good . When the whole evidence had been summed up , and the defence made the bench stated that their decision was to hold Mr Hellewallto bail , himself inasurety of £ 50 , and two others of £ 25 , to answer the charge at the Tork assizes . The decision was received by the audience with no little surprise .
NORFOLK . A PoBnosoFTHi Pbopertt . of the late William Smith , Esq ., of Norwich , situate oat at the Marketgates , realised the enormous rate of £ l , 3 od an acre . MMCOLX . Goiso ! Gone ! Going!—An untoward eventoo > eurred in the Manor-honee , at MaviB-Endetby , at the sale ef the furniture and effects of C H . J . Mondy . Bsq . Mr Eollis . the auctioneer , and &nu » merous eompany ( principaily ladies ) , were assembled
in the chamber over the drawing- room ; and while Mr HoUis was selling one of the lots , and aaying the words , going ! going ! going ! ' the floor suddenly gave way at one end , and formed an inclined plane , down which "the company rolled in indescribable confusion to the room below .. As speedily as possible the parties were released from the situation into whioh they bad been so unceremoniously introduced , although they were dreadfully frightened , and some lerionsly bruised , no bones were broken , and no fatal consequences have resulted .
GbOnCESTBBSHlRK . Pbsakh :. —It laving been reported that in consequence of a decision of the ecclesiastical court , a youBgman naaed Laorenee would do penance in Cheltenham parish church , at ten o ' clock on Saturday morning , for having defamed the character of a Mrs Lucas , the venerable edifice was filled by several hundred , persons at the hour specified . Half an hour elapsed before the penitent appeared , and then he immediately disappeared into the vestry-room . There , it is stated , a prootfirread some writ ftvm »
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paper—an acknowledgment , we suppose , of the offence—which the penitent declared to be true . Mrs Lucas at the same time facing him . This was the commencement and conclauon of the eeremeny , much to the disappointment of all present , who fully expected to see the man enveloped in a white sheet , with taper in hand , standing up in tha church to do penance . 6 AWDMDGE 8 HIBB . Phoobssb o * Aomcbltbbb . —At & meeting of the Peterborough Farmers' Club , the subject for discussion being— ' Why has net agriculture made tbe same piogre * 3 as manufactures and commerce have done ? , and what are the great impediments which still remain to practical agriculture ?—Mr Robert
Searson , of Deeping Fen , in the chair , and about forty members present , the following resolution was arrived at : — 'That it is theopinion of this meeting , that the non-advancement of agriculture in proportion to that of commerce and manufactures , 13 attributable , in a greatmeasure , to the inefficient security given to capital employed in the improvement of the land ; and that ere the acres of England can meet the demands ofthe population , in maintaining the whole and employing the gre&ttr portion of it , the absurd restrictions as to cropping , ( imposed too frequently by unpractical landagents . ) the unjustifiable prejudices to the ploughing ap of inferior grass land must not only be relaxed but abolished , and an equitable and reasonable seeurity given to the proper employment of capital in the improvement of the soil . '
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due / that the Leibster farmers are generally well able to pay , only that they are prevented ty &n « 6 * nised system of resistance . , ,. . The Itemi , AssocuTioN .-The usual meeting of this body was held on Monday , at Conciliation Hall . Mr Scully , barrister , in the ehair . Four members of the legislature were present . The principal matter brought under the notice of the association was a report from the committee on the diatrasaof Ireland and its remedy . Mr J , O'Connell , in this document , whioh was draffn up by him , refers to various proofs of the existence of great destitution . He refers to the efito ' ml admissions of the s&Re facts .
Ha demands £ 12 , 000 , 000 additional from the imperial treasury for the alleviation of this destitution and the preservation of the lives of the people . The report insists that England can find no difficulty in an advance of this amount , for Bbe expended , in 1813 , upon a useless war , £ 147 , 000 , 000 ; and , in 1815 , in the prosecution of the same mischievous war , £ 174 , 000 , 000 . The report passed the association amid applause . Mr O'Connell referred at raucb length to the approaching meeting ofthe Roman Catholic bishops . Mr Scully , M . P ., stated tke important fact that government had forwarded to the west of Ireland already 1 , 200 tona of meal . The rent for the week was f 37 3 s . 9 d .
Statb of inn Couktrt . —An important meeting washeld atDunmanway to promote the growth of flax in that much afflicted district , of which Skull forms a portion . Lord Bernard presided , and Mr Marshall , an inspecting officer in connection with the Royal Flax Improvement Society of Belfast , was present to explain the best modes of culture , and point out the best adapted soils . The meeting came tethe resolution to form a branch ofthe Northern Sooiety , and most happy results to employment and improvement are expeeted . The pnblic thanks * givingsfor the bountiful harvest with which providence has blessed us was celebrated on Sunday in all the churches of Ireland . Those in Dublin were very largely attended .
