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      FIRES . FnssAKDKOBBERtK Houctsmtch . —On Tuesday wenipg , about four o ' clock , a fire broke oat en the premises ef Messrs Abraham and DanKzer , Bir-# n £ ham and Sheffield dealers , No . 105 , n « nndsditcli . It vat caused through the cock of the main gas pipe coming oat whilst oae of tee werkmea was taming it on , the party having ft light in his hand at the time , la an instant he was surrounded with flaraes , and it was with great difficulty that he eataped burning * T&c Sremcn sacoeedod ia confining tke flames tothatportion of the premises in which they originated . As roan as the flames were extinguished , it was ¦ sscertained that some ene , who had entered the hause under the pretence cf lending -assistance , had < t- > kn a box from behind the counter containing triakete and other property to tke value t > f £ 400 . Desihcctre Fibs is Soho . —A fire , attended with considerable damage , broke out at five o ' clock on Tuesday-evening , upon theextensive premises situate -at 17 , Ptaenix-street , Crowa-street , Soho . The flames were first noticed in the first floor , in which a nilniber of new carts , caravans , and chaises were deposited . The stock was of such an inflammable character , that before assistance could be obtained the flames were pouring forth from the window so fiercely , as to threaten with destruction the entire feuildicg . Engines of the London Brigade , with the West of England engine , qnicklj attended , and the firemen by great perseverance succeeded in confining the floats almost exclusively to the premises occupied by Mr Kingwell . Mr KiegweU was insurtd in the West « f England Fire-cnice .

      INCEST . DiTHcnur or Obtaisikb ak Oedeb for thk Pa * BBH SnsGBOK . —Before Mr W . Carter , at the Hero of Waterloo Inn , Lambeth , on Tuesday , respecting tie death of Maria Dawsett . aged 43 . —The coroner said , that en Saturday last he received a letter from ISrByman , a tradesman ia the Waterloo-road , in which he reflected on the conduct of the medicalmen rathe parish , and that the case ought either tobe inquired into bj the coroner or the churchwardens ; ne , the coroner , had submitted the letter to the ohurchwudenB , and the present proceedines were the result . —J . Brown , a labourer , said that deceased had lired with him as his wife for nine monthB . She died at three o ' clock last Wednesday momiag . She had been ill from the Wednesday precedine . He

      went to Mr _ Dawton . at oae a ' elock , on Tuesday weak , to see if he would come and see the deceased , as there had been a parish order left for his attendance in the morninr , bat he was not at home . At five o ' cl-ck Mr Dswson called and saw deceased , when he told her that he <« ould do her ne gocd . lie Knt a powder , which was administered . —Sarah Phillips , the landlady of the honse deceased lodged in , saidftatoa Wednesday weekdeceaEed complained ef being sick . She went to bed , where she remained tOl she died , retching almost incessantl y . Witness gave her some of the medicine whieh she had herself taken for the influent * . About eleven o ' clock on Sonday morninir , she being * great deal worw , witness spoke to Mr Brown about a doctor , but he had not a shilling to procure one . Witness said she

      believed the parish doctor would always come at once without an order . She sent to the parish surgeon bat he refused to come without an order . Thedeceased at that time was in dreadfal agony , and complained ofthe doctor not coming , and expressed her belief that if he was th <» rehs could give hersomething to relieve the pain . On Monday morning application was made for an order , but as it was past the hour for granting one , a message was sent to Mr Dawson to see the dweased . He still refa-ed to go without an order . Oe Tuesday nerniEg an order was procured which was left atten o ' clock in the morninwith Mr Dawson . He however did not come till five o clock that afternoon . When Me Dawson came , h « said he considered ita case of great neglect . Witness said sha thenght it ereat neglect on his part . lie

      asked why she did not get an order . He was not to bs made to do anything without an order . He pronounced deceased to be in great danger , and said he iad nodcubtit might have been prevented if she had had proper attendance in time . He told witness to let him know if deceased was alive in the morning at 9 o clock , and he would givehersonie medicine . She . however , died at three o ' clock that morning—Jane Stamgson , a tedder in the same house , aid that on Sunday she went to the doetor between one aad two . fene asked him if he wsuld eome ? He replied , No , sotfor anyone withont an order . ' He told feer toco tae following morning and Ret an order , and then he would attend . She went to the workhouse the next merningat a quarter past ten o ' clock , but wasrefused one , it being past the hour . The policeman at the

      doer recommended her to go and represent the urgency of the ease to Mr Dawson . and he had no daubt he would attend . Witness told Mr Dawson the di . rectiong she bad received at the workhouse , when he told her to bring a bottle and he would give ter some inediMne . She went at eix o ' clock for the medicine , but Mr DawEoa was out , aad his wife said he would not be at home for three or four hours . No medicine was left oat . —William Dawson admitted having refused to attend without aa order . On the Monday uiuiuuis a juHug numan came witft a peretuutoiT message from the workhouse that he was to attend ! He refused to g » . and to ! d her if she would get a bottle he would give her same medicine , and if she gotworsshe woElrf go . He saw deceased when he went to see hia other patients . She was suffering fcoa ii . flo . ena and abdominal disease . That was the cause of death . He was unable to go earlier than he did en account of the number of patients he had . when he was ap ; . Jied to at ten o ' clock nn Tn «^ . »

      night , he did not go to see the deceased because he knew it was useless , as she was dying . The witnesses cad greatly exaggerated the ease , and having called witnesses to prove that he was generally attentive to his patients , he said that he always went without orders if the cases were very urgent . —The Ceroner summed np , and Jeffc the case in the hands of the jury , who returned the fellowiug verdict— ' Natural death from influenza and abdominal disease The jury regret that Mr Daw « m did notsee the deceased oa Monday , understanding that application had been made to the poor-house for an order for his attend . aace , although too late to be obtained . '

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      *^ ^^* . . nn isngiana . PCRHiH . Giuut Dah * sk to raa Smmse in Sunderland was doae by a flood on Sunday Bight . A earresBOBcentin that town says : —On Friday night it commenced raining very heavily , and continued to do so all day on Saturday , to a late hour ia the night The river Wear was , in coneeqoence , much swollen , bat about three o ' clock on Sunday laorninp , eoob after the ebb of the tide , the fresh water from the higher parts of the river in Weardale eame down In Each torrents , and flooded the harbour to such as extent , that great numbers of eMbs and other craft below the bridge were torn from their Qooring ? , cast sdrif % and hurled before tke fur ; of the waters in all directions ; the crash was dreadful , and as the

      waters were rushjng irresistibly to the mouth of the river , the ships were driven againtt each other , and esnsed tie most seriona damage . Sterns , bows , towspnlF , masts , bulwerks , were crushed , and it is said more thsn twenty veese ' s are complete wrecks , and that about thirty more are greatl y damaged . Feur vessels are sunk near the pier , and oae was dnven to rea and went en shore near the nerth pier , toe crew of which were taken out by mesnB ofthe rocket apparatus . The life-beat was also launched , to be ready in ctge of emergency . This state of damige and direful alarm continued till daylight , when most of the remaining ships were secured , and the flood somewhat abated . It is said one maa was Killed and several others dreadfully injured .

