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IKQU 2 SM . . „ „ .,, Dsieehikbd S-ttDs tECCHOJf . -Before MrMiUg , deputy-coroner , m tue . Middlesex Uoapiwl , . on HearrLamonnt , sgedfortr-fire , * faithful servant , who hsdtfved as porter twenty-three years with Mr Solomons , slags-dealer , Polan d-street . The deceased had the misfortune to be married to a woman who rather indulged in drink , and who died on Thursday . After her death deceased went to a drawer in his room where he expected to find £ h and Ms watch ; both were gone . He then rushed frantically from his lodgings , in Broad-street , to Mr Solomon ? , exclaiming ' I am a ruined man ! 1 will to te the
never recover it ; I will be compelled apply parish to bnry my wife . ' Mr Solomans in vain endeavoured to soothe thfl poor fellow . After some time he le lt his master's house , and having bought half-apint of vitrol drank it off in the street . _ He was removed in the greatest agony to tlie hospital , where death quickly terminated his sufferings . —Mr Solomons , who was affected to tears while he gave evi-¦ dtnce , deposed that deceased could not be surpassed for h 8 nesty , sobriBty , industry , and attention to hig employer ' s interest . He ( Mr SolomonB ) was certain -that he never could get such another servant . Ver-¦ di ct , ' Insanity . '
The Litb Fatal Accident at the Eustox-• fiQ , WRB TeHHOTS OF THB N 0 BTH-WB 5 TERJf Rillr -way . —Before the tame gentleman , at the University College Hospital , on the body of John Shea , aged forty-seven , labourer , whose death was caused by the fall of a wall in front of a waiting rnom , in process of erection , at the above-named termions . —Charlotte Glas 3 , nurae to the hospital , proved the death on Fridiy moraine last , and Raid that when he was admitted , he could talk intelligibly , and blanwd no one far what had happened . —Mr Park , bouse-sureeon , said the immediate cause of death was injury to the lung ? , which were penetrated by the ribs driven in npont ' iem —T . Hickmap , E . Seanlan ( oae of the men injured ) , and James Stevenson , foreman of the
bricklayers , alhn the employ of Messrs Cubitt , engaged by ilr Hardwick , the architect to the Railway Company , to construct the bailding , were examined at great length . None of them could account for the fall of the wall and the pillars on which it stood , and they said that the very best materials were Hsed , and the best workmen employed . They attributed b ' ame to no one , and said thay shou'd rot be afraid to work again at a bailding reconstructed as before . —Thomas Butteriek , general foreman of the works , gaid his instructions were to use the best materials , and the very best workmen , and . he had done so .. He examined the works seven times a day . and had never
apprehended any danger . He did not know the cause of the accident , nor did Mr Cubitt . who had examined the rninB with him . — 'Mr Christopher Bavin , clerk of the works to Mr Hardwick the eom-. PaB ^ S-Sr&ikct ^ aid that Mr Hardwick ' s directions iadbesn carried oiftT > J- Mr Cabrtfe , and that the former had never made t | .- VV > test complaint of the way the works werebefe ^ vried on . He had not the slightest knowledge ot how the fall took place , and should have no fear of recommencing the work as before . Verdict , ' That deceased died of injuries caused by ^ he fall of tbe wall , bat what caused that fall there was no evidence to show .
Aged Female Eduss to Death . —In St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of Martha Watte , aged sixty-five , of 48 , WMtehorse-yard , Aldersgate-Blrsefc ; an imbecile , who seeidently set firs to her clothes , and was burnt to a cinder . Verdict— ' Accidental death . ' Death j ? rom SriRVAtiON—At the Green Mas , Cambridge-road , on the body of Robert Page , aged fifty-five , an eccentric , who died of starvation . Verdict— 'Natural death , accelerated by want , caused by Ms own neglect ia not applying for relief . '
FIRES . Dakgbb of Lucifeb Matches . —A number of children , who had been left in a room at No . 29 , Mirlborough-street , St James ' s , commenced playing with some Inoifer matches , which beceming ignited , the flames speedily eommunicated with the bed and furniture . The consequence was that the children became surrounded with flames . Their cries brought assistance , and they were happily secured . The engines from King-street , Golden-sqasre , quickly attended , and the firemen got the fire out , bat not antil considerable injury was done . A Mischievous Spabk . — A fire oeenrred at No . 9 , Princes-court , Princes-street , LoEdon-road . It was caused from a spark- flying out of the fire , which Kt a qnantity of wearing apparel in a blszei The fire was speadilr extinguished .
Bond Tutbbes . —At No . 9 i , Fetter-lane . The heat of the farnace attached to Fetter-lane Chapel was the cause of tbe fire . —Another fire brake out at ~ H \ o . 357 , SfetMary Ase . The cauEe was similar to tit * . last- the heat of the faraaoe connected with the adjoining baths fixed the bond timbers in a back counting-house . Ixcemdiakish . —A fire , supposed to be the work of an incendiary , broke out upon the premises occupied by Mr P . Mills , a cabinet-maker . Ke . 41 , Tottenham-conrt-road . When discovered , the contents of thejworkshops on the ground floor and the workshop en the story above were on fire . Fire escapes and numerous engines of tke Londen Brigade attended , but the flames were net extinguished until considerable damage was done .
BuBxiifG of a Waddisb Factort . —A fire broke out on the premises of Mt Springer , wadding manufacturer , 13 . Spicer-street , Spitalfields , which was not extinguished before the stove room was burned out , the drying-room gutted , the roof burned off , and considerable damage done to the adjoining storerooms and warehouse . Unfortunately , Air Springer was not insured . Fire ik Si Savious ' s Chcech . —Btraxisc op Dead Bodies . —On Tuesday morning , about a quarter brfbrenine o'clock , the uhno 3 t exeitement was created in the immediate vicinity of London-bridge , by the circulation of a report that St Saviour's church was on fire . The report was strengthened by smoke issuing throush the windows of the church and
* Ladye chapeL' Mr Superintendent Evans and In . spector Cowlen ef the M division , with a powerful i » dy of police , immediately hastened to the spot , and at once cleared a space for the firemen and engines . In a very brief period the engines of the London Brigade , te the number of seven or eight , and that of the West of England Company , arrived . Tbe doors having been ferced , the firemen were unable for some time to find out the exact seat of the fire , on account of the dense suff eating smoke . The patent smoke-proof jacket having been placed upon one of the firemen , an engine was employed to pump fresh air into the dress , and by that means the spot where the flamea were raging was found out . Whilst the person was examining the floor of the churrh ,
he perceived a body of smoke pouring forth from the entrance to the vaults used for burying the dead . Forthwith orders were given te have the vault opened , and the hose of the engines carried to the spot . The moment the door of the vault was taken up , the effluvium that arose nearly knocked the men down . Nothing daunted , they kept to their poat , and with the aid of the fire-proof dress , the firemen ¦ were enabled to descend into the vault , and after considerable trouble the flamea were extinguished , when a scene presented itself of a most horrible nature : a number of coffins in the vault were found to be so extensively bnmed , that the bodies had fallen
out , and were exposed to view ; some had their heads burned off , others had their entrails completely destroyed , whilst others were so charred , that it would be impossible to identify them . The parochial authorities were instantly sent for , and orders were at once given to have the remains places * in new coffins . Respecting the origin ef the disaster , nothing is precisely known , bat from the fact of a body having been interred in the same vault the previous afternoon , it is generally believed that a spark from a lighted candle during the funeral might have fallen amongst the coffins , and hesce the calamity . The damage done by fire and smeke is very
extensive . HISCEIiAVEOFS . Lifb SntiSGB as Romance . —One of those extraordinary events which now and then occur , as if to exemplify th 8 adage of truth being stranger thanffiction , has this week taken place at Gravesend , the facts , as communicated to us by a private correspondent , being as follows : —On Monday , an old' man-ofwar ' s man , ' the boatswain of a yacht belonging to a geatleman whe was about to sail for the Mediterranean , Jiaving obtained a brief leave of absence went up to London , in one of the steamers which ply to and fro , for the purpose of traasacting some private business . In the boat he met with a young man , a servant to one of the officers at Tilbury Fort , whom he bad never seen before , but he did not then take much ¦ n otice of his fellow-passenger . Upon returnins the next day , however , he found the same man on board , and ' Jack' haviag scraped acquaintance , they
entered into conversation . The officer ' s servant soon became exceedingly communicative , observing among 3 fc other matters , that he was to start ^ for China in ten days , and , that he had been to town to see a lawyer respecting some property to which he believed he was heir ; but upon referring to the wi ' il it had been discovered that he was only to inherit the property in the e . ent of an uncle , supposed to be drowned some years siaee , uot coming forward to claim ii . Tie name of a Lord Glaoville being mentioned , the sailer observed , 'Why , messmate , I hare heard and know that name well . ' Mutual explanations took place , when it turned out that the boatswain was the very missing uncle , and will now inherit theproperty , worthin all about £ a 000 . Notwithstanding this nnexpected acquisition to his fortune , the son of Neptune , ' tar like / ^ eems inclined to stick to the ship of which he Is now the boatswain , observing that' he'd just as soon sail round the world with Mis new master .
