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AsoiKBSm ( araiH Tra Mn , iB » KP JIf Bedford , in the M > ^ "" $ prisoner under Patrick ^ " ^ SSSSffithS . , forrobberj , aseatenceoffifteenyeire cran t ~ ^^ mM fae ^ th violence -EW !« d ' b d him tQ ^ ^ \ Tf ^ no ^ S He left him in his cell on Sdat v enfn : " ndtbe next morning found him wLVbc the ropes of his hammock to a peer on ^ hhwWete were hnnj :. Deceased was quite dead Two of the prisoners confined in ihesarae -altar as thedeceased , said that he gate away unknown ( o the warders , the best part of his food , and tonld crv like a cbild . They thought him out of his mind but never told the wsrders so . The jury hariaz returned a verdictof ' Temporary insanity , ' Cap tain Groves , the governor , said that since the last suicide in the prison the warders had received strict orders to Eive Instant notice or anything 6 trtn » e they might remark in the conduct of a
prisoner . _ _ , , . ,, ,, Sccide ok a Railway . —On Saturday night , Mr R . Osklr , florist and market gardener , of Southampton . " went to the Sine Elms terminus of the Son'h Western Railway , and Laving placed a paper parcel on the buffer of a waggon , deliberately laid himself Sown on the rails , a short distance from the coke ovens . A Richmond train cornice np pass-d over him , mutilating his body ra a most dreadful manner . Mr Oakly was 25 jears of age , and . we are informed by a Southampton correspondent , was ninch respected in that town . An unsuccessful lawsuit wa 3 , it is saM , the cause of his snicids . Carterat the
An irque ? t was held before Mr , Nine Elms Tavern , Battersea , ontbe body , and from the evidence adduced , it appeared that the deceased ' s mind had been affected by the loss of a lawsuit , which led to his bankruptcy . The jury , after a short consultation , returned the folWine verdict : — ' That deceased committed suicide br placing himself before a locomotive engine and train in progress , thereby being instantly killed , being at the time of sn unsound state of mind . ' A Doctoh ' s Sal / lrt . — Mr T . Wakky , M . P ., concluded the investigation into ttra death nf > lra Martha Elizi&sth Rhode ? , alias Shuttleworth , aged fifty-eight , an alleged lunatic , who died at Ynrkbouse private Lunatic Asylum . Battersea , on the 6 th
of January last . Tee previous proceedings Lave been already reported . Dr Millingen said he was one of the proprietors of Totk House Lunatic Asvlura . Deceased was first admitted on August 9 tb , 1816 , recorded in the entry-book a 3 follews : — ' 10 th August , IS 46—Martha Eliz . Rhodes alias Shuttleworth , was admitted on the night of tae 9 h of August in a most deplorable and destitute condition , filthy , with scarcely any clothing , with an cedematons tumefaction of one lee , and extensive excoration on the naics . wholly arisine from lirins in filth on a bare bad . ' She died on the 6 th of January last . He sent a notice of the death te the Rev . Mr Riwlatt and to the commissioners of lunacy within forty-eight hours .
—By direction of the Coroner , the witness read the medical certificates of Mr Wlmot . and Mr Griffiths , the surgeon , forwarded tothe lunacy commissioners . A writ of habeas was granted on the certificates , and the dec ? a-ed sent back to the asylum . Lord Denman remarking that it would be a' monstrosity i ! a person was not confined upon such certificates . '—The Cnroner said the certificates were not ' egal , as they ¦ were not in accordance with the schedule of the Lunacy Act Dr Turner , on being sworn , said he was one of the commissioners ia lnnscy , and had vi 3 : tei deceased at York Honse Asylum . lie made a special visit to see the lunatic with Lord Seymour and Mr Proctor , two other commissioners , on the sacond dav 3 fter her admission . He had seen her
Eevenil times , and had no hesitation to pronounce her insane . I do not think that the certificates in this case were legal f trictly , although the court decided they were . If the commissioners were to have such sent now they would send them back again . — Mr Lntwidge . the secretary to the lunacy commission , said that board become every day more and more particular ; but both Mr Wilmot and Mr Griffiths were examined on oath- He was not pre-¦ v iou'k aware that by the 67 th section of the 2 ct the commissioners appeared ta have the power of releasing a patient , although insane , from an asylum . —The coroner remarked the inquiry legally was at sn end : but as Dr Quail had besn mentioned
thrnashout the case , it was only fair to hear anything he m ' ght wish to say . —Dr Qaail expressed his conviction that had deceased not been dragged from him aijd placed in the asylum she would have been living at th's moment . —Mr SroeJley said Dr Qaail had brought an action so late as the 20 th of December last , against the deceased , to recover for his services the sura of £ 2 , 503 . —Dr Quail explained that his object was to get deceased removed to the Queen ' s Bencb . Pris 9 n . where he could see her . He said he had four certificates to prove she was Bane , and handed to the coroner the following a * the agreement in deceised ' s handwriting , on which he claimed the ameunt stated : —
