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IKO . CB 8 W . _ Mysterious Dma . —At the Falcon , Fetter-lane , wfiro Mr Joseph Payne , deputy cOToner for the City , into the cause of death in the case of Mary DawaoB , mirried woman , wifa of Mr John Dawson , linendraper , of Ely , in Cambridgeshire , who died at the house of her uncle . Mr Wbrctster , of 31 . Fetter-lane , oa Monday , the 19 . & inst . Circumstances of suspicioa having been attached to this caee , from the fact that the deceased had eloped from her hatband in June kit , and gone to reside in Devonshire , with a partylate in the emplojmenfc of her husband , and th&Uhe had been visited only the day before her death by that person , nueh interest « a » exhibited ia the casethe inquiry being called upon ^
applica-, tion of Mr Mnriel , surgeon " , Welhngton-itreet , Londan-bridge , who had for some years attended the deceased in the capacity of medical adviser . Mr Marie ! , of 4 . Wellington-street , Lgndon-bridge , deposed—That he hauprofeaioaally attended deceased sixteen year * . lie knew her at Eiy- ^ -sawherinJune last , not in good health . On the Saturday previous to her death , she called upon him , when he gave her some pills . List SuHday he was called upon to see deceased , in Fetter-lane . He went there . She said that she thought she was in labour-He observed that she was not . She said that she had been five months in ths family way . He asked her if she had not taken anything , which she denied . He observed that he was afraid she had , He saw ber
agvn oa tee Monday morning , when there were no symptoms of any thing serioua about to take place . He left , and called again between twelve and one , when he found that she had been dead about an hour . By ths Coroner : I assisted in the post mortem examination , and agree with Mr Digby , that there was nothing discovered to lead him to any conclusion as to what was the cause of death . I looked abont the room , sad could not d ' ueover the remains of any poison . Mr Worcester ( uncle of deceased ) said , that deceased was his brother ' s daughter . A few months ago he saw her , when she said nothing about leaving her husband . Three weeks ago she came again . He at that time knew that she was living in Devonshire Vuhanotherman . BeforeBhecimetohimshehadtein
SI of an intermittent fever . After being at bis house a few days she got worse . On Friday , finding that she was very bad , after a conversation , she asked him to go to Mr Mariel . On the following day she Baidthatshewasinthefasrily-way . andthatBhemmld goto Mr Muriel . She went in a cab . On Sunday she got worse , when he procured a auree , who said that she thought the pains of labour were coming on . Shs had ftiur children . She has been living during the last few months in Devonshire with a person who was in her husband ' s service . She left her husband Sn Jane last * On the Sunday before she died the person he referred to called upon deceased . Witnees refused him admission , but he subsequently had an interview with deceased for an hour . He has Hot
been seen since . Mr Digby , Burgeon , Fleet-street , and Mr G . J . Hodgson , practical cheisist , stated they bad madeajwrf morfentexaraination of the deceased , and had found no traces of poison . They could form so idea of the cause of death . Mr Hodgson and Mr Digby were here both called , and stated that no deubt could exist but that deceased died from anxiety and exhaustion . Upoa the nurse being called , she stated that the deceased , before she died , exclaimed , ' I am eraty—ray head is fall ; ' and thenshe ( deceased ) went off . The fellowieg verdict was returned— ' The jury Bay that the deceased died from exhaustion , but that upon an analysis « fthe medical evidence , they are not able to state the immediate cauge of death , and therefore they do net feel themselves justified in saying whether it was occasioned by natural causeB or not . '
Chime agaiksi i . Chemist . —Before Mr Mills , at the Seymour Arms , Seyraonr-place , Bryaraton-Bauare , by aijoHBiment , on the body of Emma Elizabeth Turner , aged two years , the child of a dairyman in Adam-street West . The case at first appeared to be an ordinary death from scarlatina whieh was proved to be present in fie house , some other children of the same family being afflicted with it ; bat it assumed anew feature in consequence of the assertion of Mr Moat , a surgeon in the neighbourhood that , on a postmortem examination , he Dad found a considerable portion of morphia ( the principle of opium ) in the fluid contents of thestomach . This , involving as it did the charsefer of a chemistnamed
^ Squire , who had preswibed a powderforthe child , led to the adjournment of theinquest , in order to apply further chemical tests . Mr Theophilus Redwood , professor of chemistry to the Pharmaceutical Society analysed theremainderof the fluid found in the child ' s stomach , and found morphia present , bat in sHch very minute portiona . ^ s carcely to I * duHngabhabfe / This opinion led to a lone discussion between the two gentlemen , Mr Red wort deelanng that iedic acid was a very uncertain test of tho presence of morphia if putrescence iad eommeneed ; while Mr Moat contended , that poisoning by the we of opium would , for a time , preserve the body from decomposition , and thus enable
a lair test to be pade by that acid . Amidst this difference of chemical opinion the jury retired for a considerate period , and then returned a verdict That the child was found dead , with certain indications m the heart and brim ; but whether from the effects of morphia , os from na ' . ural caBses , there wasnot sufficient evidence before the jurors to 8 b . 0 W ' accompanied with a strong expression of opinion by thejuryof the danger and illegality of the practice of chemists ra prescribing for aiiing persons without seeing taem «
KSOELUSEOtS . Desperate Lkap from WEsmasTEB-imDGs - Oa Saturday last , about eleven o ' clock in the Mrenooa , considerable excitement was created amongst the persons passing over Westminster pndgft by an attempt at suicide . The unfortunate individual ia named Crawlevshire . and has long carried oq an extensive building establishment in Derby . During the past few days he has been visiting the metropolis . At the hour above stated he was observed to mount one of the pier heads of ' the
bndce ; and before he could be stopped he leaped head-foremostinto the river . An instant alarm was given , and m the course of a few seconds , a son of William Campbell , and another waterman , rowed to the unfortunate man , and at great risk suoceededin puding him into their boat . They then conveyed Jum to Westminster Hospital , where he was put into a warm bath , and everything done for him that the nature of his case required ; and it is to be hoped that he may recover from the effeets of his Bubmer-Hon . Not the least idea can be formed as to what induad the party to make such a desperate attempt upon Irs life .