MoKiAtrrx is the Metropolis —By registrar ' s return it appears tbat the number of deaths durinz the week ending January 8 , was 1 , 364 , being 257 above the average of the corresponding week during tie last five years . It is satisfactory , however , that ithfi mortality of last week is lighter by 235 than that dtU Week ending January 1 . Ttenuraber of dea-hs £ ™ ' ££ * . """ "to j ena is Btated to have been 192 « om typhus , eighty-seven ,
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Scotland Perteshibe . Perth . —MinrABT Distorbasces . —Between eight and nine o ' clock on Monday evening , the Higb-atreefc of Perth was thrown into a state of considerable tumult , in consequence or the successful attempt by a party of soldiers to rescue a comrade from the hands of the police . The soldier in custody had , in a Btate of intoxication , fallen against and broken some pones in the window of a shoemaker . Two policeman were
sent for , who were conveying him to the office when they were met by the picquet , who demanded m the most summary manner that he should bfr delivered over to them . This being refused , bayonets were instantly drawn , and the police , seeing the futility of resisting men who had arms in their hands-,, and seemed resolved to employ them , surrendered their prisoner . —The soldieis , after taking their eomrade io the barracks , returned sad paraded through the streets in a menacing manner , but no further breach of the peace occurred .
KIXCAEMN 5 BIRE . Siosehavejt . —Another ' navvie ' riot has-occurrcd at Stonehaven , where in addition to much destruction of property , one if not two lives were sacrificed . Part of the ringleaders had been lodged in gaol , from whence it was feared they might be released , and under this apprehension a military detachment had been ordered from Aberdeen ( distant about sixteen miles ) , but np to the latest accounts the soldiers had not arrived . The Weather , —In the north there has been the extremes of weather , commencing with- a snow storm on Wednesday and Thursday last . In the low cauntry the average depth which fisU was only about a foot ; but along the rangea of the Gram
pians , Sidlaws , and OcMIb , the depth , was much greater , to an extent that interrupted travelling . Iu the Ochil distriot there has not beeen such a fall of snow for several winters , which drifted in many places to the depth of six feet . In 4 he course of Thursday the weather cleared , and sharp frost set in , which increased in intensity throughout the night , to a degree unprecedented save in the course of a long continued frost . Saturday was foggy , with s temperature of twenty-eight degrees , which enabledi the skaters and curlers to enjoy a day ' s amusement ,, but tbe weather changed next day to sleet and snow showers . In the Highlands the weather that day was exceedingly stormy , with heavy drifting snow showers . The Inverness mail took thirteen hours to raake the journey from Dalwhinnie to Perth ;
having frequently to cut a passage through deep snow drifts , a ! on the road from the county March to Blair . On Monday morning a rapid thaw sst in with a balmy south-west wind , and a temperature of fort 3 ' -five degrees higher than on Friday morning . So thorough was the fresh , that by evening hardly a vestige of the snow was on the ground , and the rapid rise of the Tay indicated an equal change of weather in the Highlands . On Monday night the sky suddenly cleared , and there was a beautiful display of rose-coloured aurora borealis , similar to the phenomenon in November . The whole heavens were illuminated , and for an hour before and after midnight the light was equal to that of the full moon . In the morning tbe air resumed its moist character , which it still maintains .
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CARDIGANSHIRE . Moi ? J £ 0 NItb Morality . —At the sessions , Thomas Harries , an itinerant preacher , belonging to the soct called ' The Latter-day Saints , ' or ' Mormonites , pleaded not guilty to the eharge of stealing an En ' glish and Welsh d : ctionarr , tbe property of David Davies , of the Crown public house , Llanddewy-Aberartb , on the 15 th of December last . The prisoner preached at the prosecutor ' s house , and lodged there that night . On the following day he , requited the prosecutor ' s hospitality by -walking away with his } ook The next day the prosecutor went after the prisoner to a place called Rhywjasfaeh , and asked iim if he had taken away his dictionary by mistake . The prisoner denied it in the most solemn manner , calling God to witness that he knew nothing at all about the book in question . On being informed by
the prosecutor- that kis daughter had seen the book in hi 9 hand on the morning he left , the prisoner ofierred to come and confront his daughter , and accordingly called at the prosecutor ' s on the following day . but subsequently confessed that he had taken the booki intending to return it , and that it was then at a house in tho neighbourhood , where he iad left it . It ( however , appeared from the prisoner's statement , which , after due caution , he made and signed before the committing magistrate , that the book was in his pceket , both at the time he made tbe solemn denial to the prosecutor , at Rhywlasfaeh , and also when he subsequently called at tho prosecutor ' s to confront the daughter . The prisoner said he was in the habit of carrying & bible in his poclset ; that he had put the dictionary in that pocket by mistake , and thought it was the bible ; that when the prosecutor asked him if he had seen the dictionary , he became confused ,-and denied ft—that as soon as . the prtteeutor Ivftbim , the . ' Ey iJ One' p er *
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auaded him to tear off the title-page , containing the prosecutor * * name , and to hide the book in a hold in tbe ground ; but that whilst digging the hole , ¦ God' suggested to him to keep the book and return it . When the prisoner was taken into custody he was at the house of a blacksmith , where he was engaged to preach that evening . Several witnesses to character were called , all of whom acknowledged themselreB to be ' Latter-day SaintB . '—The learned Chairman summed up very favourably for the prisoner ; but the jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and the prisoner was sentenced to two months' imprisonment without hard labour .