londoa , Aajr . , 1 S 42 . —I engaged Dr Quail in Jan ., 1642 , as my metiieal attendant te Paris , at £ 300 per aannm ; from the ISih of June I thought fit ta increass his salarr to ^ 530 per year , bo satisfied was I of his kln < i and unceasing attention to tna ; I therefore promise it ihall be paid when it is ia my power to do so . — I am , M . E . Eliza Shuttleworth . Tbo coroner : Yon don't expect to get the money H 5 W , doctor ?—Dr Qaail : 1 shall proceed against tbo ? e who hold the annuity for it . —The coroner having summed up , the jury relumed a verdict , * That the deceased Martha Elizabeth Rhodes , died a
natural destb , from effusion on the brain , and spinal canal , ciusin <* general paralysis . ' —Mr Findley , the foreman , added , My brother jurora and myself have fo express onr opinion that the authorities of the asylum are censurable for not allowing the deceased ' s sisters free access to the patient whilst in confinement there . —Dr Millingen appealed to the coroner if this declaration was supported . by evidence ; and after some discussion , and the admission by Mrs Godson , one of the sistere , that she was not refused , the jnry consented to withdraw the censure , and the proceeding terminated .
Removal of a Dtikg Cosvicr from Glasgow . — Committal of a Scrgeok fos ilakslicghtsr . — Before Mr Bedford , at the Millbank prison , adjourned fraca Saturday , the 12 th inst ., touching tee death of Patrick M'Ginfy , aged 28 , a convict , who had been removed from Glasgow gaol when ia the last stase of a disease of which he died . The medleal certificate which accompanied him stated that hi * health would not be endangered by removal to Afillbank prison , and was signed ' David Gibson , M . D . ' Is caree out in evidence that the irons placed qu deceased daring his journey were the same a ? used In removing prisoners for transportation There was no distinction made with irons as regarded the health of prisoners . It was the usual
practice of the surgeon to see the prisoners the day before they were sent away , and not on the morning they left . By Mr Miller : Witness heard the head ¦ warden repeat his suggestion to M'Kay as to not putting irons on the deceased . —Mr Henry Miller , governor of G- ! asgo eflo \ stated tbat ab at a fortnight before deceased left , witness said to the surgeon th it he did not think the man ought to be removed to London , to which the surgeon replied lie Is quite fit to go . In consequence of the receipt of Captain GroTe ' s letter , he instituted inquiries , and procured the amended document , as it emanated froHi the Secretary of State ' s office , in which the disease of | deceased was distinctl y mentioned as exeluding the prisoners jso suffering from buine sent
away . That document he transmitted to Captain Grove ? . —William M'Kay , tie officer of the sheriff of Edinburgh , deposed that he had the charge of deceased from Glasgow , bufc received no particular directions with him- He was ehaifled . in the usual ¦ way by the ancle to another prisoner of the same Esme . He remembered rematking to the governor , when he was being chained , that ha was in a very poDr state , and ought not to be sent , when the governor ' s clerk made answer that he had passed the dojtar . —Mr Edward Hall , resident surgeon of Millbank prison , deposed that , in the presence of Dr Baly and Dr Basaam , he made a post mortem examination of the body , and concluded , from its appearances , death was accelerated by such-a voyage as he
had been subjected to . Witnea 3 should consider that he woild fee risking the life of a patient by Eendin ? him a voyage of 400 or 500 m ? le 3 . Such patients need quiet ot mind and the mast simple and nutritious food . —After examining other medical ¦ witnesses , the Coroner summed up . The jury then retired to another apartment , and after the lapse oi a quarter of an hosr , returned with the following verdict : — 'We find that : the deceased Patrick M'Ginty died from natural causes ; and we are of opinion that ne ought not to hare been ramoved from Glasgow pol in the state in which he was , and that the surgeon of Glasgow gaol should not
have allowed him to take the journey which accelerated bis ds ^ th , and we therefore find a verdict of Man . slanahtee against David Gibson , the said surgeon . '—Coroner : I shall , npon that verdict , issue mv warrant for tha committal of the person of David Gibson , on the charge of manslaughter , and transmit tha game to the Lord Advocate of Scothad , ¦ where it will be aeted upon as it would be in Ensland . —At' the conclusion of the investigation , which lasted upwards of five hour 3 , Capfc . Williams said he called the attention of Sir G . Grey , the Secretary of State , to theremainB of the deceased , who , on witnessing them , was amazed at the emaciation of the body .