Peooress of xbb New Houses op Pabzxuckkt . Since the date of the architect ' s midsummer report , considerable progress has been made with the upper part of the eentrai . hall . Thegrained vault , seventy feet over ( an immense work ) is nearly finished , and over it has been built a brick cone , to carry a spire on y recently determined on if we understand ' rightly . This cone will be faced with masonry . Standing on the scaffolding here , it will be observed that the whole of the roofs are now newly fiaiBhed These roofs ate wholly of iron , including the external
covering . A peep inside the House of Commons is not satisfactory . TLe ceiling , it is true , is finished , ready for the painters , and th * atone screens at the north and south ends of the house are completed but in other respects it is as it was long ago , —the walls . are bare , and the floor , even that which is to carry it , not commenced . The explanation of this seems to be the old story ; bo certain decision is yet epmetorespectingDrReid ' splansfor warming and ventilating it . andifthe architect were asked to state when the house wiU be ready for the members , he would probably reply it was quite out of his power i , e - ^ he Victoria Tawer will bo a grand thine when finished ; the ninety feet which it has attained oatof the 346 to which it has to rise , afford enough tejndee by . With the Clock Tower at the other end of the pile and the spire on the Central Hall , it will
entirely alter the character ef the building externally , and remove the objection of want of variety of outline , which is now occasionally urged . On a turret behind the "Victoria Tower the model of a short spue is set up , terminated with a large crown an 1 vane , the effect of which is unsatisfactory : the vane is too large , and the outline not harmonious , f ortunately , it is but a model . Fire asd kabrow Escape . —A fire that at one time threatened the most disastrous consequences to life and property , broke out on Monday evenine twJ-t - S v ? Clump of house 8 ' sUuate at « » Woods-place East , Upper Whitecross-strest , St Luke s , in the tenure of several poor families The h 0 ?™™*} ™ * * b ?* roomfirst-floorbut
^ I , , from whatagency could not be ascertained . At the tune of the outbreak one of the lodgers , Mre Green , with her two children , were the upper part of the building , and had it not been for the opportunedis-Civery and the praiseworthy exertions of a neighbour , it is quite probable that a loss of life would have ensued . The Brigade engines from Whitecrossstrcet station , with Mr Mallett , tho head engineer quickly attended , but owing to the distance of the burning buiHing from the . public thoroughfare , it was found necessary to attach nearly 300 feet of hose to the engine before the firemen cauld reach the burning property ; that having been accomplished , the flimes were happily confined to the premises in
which tbey originated , but they were Hot extinguished ur . til the whole ef the families residing in the place had lost their furniture , wearing apparel , and other effects , thereby leavicjj them without a place to put their heads in for the night . A more abject / scene ; pf misery ean scarcely be conceived ; one Boor . woman ai ^ d a ' child , stated that she had not only . I « t aU > he possessed , but also the work she had iri tteroom , bel 6 ngiag to her employers . Her e ^ pe ' wai moatinrracolous . flcmes baring caught ier-dre ^' aad . consamfed nearly the whole of tho ltteir portion ' before kne coald get into the open air . We gaote . thejfofto ' iring letter , as illustrative of metirnpalifa ' n misery : } - ¦ . '¦ •¦ ¦' • • - ' - ; MrsE « r M / SonraWiK :. —gir ^ Bnblto- ' attentton his lately b ^ en aomewha " t % attedip tha ' aSnttarycondition ef ttit yarisft . nor * especially < oi TfirMTttasjCaur t ,
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White-street . At present , however , only the general statement b *» bees made , that mueh necessity exist , for sanitary imprownint , and even this hat been onestionedby the parith authoritleii The following itatementi may be relied on . They bom * from one who h » i carefdlly and mlmiUly inspected the court , for . the parpose of asMrtatning tae rsal facts of the eats .- These Tunt-coart consists of eleven homes , hut ioma of them are wholly and others partiall y inhablUd , on aocountoi their dreidfally dilapidattd condition . ' Bach home
contains three rooms , of about eight feet square , with : no back entrance to any . There b ho vattt in the coiirt and but one privy , which is in a hprriWy filthy cou ' dl ^ tioa , the soil from it ronni » e orer and satorating tfa * pavement around , whilst from its broken , dllspidatad state , together wth toe ruinous condition of all th « honses , a dreadful stecoh perrades the atmosphere of ihi whole court . There is no inhabited house which does aot contain some ona infected , more or less , with ferer . There are now about one hundred persons , including children Urine in the court . In one of the rooms there
are nine adults living . In , three of the houses the grouhdfljor is entirel y gone . In one of thesa honses , in the lower room , four adults and two or threg children live , having no bed , bat all sleeping on some straw laid on the earth . One of those in this room is a woman who was confined two or three days sinte ; aha lies , like the ethers , on the straw , and her child appears completely naked . The room contains no furniture ; a large atone is used as a seat . There are only three bedsteads ; and siarcely any other article of furniture , except * few broken chain in the court , Three-ftnthBhavelatelj ocenrredjfrom fersr . Other placet in this neighbour hood are very little better than Three Toni-conrt ; in . deed , many ara score thickly crowded . —J . C . !
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v iSngiaift . ; UKCASH 11 B Sobbkrt . —A farmer , not far from Farakerley , hearing of the panic , hurried inU town oa Monday , and went direct to Leyland ' s Bank , where he had £ 2000 . They asked him what he wanted , and he said he must have his ' meoney . ' They said ho need not be alarmed , he had batter let it remain . This roused his anger . 'No , by gor , he said , 'his wife told him to mind and get it , and he would have it . ' It was given to him , and he returned home . ' It would have been safer in the bank , however . That night some of the Liverpool thieves paid him a visit , who had doubtless . heard of the transaction , which hud excited some amusement in thn town .
Chabse of KiDKiPPiKa has come under the investigation of the magistrates at Manchester , of which some of tha circumstances will be read with interest , The charge was bionght by an Irish pedlar , named Critaan , and ths prisoners ( who , however , were not p laced in the dock , ) were a Mrs Jackson , wife of a beer-house keeper , and her two maiden sisters . In 1839 , Crinan ' s wife had two children at a birth , both ot which were boys , and one of them , ia a very weakly state , at the age ef seven weeks , was taken by Mrs Jackson ( with the consent of her husband ) to nurse . For a couple of years , or rather more , Crinan held himself liable to a payment of 4 s . per week for the child , bat being very poor , and Mrs Jackson being in mor « thriving circumstances , she offered to
reduce tho charge for the child to 2 s . per week , and this was accepted . At the tnd of about four years the Jacksons having grown very fond of the child , the child exhibiting more affection for them than its parents , they ( having no children of their own , ) agreed to adopt it , to excuse any farther payment for it , and the parents appearing satisfied , the child , now eight years old , has been regarded by the Jacksons as their own , and well attended to and educated . A short time since , to the astonishment of the Jaotaons , Crinan laid claim to tha child , and they , with the fear of the law before their eyes , suffered it to be borne away . Taking courage , however , after a week ' s reflection ( and probably some legal advice , ) Mrs Jackson sought out the child and
enuceu u oactc again . The father took it away a sieond time , and to prevent further difficulty , was taking it to the station of the Birmingham Railway on Msnday evening , intending to place it under the care of some person in the eountry , when , strange to s * , the maiden sisters of Mrs Jacksoa set upon him with such energy that he was obliged to relinquish his hold and let them carry away the child . Subsequently he got the assistance ef the police , and it was for thfsaot that he brought the charge of kidnapping . —Mr Harding , on behalf of Crinan attempted to support the charge of felony Mr Pollock , in . defence , examined the prosecutor , and showed , by his evasions and falsehoods , that he was not trustworthy , but failed in showing ground for
belief that the patents were not abkto identify the child from ite being taken from them at such an early age . He contended , however ,, that there was no ground for a charge of felony , denying that the magistrates had any jurisdictions-Mr Harding : T . £ , ? y £ u ?! ean t . *** we haTO n 0 remedy ? - Mr Pollock : ; . It youhave . any remedy , itis by habeas . -Mr Hading : That will require money—Mr Pollock : Which I sincerely hope you will not be able to raise . The object of attempting to reolaim the child hone of the grossest superstition ; and one which , for tke sake of religion , I should not like to state in this court . —Mr Maude , the chairman of th 8 matris
trat « s , intimated that he agreed with Mr Pollock in Winking there was no pretence for . the charge of felony , and dismissed the case . The superstitious me tive ( alluded to by tke learned counsel ; which had impelled Crinan to reclaim his child and manifest so much affection for it , after the passion had lain dormant for eight years , was that Crinan's wife , who is a . Catholic , having let it slip at confession that the chi . d was in the keeping of Protestants , and was reeeiving a Protestant education , had thereupon been dismissed with the threat that no absolution would be dispensed till the child should have beea reclaimed aHd should have been brought to the true church .