C ABJIABinESSHIBB . Thancb mistakes for Death . —A very strange occurrence happened last ffeek in the neighbourhood of Llangeitho . A poor woman , who occupied a part of a small cottage , in ene end of which , separated only by a partition , lived other people , was taken ill , and after a short time died . The corpse having been laid out in the usual manner , the neighbours left the house , and locked the door . They were , however , soen aroused by a very strange noise in the deceased s apartment , simitar to hard coughing , wmob frightened them not a little , but no further notice was taken of it . On entering the apartment the next morning , they found the corpse turned on one side the eyes wide open , the bauds loose that tied the hands together , and the sheet that covered the body thrown off . It is presumed that the deceased must have been in a trance when laid out , and afterwards in the agonies of death had struggled violently .
Attempt io throw a Passbnger Traw mvsa Precipice . — At the Cardiff sessions on Friday , William Scott , a young man attired in the garb ot a Jabeurer , was indicted for wilfully and maliwomly attempting to overthrow a paswnger train on the latt Vale Railway , by removing several rails , and thereby placin" the Jives of upwards of fifty persons jn consideralle peri ) . The trial lasted more than mns hours , the proceedings created tbe greatest interest . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that on the evenin" of the 8 th of last month , a passenger train , comprising eight carriages withupwsrfa of fifty passengera , left Cardiff for Merthyr on the Taff Vale Railway . It proceeded at its usual rate with every apparent security until ft bad arrived at a particular part of the line , eighteen miles from Cardiff and bix from Merthyr , when the eBgine , tender , » nd three nfthfl carriatres went off the line . At tftiB point
the line ia formed on table land on the seartot a mountain called Rubuchan . The mountain is on one side , and a precipice of IM feet owhangnia the Taff river on the other . The evening was daia anrt stormy . The river was much swollen , ar ^ iir . the event of a passenger train going . over ihe declhity into the stream the result must L ^ re been fn ^ htftii . Fortunate !? for those in " the train , the engine west off on the -side of the mountain . As may be supposed , the moat painful alarm was manifested by . thff passengers , and on the guards making an examination as to the cause of the accident , they discovered that two of the rails had been forcibly taken up ; one was thrown across the centre of the line , ana the other wassubsequently found to have been thrown down the embankment . The spot was described to be most secluded , the nearest habitation being some miles distant . There are a seriea , of mm curves , mui . * f »» im chains radius : and by a providential
interference the delinquent , ignorant o ? « Je Uwbw motion , had as appeared from the evidence , removed the rails at a point , which , athough ^ w *™ to have been tin means of hurling the tram down the precipice , had a tendency to foroe it on tne reverse 5 £ ? Had they been displaced only a few yards diatant nothing could have prevented the preoiwtataoii of the train into the riven From a variety of suapi . cloas circuroatancesthe prisoner was apprehended on the charge of having aommitted the murderous act . It « ould appear that the prisoner was a natows ot Aberdeen , and for the previous six months had been employed on the works of a branch line , but noli in the service of the- Taff Vale Railway Company . Daring that time he had formed an acquaintance wHh a young ferea-le named El za Williams . He had been suDolanted by anotherparty , Thomas Iieww ,
the stoker of the train , whieh had given rise to-considerable ill-feelingvon his part . He had been Jeard to holdout several threats , onsof which waa tnat he would kill his rival . The made of removing : the rails-being explained , it -wassWn that he hadBeen inquiring for such tools as wou'd be required ra effecting their removal - In the course of the evening , jusfrbefore the occurrence , he wse seen in the vioinity of the spot , four and a half Esiiesfrom his house ; and'ftsUed in giving a satisfactory explanation of his being , there . A peouliary con&fructed knife was found- in his possession , which was bhown to have been'used in cutting aome pieces of wood which were left o . t the spot , and which had been employed in remo-ring the rails . The chainsan-having summed up the evidence , the jupy consultedifor a quarter of an hour-, and returned a verdict of Gmlty . —Tile chairman then proceeded to- pronounce judgment , and lamented that the legislature had made no
proper provision to meefc such oases , the maximum nanishment , according to the General Railway acts-, boing two years' imprisonment ,, with hard labon ? .. Fortunately , however , tor tha protection ot the publie ; tke ' lCGth seetion of the company's act provided 'that if any persGnishonld wilfully and maliciously injure , break , throw down ,, or destroy any portion of the works ,, he should ' be subject and liable as in ensss-0 fIarC 9 DV .. The court , therefore ,, felt bound to apply that power , Tkere could be nodoubt as to the murderouB intention of the prisoner , and the sentence was , that he be transported- for the term of seven years . M&
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- . SvelaitB . ( FrwrbOW own Correspondent . ) THE EAHIi OF SURKW 5 BURT AND THE CATHOLIC CLER 65 J —ES 3 MSI 0 N AND DIVISION IN THE ' NATION CAMPTHB ' BBBNOn EfVASIOS ' - ^ HE STEOS M . COMMISSION . Dublin , Jan . 10 th , 184 S . Mr O'Connor ' s letters te ' The Old Guards' and to ' The members of the Land Company , ! in last Saturday ' s Wobthbbs Star , give fresh evidence ot thut enterprising gentleman ' s activity and _ patriotism ,, and : demonstrate the success of his- gigantic exertions for the benefit of the labouring classes oUnatcommunity , amongst which ( fortunately for them , nnd unfortunately for usk he chose his place lor
rest *¦ when dsiven by calumny and ungenerous vituperation from the land of hbnatmty . I amhappy to find by tho glowing addross of the ' Grattan Club ? to Mr Q'Gbnnor . that Irishmen are beginning to open their eyes- to the truth , and that they can appreciate sterling worth , and secognise , with gratitude , the exertions of their illustrious countryman in behalf ot Ireland I am certain the day i&nqt fardistant ,. Ty < lien every section of Irish patriots will co-operate with Mr O'Connor , and spurning the- ' Old' system ofcajplery and humbug * agitatioa-. ' and the 'iftm /' thrashery about ' swords " and ' -sun-bursts' ana ; ' phy-Sioai" bugaboo , jbi » - forvently with their English fellow-subjects , in a steady aad- practical and business-like struggle ,, to obtain the privileges aad-benefits which are tba indefeasible right ot every * born
inhabitant of tha British Siapire . Indeed , tke people ,. a& far as I can learn , are already well aware that from the past or present policy of their ' leaders' and would be leaders , there is nothing to aspect but chagrin and disappointment ; they ana aick d 'broken pledges ' ancL' hopes deferred , ' and if duty ' instructed in the way they should go , ' vsould beverji happy to follow in the- footsteps oi thatbraye fellow , who never deceived those who trusted ia his honour and judgment , and who , already , haa effected mere substantial good for the poorer classes- of English men , than any other-man with whose history we are acquainted . Bat ,, however willing the . Irish peeple are to bsset right with their English brethren ,, they are no 4 just now in a position to be so . They want encouragementthey want example , and above all ,
, they want INSTRUCTION . It is . for Mr O'Connor and his co-labourers in the causa of SooiaJ Reform and Progression , to undertake fche task of arousing tbe torpid Iri 3 h peasant , and of pointing out to him 4 he mods whioh he should adopt , and the path by which he should travel , if ho would bettor , his condition , and see his bleeding country . * great , glorious , and free . Let nobody presume to say that the Irish peasantry are a besotted , or a slothful , or an ungrateful people . They have been duped and misled , truly , but thnt is their great misfortune—not , by any means , their fault . Many think they hate their follow subjects of England on account of their nation and religion . This is a monstrous fabrication , too . They do not hate the
working classes of England . They do not despiss a man for his religious opinions . But they hate those who grind , and rob , and persecute the poor , both in England and Ireland , They abhor the tyrant and the oppressor—do matter wuat may be his creed , or in what country he may be born . They would , 1 am convinced , join heart and hand with the working classes of Englishmen for any useful and beneficial reform . Let the leaders of the great English ' movcment , ' [ then , bestir themselves , and see what ia best to be done for their suffering Irish brethren . I think the first step towards this great object would be to enlighten the Irish public , and show them what might be done by patient , steady , and active exertion in the HgJit line .