Effects op Drisk . —Before Mr W . Payne , at St B-irtfraiomeWs Hospital , as to the death of CJara £ l f- —A boy , nimed Martin , stated that en Wednesday three weeks , he and the deceased and r Vrn ? onng woman came oufc of an hotel in Thfde ^ East > ? t four o ' clock in the morning . I hed n ? r ^ "Seated , and the landlord gte"Stt are ? Si * & £ * «*« hold ° | *• fell down a depth iiIfa ^^ -S ***! , ° d she »** cut , «* ^ asx t&x cS-
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lege Hospital . In an hour she was got home , but erysipelas came on , and at last she was conveyed to St Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where she died on Thursday morning . She told a friend the next day that she wanted to dance with the young woman , and in trying to do ao fell down the area . —Verdict , ' Accidental death . ' AcciDS . ft on Board Snip—Before the sama gentleman , on the body of George Jeffrys , a labourer . On Saturday last he was engaged with others to discharge s eargo of salt , at Davis ' s-wharf , Tooleystreet , from a schooner , and while he wa 3 stepping
from the plank to the deck of the ship , Ms foot caught the combings of the hatchway , and he fell down upon an empty hogshead below , a distance of twelve feet . He was got up and conveyed to the hospital , where he ultimately died from the injuries received . Upon a postmortem examination of the body , it was discovered that several of his ribs were fractured in two or three places , and parts had penetrated his right lung ; and the left being in a very diseasec state , was unable to carry or the vital functiflna , and he died from the inflammation of the other . —Verdict , 1 Accidental death . '
Mb ' Romeo' Coates . — "By MrWakley , touching the death of the above gentleman , who expired on Monday last , from the effects of injuries received by being knocked down by a cab as he was leaving Drury-laue Theatre ou Tuesday week . The evidence bore out the facts already stated , and the jury , attributing gross carelessness to the driver of the vehicle , returned a verdict of ' Manslaughter ' against some person unknown . The police were directed to use every means in their power to discover and apprehend the person in question . ACCIDENTS , OFFEKCBS . &C .
k Mother asd Daughter Stabbed . —On Sunday forenoon , in Dudley-street , St Giles ' s , an aged female , named Mary Ritchie , and her daughter , a young yoman , far advanced in pregDancy , twentyt < vo years of age , were stabbed by James Parker , tai ' or . but who for some time past had obtained a living by dancing at public concert-toomB . He had been cohabiting with the younger female for nearly twelve months , but they had separated , and she went to live with her mother at No . 23 , Dudley-street , St Giles ' s . At an early hour on Sunday merning Parker called upon the unfortunate females , with whom he quarrelled for two hours , and he was turned out of the house by s neighbour . He went to the house of Mr Johnson , a shoemaker , No . 25 , in the same
street , of whom he borrowed a knife , stating that he wanted it to cut theso eoff one of bis dancing pumps that had become lsogo . Mr Johnson , unsuspecting him , lent him a shoemaker's knife . Parker having examined it , he complained of the blade being blunt , and had it made sharper . He then returned to the unfortunate females , and almost immediately after , loud cries of'Murder ' were heard proceeding from their room . The landlord ran up stairs , when he met Mrs Ritchie bleeding profusely from the lower part of the bodv . She cried out , ' I am murdered ; catch Parker , he is killing my daughter now . ' lie rushed into the roem , when he perceived Parker with a , knife in his hands and his sleeves besmeared with gore . He threw the knife out ef one of the back windows , and rushed into the street . One of the neighbours having heard the ahrm , and seeing Parker ' s hands covered with blood , l&id hold of him , and
kept him until the arrival of a polioe-constable , into whose custody he was given , and he was at once removed to the Btation-house in Bow-stieet , —Police constable Bain and other parties conveyed the sufferers to Charine-crots Hospital . The resident housesurgeon of tke hospital , upon seeing them , at once pronounced them to be in imminent danger . The abdomen of Mrs Ritchie was perforated to the extent of several inches , and so was one of her thighs . Her death is honrly expected . The daughter is stabbtd in the back , to the depth of three or four inches , and the knife had penetrated the forehead . Upon making inquiries last evening at the hospital the reporter was informed that no hopes whatever could be held out for the recovery of the mother , ! and the daughter , although notso eeriously stabbed , frorii her advanced stage of pregnancy , fcer recovery is almost as doubtfnl .