      UKCAEHIRK , CeiitsiOKOsiHE MsBm . —Cn Sunday morning the Flambeau steaaer left her moorings on the Albert Pier for the purpose of proceeding to sea : the Wirral , Woodidde Ferry boat , was at the same time coming from Woodside , and wh « n little more than half-way across the river , the two vessels came in collision . The Flambeau was strock , * or struck herself , on her larboard bow , and was so much injured that she rapidly filled , and shortly afterwards sank . The Thomas Stanley steamer , which was lying near , drew her mooringB to avoid being drifted against , and before the vessel went down took the crew on bawd . The Wirral , whieh strange to say aad not sustained the slientext Jninr * 7 ttf » . i » A .

      rope and towed the disabled vessel , in hopes to reaoh the pier , but did not succeed in conveying her far before she totall y disappeared . At the time of the occurrence the tide was running in , and the broad daylight was unclouded by fog . We ( Liverpool Albion have heard the most conflicting statements as to the eause of the collision . The crew of the Wirral affirm that at the time their engine was stopped , and the helm put hard-a port . As , however , it is a law of mechanics that , other things equal , the body which has-most velocity is the ene most likely to escape unscathed , it is difficult to reconcile with their statement the little injury whieh the Wirralhas sustained . The crew of the Fiambiao , of course , maintain that the other party were entirely to blame .

      Muskets fob Jbklasd . —A policeman at Manchester has been dismissed from the f one , very pro perjy , for bnyiogfire-anns from the pawnbrokers for the purpose of sending them to Ireland . Death nwif isivris tbx Pokes is isb Fieb . — An inquest was held last week on the body of E . Terras , a child about five years old , whose father is living in Chorlton-npon-Medlock . On the Thursday morning previous the servant girl had pnt the poker I etweea the bars of the grate , in order to make the fire barn ; after it became red hot it fell out at the feet ofthe deceased , the bottom of whose night-gown it immediately set on fire . The servant was unable ' on the instant to extinguish the flames , having a ytaajer child on herJ 0 | j& but the mother hearing tbescreams ofthe children ran dowa stain , ant . wrapping the cradle blanket reood tfc » deceased ,

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      succeeded ra extmguuBuig the flames ia aboat fonr minutes from the falliag of the poker ; but not before the deceased was so severely burnt that ehe died on tha Saturday . Verdict , ' Accidental death . ' Liverpool— Hiqhway Robbset . —On Mwday night , between the heurg of six and seven o ' clock , oneof the most daring highway robberies eceurred in the suburbs of this town which hag taken place for raauy a day . Shortly before that hour Mr John Houghton , a retired gentlemen , residing at a place called Mill-lane , West Dorly , sccompatiied by three of his sisters , and a sistcrof town councillor Toulmin , left his residence in a private cab for the purpose of attending a concert at the Collegiate Institntion . The cab , which was hired from Mr Jackson , of

      London-road , had not proceeded more than half & mile on th « road , when tke hones were stopped by a gang of eix men , who , with threats aad violence , demanded the driver to ' stop coach . ' This he peremptorily refused , when one of the party'drew forth an old sword , and swore that , ii he did not obey , he should at once cat him down from the box . Some ef the party then seized the horse by the head , when two of them opened the carriage door and presented » pistol at Mr Iloughten ' s head , and demanded liis pune . It may be easily imagined that the ladies were greatly alarmed , and that between the dread of violence on the one hand , and the fear of the ladies on the other , Mr Houghton ' s situation wa 3 anything but enviable . He called for the driver , bat he was too well guarded to be able to reBder the least assistance . Ia this dilemma he took out his purse and offered them some silver ( six hillings , we believe ) .

      which they took and then demanded his watch and all the money in his purse . Matters were in this state between the parties , when fortunately tho West Darfy emnibus drove np within hearing . Ko sooner did the robbers know that assistance was likely to reach the spot before they had completed their work , than all of them scampered off across the fields , and left the affrighted and bewildered Mr Houghton and his friends to resume their journey if they pleased . However , vrkea the omnibus came up , the ladies and Mr HoBghtongot into it , and returned home in it . The police haye since been engaged investigating the affair , but it is not likely that they will be able to apprehend asy ofthe parties , as sone of them have been identified , nor waa such , particular notice takes of th « r dresses , as would lead to their ditcanry . One thing ; however , is certain , that they are of that class of people termed ' navvies , ' great numbers of whom are at present out of employment .

      Mdrdeb it Oabileiown , sear Hetwood . —A shocking murder was committed on Saturday evening , upon a labouring man , named James Duckworth , of this place , originating , it is believed , from revengefsl feelings . It was committed upon the carriage-drive leading from a newly-erected hall , belonging to Mr Richard Kay , eotton manufacturer , near Gastletown . Duckworth was in the habit of sleeping at the ball . On Saturday eveaing , a few minutes after eight o clock , as John Kay , a groom , who lives close to the entrance gates , was coming down from the hall to go home for the night , and was about 180 yards from the gate , he distinctly heard four blows struck in the direction leading to them . Imagining that a cow hed got upon the lawn ,

      and that gome person was beating down the turf , with the view of obliterating the traoes of its hoofs , he determined to take the trespasser , if he could catch him , up to the house , and ran towards the spot £ rom > beEee the sounds proceeded for that purpose . It had been raining a great deal duriBg ithe day and evening , and though net afinonight , the moon shone a little , and he had not got far . before he perceived something lying on the ground in the middle ofthe carriage-way . lie hastened to it , sad the moment that he reached it heard the gate close with a' ban ? , ' bat neither heard nor saw any one . He found Duckworth lying on the ground , with his face downwards and in a pool of blood . He lifted up his head , bat it fell again to the ground , as if

      lifeless . He ran home , told his father and mother , who were there , and also a next door neighbour , named John Leach , what he had seen , and then hastened to the hall to tell Mr Eay . Meantime a wheelbarrow was procured , and the man taken to the Dog and Partridge public-house . This public-house is very little more than a hundred yards from where the body was found ; in fact , there intervenes , between it and the gates , a row of four houses and a large barn . A newlandlord , named Thomas Fenton , had entered upon it that day , and this event caused it to re very full of esmpapy in the evening ; so many as forty , we are told , being there at one time . Amongst the company was Duckwerth , a man named Tetler , a spademan , who was discharged from the hall

      four or five weeks since , another , Benjamin Garnett , who worked there twelve months since , and a third named Georgs Wolstenholme , who was at work there till Monday , when he was apprehended en suspicion of being concerned in the murder . From what we have been at present able to learn , it appears that they had been there a considerable . time , ever since dusk , when Duckworth said he mnst go home . Wolstenholme induced him to Btay awhile longer , and , it is said , went out himself . Duckworth , at length went out , and was immediately followed by Tetler ( it is not positively ascertained whether Garnett went ont at the same time or Eot . ) who returned in a very short space of time ; and oa his return oaae use « f * vary Ktnarkahle expression to a

      man named John Stott , who is also cmployed by Mr Eay as foreman of the spademen , namely , ' I'll gan you summat , he'll not goo up yon to neet . ' Almost immediately afterwards the intelligence was brought of the finding of the body , which was brought into the house ; aU the company , except Tetler , Garnett , and Wolstenholme , were anxious to see the body , and saw it , and the two latter eventually' swore' that they would see it , and did accordingly , bnt Tetler did not see it , though he betrayed very great anxiety about the man , and frequently asked how he was goin g on . Mr Pickf . rd , surgeon , was sent for and attended Duckworth , who was quite insensible , and never rallied , even so much as to open his eyes , but died about eight o ' clock on