Reproductive Employment . — A relief committee in Westmeath has come to the following sensible , and economic , as well as humane resolution : — Coomr Wksimhath . —At a meeting of the proprietors and tenants of the Collinstown electoral district , held at Collinstown , Oetober 15 , it was re * solved ;— ' Thatitappears that in this district there ere 137 able bodied pergons . likely to remain permanently unemployed , during the ensuing winter , who would become entitled to relief , being in the proportion of about owperson to fifty Irish acres ; that it seems an equitable principle that as the cost of their relief would have to be about equally shared by landlords and tenants , that instead thereof they sh # uld be equally divided among them for employment : that accordingly eaeh landlord will be expected to find
employment for an extra man , selected from the above number , for every two Irish acres he possesses , for the ensuing five monthB ; and that every occupier of land ( whether landlord er tenant ) will be expected to employ one such extra man for one month for every twenty aeres occupied by him , being in the same proportion of one to each 100 acres for fire months , it is proposed to make a registry of the above 137 persons , and to allocate them for employment as soon as the general consent of the proprietors and teaants can be obtained . The majority of the former have already consented , provided that the others will concur . It is earnestly hoped that everyone in the district will see the urgent importance of active and instant co-operation for their own and the common interest , and will not loose a day is giving their consent '
KWBR . We regret to say that fever is on the increase in Coleraine . The elerk of the guardians has fallen a viotim . Four of the poor-law guardians who caught the disease while attending a meeting ef the board on Monday se ' night , are still suffering under the attack . —Coleraine Ckronide . Fever is still very prevalent in this town , but very fortunately it is not attended with that mortality which characterises it in other districts . — Tyrawly Htrdd .
Dboohbda . —We regret to state that this disease is rather on the iperease than otherwise , 170 patients being at present in the Marsh fever hospital , and no more room for applicants .
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MANSION-HOUSE . —Abduction . — William Henry Eavanagh , of Brentwood Hall , Essex , aged id years , was brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of abduction . Nearly three months ago a r , spectable family , resident in the neighbourhood of St Paul ' s , was thrown into the greatest distress by the disappearance of the eldest daughter . Advertisements appeared in the nevrspapen upon the subject , aad at length , it was ascertained that the girl hail been betrayed and ruined by
the defendant , who was unknown to her relations , but hsidpretaUedoponhertoleaTe her father ' s house bj promising to marry her . The girl suddenly appeared before her lather a few days ago , and after Win ? , in the most affecting manner , expressed her sorrow and coatrition , said she had been , abandoned by the man for whom shs had made so great ' a gacrlfice , and who had sent her the following letter , in which was inclosed the lib ral present of £ 6 to comfort and support her . It ap . peared that Mr Kavanagh had paid his attentions to her und « r the name of Kent .
• Dover , Sunday evening . ' My dear , —Lizzie , —All has turned out as I feared . I have travelled 210 milts here , and when jou receive this I shall not be in England . Do not fret . I am too distracted to advise you . You had better , however , leave — at once , and go > Uv anywhere { perhaps Grave * send ) as you will be alone , and where you can be economical . You saj I sent for you to come at once , and thus leave without any questioning . But do any other thing you may think best , bnt I am pus-lea what to do myself , except to get out of the way . I am only tno heurssall from Boulogne la Prance , I enclose you a part of little all , and know not what to do except to ask you to forget and forgive your unhappy H , Do what you please with anything yon find left . '
The letter was addreised « M « K « nt , No . — Duke , street , Portland-place , London . ' By the instrumentality of the bank-note the real name and address of Mr Kavanagh was discovered . The father of the girl ascertallied at the Bank that the note , which was numbered 18 . 419 , and . bore date September 18 th , had been paid at the establishment on the 9 th instant , to William Henry Kavanagb , Esq ., ofthe Adelaide Hotel , London-bridge . Application was made to Inspector Todhnnter , who findingthatait the gw « clothes had disappeared when she left the house , readil y directed one Of bis men to ap . prehend and bring the offender to tho Manslon-house Itwas soon found that Mr Kavanagh , instead of baving left town for France , had slept at the Adelaide Hotel on Sunday night , and that he had contrived to get the letter