FIRES . Fire is Flebt ^ sir eet — At half-past one o ' clock on Tuesday morning , a fire brake opt at Mr Hoare ' s , the Red Lion public-house , Red Lion-court , Fleetstreet . The sleeping inmates were aroused bj the cry of Fire 1 ' and an alarm being given , a 'jumping-sheet' was brought from the police-station , by means of which , it was stated , six persons effected their escape . Several engines were quickly in attendance ; but the supply of water was very scanty , and no impression w . « s made on the fire until the premises in which it originated had been destroyed .
Numerous Fires . —0 a Sunday evening two fires broke out almost simultaneously , one at No . 14 , Smith-street , Northampton-square , Clerken well— the other at No . 8 , Museum-street , Bloorasbury . The former house was in theteattte of Mt Willis , a manufacturing jeweller . The flames commenced from some unexplained cause in the front parlour , and before they were discovered they had gained head considerably , so much so , that the entire bailding appeared doomed to destruction . By great exertions the flimes were subdued , but not until considerable damage had been done , not merely to the compartment in which they began , but to the one adjoining ,
The loss will fall on the Snn Fire Office . The other outbreak took place in the fourth floor belonging lo Mr Rose , and was not discovered until the flames had obtained a firm hold of the building . About the same time Jane Neil , a young girl , whose parents reside at No . 3 , Pipemakers-conrt , Bedfordbury , expired ia Charing-eross Hospital from the effects of injuries received by a fire , on the preceding Friday , at her parents' residence . Between two and three b ' clock on Sunday morning a fire , nearly attended with a lamentable loss of life , broke out at No . 76 , St George ' s-road , Sonthwark , belonging to Mr Warner , a grocer and cheesemonger . It was not extinguished until a deal of damage was done .
mSCELLANEOUS . The Voltoteer Rifles . —The Naval and Miutabs Gazette announces that the proposed corps is in course of formation by a central association , which has resolved as a first step that 'areading room , and a small room attached , be engaged ; and that members be requested to contribute a work of interest ia order to form a library , and that it be supplied , with the daily asd weekly papers . ' The young jaembets of this association propose to form themselves into a reeiment , which it h their intention to solicit her Majesty to permit being called'The Queen ' a Own Volunteer Rifle drps . ' The expenses attendant
on the formation and support of the corps to be de > frayed by a fund formed by the members . Each member , on enrolling his name , will pay an entrance Fee of one guinea , and a yearly subscription of £ 3 . The uniform will be dark green , with black braiding , bronze ornaments , and a light cap , the cost of which , with accoutrements , will not ' probably' ( say the framers of the proposal ) exceed £ 6 . An adjutant and experienced drill-sergeants are to be engaged , and tha members will be exercised at least four hours per week . The association will also exert itself in promoting the formation of other regiments in London and the provinces .
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . Absescb of Couxsel . —A prisoner , named George Ross , was indicted forstealing a box chess-board and thirty-two chess-men , the property of Thomas Jacob Hewer . When the examination of the first witness was nearly concluded , the prisoner inquired what had become of hie counsel . He was asked who his counsel was , when he replied Mr Ballantine . _ Mr Payne said it was not probable that Mr Ballantine had been retained , or elee he would have been present to defend his client . A friend of the prisoner here stepped forward , and assured the learned gentleman that he had paid Mr Ballantine the usual fee on Monday , to appear for the prisoner .
Mr Payne said , after this , of course he could not suppose that his learned friend had not been retained , but as he had not appeared he should think the fee would be returned to the prisoner , though he must confess that the return of the fee was but poor compensation to the prisoner , who had depended npon having an advocate on his trial . Mr Sergeant Adams said he was very sorry that Mr Ballantine was absent ; however , he felt very reluctant to make anjr observations upon the matter , further thanthat this conduct was of too frequent occurrence in certain quarters , or with certain parties . The case then proceeded , aad the Jury found the prisoner guilty . The learned Sergeant seeteEced him to three months'hard laboHr .