      Sunday morning . A police-officer was sent for , and oa examining the spot where the body was found , several foot-marks were found , as were also two pieces of oak about four iaehes thick , which had formed a eert-leg used fer propping up the shaft . It had originally been more than four feet long ; the shorter piece , about seven inches in length , was found just opposite where the body was found , sticking in a perpendicular position in the solt soil to the left of the body , as if being broken by a violent blow , it had risen to a coHsiderable height , and fallen in the position in which it was found . The other and longer piece was also found nearly dose to lr , but it had evidently been flung carelessly up the brow of the lawn , which outside forms a kind of

      sloping terrace , and had rolled down again . This C ^ Meg . ituposiUvely ascertained , had been taken h 0 H 8 e , and which having been the property of Mr James Bewick , the out-going landlord , had been valued to th « present one . We should have Btated that when Duckworth was found his h&udB were in his trowsers pockets , so that there is no doubt that he was felled to the ground by a sudden violent blow , and that it was followed up by others , which occasioned the noise heard by Kay , the groom , who , it appears , was on the spot , but just too late to save the poor fellow ' s life . The murderer or murderers must have been dose at Duckworth ' s heels after he had entered the gates , and were enabled to approach him without noise by means of the grass border on

      the Bides of the road , escaping back again under © over of the raised lawn , for had they run down the carriage way Eay must have heard them , and if they had gone down the opposite side ef the lawn he most bare seen them . In the meantime , and before the police officer eame , Tetler and Garnett had left the public-house and gone to the Farewell Ion , at Castleten Moor . where they were found about ten minutes past twelve , by Sergeant Priddea and another officer , who , alter examining tieir shoes , and seeing that the Bails and make of Tetter ' s correap « nded exactly with those near the body , took them both to the police-atation at Hey wood , and , ia consequence of further information , the same officer apprehended Wolstenholme at the place where the murder was committed .

      WABWICEEBIBB . PAnrra , Dbaih . —On Saturday se ' nBight , the servants of Mm N . Wright , ofCombaSelds , were much alarmed in consequence of an intolerable smell , which , upon examination , they found proceeded from the parlour , wkere , to their great consternation theyfonnd Mrs Wright lriBg before the fire , literally roasting , but not dead . They immediately removed the unfortunate lady to the sofa , and procured the assistance of a surgeon . But death was inevitable , her hands , arms , breast , and face being severely barnt , and the latter also greatly disfigured : the nose aHd hair were burnt off . and the

      ears reduced to a cinder , requiring the greatest care to prevent them falling off . In answer to inquiries as to how the sad affair took place , she replied she bad not the least idea . She did not appear to feel so much pain as might have been expected ; in short , she appears to have lost the sense of teeliig in the arms , chest , and face , bnt she was fully seoaiblfcef dissolntien , which occurred in twenty-four hours ™« It appears , ia the former part of the eventee , she had been paying the labourers in her service , and afterwards retired to the parlour to read the newspaper , where it is conjectured she was taken in a fit , and feU from her seat . ^ An inquest has beenaince held . Verdict . — 'Accidental death . '

      STAFPOIWHIRE . AttprmD MoBBBB ^ -Avery painful fediig has prevailed at Wolverhampton during the present week , arising ; out of the following circumstances : — A person named John Griffith was brought before the bench of magistrates , and charged with having attempted to murder Mr Cooper , the surgeon to the union workhouse , by . stabbing him intheabdomtn . From Mr Coopers statement it appeared , that on Saturday last he went into oneof the wards ofthe uniop , when the prisoner flew at him , and plunged a knife at his abdomen , saying , at the Bame time 'Yoh are'the person I want to see . ' The point of the knife came ia contact with the buckle of a belt , or he musthave been instantaneously killed . After some trouble the knife was taken from the prisoner

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      and fee was locked ap . In answer to the charge , he stated that Mr Ceoper had refused teiet bins go into th « able-bodied sidt of the honse , and he was determined to finish him yet . One of the paupers said th&t he aad frequently ht&Td the prisoner eay be would murder Mr Cooper arie day or other . The prisoner was fully committed to take hiB trial * DEVONSHIRE . AUBIOH * FtOO » 3 AT ExKTBR , AKS FBMWJL DisYBucitON of Prohmt . —Exbier , Sunday . — Daring the whele of yesterday , and in the course of this ( Monday ) morning , very considerable alarm bag been occasioned throughout this city and Its immediate neighbourhood in consequence of the rapid rising ef the River Exe to a most unusual height , and

      involvieztbe Usaef a very considerable amount ef valuable property . The circumstance which has already proved so disastrous is mainly attributable to the heavy rains with wbioh the western division of theoranty has been visited , and which have , perhaps , been more than usually prevalent in the vicinity of the city . Tho commencement of the rising of the waters to an extent which occasioned any alarm was visible on Friday morning , andso rapid was its progress that it was found utterly impossible to save the whole ofthe property which be . came thus suddenly jeopardised . Yesterday , ( Sunday , ) the waters rose still higher , and completely overflowed that part fthe district which is contiguous to the stations ofthe South Devon and the Bristol and

      Exeter Railwajs . Above the railway bridge , near the station , it overran the banks , and flooding the Exwith fields , rushed with fearful violence through the ordinarily dry arches ofthe South Devon line . AH the lower parts of the oity , including the timberyards of Mr Follett and Mr Nicholas Tuckett , were under water , as was the ease with many of the dwellings of the poorer inhabitants , considerable number ofthe less wealthy portions ofthe citizens being resident in those districts in oonsequence ofthe facilities which are afforded for the transaction of their business , and the economy of the situation . In St Thomas ' s , whieh is situate on the opposite side of the Exe , most of theitreets and raids were rendered impassable , tho water in the lower part of Okehampton-street . beine six and seven feet in depth . From

      this dangerous dilemma the workpeople and children from the factories at Exwith had to be conveyed home in carts and boat ? , and the whole of the traffic has been necessarily suspended . But , perhaps , the most remarkable eeene exhibited was to be witnessed on the marshes between the city and Powderhay . These marshes , which are very extensive , were ' completely flooded ; indeed , to such an extent was this the case , that the water rose to mere than a foot in depth over tha line of the South Devon Railway during tha greater part « f yesterday , ( Sunday . ) Notwithstanding these difficulties , which at first sight appeared to bo insurmountable , tho trains , both loco * motive and atmospheric , contrired to pueh through them , although , of course , with , some logs of tine . The fires barely escaped extinction , and the pipes received almost as much water as air .