he addressed to Mrs Kent , and containing tbe £ 5 put into the Dover post * fficdj The father of the girl stated that on the STth of July the prisoner took away hia daughter from home , without his knowledge , and until Wednesday last she was not seen by any of her family , The girl took with her most of her clothes , and they were found at the lodging in Duke-slreet , and conveyed to the station-houso . They were , the witness " const , dared , Mb property , ana he requested that the Lord Mayor would remand tbe defendant , as more evidence could , 1 h all probability , b » procured in a day or twe Mr . Hanbury , a friend of the complainant , aaid the de . fendant , upon being asked at the station-house whether the letter addressed to Mr , Kent , ; and signed -H , ' was in Ws handwriting , said at once that it was ( the letter
. was evidently laboured for the purpose of escaping de . teetion . ) The defendant saidhe hadwritenit in a state of desperation . There must have been some subtlety in getting the letter posted at Dover . John Davis citv policeman , 554 , stated that he called at th . We ta MM ^ ta irtddh llr Kavanagh and the S y resided , and he . Drought away theartleUa of dres , belonging tp the lady The landlord of tbe house in Dak ! £ 2 £ iT tt « dflf 8 Ddant mld * ^ 2 . lad , » i iftt t dT S trod I ucad a 8 the wife of th 8 ¦>*»« rtrtJfSfc a drawln&-M 0 <» . Tbe father ofthe girl said hehad every reason to suppose that the defend % ZZX !' . !?» r *«* . -5 a membSoftm of the clubhouses at the
- west end o ? ^ e town Th Lord Mayor : Well , Mr Kavanagh , do yon £ to sa ffifii The i ! rr The def - ^ * 2 hisi head . The Lord Mayor : Your name is Kava . ThfiJ / . u ° V The ¦ <•«**«* said nothing . The Lord May « : Are you a married or a single man ?_ said ttfl * 8 lnBl ° - Th ° "toVE girl said it had been ascertained that the defendnmhad lodged In the neighbourhood of his house , for the purpose of accomplishing his object , for three months The ^ ord Mayer : Defendant , you oanuse your own dUcre Mob as to offing anything in explanation . The defendant : Those articles which It is presumed I him rtolen
. were never out ot the possession of theyoune lady . They belonged to her , and were censtaml , in her possession . I must say that she was new without money . She ba . had £ 80 at a time in her pocket ana has never been wlthoutmone , up to the tinlof ? £ dis coveryb , her father . I havabeeR vet , ronghljSeated K £ iss £ « tt . 'arSS i ^ p ^ iii
¦ S Sa «« &StSLT t whether Mr WiUiam »«» , w th f t « a ? unt or WM known there A clerk of 3 £ * s . 5 s » 5 ^ HS $ ™^< %°£ ""• The L ° « ' M » jor to the complainant : Can
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you say that - the defendant toek ., away . your daugw against b . « tilttl—Tl » Complainant . I cannot uJ ? my lord , but the case is most atrocious , It has ' * j ! the happiness of my family . The Lord Mayor : ^ i , 7 the age of your daughter f—The complainant : She wa nineteen l » July . The Lord Mayor : Tho char ge of aK duellon fall , to the ground , for the is above sixteen » ,-of age , * nd you cannot say tture wai any eom pBi , I ( ? med . Defendant , I e » nnot detain jou In custod y . T ft prevented by the state ef the law in this case from dolo » as I should wish . I cannot look upon your conduct fe the light of « robfcery ; although I consider youri ntHl , tion to be base from the commeaceaient , 1 d » not con . sidtr It to be felonious . Mi Wllllaa Henry KavansgV of Brentwood HaU , B « iex , wa . then discharged , ruj
truly disgraceful that the law affords no repress for | n . juries like that inflicted by this infamons scoundrel upon his hapless victim and her family . ] GUILDHALL . —AsBiCLTBT XvP 0 Sr . 0 MlCEDsiVEB , v . T . Gregory , the driver of one of tbe Po » t-effioe omnibus ** , under Captain Abbott , wa « charged with wilfully flinging a boy , named David Bryan , aged eight year * , from tbe steps of one of those vehiclsi , whereby his life wbb en . dangered . It appeared t hat the prisoner was driving an omnibus » t « walking pace along Skinner-Btreet , and thai theee- !» y « were riding behind . Finding thU to bo the case , he doscended from bU seat , when one of the boys ran away , the second he caught by the jacket , and pulled backwards Into the road , and tbe third , David Bryan , he seized by the seat ef hi » trowsers , and with great violence pitched him on hU head . Ofle of the witnes-es » ald that he i \ i not think tha pr isoner In .
tended committing such an Injury purposely , but still he ought to have used more discretion In removing such youngsters . From the nature of the wound the witness thought It very probable that the child ' s head came in contact with tbo corner of one of the stepg . —Mr M'Don . gal , surgeon , of Snowbill , stated that the child bad re ceived a severe scilp wound , about two Inches in length , and three In breadth . The child at first was in great danger , but he now thought It would recover , but be some time before It was quite well . He might be able to attend in a fortnight . —The prisoner , in defence , said that he never intended to injure the boy when he pulled him off the omnibus . —Alderman Johnson iaid he ibonld remand the case to that day fortnight , and at the child appeared out of danger , he would admit the prUencr to bail , himself In £ 40 , and two iuretl . s in £ 20 each . — The required ball being put in , the prisoner wa » dii . charged .