Destitdtiox . —Richard "Drquhart , aged twenty , pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a cake of the value of two shillings , the property of James Cherry , lbs prisoner prayed for the mercy of the Court , protesting that it was only by extreme hunger he was induced to commit the theft , which was the first act of the kiod he ever committed in his life . The Assistant-Judge said it appeared from the depositions , that the prisoner immediately after taking the cake began to eat it—a pretty clear evidence that want was the inducement to the theft . He would take that into consideration in the present instance , but warned the prisoner that he must not expect to be dealt with so leniently if hejshould ba brought to that bar a second time on a similar charge . The sentence was imprisonment for two months , with hard labour , in the House of Correction .
William Drattle pleaded guilty of stealing a shawl and handkerchief , of the value of four shillings and sixpence , from the person of William Barnes , and it appearing that hs had been committed and impri . soned before , he wa 3 sentenced to be transported beyond the seas fer ten years .
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The election of a member for the city of Waterford , in the room of' Young Dan' O'Conneli , geea on in a few days . Several candidates are in the field . Tho well-known Thomas Wyse was spoken of aa' one amongst the many , 'but it appears the report was premature , as hpdoea not como . forward . Mr M'Carfby , of Cork ; Mr Laurie Murray , the ousted of Drogheda ; Mr Thomas Francis Meagher , the Demosthenes of' Young Ireland ; and . Mr Patrick Costello , of Kilkenny ; were all nominated at the stormy bear-garden meetings in the townhall of Wattrford , on last Wednesday . Mr Meagher , I ¦ Thfi nlention nf a member for the city Water-
need not say , starts on Young Ireland' -principles , and seems very popular with a large portion of the humbler classes of his fellow-townsmen : but , after all , I think Mr Pat . Costello is ' the man' fer the ' Urbs Intacta . ' He is an O'Connellite , and , as yet , the ' old' creed of politics is rampant in Waterford . It is probable that there will be' warm work ' at the election ; for thgtwo latter gentlemen , between whom the contest will virtually be , are highly popular with their respective parties , and will be apt to ran a neck and neck race in the struggle , but Coatello cerlainly wins .
The United Irishman goes on ' a head . ' ^ Of the first number , ib is said , ten thousand copies were sold , and many of them were eagerly rurehased at a shilling each . The second nnmbor is not so ' earneat , ' or so ' claahinp-of-sword' -iah in its tone , as its firat-born brother . I think that ; paper will have a great' run' for a while , in this country . The last Nation contains a short ' notice' of Mr Ernest Jones ' a beautiful poem' Lord Lindsay . ' It says that several passages remind the reader of Lerd Byron ' s ' Giaour ' . and that throughout the poem ' exhibits much ease and vigour . ' This is ' pretty fair' from tbe wight who ' does' the poets in the Nation . But Mr Jones bids fair enough to win many a wreath from better hands than those of the chary critic of D'Olier-street .
There is to be a ' monster encampment on the Curragh of Kildare , early in summer . Large bodies of horse , foot , and artillery , are to be reviewed on that occasion by his Royal Highness , Prince Geerge of Cambridge , and the whole ' affair' is to be conducted so as to strike terror into the hearts of every refractory Irishman , whether ' old' or ' young' or 1 middle-aged '—or of the ' moral-force' or ' pikecompelling' Mhool of revolutionists . This surely cannot be tbe ' black army which Columbkill foretold would muster on the Curragh , when Ireland ' was about to start from her Blumbera , and sweep the Saxon far ever from the land { of the three-leaved grass . Who dares budge about Irish liberty after this forthcoming ' demonstration' on the broad plains of Kildarel ' " ' Crime and outrage still prevail to an alarming extent in Ireland . The Coercion and Commissions are signally unsuccessful ia restoring the ' golden age' to the Milesians .