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      ¦ . .- ' — i ^ i — - . . . A VOICE FROM TIPPERART . IRKfcAHD ' a ' LEADER—THB COERCION BItIr-MISBBT AKD DSBPAIR OP THB PEA 9 ABIBT . —EXIBBJHHAHON OP IHB IBNASIRT . County Tipperary , 14 th Deoember . In a former letter to you I observed that Irelamd was ever unfortunate . Patriots she had , but they were few . It was for being sincere , uncompromising and true , that these , few though they were , had been persecuted' and exiled . They went forth , like the Roman of old , ' weeping o ' er their country , regretting her infatuation , and kavi « g : folly in view the miserable end to which she was hastening . Ireland herself has been much to blame . She took men at their words , and only found out , when too late , who had been herfrieads . In'the'hey day ' of her enthusiasmBhe voted triumphs to nor eoi dttant defcnderB , and offered libations of gold at the shrine of their avarice . ;• ,.- ¦

      Not long since she lauded to the skies the men who eame forward with hahdfuls of professions , but little real sincerity ; she accepted their vows of eternal devotion to her interests , ' and commissioned them to be and act as her representatives in the senate house of England . Well , of course , they went . The leader of the Irish people and , Henry Grattan taking upon themselves to direct the movements of the pseudo Irish party ,. John O'Connell vowed—and of course , registered the vow in heaven—that he would di « on the floor of the House of Commons before he would permit the people tobe coerced . Pity he did not die somewhere before going to St Stephen ' s to disgrace his father ' s name . And he kept the vow he swore by « xBreflsinfrhis agreeable surorise that th «

      'Prevention of Crime Bill , ' was ^ somild . 'Oh ! ' as an eld woman said the other day , ' Och , then , raon ! die yee ' g ever hear the likes ; Well , that beats Bannagher . ' Well , all we say here is that Johnny will bo pur leader no longer . Paddy shan't purchase an estate for him as he did for Grattan ' s father . But , after all , is not it too bad that the man Ireland trusted , *—the man she loved for his father's sakethe man she would honour for his father ' s services — could thus be found to play the part of renegade f I ask him , is he not convinced that he did what his father would sooner die than do ? He did . If all the remedial measures that England could give were offered along with a Coercion Bill , the late O'Connell would refuse to give the latter his support . And Grattan , too . Oh ! the descendant of the man who said , that he would never cease ; so long as a link of the chain ef British tjranBV was elankin ? on Ti-if . li

      rags—the'descendant of such a man to be found supporting an English Coercion Bill for Ireland . If the spirit of his father were to return and hear the son record a vote for the degradation of his cooutrv , I ' m sure it would turn in disgust , and deny that he Henry Grattan , was it * offspring . Alas ! for Ireland ! the acts of such men are blankjspots in her history It is bad enough to be persecuted and hunted like a wolf , but it is crushing , it is worse than agonising , to be betrayed and deserted by those we trusted . The base servility , the slavish acquiescence ef those men , are far too disgusting to be dwelt upon . They sicken one ' s soul , and almost eause him to hate his species . Little wonder that the English minister should Bay of them what Augustus Ctnar said of his servile , crouching senators , — 'hfandum et servile peeu « . ''—as , after all , the slave is despised even by those he served . :

      However , amid this wreck ef treachery and cursed deceit , it is somewhat consoling to turn another glance at the parliamentary proceedings , and feaBt oneself with the noble stand made by Feargua O'Connor and a few others for Ireland , Oh t If proof were wanting as to the genuine love for liberty that warms that noble fellow ' s besom , it is given nbundantly in his acts since he took his seat in parliament . The friend of the slave , whether he live in Ireland tr America , —the friend of liberty through theuniverse ,-he knows but one object , that is , to give freedom to all . For th »\ he battles in a foreign land ; for that he sacrifices his brilliant prospectsfor that he braved the terrors ef tho dungeon ; for that he was calumniated ; for that he was hunted

      from his country ; and for tbathis name will be revered by all posterity—and though I hate adulatior , though I ecorn to give or receive it , I am compelled to state my true convictions as to his character . Let him knowit , and if it afford him gratification bb much the better j Wb name is now in every man ' s raouth ; his patriotism ia admired by his hereditary oppesere , and his countrymen here are beginning to look up to him as their future guide . Every word he uttered on the Coercion Bill finds an echo in every Irishman ' s bosom ; he stated facts , and predicted consequences , which will attend the introduction ofthe Coercion Bill , so sure as to morrow ' s , sun shall rise . , I know the Irish peasant ' s feelinea . I know his

      present unheard-of , misery . I know of his burned house , his starving children , his naked > wife-and I know he will despise the English government ' s power to coerce him . I know they have as much chance of forcing from him his arms , as tliey wsuld of trying to stop the tide with a fork . His arms he will keep , his arms he tw'K os * in spite of all the Coercion Bills that could be framed ., Hear him speak ofthe Coer . cion Bill . ' Musha bad luck to them—they let us lay out our money for arraB a couple a months ago , and now they want iis to lose money and all . Arrah , then , by my aou ' , they may . go to the devil and shake themselves , for the never a one of our arms they'll get . ' This is their answer to you when you speak of Coercion Bills to them . But , good Heavens , was there ever suoh iruelty ? The government seeking to coerce a people who are starving—or what is . ' worEe ,

      dragging out a wretched existence on a species of food only fit for brutes—seeking to preserve life by raw turnips and herbs . In fact , the blood runs cold , the heart Bhivers to think ef the unheard of misery of the people . It is truly alarminp , and the prospects of the future are still more gloomy . They are causing every man who , atall , can make up a few pounds , to emigrate to America . Whole neighbourhoods are going ; and entire townlands preparing to go . Little , Enelaad thihkB what she is doing . She is exiling her best and bravest subjects . She is Bendingthemout of the land Nature and Nature ' s God destined for their habitation . She is parting with them not in friendship , but in enmity . They go , and carry with them a pent-up wservoirof hatred , and who knows but they , or their descendants , may yet ahow how terrible a calamity England laid up for herself , when she exiled them . . '