Robbe&t bt A SwvAnt . —A young girl named Mar . garet Burke , who on Saturday voluntarily gave hereelf up to the City police , was charged with ! robbing her mistress of a variety of articles of wearing apparel , nn . der the following circumstances : The mistress , Ana Cocker , of til , Thavies . inn , stated that the prisoner , with whom she bad received a twelvemonths' good cha . racter for industry , honesty , sobriety , and civility , entered her service about two months since , and ap . peartd to suit remarkably well . She absconded on Tuesday week , when witness discovered that two valuable dresies had been taken , likewise two pairs of sheets , one
shawl , and one table-cloth , the value of which amounted to £ 7 , —Alderman Johnson asked , if any of the articles had been found ?—Tke ; Constable said they had not . The prisoner refuted telling any one but her mistress where'they were pledged .- "Alderman . Johnson asked the prisoner if she would not tell him where t—After some reluctance she confessed that some of the things were pawned at Mr Martin ' s , Snow-hill , others at Mr Peache ' s , Goswell-itreet , and the remainder at Mr Walters' , In Al . dersgate-itreet . She , however , weald not tell what in . duced her to steal the articles and abscond . —Alderman Johnson remanded her for the production of the pro perty ,
80 TJTHWARK . —CHiBOB AGAINBT A SCHOOLKASTB * —Mr John Munday , one of the matters of tbe Bermondsey parochial schools , was summoned for exercising undue severity towards John Block , a little boy seven yean of age , one of his scholars . —The boy b . lng of too tender an age to be sworn his mother was , therefore , called forward , and from her statement of the case it appeared that on Friday last her child returned home from school crying , and on being questioned , he described that he had been very much beaten by the defendant . One side of his face and ear were very much swollen and red , and there was a ( light wound behind tbe latter , as if he had been strack with considerable violence . He also exhibited marks of being flogged .
The defendant admitted that he punished him In the usual way , with a rod , but that he bad no recollection of baving struck him in tbe face . —He was then asked if hehad witnesses to prove that be did not strike the child a blow , but he replied in the negative , remarking that he fionghthe did not require any witnesses . The magistrate said hewas of oplniontthat unnecessary severity had been used , that if the correction ef the rod only had been carried into effect there would not have been room for much complaint ; but when it was evident that the child had in addition to that been struck with violence in the face , It was conduct on the part of a schoolmaster highly censurable . He ( the magistrate ) should , therefore , inflict a fine of forty shillings and costs on the defendant .
HAMMERSMITH . — Attempt to hobi a . Man peom a ScAFFotD . —Michael Flaunlgaan , an Ititn labourer , charged with having aiiaalted Samuel Hart , the fore * man of the bricklayers engaged in the erection of a sew workhouse at Kensington . —It appeared that the pri . soner was employed by Mr Burton . On Monday moraing he came' to his work at ' seven o ' clock instead of six o'clock , and Mr Hart lest sight of him again from . the works before eight o ' clock , not having been at work quite half an hour . From taat tune ho was not again seen nntil one o ' clock , when , on the return of tbe work , men from their tinner , the prisoner presented himself , and said be should take tbe whole of tbat day for a holiday . Mr Hart told him tbat he might take that day and the following days for holidays , as he had already put a fresh man on in his place . Mr Hart then ascended the ladders to the top scaffold , a height of about forty feet , and about a quarter ef an hour afterwards the pri . soaer went to him there and demanded payment for an
hour ' s work he said ho had done in the morning . Mr Hart told him he must go to tha office for It , bat he refused to do so , and seized hold of Mr Hart by one of bis arms and bis throat , and threatened that be wonld thus hurl him from the scaffold . A fearful struggle then took place between Mr Hart and the prisoner , the latter try . ing to force him towards the edge of the scaffold . Mr Hart , however by a great effort on his part , fell against a part of the back wall , where It was about two feet above the scaffold ; and at that juncture the men ft em all parts of the building rushed to his assistance , mi overpowered the prisoner , who was instantly given into custody . —Mr Painter asked Mr Hart , whose evidence was fully corroborated by two of the bricklayers , if be wUfeed the case should go for trial . —Mr Hart said it would be a great Inconvenience to him if it was sent for trial . He would prefer leaving it in the hands of the court . —The prisoBer , in aBswer to the charge , aaid he was entitled to be paid for tbe hour he had worked which
was all he asked Mr Hurt ; but as to having had an idea of throwing the complaint off the scaffold , he would put it to the magistrate whether it was likely he would do ao when he knew it was nearl y forty feet high i—Mr Paynter said the case was a very serious one , and if the prhoner were committed for trial , his punishment would be very severe , it being an attempt to destroy life . As Mr Hart declined to prosecute , he could only inflict the very inadequate punish , ment of a fine of £ 5 or two month * . ' imprisonment . —The prisoner was committed in default of payment .