TOBKSniRZ . DssraccnoH eg a Mm , by Fibb at Wakbfibld . —At about two o clock on Saturday morning last a most destructive fire tookplace at Wakefield , on the extensive premises of Messrs W . and W . Lake , situate in . Thorn ' s lane . The proprietors are bone and cake crushers , and agric jltural seedsmen . The premises which tony" occupy are situated in the midst of a large number of corn and flour mills , the safety of which was much endangered by the flames from the burning pile . The mills of Mr George SandarsM . p ., fer thorough , oftlusMessrsFernandM ^ ffllu ^ " ^ i ' S ^ jHw lar « e firms "ere with difficultysaved , and thedwelUng-houses of those who R ^^^^^^ K ^ di n ^ lpentdaiiger
Before th » arrival ef the engine the building wal-amaraof flames , and the front part of it was compfefcly putted . The whole ef the machinery wa ¥ compgely destroyed as weU as the large stock of oate , beans , linseed , Indian corn , and cake . Nothin * more than the bare walls of the mill itself are left standing No portion of the stock was saved , althoujh the whole of the books of the firm were safely removed from the counting-house ; The building wasinsuredte the extent of £ 1000 , a sum much below itereal value . The destruction of property is estimated at £ 2 , 500 , Of the origin of the fire no accurate idea caa be formed . There was happily no loss of life , although one of the firemen met with a serious accident . ¦ ¦ - ¦
flMUCESIBRSHIBB . Thk Jesuits . —It is said the order of Jesuits are about shortly to assume the management of church matters amongst the Roman Catholies in Bristol . They have undertaken to liquidate the existing debte wr the Roman Catholic places of worship ; and likewise to advance the necessary funds to the bishop of the ' western district , 'for building a 'cathedral ' in Bristol—for which the purchase of a site has already been concluded . - I
OXfaRTOHIRB . ' V Fras .-On Tuesday , goon after eight o ' clock , an express rewhed Oxford with the intelligence that the homestead of Mr Gale , a large farmer , residing at Cuddeaden , was in flames . In * shert time two engines were on the spot , but before they could arrest the prosress of the flames , " four large ricks of corn were consumed , and other property was also more or less destroyed . There is too much reason to believe that the fire was caused by ah incendiary .
KEKI . Ravaoks or ihb Sba . —At Dover , during the whole of Saturday , it . blew a heavy gale from the 5 . w ., with rain and thiok weather . The continental traffic was , consequently , partiallyihterrupted , while the outward-bound vessels , and coasters for the westward , were cempelled to take shelter in the Downs and East Bay of Dungeness . Considerable damage has been done to the works at Dover by the extreme violence ef the sea , there being » n unusually high spring tide . A strong wooden wall , inclosing the offices and workshops connected with the Dover Harbour of Refuge , was completely knocked away : while the wooden frames and other moveable articles f the Lord Warden Hotel were strewed in all
directions ; but the greatest proof of the resistless force of the waves ( which were at this time making a clean breach over the pier-heads ) , was , that about a dosen of the iron stanchions , three inches in diameter , to which the chain railing round the basin within tho south pier are attached / were snapped asunder , as it they had been so many reeds . To the eastward of the harbour portions of the soil at the 25 ? * the 8 ^* al 1 ° PP ° 8 ik the egplanade were swept away . The only portion of the works in plane between the south pier-head and Cheeseman ' s bead , which was subjected to a very rude uroof of its powers of resistance but it stood the triafwith comparatively trifling injury .
SUSSEX . AhothbbTacht Seized . —Much interest has been « citedatLittlebampton . by the saint ? of a small yacht belonging to » member of the Royal Yachl Ckb , and which h&B just , arrived from a port in 2 S * . " 8 r KT \"»* K * to by reason of the stores inclndingtboutfive gallons oYbottledspirits aquantity not largei-than yachUof the RoyallacS £ lte ^ ^ haTe ' ' nn ' lera Pn >^ « iat on wrmag inaBntehport , ttosame , except a rS
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able quantity for immediate use , shwld within a giveni time ( which had not elapsed ) , b » deposited at the custom-house until tha sailing of the'yacht , when it might ke legally reshipped , im of duty . The decision of the Board of Customs in reference to the seizure ft not known . . . ¦
. .. WIMSIIBB . . Debtors tbbatkd as Feloss . —At the Michaelmas swtions for thisodunty , Mr Smith said he had a subject to bring before tha court with referonce to the treatment of persons committed for the non-payment ef orders made in'the new county courts . In visiting the Marlborough Bridewell , he ; had seen that some of tha persons had . been cropped by the gaoler , just in the same manner as if they had been felons . This he thought by no means right , and ho therefore requested thegaolor to write to . the Home Secretary for directions as to the manner in which , these prisoners ought to be treated . He had done so , and a letter wbb received , directing him to apply to . the visiting justices for orders . He ( Mr Smith ) thought
he had better lay it before the court to knew the opinion of the magistrates . The clerk said that he had a copy of ths regulations for the treatment of fereona committed under the small dobts act . They were to be treated in the same manner as persons committed under the bankruptcy and insolvent laws , similar to those convicted of fraudulent or dishonest conduct , under the previous acts . They were to be separate from criminal prisoners , they were not to maintain themselves , but , were to be restricted to the prisen diotwy . they werendlto (« c « iveepiritupus liquors or tobacco , and were made subject to the various other restrictions placed upon the class of prisoners .- Mr Smith : Then it ' s no use to send them to Marlberough , for we have no means here of
putting them into separate confinement .. We have had six committed , and there is one here row . That which called my attention , was seeing their hair cropped off . In bringing it forward , I am not at all blaming the governor , only I wish to know if it is right they should be sent out of the prison , as if thty had been common felons . In Salisbury it had not been done so ; I do ! nst know h « w it is at Deviies . Mr Haywood said they were treated there just the same a 3 untried prisoners—their hair not being cut norths prison dress put upon them , They never cut the hair of untried prisoners , except it was found absolutely necessary for purposes ef cleanliness . Lord Radnor read the act , directing them to be . placed in different confinement . Mr Smith : Then it is no
use sending them to Marlborough . Lord Radnor The act says they must be kept apart , / so facias the construction of the prison will allow , ' . Mr Smith said he did not read the aot in the Bame . wayaB Lord Radnor . He raad it that they could hot put them with eommnn prisoners at all . Mr Sotheron : Then an older must be made . that they shall not be sent to Marlbotough . Mr Jacob said the ssmo difficulty existed in Salisbury ; they had there no , means of keeping them apart . Mr Smith : There will be no difficulty in requesting the judges to send them to certain places , and not to send them to others . I do not see that they can be put with tho other prisoners . The Chairman said he looked upon it in the same way . His ojinion was , that the Bractice of enfctin *
the hair was not in conformity with the rules laid down for their treatment . Although he considered them as fraudulent , and therefore , to seme extent , criminal , yet that was provided for by ; a certain amount of punishment to meet the justice of the case . Beyond that he did not think they had any right to go , Mr Goddard : If these men are nat to have their hair cropped , why should it be done to a man who is committed for an assault ? Mr Smith : Ithinknq person ougat to be treated as afelon , when his offence is such as oan be satisfied by paying a certain pecuniary amount . Lord Radnor expressed a strong objection whioh ha entertained towards * cropping' under any circumstances whatever . The matter was then pidered to be referred to the committee for conferring on the dietary question .