      Ihavenotheartor eouMfieto write , God knows The wretched misery , the half-famished skeletons that everywhere meet the gaze , render a man sick No we can bear it . It is too much for cren hardened nature . I would wish togive some idea of it , but my pen is paralysed , language becomes barren before the wretched destitution everywhere around us . Men who once were in prosperity and happiness ; men who had finefarma and comfortable homesteads , are now to be seen wandering about homeless , dothless , and hungry—asking a moiael to eat from those who knew them in happier days , and often shared in their hospitality . No longer does the blue smoke curl from the cottage chimney . No longer is heard the joyous laugh , no more are to be seen the familiar faces who were known in early childhood . AIHb

      changed . Nature herself seems to weep o ' er our desolation , and bends in mourning dirges o ' er our devoted land . Oh ! how changed aiuoe 1848 . No © ne cau imagine it . I fear the people no longer look up to any one as a friend . I fear they are beyond influence . I foar their feelings are becoming edged by keen despair , and that they are brooding aomethine dark and tembla . The ' Coercion Bill' has topped their misery . The ' Preservation of Life Bill , ' Ls been the death warrant of their forbearance . Afew months , ay , a few weeks , more , and they will defy the governmentto theteeth . Thesoldiery may come among thera-bah ! Seek the outlawed peasant in his mountain retreat , and whea you catch him , give liim a rebel ' s death . Send the police out-pshaw . Anavmedband of peasants will give them another oarricij shock in one of the natural ravines of their

      native glens . Outlaw the Irish now , and they will pull England down with themselves-they will involve her in their own destruction . To be sure , they who rule England may laugh at the Irish , and tell them the musket and cannon are their only relief . Well , they laughed once before at the Americans , but we saw how tho laugh ended . So it night be in Ireland . It is natural for a man to love his country . It is just as natural for him to right her wrongs . We , who are now young men , got the taste of freedom . We heard of slavery from our fathers . We are daily receiving lessons , and , I trust , ore profiting by them in the science of freedom . We are taught to believe that it is incompatible with our dignity , as men , to submit to serfdom . We are catching up a notion of self-reliance—and , if needs be , I think we are determined to be able to make it something more than a mere speculative theory , O'Connell is gone—his influeaceia no more . The

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      people reconnise ae influence . They are beeinoi to think / or themselves , > Dd will not "S S provocation to turn rebels . And , after A oerT is . would be as well they did . One ' s eountry desew his exertions . - What ! though it be enslaved itm be redeemed ; though it to in chaino , it : may be n fettered . Ireland is not Poland . Nature ' s arohite ture in the one , is craggy , entrenohed , and guard , by inaccessible passes—ia the ether , it stands in open plain . But , perhaps , lam writing treason . I be , it is the treason which ! b spoken here . T

      wild storm , careermg in its whirlwind chariot , is m more threatening than the aspect oi things just no It is befun to be credited , that as it was by the swoi we were conquered , so it is by the same guerdon ? are to be righted . Even so . Let England violal the constitution . Lefehtr outlaw the people , leth trample on them , more and more , and then hurra ! for old Ireland , and the green hills of our countr If the . sword be once drawn , I fear it will not ] sheathed until the last man in Ireland : is slain , i until it is reddened , and its wielder intoxicated , wi the blood of his oppressor . .

      It would appear our notable constables are alreac anticipating the fun they will have by and by in bay netingus . astaeysay in Irelaid . Oneof those worth ' s named Connegan of ' Carrickbey , ' in the county Waterford , took it into his head , last week , that ] might with all due right immolate a young ma named Wali , to bis drunken notions of peace-makin i he stabbed him , and then , as a matter of course , i flictad a frightful gash on another young man , who name is Sheeban . This worthy preserver of the publ peace had the consolation , when he eot sober , of fin ing himself in Carrick Bridewell . ; . Yet our patern government is determined to give such ruffians : he , power to enter our homeB and violate the ear tuary ef eur affeotions , on some flimsy preteice

      base intention . But where is the man who wool permit suoh unrefined barbarians , such licentioi brutes , sweltering in the thoughts of hideous prof gacy , to enter the ' thalamuVof his chaste wife , i amiable sister , to pollute with their unhallow < tread , or stain with their satanical jeer , the pure r post of unsullied innocence . Who would permit it No man , but a crouching beast more degraded th ; the grovelling worm that man looks on without thought . No ; the man who respects the one , ai loves the other , would stand between both , and tl insult sought to be put upon them , and would on permit it to be inflicted , when the ruffian band pass * o'er his mutilated corpse , when he would be span the pain of witnessiig his sweet home ' s disgrace , h hearth ' s pollution . . ,.

      Crime is decreasing here now , and evictions dai going on as usual—twenty-eight persons were turni oat last week , to starve " en the road side , at Mone gall . These unfortunates are now destitute , and , course , can't starve . They must find shelter sou whew for their craving necessities . Thus are Iris man protected by their landlords . Mr Bayly , is now out ) of danger , and his recove certain , the ligature having come off the worn without causing it to bleed . I trust he will soon a pear again among the people , as he certainly was right good friend to them . The Nenagh Guardians have refused to act , ai sent up their resignatioa to the Commissioners , < the ground that they oould not relieve the people , ai

      that their lives were in danger . In order that tt Commissioners should receive their resignation , W Going moved that they should adjourn to the 1 st c September , 1848 , which motion was lost by a majo rity of two . One of the guardians , Mr Walker , state that he received notice from a sure source , th : incase relief was any longer denied , he might mafe his grave . ' A deputation attended with a memoria on the part of the labourers of Nenagh , requests means to live some way or the other . Let Lord Joi and his clique ask themselves— ' Is not the poor Ia ' working admirably here . ' Let him and his fricni congratulate themselves on the way the tide of pai perism is BweUing under his wise Bystem of legisls i ! i Jahrtw"efoll 7 t 0 expect honesty from

      . Bedford . _ If a Whig were paid for it , he would cot vict Almighty God of not being the author of th Lord ' s prayer . Another fact . of a somewhat redeeming trait inth characters of bsilifis is , that they are turning oat i legal robbers . Two of that class were arrested Iai week at Balhngarryfor stealing cowg . ( They wei legal thieves before , but now they are determined I act decently . At Lorah last week , a case was tried before tt magistrates , E . F . G . Ryan , Esq ., R . M ., and Joh Lalor , Esq ., tor illegal distraint and riot . In th lattercase , a constable M'Kenrie swere he came t proBecute on speculation ; but yet informations were n

      ceived against the parties , though it was apparent to . an j one that the men were perfectly jastified i resisting the bailiffs , who acted illegally , and agains whom informations wer § lodged for bo doing . There magisterial cleverness for you—two decisions , on proving the other a nullity—a farce on the law . Bah Lord John , you would want to write to Lord Clarendo a bilkt de tantt for tho future guidance of the R . M . ' through the country . The weather for the last week has been dreadfo Every part of the low grounds has been flooded wit tne excessive rain that has been falling since Sunda last . The storm was also very severe ; two boat were swamped by it . The O'Connell monument C ( leotioi ! . amounts to £ & 1 . in Tfiurlesand in Clornni

      , Pirn . 7— 9 * vivuiui m Mr Kemmis has been in Clonmel for the last wee investigating the late murder cases , and it is expecte that a Special Commissioa will be held in that to * immediately . Z . T 0 . UMUVW .. V . J . ^ , ^ -, yjt

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      ^ N IRELAND .-THE EDINBURGH CHARTISTS An important public meeting was reoently holde in Adam-square Hall , for the purpose of petitionin parliament to adopt the policy towards Ireland em bodied in Mr O'Connor ' s late motion . The report c the meeting is now out of date , but we give the reso lutiona as evidence of the brotherly feeling of th Edinburgh Chartists towards the people of Ireland . 1 . That this meeting deeply laments the amount < Bevtra and unparalleled diitreis that exist * m th « siatc kingdom , Ireland , and farther deplore tb&t her Majesty gowrnment ha 6 not , as yet , introduced any measurf breathing a just , benevolent , or a generous spirit .