The people here ave frantic with indignation at the presumptuous effrontery of Lord Shrewsbury in daring to catechiso the Right Rev . Dr M'llalo , and the Irish Catholic Hierarchy . Nor do I blame Irish Catholics to feel indignant on that subject . Even were the prie 3 ts really culpable—were they in verity the monsters—the nssassins—the blood-suckers , whieh their enemies in Parliament , and as the Press would fain make them—were they all thi . « , and a thousand times worse , what right had Earl Shrewsbury to intermeddle in their affairs , or set himself up -as a censor on their publio or private conduct ? Where was his lordabip ' s taste or judgment , or even his common civility ? But the Irish pviesta or bishops do not deserve rebuff from him , or from any body else . They are innocent of the crimes with which Lord Shrewsbury and Go . would fain impeach them , andjthe proprietor of tha Nohidbrs StaU can bear testimony to the piety , and purity , and harmless demeanour of eyery branch , of the Irish Catholic clergy . Ilia kord
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ship of Shrewsbury may have had his own paltry , selfish motives in attacking Dr&THale . He may 'wish io curry favour' ( as we saym Ireland ) with ' the British government jbutlasBarehim that however ' he May succeed in that quarter , his impudence will not add to the lustre of his ancient coronet ; and that ' so long as the name of 'Talbot , ' shall hold its place on ' , the long roll of English aristocrats , so long will » t oontinue a by-word for treachery , and falsehood , and absurdity , with every class of Irish Roman Gath AllDublin is ringing with the ' explosion' which has taken placo lately ia the ' councils' of the Nation newspaper . I have not timenow to entenntodetails , bufc will content myself with » bne « statement of tha leading facts connected with , this ^ mtammt . lt ar . nn ! lrfl that one of thenriHCipal editors of that paper
-MrJohnMetchell , a satire , I . believeo » Ulster and a Presbyterian-has for ¦» wimderaWe time back exhibited unequal symptoms of dMB&tufaotion at tho political Bhuffl ' sgB of the proprietor of the Nat o » —MrGavan Duffy-and several time ? avowed his disapproval of the milk-and-water mode in which that journal has been of late conducted . This led to 'Snatiom , and ' remonstrances' on , the Bide of £ Sy Jbft duly considerins that however'fit and Proper' it might be to 'talk' about Greek , and BelSand American revolutions it was extremely daneerous to encore for one in Ireland at present , kept thfl-Whin hand' over Mr Mitchell , and managed to rtw Knrnal clear of theftoah and qnictamdiBO t Serously bordering about her Majesty ' s Court of Oueen ' s BeRch . Mr Mitchell , on the other hand , S no personal interest in the Nation , any S rt £ n « deputy editor ; and not having the
fear rf the gallows or the Attorney uenerai oetore n » eves did iSt and swear , that Mr Duffy ' s line of cSuc wa " but a second edition of tho Conciliaffnn nn 1 hnmbuir' and that it was all' blarney' to be SSnpTh " ashes of William TeH or Robert Fmmett wilW trying to emulate their heroum . aX by the w le which thm > glorious ' rebels left to the ' earnest men' of all nations , and of all tfae . He accordingly sought to . induca-Mr Duffr to altar Mb paper to be-made tbe vehicle though which hefMrV . ) might speak his mind before the world , and call upon IrUhme * to give up all ndion of redress oalees by ' physicalforce * alone . *•«" wm ?«{ » drill th « m , through the Itaden of the Nation , in the u « e of tin pike and pitchfork ; and he _ would fain instruct thsm in the most ianwov ** !« a *! S 3 Of SSWMS . slaughter and "" ri !! ii fta / fate ! In fact , Mr Mitchell dojK uot d ' eay that he wiabed to arouse Ireland to a speedy and bloody insurrection , , and that no whjbit , £ i-fid his tinia and bis talenta * misapplied in wnfcng
a si . gle paraeraph direoted to any other purpose . Mr Duffy , however , was too earmstrabout the Namwt and '« number cm . ' He would not let Mitchell budge , and thelatterseeing noprosnecUf bringinKDofly into his views , reaisaed all connexion' with theMnw ; and , it is said , intends to establish a paper of his own just now , throng * which he will not 'fear toapeak of m ; or call upon the Celt to sally oat , pike n hand , and butcher the Sksoh to his heart ' s content ! The fes * number of the Uation contains lattera from both trentlemen relative to-thefracas-anda-Broreextraor droary pair of documents it has not been my luck to ae& for many a day . 1 will probably , return more fully to this subject in nay neat communication . herealso at the ic in
Feare muoh amused , , pan whfcb you , beyond the ? herring-brook ,. Sr . d youreelves about that horriBfe French invasion- which m to ' come Off '—whw ? nobody knows ! but that ** m 6 omim evo—\ . j } wovram as certain a ? they do of t * - csiistenoe of * The Man in the Moon P The stunted corporal , ' too , has been dreaming about Gallic steamers and French Cuirassiers ! . All fudge ! ' my dear old fellow . - There ia no danger yeJ It is . touse an Irishism , ' but a consate beforej . death / my lord Wrc— perhaps this very fantasy is te be ' the end ' of you ! ' for as old Chaucer says : — Menmay dio of imagination , So- deep may impression be take . ' Thb MiiasaE ' s Tale , v . 3 ; 812 ; .
At all events , we , over in thia- part of the British dominion ^ f eeJ little anxiety about the matter . Were we treated as subjects of * England should be treated , ife is- little she need dread the idea ef invasion by France- or any other nation of the globe . 1 'hff brave feHows- wno now lie rotting ia their graves from famine sncF pestilence would •*•> had Bri ; tain never anottter man at hereomraand—be saSK cient to drive the squadrons of France into the ocean . Secure in > Irish loyalty and-Iriah valour , she might shake- her fcridfent with rampant exultation ) and laugh to-scorn the war-Bteamers of De Join * ville , nnd crash ,. Hke-oobwebs , the entif © of the isrenclad cbivalpy-offfauL But , to coHfess the truths I think there is nothing to apprehend'on the score of Freneh invasion * ib" poor Thomss Hood say * : France may be * -
' -apotvderniffgazine , A sort of foreign'infornal machine ; A barrel 1 of'brlmatonB , of odour ambtosian , Apparently . brewedfora ' triple 5 Z—plosion . ' She may be all > this ,. and may very much wish to plant herhoofon the neok of Englsndj . but I have-a cind of presentiment that , just now ,, to * cry havoo ' is the least of her not ? ibn ,. and that ,. at least , uniil thatold 'dusfLeuis-Philippe shall'slip his hold ;! there is no danger of Franee 'letting alip the dogs of war ' upon England .