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NATIONAL EDUCATION—THE R 0 JUN CATHOLIC BISHON . This day an adjourne'l meeting of the Roman Catholic prelates , was held in the Presbytery , Marlborough-street . Unexpectedly , a resolution was proposed tot a petition to Parliament , rc « uirihe certain modifications in the National Education system , to remove objections against parts of that system , which the resolution describes as ' gerions and . dangerous . ' ., , ; . . BW 1 UUO There ™ 8 a very small attendance of the prelatesand the Primate , Dr Crolly , objected , in ffinuL
introduction of the tonic of NatioaarEducationraB contrary tothe explicit d rection in a rescript from the Holy See , which directed that the subject should not again be opened at the general meeting of the prelates , and that if discussed at all , it should be in a provincial synod . The majority of the prelates present , however declared their intention to persevere . Herepon the Primate , with the RMt Ttfiv DrDCnvir and th 6 Right ReT ; DrM-Gcttefan , and others ^ protested against tha course absut to be pursued , and withdrew from the meeting . Subsequently the resolution was adopted by the prelates who remained , consisting of Arohbishop M'Hale , and seven or eight other bishops . If all the prelates had been present , there would nave been a considerable majority against the
A National Model Fabm . —Mr Rawaen , treasurer to tbx county of Kildare , a gentleman well ae . auamttd with the social economies of Ireland , ; addresses the Royal Agricultural Society on jth ' e improvement of the small farmer and labourer . For the first , he suggests the allocation of 350 acres of the Gurragby now separated by the Oashel Railway , andjie property of the crown . Here he would established a national model farm , on a sumptuous scale . As to the labourer , he reeommends : — < 'Let every married labourer have from half an acre to an acre of land , divide this into four
nartsit must &e tair , good land ; not as it is now " , the worst on the farm ; let it be cultivated with the spade , and raise a rood ; of potatoes , same of cabSsaees , same of turnips , parsnips , carrots , and pease . The fourth part tore , or oats ; and if he has not an abundance of winter store for what is culled the dead time of the year , my fifty yearB' experience go for nothing . The acre cultivated as a garden , according to the above will produce at least 20 / . worth of food , whereas . the labourer at present is depending on the casual da £ employment , and , of course , dW tented with his situation . Give him n 0 reason to coraplam , and you will find him always ready aid
J STATE OP THB C 0 UHTHT . Notices were posted over the county of Limerick calling oh the peasantry to repair to Rathkeale on Mondav the 25 th , te finish the work SS rkhou ° s e . TUeSday laSt ' Utterfy « Eg Te SubwntaaviceaAow , that the attach did not Sl&ftSaSi ?" . had tak - »^ q « ate Pre-& 2 ? ¦ Fnd VniBl » t last , . font cows , belongins to fatmets <> n the lands of Pallas and Ballygarrett , parish of Irrimore , Kerry , were cut and maimed in tho most cruel manner . The tails were oil ? « ff *^« sides ripped open , wounds fiffi !? l £ ! life
tbeir bodies , and nthis situation the poor brutesav enduring mostpainful torments , ' and BtUl Svewhin MrJ Wm K ^^" ^' oftd - KSie ftr ^ with a . OOOf , worth ^^ of stock on OffiCSS seven years , and until hfe cattle wewshot riewr assisii to hear , quite anfounded ; and he SuSi nfi SrRobb ' *** ' Wa 9 tLe perBOn fircdat '
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Sunday eyening fire armed men entered the house of a farmer named Joba Cormaok , whilst he and his family were . at dinner * and kanded . him anotice , that if Hogau or any tenants of Ballyhoghan , Bhould pay , rent this year to the laridlwd , William Kingeley , E « q .. they would assassinate theia . The ruffians fired five shots id the hiuse . .... ¦ " , _ . ; Two gheep were stolen from Mr Waller , of Fmnoe , a few nights ; ag < Uohe ww killed , on the land ot Mount Faloon , thepr . perty . of Mr Holland ; andm Saturday night , a fat sheep was taken from Mr Biddttlnh . of ConnerHo u « e . Oa Monday night , two _ . 7 iAMA 4 ^ Tia fiAtiu
sheep were stolen ; from John Hayes , ot KURearyj two from Cornelius Brien , of Carrigatoher r and one from Henry Trench r Eaq .. Sop well Hall . Potatoes , oorn , turnips , vegetables , and poultry , are carried off Ttuwd ' ay , the haggard of Rev . Maurice > Fitzgibbon , ? . ? ., at Ardnacrusha , was entered by a number of persons ; 'who threshed and carried away a stack of W An asSntof Mr Barry , collector of poor rates , ' was fired at on Thursday , at Abington , twice , but fortunately escaped . ; " -. ; ""; .. • . > PtBLIO 0 HBD 1 T IN DUBLIN . _ __ .
The JftreanM Advertiser contains the following : — 1 All things consWered , pjiblio credit isin a sound and satisfactory Btete iO Dublin , as compared with what exS ^ in fingland ,. or eyjan in Scotland . JThere neter ^ wereieVer ; bahkrupteies . There has bseii a m \ m 0 ^ unwU <» topp » ses-l « ss at present than duriffftlioipting and gummer—but tn « y have been arrange ^ without tbe . striking of dockets , No doubt , the pressare for . money is exceedingly severe , and very high' rates ' miist be paid for accommodation . One faet . will strike . the reader as very remarkable . toodafra
Alltbrough thepreMure , vthe Fundsh&ves . higher mmhMti * mihUn& < foM ™™ W ™™? M theUarKe ' deman'd'forinvesWieBt . atthe low tonoea reached b ^' the'QtWtztiffinV'Securities ; and we knoW' that a eonside ' rable ' amoun ^ of stock has , been transferred toDublmftom'tondori during the past six months ; Takenaltogetheiyour position is comparativbly tfatUfactorv . To be sure ,: the limited amount of our transactidns is one of the mam causes ; but the verf prudehfebndtict of our banking establishments has also had much , influence in producing this gratifying state of affairs . ' _ ¦ .. Limeric
To « j »« Ibeland Mbkmk 6 . —RioTS .- ^ The k fftmicla says : — ' The members ef the Sarsfield Confederation Club , held their first meeting on Wednesday , at the Theatrei Henry ; sW 6 e | i . WilHaBi S . O'Brien , Esq ., M . 1 * . I . in the chair , who opened the proceedings by explaining the objects for which the club had been founded . . There was a platform constructed on the stage , for the accommodation of the speakers , who wero'loudly cheered by the auditory , which did not exceed 300 persons , including several ladies who occupied seats in the boxes . A large crowd of spectators assembled in the vicinity of the theatre , and , notwithstanding the vigilance of the police , a few of the' Young Inlanders' were assaulted , amongst them Mr J . Corbett , Dr Kidd , Mr Hayes , of Rathkeale , and Mr O'Connell , of Lookquay , when leaving the place of meeting . '
POOR-LAW PROCEEDINGS . The Pwr-Law Guardians of the Limerick Union haveappointed a committee to select a capacious dwelling in which the children , at present in the workhouse , will be domiciled . They aho intend to take sufficient land for the purpose of an agricultural and industrial school , which will enable the Guardians to tnin up the young paupers to habits of providence and self-reliance . ' : ' In this union 3254 applied to the relieving officer last week , and but 331 accepted admission into the
workhouse , one of the best regulated in the kingdom , where the food is good , clothing comfortable , clerical , medical attendance , and scholastic information ate imparted . The Poor-Law Commissioners request the Ennis Guardians to admit no more patipers until the number in the workhouse is less than 800 . There are at present 1 , 002 in the workhouse , At the weekly meeting of the Kilrush Guardians , Dr Fbley in the chair , Mr Hynes and Mr J . Shannon represented the miserable condition of the people without foed or employment . '
The Belfatt Vindicator gives the folltwing account of the causes whioh have revived' Mr Tommy Downshire , ' as well as the code to be administered by that famouslegislator : — ' 'Tommy Downshirc , ' a gent nearly related to ' Miss Holly Magtitre' of the south , and ' Mies Rebecca' of Wales , has made his appearance in this locality , alter having ; lain dormant for a length of time . He has posted notices discountenancing the payment of poor rates , where the rate ezceedi tenpeace In the pound , which is the highest rate he will allow to be paid . He threatens to lay a deadly hand on each and every one Who disobeys his command . Any person violating bis injunctions is to be' burned to the ground , ' This is one of his mild expressions . He has never before interfered in any matter but in defending the tenant against his cruel