WORSHIP . STREET . -Co « anTTAi . or a Tsadesmaw . po * FsioN L-Edmund Harwood , a boy , twelve years of age , was placed at tbe barfor final examination , charged with having been concerned in a long-continued series of robberies , npon his father , a wholesale boot mauufac turerln Whitechapel , nnd Mr Thomas Thome , a mas * ter shoemaker , in Taugban-place , Commercial-road , was charged with havingreceived the stolen property . The pro . secutor , whogave : hisevidencewith extremeemotion , 5 tated tnat for a long time past portions of hia stock had disap . peared in an unaccountable manner , and fromcircumstances that recentl y t-ansplred It beewne deafly mCTifest that his sob , whom he had always treated with tbe SNfltest kindness and affection , had teen , privy to its abstraction . About three weeks ago , the boy suddenly absconded from
home ; but wbb shortly afterwards recovered and witness resorted to the extreme measure of chaining him up , to separate him effectually from the depraved associates with whom he was connected ; he contrived , however , to effect his escape by dropping into tho Btrcet , and , having returned the next morning before tho family were up , carried off a quantity of prooerty . Witness at length lost all hope of Ws reclamation , and proceeded to n house of Infamous character , where he understood he was harboured , and gave him into custody . In consequence of some subsequent is . formation , he repaired to the shop of the prisoner Thorno , and questioned him as to whether he had not been in tho habit of purehaeing boot-fronts from a boy at the rate of a shilling per pair , when their actual cost A i «^? i ! , ' , « Pri «« w , . fiw some hesitation , aamiuou that for four or five momhs past , a littlo boy had such
brought goods to his house two or three lmesaweek , but said that he h » dgiTenmore for t'T !^ netted by the witness ; ana , on t ? m . * 1 h * nny tben b ' ta . acknowledged that he had , and produced about thr M pair , which witness Identified , by a private mark , as his property . The *««« *« . call * In a policeman , who was waiting outside , at whose appearanoe the prisoner pulled out several otherB , from a recess beneath the Bhop . windoff ana aback room , which he confessed having bought ia a Blmihr manner . The period during which the prisoner admitted having purchased the Btolen propcrsy exaeUy corresponded with the length of time his son had puKueddishone 8 tcoutee 8 , andthe wltuws emp hatically observed , 'if the prisoner had not acted as a receiver , the poor boy would never have been a thief . ' A lad named Henry Hazel proved having accompanied tbe younger prisoner , who had some boot . fronts in his
possession , to Thome's shop , which he left without them , and stated that he bad sold them there . Mr Arnold said that he should certainly « end the case for trial , but would , in the meantime , sonsent to an extension of tbe bail already put in for the elder prisoner ' * future appearance .
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Tbeship Hebe arrived at Hull a few days sinco with a cargo consisting of twelve polar bears , twentyone seals , and three sea unicorns . r T i &fe . nea ountain in the world is in . the grounds oj the l ) uke of Devonshire ' s seat at Chatsworth , in Jh . ^ aSft ^^^ ' ^** ^
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Scotland . Collision ai Sea . —Thb SlEAUBB YaKQUABTj and hie Misebva . —Tne following are the particulars of ii fearful collision which took place between the Vanguard steamer , and tbe Minerva last night , off Corsewell Point : Vanguard steam ship , 16 th Oct . 2 AM . —The Vanguard , with upwards of twenty cabin and as many Btem » e passengers , having a light cargo , when iopposite Corsewell Light , about 11 p . m ., going to the rate of 12 } knots an hour , the night being very clear , with little wind and a calm sea , a steamer was seen ahead , our course being at the time about S . W . In a few minutes after the
steamer hove ia eight , which proved to be the Minerva , from Dublin , she was observed making her course straight for our starboard . A collision seemed inevitable , while the crew of the Vanguard did all in their power to avert the coming danger It would be impossible to describe the feelings that filled the breasts of those oa deck at the jiime . Oa the two vessels first meeting the bowsprit of tbe Minerva went through the -starboard bow of the Vanguard ; and , again , on passing , came a tremendous crash on the same ' side of the vessel , causing the utmost consternation toall on board : ' Dhe passengers , including three or four ladies , had mnstl *
retired to bed at the time ofthe collision , but were speedily on deck habited in their night dresseB . Application was made for the boats of the Minerva but no answer was returned from that vessel . From the commencement ofthe rencontre the people ofthe Vanguard , particularly the black youths from below , were the most anxious to quit the Bhip , whieh was thought a bad omen regarding our condition . Although very much crashed we made no water , the damage done being about three feet above water nevertheless oar captain deemed it prudent to return to the Clyde , A minute was drawn put and signed by a majority ofthe passengers , expressive of their approval of the conduct of the captain and
crew . Nairn . —A new breakwater has been built at the port of Nairn . The erection is oi wood and stone , and juts eut seaward for 1 , 200 feet , With a slight angle at its outer end . It cost £ 3 , 000 , and has been productive ofthe greatest benefit to the shipping interests of Nairn . Tho port has a northeru exposure , and before the erection of the breakwater , v ^ sels lying in the bay , or at the mouth of tbe river , were subject to great ferilin north and north-east winds . No other winds raise a sea , and the new pier affords a complete shelter from the storms formerly dreaded .