      2 . Tbat this meeting cannot allow the present oppo tunity to pass without declaring it as their opinion thi her Mnjentj ' s goToinment has deliberately betrayed tl confidence the country reposed in them , la iotroducin at the present juncture , a coercion bill as a remedy fc Ireland ' s grievance , seeing that scarcely two years ha ) elapsed eincethej gate it as their opinion thatcoereii measures for I rel and had completely failed to restore tni unhappy country to a state of peace and prosperity . 8 . It is the opinion of this meeting that , from the In quitous and brutal treatment Ireland has ever exp rienced at the hands of successive ) governments since tl

      period of the Union , it is the sacred duty of the peop of Ireland to demand and straggle for a Repeal the Union asd thus effectuall y rid their country i « n alien hierarchy , , and a selfish , grasping , and ui principled executive ; but , while recommending tht Irish brethren to mako strenuous efforts to attain th desirable end , they would , at the same time , in a spit of fratern&l love , exhort them to aia their English ai Scottish brethren in securing the enactment of tl Peoples Charter as the law of the United Kingdomthus taking an efficient and secure step to annihilate tl bane and curse of every country—class legislation .

      Mr Archibald Walker presided ; and thespeechc which were delivered by Mr John Grant , Mr M'Cr : of Leitb ,, Mr CumMiBg , Mr Ekings , Mr Alexandi want , Mr J . Cockburn , and Dr Alexander Huutti were exceedingly talented and eloquent . The mee ing altogether reflected great credit oh the Edinburg Chartists , *

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      Hobribw NiUBATivB .-We extract the followin rom the Haiipax Morsino Post of the 1 st inst . ; - The Bchooner Caroline , from Savannah for Bath encountered heavy gales after the 96 th of October had all her provisions washed over , and , on the lOtl ult ., tbe crew had bsen six days without food o ft ,, "' "li ™ " 011 they cast lots as to wh < should die to Bare the UveB ofthe others , and the lo fell on a large Iri shman , named Charles Brown , wh < was the only man with a knife on board , and threat ened to plunge it into any one who would attonm

      w carry out the fatal chance . Hereupon a lado niHetecn , belonging to Wales , offered to die first , a ie was the youngest , and Brown « u ijbont tostic ! him with his knife , when the captain struck Browi with an adze , and killed him . They drew off hi stood and drank lfcj , cutting Mb body in stripes to eat On the morning of the 18 th three vessels hove ii Mgnt , and the three survivors were rescued , thei lives , beyond doubt , having been saved by drinfcini ™; horridI liquid . Two of the survivors arrived ii Philadelphia , tho other one was in a vessel bound ft the West Indies . '

      A Ohahtist Fia .-Mr Clewlovr , butcher , of West street , Somera Town , on Tuesday last slaughterti and exposed to the view of many admirers , a ver fine fat pig , which had been fed by Mr John Hornby one of the allotteea at O'CoBnorville . This splecdit animal , although not bred or fed by a ccrtais paupei prince ( whose fat productions have , of late , beet paraded before the public , ) is in many respects equa to those exhibited at the Sraithfied cattle show ( tf state [ this from personal inspection ) and we trusl that our friends on the people ' s estates will striv * to outvie and emulate caoh other in this kind <* agricultural produce .

      Glasgow . —Honesty Encouraged . —A nico littl girl last week found a pocket book in ' the High-stree which was well filled with something or other . 0 ' running after the person ( we cannot call him a gen tleraan ) that Bhe thought had dropped it , the folio * ing conversation took place : — ' Sir , hero is you book , 1 thmk it was you who dropped it V ' 0 yes ray dear , it ia very valuable , end I would not !« v ! * ' f ° J the world-you are really a good girl , & < if I had had any reoney I would have giveu you- ' penny . ' As Jonathan would say , the fellow thei sloped—mi was speedily out of s ' igbt . What a dirt hog he . was .

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      Thb Latb Fatal Explosion op Firb-damp . —We mentioned last week a calamity of a most serious nature , Involving the loss of no less than seven lives , which occurred on Monday morning se ' nnight . The following- are farther particulars respecting the fatal explosion of fire damp , whieh ecctred in a coal-pit belonging to Messrs J . and C . Bailey , at the Nanty . glo works . There were between forty and fifty men at work in the pit at the time the explosion took place . The subjoined names ate those ofthe unfortunate sufferers : —John Parkea , sen ., who has left a widow and three children ; John Parkes and David Parkes , eons of John Parkes , sen ., both single men j William James , who has left a widow and two children ; Lewis Morgan , who has left a widow and two children ; John Morga » , who has left a widow and two children ; and Thomas Jones , s single man . There are six men also who were more or less burnt . An inquest was held on the following day before Thomas Hughes , Esq ., coroner , on view of the bodies ofthe unfortuuate men , but which was adjourned until Wednesday , the 15 th inst ., to procure the attendance of those men who were burnt ( aHd who it was hoped would be so far recovered as tobe able to attend on that day ) to give evidence , in nrder , if possible , to ascertain how the gas ignited . From the evidence of those examined on Tuesday last it appears that the explosion occurred ia , tbe ' stall ' or ' heading . ' where the parties were at work , and thus in one instant , swept off a father and two sons . It appears that Mr Wightman , an agent lately come iato the employ ofthe Messrs Bailey , had been into the pit on the previous Friday , and had then cautioned the men with resptot to the- gas . We thiBk it fortunate that the accident occured oh the Monday after the pay , when many of the men were absent ; otherwise the sacrifice of life must have been

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      special c 0 um 1 bbion—ihb tounb irblanbers . „ , „ ,., Doblik , Dec . 20 . Old Christmas once more cemea rouud , « u . d light hearts throb joyfully , and bright eyes beam merrily , t * welcome the advent of this happy day . In every Christian land , in every civilised country ofthe glebe , this holy festival comes fraught with hope , and gladness , and thanksgiving . The courtly hall ef prince and baron gleams still more brightly in the Christmas yule-log , whilst the peasant ' s hut , however poor its occupants , or however rude and unpromising its exterior , is not shut out from the comforts and pleasures and sinless enjoyments of this gloriees season . And in no country of Europe were the usages and festivities of Christmas mere joyously observed than in

      Ireland—to none did the approach of Christmas bring more fan , and frolic , and happiness , and solace , than to the Irish farmers and poor Irish peasant . However straitened he might be all the year previouolyhowever difficult he might have found it to repel the ' wolf from his cabin-door , and 'keep body and soul together , ' he never failed in securing a portion of the comforts peculiar to Christmas , and in his own simple enjoyments was as happy as the proudest ' rack-renter * in the land , lreoftlleet well the time when the Irish ' scullogue , ' or peasant farmer , was never without his 'piger bacon'in the chimney at Christmas , besides making gnre of having a turkey ' crammed , ' era pair of geese'fattened 1 for the

      Christmas dinner . The poorest peasant , the wandering beggar , was not destitute in those days ; for whilst the Irish farmer had anything for himself , he never denied a share to his poorer neighbours , nor sent the pauper away empty-handed' frem his door . Christmas in those days , might be said , truly , to ' bring good cheer ; ' tie people , to be sure , were poor , and harassed , and oppressed , but they still had tome thng left . The blights of heaven had not fallen on the green Tallies of Hibernia . Nature showered her treasures with a plenteous hand , the farmer did not sow m vain , abundant crops rewarded his toil ; the robber landlord could not clutch up all ; the poor man had a little left , and even with tbat little , he was content , if not entirely happy .