The ' special commission ''goes bravely on in Limerick . Conviction fellows conviction , as wave follows waveonthe Shannon and'the Otsnge landlords and Grange press of Ireland are shouting for joy over the victims-of the ' outraged laws of-the country . ' Several capital Convictions- have been ; effected , and more thamone unfortunate wretch will ' swing ,. '" to gratify tbe bloody , hankerings of the- tyrannical exterminators of iMunster .. At the same time , though there have-bsen but fewraurdersperpairnted lattery , the number of minor crimes have not been lessened , and whilst ? the judges are sitting in Limerick , the whole county , as if setting government at defiwice , is one scene of outrage ^ insubordinaiion , and exoito . raent . Attacks on the person , burglaries ,, and robbery of arms ( are the order of the day ,, and lika the fairy stable of romance , no sooner will the gaol of Limericls . be emptied efits present tenants , than its cells will again be occupied by thoae who oaro littleabout the terrors of coercion or vice-regal
proclamations . There-is no local news of importance stirring in Dublin this week . Tdmes are getting , worse every day , andthe unemployed artisans andlabouffera are suffering all the evils-of poverty at this dreary and inclement season . There is little doing ; in . aoy branch of business ; the pawobroker , the auctioneer * and the bailifSalone ply a lucrative vooation . in Dublki . Sir Nicholas Fit&timo ' n has been-appointed I'nspector ^ General of Prisons in Ireland ,, viu- Captain Cottingham , deceased ;; George Wyse ,, Esqi , brother to the well-known Mr 'Ihoinas YVyse ,. succeeds Sir Nicholas as one of oupdivisional police magistrates , and tfiliC 8 his seat at the Head Office ) Exchange-courL Both these gentlemen are ] Roman Catholics , and * their appointmrat gives generali safefaction—at lsast , to tho ' O 1 &behind' party .
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THE &PEC 1 ALJ 3 OMMBSION . , On Wednesday week the court waa occupied ,, at . ; Hir aerick , the greater part of the day , with the trial of a man named : William Ryan , alias Puck , one of ihe most notorious and ill-lsoking ruffians thai ever disgraced this-or any othercountry . He stood charged with the muriJer of a man earned John Kell y * ir . the month of September last , undsr cireumstance&af-pecu * liar atrocity o . Tbe prisoner is about W > years of age , < s $ middle stature end Bpare make , but has the reputation of great strength and activity . His head is . remark- * ably small , his hair black and short , the- eyes very dark , and though the expression is inte ^ Jigent , the overhanging brow and extremely thick ftps reader the countenance as repulsive as mig ' it b& expected an such a desperate character .
Th » court wa 3 crowded to the utmoad possiblo extent , the culprit beiag known through the wliole of the country as one of the worst desperadoes it ever produced . The Attokse- » - < Seneraii stated the facts of the ease . The prisoner and his fathev- held land at Knooksantry , on the confines of this county , partly in Limerick and partly in Tipperapj , in partnership Tfith a person named Michael Kelly , as tenants to a Mr Biggs . About twelve months since Mr Biggs tlH-light it rig ht to dispoaaeas the Kyans , and -wished Kolly , who was an industrioua man , and punctual in the payment of his rent , to take the entire farm , as the Ryans , who held only some three or four acres , were not so punctual in their rent . Accordingly Mr
Biggs dispO 33 es 3 ed tbe Ryans , and immediately a hostile feoling sprang up between them and Kelly . A complete separation , a ' cool , ' took place between them , and they passed without speaking to eaob other . On the 17 th of September last Michael Kelly was shot at and wounded , but not killed . A few days afterwards , the 22 nd , John Kelly , the man who was murdered , and brother to Michael Kelly , tjie oo tenant of the Ryans , was sitting at nightfall in lm own house . There was a good fire in the kitchen , andthe inmates of the house on that occasion were John Kelly , bis wife , his nephew , a boy about fourteen or fifteen years of age , his niece , and a servant boy , also named Michael Kelly . About half an hombefore the murder the prhoner and anbther man , a stranger , were seen going in tho direotion of Kelly ' s
house by a woman who knew the prisoner well . Tho prisoner was not armed , but the stran ^ r carried a blunderbuss . When they first saw her they aepa . ' rated , but after she had passed they Joined a ^ ain and went towards Kelly ' s bouse . The persons in the house heard footsteps approaching , the dog outside began to nark , and they heard a man whistling as if to quiet him . It was then about seven in the evening , ondalmostimmediRlely afterwards the door was opened , the prisoner came in . and . without opening hislips , levelled his piece at John Kelly and shot him dead on the spot . Ot the identity of the murderer there could be no doubt , for by the lighs of tho fire Y wasi recognised by every person then in tbe house . Immediately atter the murder the prisoner deoamped " arrants wewssued for his apprehension , but it was not until { lie 17 ia of . October Jie waa Q ^ ptur ^ Upon .
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W day . thepolics feeirt * engaged onjom other business , and mupeoting . tUt . nmet&jW Jjjj'gjg in the bou 9 e ef a person named Fn * 4 . JfSKj to aearoh it . and having occasion to I «* £ * T an 5 of the bed they found there a qaantity "* " ! ;' * eoneealed-beneath' Uwas the prisoner . « eJJ " ^ that time armed with a blunderbuss , and threatv ™ £ to flhootany oftho police who apprdaobed *""• . * did not , hwwerer , carry his threat into execution , and was immediately apcured . There wasme ciroumstaneo worth mentioning in relation to tms murder . Only one shot was fired . The murdered man died instantly , and on examination of his body it was found to have been perforated by eleven bulletB . oneor tw » of which flftsrwardutiit tha nephevr , and wounded him . The blunderbuss which the prisoner had at tne time of his apprehension waa loaded with precisely the same number of bullets and of the same description and in his pocket were found eleven more , probably intended for a second charge .