landlord—his principal creed the profession of tenantright . What has turned his attention to the poor rate I have been at a loss to divine , except that dt the glaring ftaudgpf th « landloxds . in aot allowing their , tenants to deduct their ( the landlord * ' ) portion of the rate paid by the tenant out of the rent , unless the tenant is able to pay the entire arrears due . This has been almost impossible for the poor tenant to do for some time past , Owing to tho HnforiUDate potato blight . In consequence of this unjast resolution of the landlords—a resolution whioh they strictly adhere to—the entire burthen of the rates fall upon the tenants , who have no redress uqUbs having recourse to such characters as ' Tommy , ' This swindling practice of the landlords Is , without doubt , the true cause of . the resurrection of' Tommy Downshire . . ¦
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B 0 W-8 TRBET . '— . Caution to Pavnbsokebs . —T , Baker , pawnbroker , of Stanhope-street , Clare-market , was charged with demanding more than the legal interest . —Mrs Enirer stated that ok the 8 th of April she pledged articles at the shop of the defendant for 2 s . 6 d ., and on the 9 th lost , redeemed them , and paid 8 Jd . demanded by the defendant as interest . Bhe applied to this court to know if the charge was not unjast , and discovered that she had been charged a halfpenny more than * he should . have paid . —J , Simpson said that the complainant called on him , and he acc »? apani < d her to the defendant , who said he knew he had charged beyond the legal interest , and wished he had charged more < This the defendant denied . —The defendant . was fined £ 6 ; and expressed a determination to appeal against the decision .
Thb Police Again , —G . Humphrey , 155 F , was charged with wilfully neglecting bis duty , by being ah . ssnt without leave , from 12 o ' clock at night until 6 o ' clock in the morning , to which he pleaded guilty . Mr Hall said it was a breach of discipline with whieh a magistrate conld have nothing to do . —Mr Pearce said that the defendant took tha case out of tha hands of the commissioner * , by insisting that he should be dismissed for an offence which he should be fined for . The defendant maintained that he had leave from 7 o ' clock n ltll 13 o ' clock , and then inspector Logan , who was on duty , allowed alm-another half-Uour . Tho impeetor denied
tbathe did any » uoh tbiag , bat ordered him to apply to' the ' superintendent . —Mr Hall considered that the QC . fondant had committed a very serious offence , for no person would be or beat if men were allowed to leave their beat at will . —Mr Pearce said ho offered to fine him , but he refused to submit , and being sent before the com ; mUslonera he set them at dtflance . —Mr Hall was of opinion that such conduct would be attended with the greatest danger to the public , and as the defendant bad treated the authority of his superiors with contempt he should order him to pay a fine of £ 8 , or H day s' im ' prisonment . '
Cmaoa os . Asbault DroK a Guabi > 8 HAn . .. A gentleman residing near Storey ' s Gate was passing towards Storey ' s Gate on his way home , when the prosecutor said , Good night ; stop—where are you going t What money hare you got V and he replied , ' That he had none for him and that he did not know what he wanted of money ' He made the same demand three different times , and while they were arguing two boys came up . Seeing that they took notice of them , the prosecutor sent tot the sergeant , and seeing a constable they both called him . He was' poiltive had he delivered up what money he had in his possession previous to the arrival of the boys , he would never have heurd any more of euch a charge . —Mr Jardlne said he should aend the case before a jury , and ordered the prisoner to put in ball , himself in the sum of £ 50 , and two sureties of £ 33 each , to an . swer the charge at the Middlesex sessions .
SOUTHWaRK .-Bioaht . —D . A . Brown was charged with intermarrying with Elizabeth Quennel , hi » former wife bdng then olive—Baker , 72 M , produced the 6 TI . denea of tka first and second marringeB , when Mr Cot . tlngham said he should commit him for trial . —Mr Game * , on the part of tho prisoner , asked for a remand as Bhe should be able to prove that the first wife was one of tha worst of characters . —One of the bridesmaids proved the first marriage . —Mr Cottingham said that he could not let the oase escape the present sessions , which were now on . He would , however , remand him for a IBW QSTB
THAMES . -SOAKDALOD 8 CONDDCT OT TDK toUCB - fft ^ fi . 5 ' ° baree 8 WWe brougbt forward . on " after the other , in which no individual appeared to prosecute , and on lEouiry neither of thepolicm n whS he m « t ? T T leBint 0 ° U 8 t ° ay knew a"ythiD 6 ° f the matter . On the eighth charge being brought forward , two very respectabl y dreased fem . hs w « re placed in the deck , ona of whom had been batted out , but the other not , and poHce . coustable H 135 stating there was no proBeoutor , and that he did not see the assault com . plained of , MrYardloy observed , ' This is not the first time
I have had to complain of the conduct of policemim in taking parties into custody without being acquainted with th « real facts of the case . H « o have I had do Ubb tban tea individuals brought before me this morning charged with frivolous offences , in wbkh it is more than probable , from the . non-appearance of the parties cbarging , that they were themselves the aggnsjors , and thus a double Injury has been inflicted . I hope this will not ocpur again , or I Bhallbe under the neceisity of adopt- ' injr some steps to puta stepto apracUoe so highly reprehenslble . ••¦ ¦ * MARYLBBONB , —Eobbebt bj a Shopwoman . —
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Anna SlmmAni , ihopwoman to M « « JW ^ * Stlntonj Tefe . street , - ; Oxrord . street , ' wM char » H 851 having plunderedvher emplojejs to no Uls la 8 a M % than ^ 2 , 000 , M : i » , qOO .: ; Theerldence given weiii ?^ thatthe priionerhad been neatly thr e > years iuftr * vice of the proiecntersj . whoi at leb (( th had som «'• '" * cion with regard ' t » 'her honesty ,-B " nd gave her in , !?* custody of Alliion . DiivrsIOBlfo / S ^ 'who , aftirfh *• locked ^ up , ' Marched her boxes ,. and found therein il ^ mehse ; quantity tif illkil , iatto » , muslins , glove , ' it - ingi , and other costly art ^ together with hC ^ UtUM and papers . The property was identified ^>» longing to Messrs Marshall and-Coy , and the ptJ ( -J" *• Was thsrafort reniandea . It ; wooH- seem that a C ? systematio syetem 0 / robbery had be . B cairied on h £ prisoner to an ^ al ' most impartl ^ d > e « tent , m , \ i ^ the situation in which die had [ ^ placed , an d , ^ mlted opportunity which , as mlghttejmagfeea , ^ Anna fflmmoni . flhODffoman to Ifeurt vi ~^ ^^
be afforded her for carrying on nor aepreaatlou . . , 7 officer , Alllsea , Vrough ' t toward foarnarge boje j taining valoable goods worth ttttri ^ £ 1 , 000 , whichI found at the chambers of . Mr . -R-iB . . Hickman i 8 > 1 ^ cola ' cinn-flelds , his attentjpn , 'having ; been attra tfej thereto by a letter found in the . possession of thBp 7 soner , aHd which bore , the , address in question , ^ Hickman admitted ' to the officer that he had been ^ quainted with the prisoner Simmons ' for two yean , ^ that she had been in the habit of coming , to him o «^ slonally at his chambersj and had slept With him ft ^ , -on the Saturday before the was taken . into custod y Uv Hickman , who , it was understood ' at the outi « ^
the proceedings was in the neighbourhood of the cook was sent for " , and brought in by Allison by directlbn « Mr Broughton , and 1 ie is at present under tur ' teilhtl during the . investigation ; It ' wa » stated that he «„ carrying on busihesi in the city , and that he hid . brother who was a clergyman ' . The prisoner wai ^ miinded till Tuesday next , aad Mr Htckmah was orders to enter lnt » hi »' own recognisance lndB 2 ( H ) , and fi qj two sureties ia £ 150 each , for bit btiag forthcoming qj that day , Mr Hlcknwn said that he should be qui ^ prepared to ' prove his entire innocence with regard t , any guilty-knowledge respecting the property found at his chambers . The inquiry excited a considerable fo .