      But now ! in 1847 ! what a change has come upon Ireland I What a 'Christmas' awaits the unhappy Irish people ! The head swims , the heart Biokens , the spirit waxes furious , whilst the fingers wield the pen to write about poor Ireland . Christmas I Tho Christmas ef 1816 found us poor , and cheerless , and miserable enough , but the present year sees our evils aggravated a hundred-fold . Last Christmas , grim Death was reaping a proiifie harvest , and though the white snow lay' on plain and raouatain , the churchyards were red with tke newly-dug graves of starved Irishmen . But even amid those horrors , Irishmen did not despair . They fondly hoped that the evils of the day were bnt ef a temporary character : that the storm would soon blow ever ; that

      matters had arrived at a crisis , and in verification of the national proverb , ' When times were at the went , they were sure to mend . ' They vainly imagined that their ' leaden , ' ( proh pudorl ) would awaken from their disgraceful torpor ; and , mindful of the errors , thadelinquencieg , andthe crimes into which they had fallen , make one manly and successful effort for their fallen country . People would not believe that they were deserted and deceived by those in wham , for many a weary year , they had confided . They eould not imagine that the golden idol of their foudestdevotion was but a thing of clay , and that the glittering prize , for which they so long wept , and prayed , and toiled , and struggled-yea , and often fought and bled—was , like the phaatora waters oi

      Eastern deierte , no sooner apparently within their reach , than some fatal obstacle intervened , leaving them like unto him who vainly sought to possess tEe fairy' bird ia the story . ' baffled , wearied , and brokenhearted . Though pining in the depths of misery , they looked forward hopefully , and though 'hungry rum' sat brooding over the length and breadth of tho la « d , they treated that the next return of Christmas would see old Ireland'herself again , and the surviving remnant of her population , if notimproved . at least , not more miserable than they had been for many a year before . But , alas ! that human hopes are bo delusive , and ton thousand times , alas ! that poor Paddy ' s hopes and prayers , and aspirations , have but formed com !

      ponent parts of one vast , ' monster' delusion . Christmas comes again , and finds us not only the most wretched , but what is infinitely worse , themost insulted , and betrayed , and deceived , and degrade people under the broad * kies . Look at us ! Oh ! w ° ! r ??' . been tara in lome namdess nook of tho Polar regions , or nursed at the breast of an UBannointed savage ofthe South Sea islands , rather than been anlri Bhserytrodden down and insulted by open foes ; and . what is br and away moreheartbreaknoff £ tr ' 80 lo »' » d 'delivered up / for paltry Tn '^ WT cr ! 5 & » crawling creatures , who professed to be our friends , but who , in reality , are worse enemies to Ireland and her people than any who have polluted our soil from the days of strongbow to the present hour . Look afua , I say . agaw . Behold what we are-ana , tyW ' wi roiofo

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      be . See xa at Vae Christmas ot 1847—* nation of despised , miserable , Btarvingbeggars ! And look at our'leaders'in the House of Commons ! But no ; do not look at the polluted traitors . Do not look at them . - They ate net worthy , ef even the most contemptnous glance that a betrayed nation could be . gtowj They have ; renounced , abandoned ,, deceived iis . - - ThevwW ««!—and , with us , their own honour , honesty , " and reputation . But they will have their rewaed . ' Place and patronage will be their meed . Their native land may still continue a paltry province , and their fellow-countrymen may starve until pestilence will sweep away what famine cannot . overtake . Still our perjured betrayers will lick the hand that smites us , and , like the Roman of old , feel no qualms ahout how they obtain their filthy bribe , - so long as they can revel over the ruins of their fallen land . Muafc not the Christmas of 18 i 7 be to Irishmen , a season ot mirth , and happU ness , and congratulation !

      The Irish Coercion Bill is now all but the law of the 'land . ' What a " pretty New-Year ' s gift for poorj ill-fated Paddy ! But an additional bucket of water can add little to the agonies of a 'drowning rat ; ' and a Coercion Law , however oppressive , will have but small influence on the desti-Hies of Ireland . This law will prevent the Irish peasant from going about his business at certain hours , and under certain circumstances ; but why should a famishing , half dead fellow , go oat at all in the presence of well-fed soldiers and policemen ? True , in all decency , he had better remain in his eold cabin , and starve till he gasps his last , in silence and in peace ! His gun and his pistol ( fill be forced from him , too ; but of what value can such articles be to a man- whose last pig and cow , and

      sheaf of corn—nay , his blanket and his pot , have been already swept away by the landlord and poor rate collector ? But , na boclcliehl TheMunster peasant will not slay within so easily as they imagine . He will venture abroad—and at ' unseasonable hours , ' too . were it only' to divart the hunger off himself ; ' and , faith ! he won't go out without' a eompanion' in his fiat , in the shape of a carbine and a blunderbuss . And mark me well—though every-red-coat arid-peeler in the paj > of government were patrolling Tipperary this very night ' , and though cvaryjBoldierand pplicoraan had . « s many eves as Argue , and as many arms as Briareus , they will net be . ablo to keep the peasantry quiet , nor save the ' rack-renter , ' and land jobber , and ' exterminator ' from the punishment due to their crimes .:

      -But a truce ! talking in this strain reminds me of something rather comical . It appears that some of the abettors of Irish Curfew Law , are already chuckling ever the vast improvements it has even now effected in the' manners' of these unruly gentlemen , Terry Alt and Captain Rock , According to those enthusiastic wiseacres , the very mention of Coercion has frightened Tipperary into comparative tranquillity , and the ' vem , vidi , viol , ' ofthe Roman conqueror was . but a floa-bite compared with the peace-compelling prophecies ' of the . Whig Coercion Bill . Even some of our calculating neighbours north of the Tweed , haye been 'feeding themselves with these fancies , and the following moneau , extracted from the Glasgow Examiner of . the 4 th

      instant , cannot but be amusing to any one knowing the condition , and feelings , snd temperament of Irishmen at thepresent hour . ;" .. - '" ' The penalties , we should say , are lenient enough . What care these assassins for imprisonment ? The bill ought to allow transportation for life . (' Och , Sawney , jewel , be aisy ! ' ) in desperate ( 'Och !') cases . It is net a little remarkable that the measures have already ( ' already !') taken partial ( ' very partial , indeed , ') effect . - Crime is on the decrease since the measures ( ' Faith , Sawney ,, honey , we have taken your measure already . Keep your four ugly bones out of . Tipperary , and Lord love you !') were proposed . These murderers are cowards at heart , (' slanderers are even more base than , murderers ,