Michel Kkixt was examined , and proved the disposition of the land , and having been fired afc . The woman who saw the prisoner , and a child who was with her at the time proved the identity oi tne prisoner , but ft great sensation was produced upon the examination of the nephew who when asked whether Ryan Puck was in court , instead of reeog-Sains the prisoner in the dock , immediately with , a singular readiness pointed to a man near to the jury hnx . The question wsb repeated , and the witness then said the prisoner was Ryan Puck , DUt afterwards h ° Bitatedtwtw < en theiwo . ,...., Tie CniKF Josticb said , he could not understand what such hesitation meant . # In answer , however , to one of the jurors , it waa stated by the witness that the man he had first pointed out was a brother of the prisoner . The boy a manner excited a slight laugh in the court , andthe p isoner , with tbe greatest coslnep , joined in it . Mr Hjmrd , sub-inspector of police , said , that from the 17 th of September , when Mfefcael Kelly was fired
» i , he and Ms men had been lffl search ot tne pn « sonar , who was charged with that offence , but did not meat with him until the 22 nd . Towards dusk on that day , havine occasion to se to theheue ^ t Frewj ' n . ho remained on horseback at the door whilst fout ot hiamen wont ia to ae&tcS . Pres > ntly hehfard aery cf'Puck . ' ' and jumping from his horee ran into tbe house . He then saw the mnzzle of n blunderbuM 073 ? a bed in the room &a first entered . It was pointed at Phillips , tho head-constablebut the prisoner eilledout ' Mr Phillrps , I will
, no # Jnjnreyba . ' PhiJUpsuaid , * Giwnie fflteblair dorlrara . ' * No , ' said the prisoner , ' I'll have- a shot . Mr Heard directly exela&ned , 'At him , Jx $ X . jumped on the bed . graced the muzzle of thB Wunderbsra which was then elbae to his breast , and praisentiBg a pistol at the prisoner , swore he would' blow hia brains out unleBs he unrrendered . The prraoner three tinra called out Will T fire V Fortunately for Heard heffid not do bo . Dhe bead-constoblo seftsd the blunder&oss , pushed it ap ; and tha prisoner was secured' . . . 1
Oh the witness turning rooadto identify the pri * aoner . the latter laugbiDgl / said ; * How do you do , Mr Hfeard V MrO'lfe * Braving addresaKftlio jnry in defence ^ and tita Chief Jisatica having summed op , The jury , after ; ' few minutes' coasaltajion , ana withoHt frBtiring- from the box , gsrw in their verdict of Guilty-.- The-pTisoner heard itpronoaaced without the slightest evident emotion . On IW fbllowft | : morning , the ^ riaoner was placed in the dsoR to recew ® sentence . The greatest excitement prevailed' iff the town , and , ezeeptamongat his own connexions , there appears to ba-a- ¦ general feeling of satisfaction at the convicUowof'tkis wretched man . After he- waa removed he fainted , Bston being Brought forward the next morning ; he- had recovered hia salf-possession , and'stood'in / tliB front of the-dee&ag'toldly as on his tri&U
It is rumoured'here ; and with every appearance of truth , that he haa-been't&ft principal actor in-no-less than nine nvurders- in finis and the- sreighttonring counties witbinitHopresent year . He stood indicted ; under the commission to be held in Clare ; fbr the- murder of Mr Watsom and another person ,, and it is- said , that had hebeenacquitted here , Be wonld' Save pleade * goiltytothe former charge ,- He bad made up hie miad to dfe , but hia regret iff said to-beSiat the atjrvwiirg Ivellys should have the-sati » ffictioip of having beeni tHecauae of his conviction *
Oto being askeoVwheiher he had anytifinsto-satA - whysentence of death' and execution sfcoaia notjbe * passed apon him , be said be-Uad alwayagefrhis livinghonestly , whilst those who had been his prosecutors werestealing sheepand-geese ^ that he bad never leaten stolen breadi ; : that he had never haadleda gun ! in hia-life ; that he had never been arrested "before ,-jand 1 was how prosecuted for nothing at all : IF he ' , was- to ¦ die , the only request hfrHad " to make-was that ' 'he might be buried'with his parents , i The learned judges then put on their Wttckcaps ,. land !
i Th > Chibp Bjtaoif ( who was much afiSettd ) ad ; dressedithe prisoner as follbws-ir-If anything could inorease the horror of the dreadful scene which , as far as- you are now regarded ; is coming towards a close , it is the hearing of < those words whiebjoa bbve just suffered to fall from yourlips , after an investigationas full , aspatieat , and as complete , as was everpreseated to the consideration of a court- of jus tice . "Eon have , upoa-evideaee' of the clearest'character ,, by a jury impressed * with conviction , unclouded by doubt ,, been found guilty of the dreadful crime- with whicfoyou tosve bee » charged . That you
are guilty of the crime , . Rote a human baing who heard the trial eanentertain a-particle cf doubt—one -moioe&t-of hesitatioQ'aa to- &h © propriety and ^ truth of the-verdict ; and new , when- you stand canricted of that crime—that crime' which , from the-period when the son of our first parents had putapen him the movk of ^ brother's blood ; to the hour that I'am now addressing ' you ,, the-human heart ha » recoiled fronjiwith . horror , it is lamentable to tKrnkthafc , afte ? a night ' s reflection , you should open !? ia this court of justice deny your guilt . Proved it has been , berond the possibility of' doubt ; and what' is the crime ? ' Dreadful ! it is in the abstract , but ' it haa
been in your ewe surrounded * by circnmstasees such as have seldom been presented-to the horror and execrations of mankind . A . man in your owniolassof life—a farmer ; resting fromi the labours sSthe day , sii 3 in his cottage , surrounded by his family upon his hearth . Some of-them are-seated near him . His napheWj a . boy , atone side , . his niece , a girl of early age , at the other . His children in tho-room ; his wite . their mother , ooenpied in a littld office of motherly attention , washing the feet of one of those infants preparatory to putting them to bed ! . Whilst the man was sitting in hiaohair in that acen&of peace , you entered his dwelling ,. with a blu :. de ? Uus 3 charged with eleyan ballp . You approached him , placed the piece vrittiin a tew ino ! as of his back ,, and , in the
presence- of his wife and family , you shot him dead . You see before you tho-boy—the child , II may sayand he saw you and identified you . That boy was in the dirootion in which you were firing ; . and you incurrodlthe risk of a double murder , and' nearly perpetrated two , for sqmfroftthe balls that perforated the body .-of your rictim , reached that boy ,- and wounded him . It is impossible- tf > conceive am assemblage of circumstances uniting in themselvss- so muchthe character of that UOBPJr which belongs to the crime of marder , as those which were in fcci proved in the ' dietaib of the tragedy exhibited in - / . esterday ' d trial . Tflifl learned judge ,, after adverting to other circunv stances connected with the case , said : Nothing caa better indicate the true character of the outrages
that are now disgracing this country—nothing can better show they are not solely—perhaps I may say , in the result , not chiefly—against those who possess that rank aijd' wealth which did ; not belong to Jiohn Kellyasanifidivfdualofthat class of which he was a member r and it the 3 e crimes do proceed and are not c ! e ; kedi by t ! e vigorous ,, prompt , and ef ^ oive administiration ef the law , I think there is something in what has occurred , in tli » exhibition wbish has been mads-in the course of your trial , to shs . tr that ao farmer of the country—tbo class to which your victim belonged—can say his dwelling , his- hearth , Mb fanjiily , his property , o ? hia life is no » liable to the risfcofouttage j such , as that of whicii you have been found guilty . Th » duty now devohss upon me toproaounce upon you fee awful senteac » of the law . You sent Kelly without delay or warning to his last
acooant . The law w 5 Ji be more merciful io you . lie baa been summoned ijy your act to the preaence of hia Maker without preparation . You shall have ample time to prepare for submitting your immortal soul to the investigation of your offended God . Entertain not for one moment the least hope that your sentence will be averted or mitigated . As surely as . the sun shall l-isa upon the day J am about to aam& ,. so surely . will you upon that day tlie . Reflect up « n it , I conjure yea . Turn to your God . Reflect w » n your crimes . Take advantage of the time that , will be allowed you-it will be sb . ort , but long enough for jou to repeat—[ The priscmer ^ I hope your Ljwdship will give ni 9 a long day . }~ . to ask that pai-dba which you cann&t get on eartij ,, but which you have enly to ask from Heaven , aad yen will obtain it He concluded by pronouncing sentence of death on the Oth ot betouavy .