gree of interest . - . -: -, MANSION HOUSE . —RoBBEaT , — WilHam AdaniB , 1 well-known convicted thief , was brought before the Lo ^ MayorJ ' charged with'having robbed a lady . of her por ) containing two sovereigniand fire shillings . —Mar ; At ^ Warinsaid : While I was on Monday ; to the-Custom , house Queen ' s Sale-room ^ at two o ' clock , I felt a hagj in my pocket ; and seised the prisoner , ' who had dra « g my purse from my pbsket . : He quickly passed it te an . other man , whom I could also have detained if I had bad aeilstance from those around me , but nobody was disposed to interfere , and the f « U 6 w walked away . Proa tha moment I gripped this m « n I heJd- ~ nlm fast . —Tbs Lord Mayor : —I am very much surprUed at your stgte . ment , that nobody would give yoa h ' elp in the room . I
should wish to have ahjexplanation of this;—Mils Waris : If I had received any help , I could have' stopped the man who had ray money . Although there we ' re - seven } persons in the room , they allowed him to retire after 1 pretended search . I should know him anywhere ! I B « just opened his waistcoat when the ' alarm was gives , and said I have been searched , and the gentlemen &m satisfied that I have got nothing , and aw ay he walked , — Jordan , -a revenue offlo » r and constable / said that hi was called from the quay to take the prisoner into cm . tady . There were twenty or thirty persons appointed *> attend ( he eale-voom , for the express purpose of proteoU ing the public from the ingenuity of thieves , —The Lord Major : It would rather appear from the conduct of tlj $ persons in the room that they were disposed to assist the prisoner . Are these twenty or thirty persons who protect the roem in this manarr constables !—Jordan : Ko , but they are in the rooms to prevent robberies . I am a
constable ai well as revenue officer , but I was not pre . ¦ ent at the time . Two or three other persons loBt their purses on'MoniJay In the sale-room . — The prisoner SBij ; I assure your lordship 'the lady stebes a mistake . ¦ Vj haBd aceidentally touched her , and she seiied me and held me till I was searched . Nobody could flnd ' any . thing about me , but she would not let go her grip , —Tb » Lord Mayor : You are committed for trial . Iwijhtbi revenue constable would mention to the authorities that if on a sals day they kept a couple of city or metropoli . tan policemen on duty is the Queen ' s sale-room , pick , pockets , would not gain admission . Fellows of this de . ¦ criptlon , if by any chance they should get in , would bj speedily recognised and kicked out . Itis moat discreditable to the persons wht . were present when this lad y was robbed , that they declined to render her the assist . anee she required . The prisoner was sent for trial at the Central Criminal Court . '
Theit Bt a Sbouktabt . —Edward f robert , the Merettry to the Silk Hatters' Trade . Society , held at the Black BuU public-house , lnUipsr Thamei . jtreet . wai brought up chargod with hating stolen £ 20 8 s . Old . oat of the box . To the box it appeartd there were thr « locks , which required three differsnt keys , one of whioh was kept by the president , another by the vice-president , and the third by the secretary . It was necessary , according to the regulations of the society , that the tbrw persons should be present upon the opening of the box , The secretary , however , determined to dispense with the presence of the two other officers and their keys , &nd with tha assistance of a blacksmith possessed himself « C the whole of the contents of the bos , with which ha went off to Bristol , where , however , before , he spent all tha money he was apprehended and conveyed to pr ison , Tbe sum of fire pounds and fonrpence was found on his peiaon , and when he was ask « d what he had done with all the rest he said it was spent . The prisoner was re . manded .
Cedbltt op a Bmqab . —Thomas Moore , a Bturoy btggar , who has been for several years beggiag about the streets with a child in his arms , was charged by agsntle . man named Bell , with having solicited alms . The com . piaioant would in all probability have allowed that offtmce to pass unnoticed , if ha had not seen the brutal fellow treat tbepoar child with great cruelty ; TheLori Mayor said a great deal of advantage was derived from prosecutions ofthti kind , and sentenced the prisoner to imprisonment and hard labour for fourteen dayi ;> Bridewell . ¦ ¦¦¦ . '• . '
vrORSHIP . STBEET .-. DiABOHeAi OniaAOB won rat BAstEBk CorjHriBs Railway . —A well-dressed , middle , aged man , who gave the same of William Jameson open the charge iheet , but now state ! it to' be William Ash . croft , 8 , AtberUsqu 3 re ]; Oommercial . road , was placed at the bar before Mr Arnold , charged with . " having wantonly and maliciously thrown a number of large granite blocks upon the rails of the Eastern Counties Railway , whereby the lives of nearly two hundred passengers by the down train to Broxbourna had been placed inim ' mlnent danger . Immediately upon taking his place in the dock the prisoner , addrewirig tha magistrate with perfect coolness and composnro , said , ' I admit at once having placed the stones upon the line , and , to aVoid giving unnecessary trouble , willplead guilty to the . charge . ! Butthemaeif .