Forob of thb Sba DtmrKo Thursday ' s Gam . — The force ofthe waves at the Bell Rock during the late gale from the south-east , as indicated by the marine dynamometer ( records of which are daily registered ) , was 2 , 8741 bs ., or upwards of U ton per superficial foot , being the greatest result obtained since October , 1844 , when a neatly similar force was indicated . Doisa Brawaas . —A evilptit from Dundee , who at Perth was tried , convicted , and sentenced to banishment last Wednesday evening , officiated on thepre * vious merning in Dundee , as hatigman ' s assistant , at the execution « f Thomas Leith . He had £ 5 for his services , of which he gave his counsel £ 2 , to desend him on his trial .
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WlaUt . Wkmh SnpBRSimoH ..-John Hughes , butcher , was charged before D , Edwards , Esq ., mayor , and John Davies , Esq ., with threatening to assault Margaret Davies , for bewitching his son . The poor woman stated that en Saturday lait the defendant had followed her in the street , charging her with having bewitched his son , and said that if Bhe would lot instantly undo her work . that he would make her food for the fowls ( a Welsh phrase ; equivalent to tbe English of cutting her into mince meat , ) The com * plainant stated tbat she knew nothing of what be had attached to her , and from tho violence of his .
throats , she was really afraid of the man . Hughes denied having threatened to assault her , but acknowledged having charged her with bewitching his son , who had been ill lor two years , and he knew that it washer band that was upon him . He had merely asked the complainant to come and cure him . The mayor expressed his astonishment at the superstitious ignorance of the defendant , andordered him to enter into his recognisances to keep the peace towards the complainant , himself in £ 20 , and two suretiesin £ 10 each . The judgment seemed to fill him with the most profound astonishment .
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Ireland < 8 TATB OP THB COUNTRY .. The Limerick Examiner contains the following account of a very extraordinary movement in that county , where the labouring classes , congregating in large numbers , demand relief , and , failing to obtain what they require , seize upon the cattle and potatoei ofthe gentry and clergy , not even exempting the pastors of the Roman Catholic church ] Gabkwihb , Tuesday night , October 12 , nine o ' clock . —The meeting : of the peasantry which was to have taken place yesterday on the hill of Garryfine ( and which excited so much attention in the country ) wag postponed by general consent to this
day . ¦ At an early hour this morning the peasantry from the surrounding localities flocked inteultitudinotts masses to the foeus of attraction , and at the hour of twelve o'dook the hill of Garryfine presented a most formidable appearance . There could not have been less than 2 , 000 persons assembled on theoccasion . The meeting was held on that part of the mountain which is nearest the Croom road , and on its highest summit the people took their stand to proclaim their miseries and make known their wants . The sound of the peasants ' bugle was heard from all directions during the greater part ofthe day , and owing to the elevated position of the meeting the inhabitants of Bruree , Rockhill , Charleville , Killacolla , and Drew ' s court , could easily discern the assemblage .