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MM ) UAS 8 ABBEHE OS IRISH AB 3 EN 5 EB LAS » toa » 9 . Antrim . —At the meeting of the Antrim Farming Society , on Thursday last , a speech of a very extraordinary character was delivered by Lord Maseareene , who acted as chairman at the dinner . When his health had been proposed , Lord Massareene , after returning thanks , went on to detail some of the scenes which he bad witnessed during bis etay in the county Louth , and remarked that landlords had had a great deal to do , and that they bad met with a large share of abuse , not only from English papers , but from a class of men for whom he had no epithet sufficiently strong to express his disgust—he alluded to the Irish absentee landlords . . ( Cheers , ) Lord Massareene next adverted to the speech of Lord
Dafferin on Irish landlords , and the reply of Lord Dungannon , and said that pe would tolerate the present Ilou 3 e of Commons , if it would pass a measure confiscating the property of every Irish absentee landlord . ( Hear , hear . ) It was the fashion of England to speak in terms of admiration of Irish absentee landlords : but he believed that the views of the Irish people were , and he considered them just views , thatthough an ' absentee landlord were to send his whole income over to Ireland , he would not do half as much good as if he were ( alive in Ireland , spending only one-fourth of his income amongst his tenantry . ( Cheers . ) The money would not effect the change , which is on all hands considered
desirable . ( Hear , hear . ) It is necesBaty that landlords should giveadrico and assistance—that they should encourage kindly feelings between themselves and their tenants , and that it should be clearly understood what ia the best manner in which he can digpose of that money which he is willing to expend for the benefit of the people among whom he lives . For his ( Lord Massareene's ) Jowa part , he would rather stand his chance to be shot at once a week in Ire ' land than live among the . cold-hearted people of England . ( Hear , hear , and cries of' There ' s no fear your being shot . ') Dublin . —Mr Napier has been returned for Dublin University .
NARROW ESCAPJt OP AN INN 0 CBOT MAN PB 0 M BBIKG HUNG . Limerick . —On Saturday last the governor of the county gaol received a respite of a week from the Lord Lieutenant , in favour of Michael Howard , convicted of the murder of Johanna and Cornelius Sourigan , at Ballycoleen , and sentenced to die on Tuesday , the 22 nd inst . The day on which Renehan was executed , the Rev . Sir Enright , believing in the inaocenceof Howard , resolved , to have an interview with Hourigan , the principal prosecutor against him , and happenned to meet him in his house , a few minutes before the time fixed upon for tha execution . After speaking to him lor a short time , ho took out his watob , looked at it , and said , the , executioner
was at that moment pinioning the arms of the man that was to die . Again , in a few minutes after , he looked at his watch , a second time , turning to Hourigun , and said , ' the prisoner Is now standing on the verge of eternity , ' and dwelt on the solemnity of the scene . In a few seconds after , he a ? aia said , ' Phil , he is now before the tribunal of God , aad though he has sinned , he has paid the penalty . Let us pray for the repose of his soul / ' Hourigan was moved by the touohing appeal of thepious , zealous , and persevering pastor— -he did pray , aa ^ directed ; and , the reverend gentleman , seizing upon the . favourable . moment , asked him -why had ho sworn away the lives of innocent men ? ' Because , ' said he , ' I wanted revenge . A girl came to
me from BaUinvasradeen , and told me that Howard came to her brother and asked him to go with him to murder the Hourigans , and I thought it toa bad not to have satisfaction . ' ' Taen , ' said Mr Enright , you were not in the haggard . ' ' No , sir . ' 'You sffore falsely ? ' 'Yes , sic . ' . 'You ware at your brother's house ? ' ¦ 'I was , sir . ' Then , turning to the little girl , 'And , my little child , wh ? did you swear against innocent men to . take away their lives ? ' The little girl cried , and replied , ' I was put up to it , eir . ' The Ray . MrEnright nest waited on Mr Maxwell , and both had an interview with Hourigan , but the latter altered his tone ; however , thou- ^ n . denying hi 3 statement to the rev . geafcleman , he left by his shufHing and stammering , suoh . an impression on themind ' of Mr Maxwell ths ; that " worthy and excellent magistrate resolved to
take up the question seriatim , and so , accompanied by the Rev . Mr Earighfc , went to the soene of the murder , and saw with his own eyes , and noted down on paper , the position in whioh Hourigan . had sworn on the trial of Howard that he himself waa placed oh theday of the murder . He had sworn he could . not be seen , aad both gentlemen plainly perceived on raating near the haggard ditch that he eon d not possibly avoid being seen in such a place , for it was quite exposed . All this / was carefully noted down , and detailed to his Excellency . Agaia the affidavit o ? iioufigatfs btotuer wag produced , that at the very time of the murder the prosecutor was at his house . Next came Mr Sheehy ' a letter , the purport of which was , that soon after the murder Phil . Hourigan had expressed his gladness to him ' that ho was not at home when the murder occurred , ' and that it was ho whom they wanted .