trate obaerved , that the confusion of serlousoffence was insufliclent , and ordered the evidene tobe proceeded with , Mr Charles Johnson , a gentleman residing at Layton ! then stated that while fishing in the river Lea . near the Stratford marshes and about 200 yards from the railway , between four and fivo o ' clock on the preceding afternoon , he saw the prisoner climb over a ' side gate and approach a pile of large granite paviag stones contiguous to the V '' uTlM l Of which be deli «> era teiy picked up , and pitched them over tho embankment on tothe line He dUtinctly heard the clattet of th . ir de . cent , and tke pri Boner , after . thus lodging thera-agreftt nuniber , clam-S ^ T tbeembankm ? a («« them , . and ' repea ' tedJy « S ! dow . ' PP " entl r ««» ge them in . a certaiu position . After remaining alwut-a ' quarter of au hour a his
employment he again got over the gate andadvanced to the witness , who asked him if : he had been clearing and turned the conversation to thesubjgetof the sport ne was engaged in . Almost immediately afterwards a liondon train appeared in sight , and witness significantly tr «? 1 r T ^ ° priii 0 her . wh 9 without any obsena-Uoa walked hastily * wayin the direetion of themarshe .. uerore he bad time to give any alarm the train passed over the spot where tbe . obstruction . had been placed , but immediately afterwards stopped , and the engine driver wn back , and was throwing the stones off the line , w&en tho witness tan up and pointed out the prisoner as the author of the mischief . The lnatarit he had done so tde 1 prisoner commenced running aoroau the marshes
, , butw » s pursue J by two of the guards , who tookhim into cu 6 tody .-. Thomas Davidson , tbe stoker ,. stated that the down train to Broxbourne , consisting of eight carriages , and containing nearly two hundred passengers ; had nearly reached the Leaferldge station , at the rate of twenty miles an hsur , when ke observed-a number of arge stones lying across the line . ' He instantly let off the steam and blew the alarm whiatle , but although the breaka were immediatel y applied , the impetus of the dhlpTKM l 0 U ! ntlyup t 0 « " > stones ? which were displaced b y the iron guard and many of them completely crushed . As soon as the train was atopped he hastened back and picked up fifteen pati ** stones of . he
average weight of ifty pounds , and about eight more ^ aa ! T Scattered ovw th ( > « P Uae . The witness added , that had not the speed of tho engine boen ( lackenoa on the stones being fortunatoly perceived , the train would have been suddenl y checked and the moat fearful consequences probably ensued .-Abrabam Kilb » rn , tbe guard , stated that after tho train had been stopped the prisoner , who was running rapidly across the marshes , was pointed out to him b y Mr Johnaon , but was instantly pursued by witness and another guard , who had nearly reached him , when the prisoner suddenly turned round and advaacing towards thorn asked . Khat was the matter . Witness seized him by the oollar and accused him of having plaoed the stones upon the line , upon which he
answered ' You did not see ms , do it ; ' and on remarking that he must be intoxicated to aot in such an infamous manner ho . denied that he was eo . —In answer to lh « charge the prisduer said that he was sauntering along i " the neighbourhood of the line , when he observed one or two stones l ying upon the rails , and he thoag htlessly picked up some others from an adjoining heap , which he flung there also , without reflecting at the moment upon the probable consequences which would result front such an Inadvertent act . _ Mr Arnold ordered the depositions to be at once taken for his committal for trial at the sessions of the Central Criminal' Court .
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Sdddbk Death . —On Wednesday , in the Session ' Court , . Liverpool , a prisoner named Jane Smith , who was arraigned on a charge ' of Baying stolen a mat ou the 12 th Oct ., suddenly dropped down dead' wW the evidence was being proceeded with .
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Scotland Ths Gbamd Turk op Scorum . —We have heard the particulars of an extraordinary circumstance that happened lately in Glasgow , which may almost be denominated a romance in real life . A person in business died lately whose life was insured for £ 30 , 000 . Immediately after his death this sum was laid dam to by no less than three families . censistine eachofawifeandchildren ; and what is singular the one family seems not to haye been cogniaaat o the other . Which family is the legitimate one nobody at present ean say , until further inquiry n made ; but it seems that each marriage was celebrated by clergymen in thin city , and the wives have been maintained in a respectable manner . It appears that he was in the habit of living a fortnight at t time in eaeh house successively .
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Srelanfr HISEIT AND UUICHT— JBBiD OB BMOD!—AKTLItWIT AMD SUM UOTIKEHT—TBB PBIEHB A » n tor em _
SANZS-. THB UW IK T 1 FPESA 1 T , [ Frvmow own Correspondent . ) ' x , j ,, i , DoBUl } ' 25 thOetober . Ireland ! lasd of misery and of bloed ! he who would chronflb thy story at the present hour should write with a quill plucked from the wing of the destroying angel , and dipped in human gore . This 13 no poetic imagining—no flight of fancy . , Ireland , at this moment , presents a spectacle such as may not be seen within the precincts of < the great globe , 'such as sone , bat those who' live and mere' on this
laokless land can well comprehend or accredit , Blessed with the best gifts that a bounteous Ged can bestow ; her haggards and her granaries teeming with food and wealth , and yet four-fifths of * ner population are on the borders of starvation 1 •»• all classes verging quickly to ruin—no sound heard but the wail of the dying pauper , or ¦ the crack' of the murderer ' s carbine , and no hope' with the millions but what is associated with revolution , and a total subversion of law and order , and tbe existing constitution of society . ¦ -
The events ot the last fortnight , though individually not of unusual or very striking interest / are very significant of . impending changes , and fully corroborate what I affirm . The country newspapers give fearful testimony of thesadlcenditionof the provinces * Throughout almoBt every district of the south and west , the howl for ' bread' has been raised more lustily than ever , and the temporary lull experienced during the early harvest months , Beems to have only matte men more desperate ; and , like a giant arou 8 iBR renovated from bis slumbers , halffamished millions Btart up , evidently determined to starve no longer , and vowing before high heaven that Br itish lavf 3 or British bayonets shall no mere deter them from 1 seeking .- food for their familieu
where food can be found , and that they will rather fall beneath the steel or bullet , than drag but a miserable existence through the eoraing winter , as they did during the memorable year which has passed over . -A determination to resist the payment of rents and poor rates , seems to pervade the peasant masses throughout the greater portions of these districts to which I have referred ; and though I am not one of those who would incite resistance to just claims , still it must be admitted , that there areoaseg when patient endurance becomes but another name for paltry cowardice , and when stern resistance to oppression is a duty , not a crime . The time has now arrived when people cannot any longer' bear the ills they have . ' With abundance of food around them men will , not , and ought not , continue to starve , and
those who rule the destinies of Ireland may rest assured , that the Irish peasantry will not any longer be either cajoled or intimidated into aquietjsubmission to that draconian fiat which consigns them to the most horrifying of deaths , whilst the ' stranger * fattens on the wealth which their toil and industry has raised . Government would , therefore , do well to look to the wants of ourv vast population ef panpersereyetitis too late , for in addition to the extreme poverty _ oC . tEe people , Ireland at this moment nuisea elements , which , if .. once fanned into outbreak , will not be extinguished without the massacre of thousands , and the expenditure of more treasure than would rescue our unfortunate people from the horrors of mad insurrection , or the more dreadful and degrading alternative of a slavish submission to another year '* famino and . pestilence
I need not observe that the Irish peasantry have ever been remarkable for their attachment to the Romai Catholjc priests , and the implicit obedience which , they paid to their teaching . political as well as theological . But even here ' a change' is coming over the spirit of Paddy ' s dreamings . He appears now to think that he ought not to die of hunger , ersn at the bidding of his * riverence , ' and stoutly denies that the priest is justified in preaching submission to the law , whilst that hated law starves him and his children . ' Faix , ' cries the pallid , cadaverous-faced peasant , "tis easy for a man to talk of quietness and patience , who has no wife caspin ' wid the hunger , and whose ears are not moiderred widthe cries of his childre ' shouting for what thev have no chance of getting . ' Live horse , and y ou must get gms , ' ia poor comfort for hungry Christians , and though we may be tould of what cood
wmes we will have when our own parliament is sitting in Dublin , a loaf , or bread , or a pottle of' Indian buck , ' would be more in our way now , than a shipload of such fine promises . We have been liyine on hopeuntil we are nearly doad on that sapless diet , and faix , if we don't get more substantial food aow we wtU have it by hook or by crook . ' Suoh is the language now becoming rife amongst the poor Irish and by wayofillustratisn , I may add , that in the course of thelast week , two different Ca holic obwv men in the Soutt have been attacked byKHS panshionew , and had their com and cattle cawS & £ o ^ T emplederry / near Nenagh , in the countv of Tin S ' ' « t , ^ k , theIOeneo ^ bTt oKree ' out & t 4 T ' r llfeel 7 enough toft ^ j ^ ta ^ vgrsr
yriastel had constructed a wall or fence of aiasonwerk , adjacent to the high road , near His ; residence , t so happened that this-wall or boundary , extended a hair ' s width er so beyond the limits prescribed by law , and was accordingly ' oqndemned ' as a ' nuisance'by Mr—— , the countysunreyor . ' The priest was summoned before the magistrates' court at Nenagh , when the decision of the surveyor was confirmed by their worships , who fine'd'the reverend trespasser in the sum of one pound , pronounced the obnoxious wall a 'trespas 8 '' oni her Majesty ' s highway , but left it optional with the surveyof to have it removed or otherwise . Tha worthy official deeming the affair ' a ' god-send , and that' he" wduia 'be in-- . .. . ... .. ,.