At the how of three o'clock , the meeting proceeded to deliberate , and after a few moments it was unanimously resolved that all should proceed to the residence of Mr Fetherstene , J . P ., Bruree , and in the name of mercy and suffering humanity invoke his friendly aid and intercession at a crisis pregnant with misery and woe . On the way to Bruree , the procession halted at Rockhill . The Rev . Mr Mtany » the curate , presented himself before the people and addressed them .: . Tho' reverend gentleman advised them to preserve order and refrain from any manifestation of indignantReeling or outrage on property , which might expose them to the consequences of the law . ' He would advise them to make Known their grievances in a proper quarter . Let them form
themselves into a deputation , draw up a proper statement oltheirwants , and wait onthepoor . faw guardians of the Kilmaljock union . Should they violate the Jaw , they themselves wouid be the sufferers ; they would be dragged from their homes , wives , and children , like felons , and immured in the cold walls of a prison . ( A voioetWe'd be fed there , and not allowed to starve . ) ( Here some countrymen epokein the vernacular , and ocounied the attention of the people a moment . ) Mr Maihhw , whe was in company with the Rev . Mr Meany at the earliest stage of th > proceedings , next ascended an eminence neat the door of Father Ryai , and addressed the people for some minutes in a speech which waB frequently interrupted by loud applause . He said : My suffering friends u one ofthe people-as an Irishman and nS 3
order , perhaps you will permit me ' . to second the advice of your excel entclergjman , FatherMeany . ( A voice : You re welcome . ) It cannot / be denied that your complaints are j > ut too reasonable , and founded on the forlorn wretdiedness of your situation . As this u not a political meeting , it i 8 not my province to explain the cause of your sufferings . Your suffer , ings aremany-theyare depicted in ; your countenances ; they afford a melanokly lecture to the phil . anthropist and the benevolent .. This is a land of wheat and barley , where no man should starve ; ( Cheew . ) Go , then , to the fountain-head , and " k bread . Go to the poor-law g ^ nhvSi ^{ g jg niallock amon , and teU them your tale ; they oan-^ p saateasffs ^ S
imp lore , and supplicate , until your grievances we remedied . ( Cheers . ) # t The horn was next blown as a signal for departure , and in a moment the procession moved on to Bruree . Arrived in tbat locality they surrounded the residence of Mr FetherstoH © , J . P ., where they were met b y that gentlemen and the Rev . Mr Ryan , P . P . Mr Fetneretone presented himself before the hungry assemblage , and told them tbat he as an individual could not take upon himself any responsibility beyond his province . He would feel delighted to act in con * cert with the gentlemen oi the country and do all in his power to mitigate the wants of the poor . ¦ They were aware that the new poor-law provided that all
the able-bodied paupers would enter the workhouse of each union , and that the aged , tbe infirm , and the decrepid would be set at large to be supported by out door relief under the authority of the new noM > law . - . . At this announcement the people became enraged , and after some angry exhibitions seized on Mr F » - therstone ' s eattle . . These they drove to the premises ofthe Rev . Mr Massy , whose Btock they lessened by six or seven fat cows and bullocks , and , without offering the least apology to his reverence , took their departure for Garry fine , and along the public road , fired some volleys of powder in the air , in order , it is considered , to let the neighbours know that they passed that way . When the cattle were driven into the little hamlet of Rockhill the people were all
astounded at such an unusual exhibition , and every farmer in the neighbourhood viewed it with alarm , each apprehensive lest his own cattle might be taken . The people were again met by the Rev . Mr Ryan , who admonished them against their proceedings , but instead of acting on his counsels they entered his own yard , seized his cattle , and carried them away to the other captive animals . The Rev . Mr Ryan followed them on horse-back for some distance beyond the village , and repeated his exhortation . The people at length yielded to his persuasions . The better feel * ings of the peasant's heart gave way . With the conviction of the impropriety of interfering with the reverend gentleman ' s cattle , the people returned them , as well as those of Mr Fetherstone and the Rev . Mr Massy . '
Gabrtfinx . Wednesday Night . —Another 'monster meating' has been beld this day by tke peasantry , in the village of B » Hyagrane . Poor Fatner O'Fla . nagan , P . P ., was forced to yield up his potatoes te the multitude , and in the course of a few momenta he lost eight barrels . He thought vainly to oppose vi et armis the unwelcome intruders . After thanking Father Flanagan for setting the potatoes , they next proceeded to Mr Drew ' s residence , Drew ' s Court , and deprived that gentleman of a quantity of wheat and carrots . His sheep they also took to Ballyagrane but on Beeond consideration set them at liberty . DISTBBSS I » THE CODNIY OF CLARIS .
The Limerick Examiner says : —' Destitution of an appalling kind has again commenced on the western coast of Clare , particularly in Miltown Malbay . We learn from the parish priest of Miltown Malbay , the Rev . Mr M'Mahon , that nearly all the labouring population ^ his parish—whose existence even in the most plentiful seasons was a very wretched one—are Without employment . Eight hundred families We not , at the present moment , any visible means of support , except by secend digging the potatoe fields for _ the purpose of collecting- a scanty meal , at which work they may be seen in groups of one or two hundreds . '
Distress ato Exciibment in Mato . — An alarm was created in this town ( Castlebar ) last week , by the report that 50 , 000 people from the west had de . termined on entering Castlebar , to demand work or food . The report is now current that they will come in this week . One thing is certain , the people are determined ndt'to die for want , without making an effort to redress themselves . We have been furnished with a copy of a placard addressed to the'Men of CoBtello , ' calling upon them to meet in Ballag . haderrin . on Monday next , the 18 th instant , to petition Parliament to grant means to support the people during this year , and to reclaim the waste lands of
CoBtello ; also for a Landlord and Tenant Bill , giving the tenant the land for a fair value , with a perpetuity while he pays his rent ; and to remonstrate against the immediate payment of the late relief money . The county representatives will , it is expected , attead . —J % o Telegraph . The same paper says : — ' A rich harvest awaits the solicitors of Mayo at the quarter sessions , by tbe number of ejectments for rente , civil bills , proceedings on promissory notes passed for rents , and ap < peals against poor-rates , which have already been served on the poor inhabitantsthroughout the county . Our workhouses are filled with paupers .