      Sandy , ' ) and few or none of them will . have the courage te giveusiJhegratification (' gratification ! you leech . Gratification to know that a fellow-creature earned the gallows , and , got it . Devil send you such gratification by a blindman ! ' ) of a eonviction . ' Well , now , Is it not' msrry to hear , ' as Sir Walter Scott woald say—such poltroons as this Glasgow ' gawk' twaddling about matters of which they know np more than does the man in the meon . How ravished he is at the thought that the very foreshadowing of coercion has already wrought 'nirades . in Munster , and subdued the spirit of insubordination amonjrst the' tall mountaineers' of Tipperary . Bu * i now , Mr Examiner , * listen foi a moment whilst I rehearse for your iristruoticH a few' facts ' which will , I deem , couvince you that the southern

      peasantry are not so easily ' cowed' as you seem to think , and that tliey are no more alarmed at vice-regal ' proclamations'thantbey would be at hearing the ballad of the ' Shan vhan vocbt' chaunted through the streets of Nenagh , » r Ennis , or Killaloe . God knows , nobody in Ireland , er even in moral and enlightened Scotland , can abhor outrage or murder more than I do ., God knows the facts I am now about to cite are ; to me , a source of the deepest re . gret , yet in order , to show ' that coercion has not checked , and will not prevent crime in this country , I will place on record the following calendar of Irish outrages and crimes , all of , which occurred within tke last tea days , and , consequently ,, within the period which elapsed Binoe the Gluoow Examiner ' s peace-preservation ' measures' were proposed : —

      , No . l . —On the night of Thursday , the 18 th instant , Thomas Murphy , a wealthy farmer , residing near Hobpital , in the county L ( m « ick , wai shot dead in bis parlour , by an armed party , who entered the honse about seven o ' clock . They carried away £ 30 In e »« h . Murphy was one of the fintat m « u in the country , and ono of ieven tiothers nickaamed the' gonoom / ou account of their gigantic stature . No . 2 . — -On the night of Tuesday , the 14 th instant , a man named St Jebn , was barbarously murdered in bis own home at Lismarroek , In the county of Tipparary . The cause of this wag some dispute irith a younger brother about the occupation of a farm , No . 8 . —On Sunday , 12 th instant , Mr Feltham Wataon , a gentleman residing Bear Nenagh , was fired at in his own avenue , on his return from prayers , Thethot tar . tied away part of the cloth and buttons of his outside coat . He was an 'exterminator , ' or about to become pne , . ' :. .. ' . '

      No . * . —On the night of Wednesday , the 15 th instant , Samuel Wilkinson was tbot dead at hit kitchen fire in bis house at Ballinalee , in the county Longford . Ko . 6 . —On the same night , Daniel Shatlu , of Newtownforbes , in the same county , was fired at in his own house , He received a desperate wound , but hopes of hit recovery are entertained . , ' . . "¦ No . 6—On the neraing of the 12 th , three Rockite notices were found' served' at the hall deor of Bishop's . Conrt , the eeat of the Sari of Clonmel , —one for . tbe Sari , anethcrfor the Countesi , tnd a third for tbe steward . Tne . LEiMiiss EmiiB , which details the above outrage , states tbat in the district of country , in which it more immediately circulates , the gentry are nil flying away , afraid of being aBsaiiinated in the open day . No . 7 . —Oa the same day an armed party , attacked tha house of Mr Peacocke , of Doone , near Limerick . Their object was to carry off arms , in which , however , they were unsuccessful ; some of the party have been arrested ,

      No . 8 . —On Tuesday , theHth , a soldier on sentry at O'Brleu ' s Bridge , In the count ; Clare , was fired at in the sentry-box . The object was to get possession of his musket , k few days previously , a soldier was disarmed at Sroadweod , but by the exertions of the parish priest , the gun was subsequently mtored , . ¦ No 9 . —On Wednesday , the 15 th , Michael M'Donough ef Shrue , near Oughterard , in the county Galway , was fired at on his return home from the latter place . Tfee harge was of swan-dropi , some of which lodged in tha body ofthe ' mark , ' but were cstracted by Dr Davis ef Oughterard . The man is recovering .

      No . 16 . —On Saturday , Utb inst ,, the houses of Miss M'Enery , Mr Brlttain , and Mr Murphy , near Limerick , Were visited byTan armed party , v > h » fired shots and noticed' them to dismiss strangers from their employment , or prepare themselves to abide tbe consequents f non-compliance * But , aa the lawyers say , ' here I cloBe . I will cite no more of those soul-sickening horrors , though many others have occurred within the time to which I have referred . I think I have summoned evidence enough , to show the Glasgow Examinbr and others of his genus , that coercion is no cure for Irish insubordination , and that the Irish peasant , m'Jsx from shrinking at the terrors of military law , laughs it to derision . Grime will incren&e and murders

      , will redden the land , and Ireland will , continue to rankle m the side of England until justice occupies tbe seat of oppression , and mercy and fair play be extended to the suffering and exasperated Irish people . Dublin atill continues without any ' stir ' ofconsi-«« abl ? , "nportance . The special commission for the trial of prisoners in Limerick , Clare , Tipperary , audRoacommon has been appointed . The presiding judgeB will be the Lord Chief Justice , and the Chief . 1 ustice of the Common Pleas . Sir Michael Barrington , Crown Solicitor , of the Munster Circuit , and i n ? , ' ? , ™' ' Crowtl Solicitor ofthe Leinster Circuit , left Dublin on Saturday , the 18 th , to attend for the n >* Aft JWiii finnM

      Thechangesnecessaryby the death of Judge Burton have been already effected . Mr Moore , attorney General , is to be Judge of Queen ' s Bench , vice Burton deceased . Mr Monahan , the Solicitor General , is to he Attorney weneral ; Mr Hatehell succeeds ^ Monahan , and Mr Baldwin . ft , C , is to replace Mr Hatchellas Castle Adviser . . 1 he Young Iretluders' held one of their periodical meet , ng 8 here on last Wednesday nffihS rather more fully attended than usual . 'ToIS MeagW occupied the chair , but like Wt-sS very ma com . in the course of the nrnnowNn ,,. «

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      SredthefatalBhot "; a second' held the reins whilBt the murder was being committed ; the other tea are the deceased ' s own tenants , who planned the murder , and who live on his property , ef which he had only a life interest . Donohot is a notorious character . Three persons have been committed to our gaol for entering the boast of Mr Hogg , of Gillstown , with intent to rob and probably murder him . - ¦¦ ¦ DoBEeAt . —Several gsntlemen throughout the county have received notices threatening them with being shot , if they do not comply with certain terms laid down by the writers . Many of tbe gentlemen thus threatened feel so annoyed , after having snent

      more than their rentalin relieving the peor , that they purpose leaving the country forsometime , and suspending all improvements on theirestates . In Sligo and Leitrim four-fifthsof the lauded proprietors of these counties purpose leaving home to reside in Dublin or England , during the winter . Many have already gone off . These gentlemen were served with notices of their intended murder , signed Mary Anne Green . Sir Robert Booth Gore ' s steward was fired at on Monday evening last while standing in the demesne near his cottage ; fortunataly the shot did not take effect . The country is in the greatest alarmfarmers sit up all night , and business is in a great measure suspended .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 25, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1450/page/6/