Daring . the interview , his Excellenoy asked what was the day fixed for the execution , and being told the 22 nd inafc ., said there wft 3 no time to be lost , and at ono £ wrote to the Queen and to the Chiof Justice ; who , on receiving ] the letter , at once adjourned the court , and had a long interview with Mr Maxwell , who brought back the Chief Justice ' s reply . Mr Maxwell , during the interview , stated to his Excellency , lie had no more doubt on his own mind of Howard ' s innocence than of his own existence , and that he was impressed : with that conviction from Hqurigan ' s manner , and the impossibility of reconciling Hourigan's swearing with the situation of the place where the marder occurred , besides the affidavit of hia brother . The Rev . Mr Enright next detailed the interview with Hourigan , and produced a sketch of his locality ; and the Rev . Mr Burke dwelt on Renehan's declaration to him , and to another previous to his execution , Trhioh fnjlyescnluated the prisoner .
¦ Enms . —Execution . —On Saturday week John Crowe , convicted at the special commission of the conspiraoy to icurder James Watson , Esq ., of Bally , eorney , underwent . the extreme penalty ot the law on the drop in front ; of Ennis gaol . The memorial of the culprit to his Excellency the L "> rd Lientenant for mercy , was acknowledged . on Friday by an answer that the law must be enforced .
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MARTLEBONE . ~ Stbahno Watchss . — nAiI * 8 ? stem op RoBBEai . —Oa Monday , are speotably dre , young man , named John DbtIi , said to be acletk . lat *^ residing atOaford , wag placed at th ' e bar before ir Broughton , charged with hating committed robberjfg a most impudent and daring manner . — . Jfr Fredtji ^ Vogt , a watchmaker , at No . 31 , Wigmore-street , C » vcn dUh-square , deposed that on Saturday " erenlng ia « * i \ b < mt nine o ' clock , the prisoner entered bis shop an J looked at some tvatchee , ondin a / eTOminntea wentanay Buying that he would call again . He came a eeeand s / i & third time , and upon the Utter occasion , which was at ton o ' clock , he selected one of the articles which he had of it
previously examined , the valne being £ 3 ; proseeu . tor took it np fer tbe parpoBeof making hi m understand properly how ho was to wtod up and regulate it , when he ( prisoner ) suddenly snatched it from him and ran out of the place Buehell , 220 , D , « ald that , at a quarter pa 8 * ten , be heard tho cry of ' Stop thief , ' and at the same moment stopped the prisoner , who wai running up MMy lebone . lane as fast as he could ; he had the stolen natch in his hand , aad made no observation whatever respect , ing it . —A second charge was preferred « gainst the pfj soner by Stephen William Clarke , foreman , to Mr Ctibb 17 , Southampton-row , Russell-square , who stated that <^ Friday ereninfr , the 11 th instant , between seven and eight o ' elock , the prisoner came to the shop and asked to see some watches worth about three guineas each ; he was told that he could not be accommodated At 80 low a figure , and a number of other watches at a higher price were put before him upon a tray . He at last fixed upon one , which he asked to have wound up for him and pat
right ; and while witness was complying with hi » wishes he ( prisoner ) snatched from the tray a hunting watch with which he made his escape . WitnesB added that almost at the same instant a woman , most probably a confedarate , came in and asked him tbe nearest way to Kiog ' a Gross , and as he had no one to look after the pro . perty in tbe shop during his absence , he tbonght it boat not to follow the prisoner , inasmuch , as the said femalo might perhaps have thought fit to mako an addition to tbeloss , had there been aa opportunity afforded for doing so —Tho prisoner had net , in either case , anything to offer is his defence , — Mr Bronghton was of opinion that the press might do much service ia this matter , by giving publicity to what had transpired , as , in the event of other parties having been plundered by the prlsener , which vras not at all unlikely , the ; would be made aware of the fact of his being in custody , and would come forward agaiu&t him , —He will b © brought \ jp again on JSoUuay n'xt .