gratiating himself with the "Powers above' by annoying ' his fighting reverence ' as the gallantminded Mr Kenyon is facetiously (?) termed , proceeded immediately to demolish the unfortunate little wall . Butlo ! 'the matchless men of Tipperary , ' amid all their privations , have ' the heart j in the right , place . ' They assembled to the rescue , armed for a toftie on the surveyor and his 'levellers /' and quickly compelled them to ' make themselves eoarce , ' atd relinquish , their attack on the wall ! The surveyor , however ; woald not be brimbugged ! He applied to tho local authorities for aid and assistance ; these ' authorities hearkened kindly to his cry , and accordingly , on Thursday , the 21 st instant , ' he again made his appearance before the
wall ; 'leading to the attack a strong party of the 77 th infantry , and about one / hundred . and , twenty police *' wen from diffaren ^ parts ' of the country , together with a goodly force-of sappers ! and miners ! provided with the' requisite , implements for the demolition of the bitof masonry .: , The priest happened to bold a 'station' : inthe neighbpurhood on that day , and hearing of the fiiege aHd apprehensive of fatal results , in case , the peasantry should assemble , gal . lopped tothe ground .. Here he found about « ne hundred of the ; ' toys' of the imtoediate neighbourhood , with a proportionate sprinkling -of old ' women , ftacteene , and children , in angry , altercation with the magistrates and military , officers .,-. ^ The priest , after silenoine the clamours of thonODuIace . and
avowing his determination to allow the deitruction of his property , or even his life , rather than that any opposition should be made to the authorities / appealed to the magistrate in command of 'the forces ' . ' and with his usual eloquence , pointed out the unjust ' and unmanly persecution to which he was subjected ^ ¦• ¦ It was in vain , however . He would not be heard j like Shylock , the surveyor was inexorable , and would glut his vengeance on-the' lime and stones of the ' rebelly' clergyman ' s wall . The work of dilapidation went on , andi in a few minutes fte pood father ' s' * ill-fated walls were ahetip of ruins . Having completed , the work of destruction , the triumphant party marched away , leaving father , Kenyon in poageasioa of the field , whilst . execrations 1
loud and deepwere hurled ' on their heads ' by the maddened - peasantry , - who , although far - inferior in numbers to . their opponents , and totally unprepared for an affray , would have shed their blood before the destruction of the wall would have been effected , had it not been for the exertions of the rev . gentleman to maintain order and tranquillity . There is scarcely any matter of importance going on this week in the metropolis , if we except the sit . ting of the S ynod of the Catholio Hierarchy , . which commenced on Tuesday , the l&th . They have assembled on this year nearly a month earlier than usual , and their motive for this departure from established usage . appears to be to address . the govern * ment on the present dreadful situation-of the Irish
people , and to . implore that some plan . may ibe adopted , which may check the torrent of ruin which is driving over the country , arid preserve society from final destruction . This memorial , or address , is to be laid before His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenantt j on this day ( 25 th ) , by a deputation from the Synod . Consisting of the four Archbishops of Ire- land . One very remarkable circumstance connected with the meeting of the Sjnod occurred on Tuesday ; the first day , of the sitting . Four of the leading stars' of the Yonng Ireland' party waited on their Right Rev . lordshipsj with a memorial from themselves and certain other influential Roman Catholic members of the' Confederation , complaining of friyoleus and vexatious' aocHsatiess , made against them
by certain right rev . and revi clergymen of their church , branding them with infidelity , apostaby , ' 'Voltairism , ' and with endeavouring to enkindle the flame of sedition and rebellion >! araong 8 t her Majesty ' s subjects , and traitorously striving todrive tlurpeople into crime aad violatwn of the laws , with many other grave charges against their moral and rehgiouB characters ' as respectable members of society and good and'faithful Roman Catholics , i The deputation bearinjf this memorial consisted of Rev . MrKeriyon , Rev . Charles Meehsn , of Dublin ; C . Gavin Duffy , Esq ., of the Katie * - and J . Pigott , Esq ., barrister . Their lordships declined giving these gentlemen an interview , and even refused to read their vindication , but returned the document
unopened , . . .. . . . . .. . ¦ j A report was current in town last weekihat the Archbishop'Murray . had resigned his office as one of the Commissioners Of National Education , in Ireland . This . however , is , Ithink , rather premature ; but it is certain that the Catholic bishops are dissatisfied with certain alterations made by the board , m the system of instruction to be taught in schools . Nay , more , they insist on having these defects ! remedied [ forthwith , or they will repudiate allcoihecturn with the board in future . Some think ithe commissioners will nail their colours to the mast , butbetter informed people aver that they must yield to their Roman Catholic lordships . A
rescript from his Holiness ; Pius IX ., bearing date . toh Ootober , has been laid ; before the Conference , also , emphaticall y and unequivocally denouncing and condemning the ' Infidel Colleges' ^ Soheme of Education m Ireland . -This important rescript was reeeived through the Most Rev . Dr Mao Hale , R . C ., Archbishop of Tuam , and has diffused general joy throughout Catholio Ireland . . I c ? n onl y merely refer to the great 'Tenantright demonstration at Kilraacthomas , in the county Waterford , on yesterday . It appears to have been well attended , consiieriHg the' slight knowledge the peasant-farmers possess respecting that question , but there was little trace of that enthusiasm , always so conspicuous at Irish popular political assemblies .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1442/page/6/
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