The prisoner appeared to be perfectly unmoved by the dreadful aeatence , and walked from the dock with the greatest coolness . After ho had been removed , it wa 3 remarked'by tho Attorney-General that the Gth of February would fall on a Sunday , and the attention of the ' judges having boon culled to that circuniatanoe , the prisoner was again placed in the dock , and The Chief Ikuos , addressing hisn , said , I find it necessary to appoint a different day from that which I named for your execution . It shall be a later day , the fth day of February ; and the learned Judge then repronsunced tho sentence , with the variation of the day . The Court then proceeded to the trial of a man named William Frewin , a small , and hitherto considered respectable , fanner , in the neighbourhood of the spot where the murder was committed by Ryan , for sheltering , harbouring , and endeavouring to defeat the ends of justice by screening Ryan , knowine I m to faftYS bsefi guilty of , ( be » Wdet ,
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The general circumstances of the cage * were sta ted on Ryan ' s trial , and tbe principal evidence is which the charge was supported wa 3 that of head-cWBtab ! e PhillipB snd inspector Heard , by whom he was cap . tured . Tee former said that when ho found Kjan ( Puck ) was in the hous ? , and ojncealed upon the bed , he directly jumped on to it . At that moment R yan ' a blunderbuss was at hit forehead—his own sword pointed to RyaB ' s belly . Ryan aworn he would blo w out his brains if he stirred , but he exclaimed , You and I for one ? , Bill , my boy Upon which Ryan , foam ) ' his Toioe , aaid , ' Ia it you , Mr Phillips , who are after me ; I'll not injure you but I'll have a shot . ' Mr Heard then came in , and Ryan was ae-GllPctl * a . **¦ i v'x vp a * <~ r defendeb
The ' prisoner was ably d y Mr O ' Hes , but the jury , after a very Iaminou 3 summing up by tha Chief JuBtioe , without any hesitation , returned a verdict of Guilty , and the prisoner was immediatel y sentenced by the Conr ^ to transportation for ufe . Anvtcno * . —F . vailWoo&ing young ruff ans . nimed Michael Lorney . Jeremiah Gavin , Michael Madigan , Daniel Lwney , Patrick Gleeson , all of whom appeared to be about twenty years of age were then placed at the bar , charged with having appeared ia nrras oj ) thel 4 tb of November liast , bnt the offea : a for which they were actually in custody was that oa that night they attacked the house of a respectable farmer , named Molony , and by force carried his * daughter away . There was a separate indictment for tbe abduction , bnt the former charge was the only one now proceeded vritb .
The circumstances of this atrocious case ,-instances of which are happily new rare in Ireland / appeared very fully from the evidence of the daughfer , Catherine Molony , who was earned away . The witness , a pretty looking girl , about Hfnaieen years of age , and whose appearance and raannef indicated that the position of her family was very re « spectable , Btated , that on tie night of Sunday , tha 14 th of November last , about ten o ' clock , after shff had retired to bad , she beard some steps at the door * A mtt&ovr was broken , and aHe then got up , and throwing sozne clothes over her shoulders * , came onfc of her rooM to the top of the staira . She there sa \ 7 two or three men coming up stairs , and immediately ran info another room and got into Iier sister ' s bed .
Sonifl of the men followed her , and one of them put biB arm round her and asked her lva ? name . There was a ligbS in another room , by which she was able to recognise one or two of the prisoners . Three or four of them ilhon pulled her out of beoV-one of theoa taking her by the hair of the head . S&e caught hold of the bed , and waa dragged with it to the door . She then let go ; - and , on the stairs , seized and held four of the balusters , oaJil they gave way . They then forced her down stairs to the door , wherea man , nofc in custody , was standing with an umbrella open and a gun in bis hand . . Two > of them then put their hands under her arm 3 and took her sway . She had nothing on her buta frock , thrown loosely over her shoulders , no shoes orstocSrrags . They dr . sgetf hsr
. along a field to a bog . and t&en she recognised and [ cstled some of then ? By their names . ( The wifrnefp j here pointed out somB of the prisoners , TfhopoHtelf ; bowep their heads in acknowledgement of thedis-. tinetion . ) They were * all' araed . She was crjiflg ' { Violently , but they oaprfedher t » the houss-of a ' maa rnamed Want ]] , to get her ' a drink * of water . She ; had Ikiown the prisoner before ; , as they all'lived in the nefe&bourhood of Her father ^ , and woj > Hed for him . T&y afterwards took her to the house of » Wr Cresgb , a farmery wfto- was-representedto'ber yrifhing to marry her , aad'on iier Imploring Mm to ta&e her lisaie he did so : She was out until halfpast eight t'de following morning . The country was at tfle time-disturbed . Her father ' s-houae had been attacfled'b&fbra .
The brotfterof the last witness said , that he and ' his fttber beliaring the party had come to raarder theca , immediately went iattn-an upp 9 r part of tha houB 9 'as-the only place whera'tbey could make any * thing like ai' elective resistance . Thafather said his house bad' beenattaeked four times before . Oh the first tire part 7 demanded arras , bnt'without success ; oa'the second their demand Travthe-same ; on the third , they-insisted oa ' p owtJlBr money '; : and on the ^ fourth ; they beat his boy . The manner in- which tha witness- dessribed the attacks saused'a good deal of laughter ifi « art .
All this prisoaera- ( with the extepiion of'Michael Looney , recommondsd to merc 7 and ' sentamced to twelve months' imprisonment ) were aentens&d to be Itranspoi ted 'for fourteen years . Lorney was- recommended to mercy for having shown soffle-kindnws to the girl , whejrth ' e-other iwere brutally draggirrg her through : ihe counSty . ¦ ; Mdrdeb /—Ahdrew ^ Dde was plaesd in- the dick to be tried for killing Edainnd Murphy ; and the Court ¦ was ' occupied during the early part ' of'the diyin hearing the sickening details of" this mostf cold * Wooded murder ; Theprisener is-abo-vrt 19 years of age , but"looks considerably younger ; He is of small stature ,. with 3 h 9 featuro 3-and an intelligent and pleasing cotmte » aanee . K& stood in front of the dodr , and through * - cotthe trial evinced not the slighteat'emotion . He wastJef&nded by MK ) 'Hea .
Prom the statement ofthe ATi 0 RS 3 T . -Gi ! r eiui ! wno opened the case , itappeared that the prisoner ' s father held some l&n-d - in the county undsr the Court of Chfaoeery , bet in-the latter part of Mayj or early ia-Jbne last , he was put oat of possession' for nonpayment of rent . A man - named Nornan became tba tenant of the land , ' and immediately til&re sprang up * , as-usual in suoh cases , a feeling of extreme hostility on » the part of ' the-Dees towards Nornan and his-family . On the-9 th of June , . within tea days from the time of Nornan ' a becoming tenant of the land , he and tbe man whs wna murdered were walking togethertowarda ( Jalbfally , aad - when within a mile of that * town , ia the open- day , it being then three o ' elbofcnn the afternoon ,, they were waylaid by the prisoner and bis brother , Patrick Dee . Dnti ! Nornaa andlMtarphy approached ' they had concealed
themselves in aditob .. On hornan and MUrphy coming wjt ^ iin six-yards of them they stood up from their hiding place and presented 5 .-, pistol at each . The pistol ! of Patriot Dae , whicbwfls aimed at Nornan , hun £ flre ; : he snapped it again , and a ^ ain it- misseii , but the-pistel of-tbe prisoner-woa sure &nd fatal in ita ainit Avball from it struck- Murphy in * the htud ; he fell and wasdead in a few moments . Tbetwo brothers-instanHy fled . Patrick was captured in a few days , and- was tried at the last assizes- and found guilty ; but as it was pwved tbat ha bad not fired thepistolby which Murphy was killed hig sentence ) was-coramuted from death-to transportation for life . The prison 8 r was pursued ,. but it was not ? until tha month of Ifovember tha-poliee could meet with him .. In < that month he wso- arrested at Tiiverpool under an assumed name , c-n > board a resael bound for America .