STAIB OF KGBRT . Captain Stuart , late Government Inspecting Officer , gives a lamentable account of the prospects of the poor throughout a great part of Kerry . He estimates that in the Union of Killarney alone the num . ben to be provided for under the New Poor Law will exceed 4 , 000 ; and the resistance to the collection of the rate has become all but universal . The Rev . Mr Devine , P . P . of Dough , has informed the Trake Guardians that there are 13 , 500 persons in his district reduced to bucu a' state of destitution as to be wholly dependent for tbe means of daily existence on publio employment , of which there is none public charity . The Rev . MrMoriarty fully bore out the statement of the Rev . Mr Devine as to the distressed state of the district .
STATE OJ KAUTTOK . A correspondent of the Cork Examiner , writing from Kanturk , under the date of October 13 , gives a frightful account of the state of the poor in that neighbourhood . He says the 13 th being board-day , there were a good number ef the guardians met . The hungry creatares became so clamorous for food , that the soldiers were obliged to be sent for . One of these poor fellows touched , either by intention or otherwise , one of the ex officios . He was immediately
put in irons . There were 409 admitted this day . There was also a large concern taken that would accommodate 300 more . In addition to this , the consumption of outdoor relief for the week will be over forty tens of meal . This will give an idea of our situation in Duhallow . We are entering on a season of the most fearful foreboding ; the poor without clothes , food , or shelter ; no friend scarcely to feel for them except the kind-hearted landlord , who orders them off his lands / and outof his sight , that hemight not see nor hear from them .
RESISTANCE TO POOR RATES . There are some indications of a dogged resistance tp the collection of the rates for the support of tbe poor , even in some parta of Ulster . « Tommy Downshire , ' the northern Captain Rook , is beginning ^ T , 6 ' Aa ? 5 ? aT 8 fr ? m astatementin theBanner of UUte * ; that 'Tommy ' has fixed his head quarters u theelectoral division of Tullylish , a portion of the union of Lurgan , extending into the county of Down . * In another northern county the same spirit of resistance is exhibited , as will be seen by the following extract from tbe MonagKan Standard — . There is at present a wide-soread desire sduuk , . UwV , a »•> f '"""" « wiue-sprcaa uesire
ameng the peasantry and farmers of this county to avoid , and if necessary to resist , the payment « f the rates whioh have just been struck in the various unions by the respective boards of guardians—not , however , that the people wish to escape the . legitimate burden of the poor of the county , but because they conceive that the major part of the heavy rate is destined to repay the relief , such as it was , afforded to this part ofthe empire during the late national calamity . It appears from the Tippwary Vindiwtor , that the farmers in some parts of the Nenagh Union are still opposing the payment of the poor-rate , and that the collectors in the Templederry division have been hunted off , and , in some instances , ' compelled to eat the notices . '
DKM 1 SD 9 50 R 0 WC-D 60 R RBUKP . The Cork Examiner contains an account of the proceedings ofthe Kanturk board of guardians on Tuesday , whioh shows that the districtisinan alarming state . ^ fhat journal says : — 'From a representation to the authorities that a popular . demonstration was intended , and violence apprehended , if out-door relief were not granted to the able-bodied , two companies of the 26 th , under Captain Parke , and a largo police force under Mr Wade , were drawn up inside the entrance gate . J . Baily Esq ., R . M .. was in attendance . About two o ' clock a large concourse of people ,, about 600 from the parishes of Kilbolane , and Shandrum , adjoining the county of Limerick
maronea eignt deep through the town to the boothouse , vowing vengeance against the guardians if they did not get work or qratuUous ^ elief ; arrived at the entrance gate , and seeing the military and police poBted within , they contented themaelveiwith interrupting the mgreBS and egress of the guardians for about an hour , when they marched 5 ff aS Fortunately no disturbance occurred . ' 8 ^ OPPOSITION TO THB PAYMENT OF HUNTS . In Mayo , and some other parts of the western province , there appears to be a regular sorambleS thecrops between the chief landlords ( who are el fo £ & ™ S * r ^ " ^ ments ) , the midi !? . ? : " ' 55 ? J ^ J ™ " ^^ I *** sm all . In all directions keepers watchin
are g the orops , to prevent their removal ; , and the peasantry , upon the ot £ baud , ateexerting their ingenuit ytomffiway with the produce , whilst the collectors of the poor-rate find it almost impossible to Obtain anything for the support of the destitute . The result of all this mn . ^ . li » 1 Irtlltt ^ dtherofwti Wl ^ ffi In one instancei an agent-bimself a man o Son of an estate in Mayo , the rental of which is £ 10 Oftft per annum , on account of the impossibilibr if col feetiM rents from the multitude of S \ Z ££ i " have derived large incomes from the HeS sanrjara-atjt r ^ -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1441/page/6/
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