A-little boy , who was-examined , saw the prisonerrunning from thescena-of the murder- -. He was told 1 hy . the- prisoner ' s friends directly after it occurred ,. fchafchQ would be examined onthe inauest , but that hewas not to say one-word about whnthe had seen . Mr O"IIea made a- most able address on the pri ~ aones ^ s behalf , but The Chief E-ARoa > havinz summed ^ up , The jury without the least hesitation returned * a verdict of Guilty . The prisoner heard the fearful announcement ! without moving a . aauscle or the slightest change of oauntenance . He was ordered to-be brought upoa Saturday to receive sentence , upon which occasion
the calmness and'apparent unconsern so remarkably pxhibited during the trial and after conviction- oharacterised the demeanour of the unfortunato- man throughout tbo- still more trying and awful solemnity of passing sentence . The face was much flushed , but otherwise nei'ho ? in feature R 02 > voice was there the-slightest trace cf excitement objarTable . The clerk of 4 ha arraigns read the record cf-conviction , and thaa put the usuai question if tha prisoner had anythi-ag to say why sentence of dfeath and execution should not bo passed on him according to law . —Tha . prisoner , after a considerable-delay , and a repetition of the que-tico , replied , ' I ask mercy of your lorcfekips all , for m * father and mother ' s sake '
The judges tken put oa their black oap 3 . and tha Lord Caisp Baron passed sentence of death , and to be hanged on Monday , 7 th Febvusiy , On . Monday betwesn * twenty andi thirty persons who had been convicted but not sentenced , wera p luced in the dock ^ aad tho Lord Chiei Justice hav-t m&addiesaed them , at great length > pBocesded to pasa gea'tencoa varying . , from iniprisfccmant and hard Is . boar for nine iacath 3 to fourisoo yeara tranMor « titmn . The court then prcoaeded v&tiki the trial of a man named John Seaihan , for ths-iaurder of a respectable small farmer , named Jolcn , M'Eniry , ontheSrd October lasi , at Adamstoixa .. In the midql © of tha Sunday nieut in questior ^ when the murdered mau
and tho tfaiSferent merabesa of his family w » re in bed , and sora 3 . of them aslespv tbe party comiaenced fiviug into tha-house . M'Esitey had arms in his house , eix deavosFedio resist thia-attack , ami firau some shoes froiii 4 he | window , bai , seeisg thenunibei ; of men ou ^ side , and that tboy "were armed , ho saw his danger , and haying ceased to fire , he endeavoured to bide himself , and did > in fact , hide himself under hist daughter ' s led . The party at long ' th broke into tha kitohen . Tbe wife of M'Eniiry came to the men , and from her they demanded the arms and money of her husband . She gave them a gun , but knowing that : M'Eniry had a pistol , they asked for that too . She
sent toy it , and , as she bad given them some twentyfive shillings 6 f money , she thought they would then hava loft the houaa » and they were in the act of leaving when one of tho party asked where waa her husband . She answered that he was not at home . They insisted that he was , and that they would not leave it until tiey had had his life . They then be-Kauto scaroh for tbe unfortunate man , and , havin * lighted a candle , found him in the place where he waa concealed . They dragged him from his hiding place to a yard before the house , and there they brutally murdered him . Oa examination he was found to tiave received two gun shot wounds , his skull waa frachired in two placesand his back broken .
, Without retiring from tho box , the jury returned a verdicUf guilty . The prisoner heard it with tha greatest lndiSereage ,
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§ 3 nglantr . YORKSHIRE York . —Thb Execution of Reid , the Mirfield Mdrderbb . —Patrick Reid , the man who was convicted of having murdered Mr and Mra Wraith , and their servant , Caroline Ellis , at Mirfield , was executed on Saturday morning last at York . The facts of this atrooious murder have already been minutely laid before the public ,, and it is , therefore , unnecessary to repeat them . Since his condemnation Reid has been frequently visited by his friende . He jeaveg a father , a mother , a brother , and a wife and infant child ; for the latter ke has expressed much concern . It is satisfactory to know that he had
complied with the exhortation of the learned judge wn ? tried him , inlaying aside aU hopes of a continuance in this world , and in endeavouring to make his peace with and obtain that pardon from the Almighty which the law of this land cohW not grant under the fearfully deliberate circumstance of hia crime . Being a Roman Catholic , he lm been regularly attended sincehis coaviction by the ministers of his church . The interest which the execution of this m * n has oaused throughout the neighbourhood was very excessive , and many thousand persons arrived in the city to witness the execution . It is supposed that no less than thirty or forty thousand individuals were presenton the occasion . When the clock was at the point of twelve tbe prisoner wa 3
brought upon the scaffold , attended by the Rev . J . Render , and followed by the Under-Sheriff , the Governor of the Castle ( Joha ; Noble , Esq . ) , and the other officials . Halberdiers were placed to guard ths scaffold , as were alse the officers of the sheriff The prisoner walked with the utmrst firmness and composure on the scaffold ; and having knelt down , ie engaged in prayer with the minister of yeligion 6 y whom ae was attended . At the conclusion of the service , he rose without assistance , and crossed himself upon the breast . He then turned round , , and said to those immediately around him , 'Well , gentlemen , I wish to say that I alone am the gutfty person ; that M'Cabe is entirely innooeat , and thst
no human being in the world had anything to do with it bat myself . ' He then resigned himself into the hands of the county executioner , Nathaniel Howard , who adjusted the fatal noose , and the cap being drawn upon his eyes , after a momentary interval , the fatal bolt was drawn , and Patrick Reid was aunched into eternity . The culprit , who was a light made mas , appeared to suffer much for a few seconds , when the death struggles ceased , and he became a motionless corpse . The body remained suspended for an hour , when it was cut dowaan / Lnlaced b a shall jt oi ^ ipiexredin tb £ precmte of ihe prison , ae immense crowd behaved with great decorumpassive spectators of the awful scene .
KOBPOLK . Norwich , —The notorious George Thurtell has been convicted of felony . SURREY . Thb Chapqe op Nkglbct against ths Medical Officer op the Ckotdon Usioh . —On Tuesday Mr Carter , coroner for Surrey , and the jury empanelled on the 3 rd inst ., to inquire into the death ot Elizabeth Hopkins , who died a few hours after confinement on the 29 th ult ., as it is alleged through the neglect of the medical officer of the union , Mr Berneastle , re-assembled foe the third time , at the Gun Tavern , Croydon . The proceedinga were adjourned from Friday last , owing to Mr Neville , the raedieal gentleman appointed to make the post mortem
esamiaation , having omitted to open the head of the deceased , contenting himself with having found , as he said , sufficient to account for death in the abdomen . After a lengthened investigation into all the circumstances of the case , and medical evidence to prove to the satisfaction of the jury that the deceased died frotn exhaustion , arising from protracted labour , a verdict was returned to that effect ; and that Mr Berncastle haa shown the greatest inhumanity towards the deceased in leavin ? her whea in labour , and that we the jury consider him a very unfit person to act as a parochial medical officer . '
DEVONSHIRE . Bighwat Robbbrt . —On Saturday Jasfc the police received information that on the Thursday previous , about six o ' clock in the evening , whilst a man named Joseph King , a travelling tradesman , was passing through a lonely part of Exmin ? ter-lane , to Kenford , near Exeter , he was attacked by two men , who first demanded his money or his life . The posr fellow haviHg refused , they threw him upon tbe ground and treated him with brutal violence . One of the men gave him a kick in the side which broke his riba , and so severely injured him in other parts of the body , that he brought up a ^ considerable quantity ef blood . Whilst in an insensible state , they robbed hkn of three £ 5 notes , and £ 4 in gold and silver . The unfortunate man , who is upwards of sixty years of age , remains in a very precarious state .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1453/page/6/
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