BOW-STREET . —SciHBALpns Odtbaob On Monday , a middle-aged mati , named William Thomaaon , who appearad to be a mechanic , was placed at the bar before Mr Hall , charged with breaking eight squares of plate-glass at the banking house of the National Land an * Labour Company , 494 , New Oxford-street , value £ 15 , tbe property of Mr Penrgue O'Connor , M . P . Thomas Almond , a clerk , who attended < o prefer the CDarp , Said he bad not heard of the prisoner for fire or six years , but he could not tell what his occupation was or his abode , although he was awaro of his being in town about eighteen months . —Mr Hall observed that he bad not power to award for thoameunt of the property destroyed , and suggested that the matter be taken to one of the County Courts , where a decision conld be obtained to the
amount of £ 20 , —The manager of the establishment said that at the prisoner bad shown such a degree of waatonneS 3 and malignity , ha deserved some paaishment , parti , cuiarly as be had bees seen lurking about the premises durisg the past month . — Mr Htll said , if any specific charge could be preferred he ' wits ready to hear it , but he could not adjudicate for the damage done to snch an amount , —Tho manager : Then I shall shape the charge so as to bring it within the jurisdiction of the Court , and reduce the amount to £ 5 , being the price of three squares of glass . —This the Court agreed to . —The clerk then stated that between fire and six o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , when he was closing the shop , he heard a tremendous crash , and , having run out , he saw the prisoner about a yard from the house , in the act of throwing an .
other stooe at the window . A constable was instantly sent for , but the prisoner did not attempt to escape , saying that he wished for an opportunity to make a statement to the effect that Mr O'Connor had robbed him to the nmoant of £ 79 , npon which he was taken int » custody . He then said that he had demolished the windows inconsequence of articles , exceedingly prejudicial to Mm , aad which were tho cause of his ruin , baring for a considerable time appered in Mr O'Connor ' s newspaper ; that be was determined not to be put down by him or any other Irishman—at the same time admit * ting that he had also smashed tbe other window ? before witness observed him . —Mr Thomas Price , the manager of the bank , proved that the hon . member was sole pro . prietor of the honse . and also chairman of the board of directors . —Mr Hall , in calling for an answer to the to the charge , told the prisoner that whatever ill-feeling he entertained for any alleged grievances , ha should not have acted in such a wanton and violent manner ; and
whatever he might advance against him , it could have bo effect upen the judgment he should give . —The prisoner said that ho felt rather disappointed that the Court was about to adjudicate in a summary manner , as be bad expected to show before a Jury , that the injuries inflicted upon him , a poor working man , for several years , by Mr O'Coanor , were not fanciful bat nnfortucately real . The attacks upon him were entirely unprovoked , and he committed the offence on the ground that he cauld bring forward charges from the files of Mr O'Connor ' s newspaper , contained in inuendoes , which proved more detrimental te him than direct attacks . —Mr Hall said he had taken the law into his own hands , and as the case had beets satisfactorily provod , it only remained for bim to call upon the prisoner to pay tho sum of £ 5 , the amount of the damage , and in default be imprisoned with two months' hard laboar . —Mr Price read a portion of a letter he had received froTi Mr O'Connor , ' Pray let the Court know tbetl never didnor do Towo the fellow any money . ' The prisoner was then removed from the bap .
Bncfr ' Aiirr of A PoncKKAN .--Mary . Honest was charged with causing an obstruction at Charing-crosB , by sweeping ths crossing , and reserving alms from persons passing . —Policeman Gaff said he was on duty and observing the prisoner , with others , causing obstruction , by asking for and receiving money from persona coming out of the omnibus , he attempted to drive her away , bat iaitead of obeying his order * , as her companions did , she threw herself on tho pavement , pretending to faint ; but suddenly jumping up .-said she would not allow him to drag her like a dog throdgb . the streets , and ran with her broom into Trafalgar-square , where , on his laying hold of her by the end | of her handkerchief , she * fell
cfown , and he tumbled over her , by which means he was enabled to take her into custody . —Several respectable householders came forward , aorrever , and gave a very different account of tbe circumstance . They dtated that when the prisoner escaped into the square , the complaiaant pursued her for some time , and having at length come up to her , he struck her violently in the back of the neck with his clenched fist , and felled her tQ Ihe ground . He thon took her into custody , and One ' seemed to hare received some injury in her hand , which was bleeding at the time . —Mr Jardihe ordered her to be be sent to prison for three weeks , and directed that the conduct of the policeman should b » Investigated in tho ubur ! way .
MARLBOROUGH-STREET . — Juvenile Highway , men , —P . Miles and W . Houghton , two boys , were charged with robbery »—E . Pollard , a boy , Vtas going home through Hyde Park , In company with J . Young , on Sunday evening , about ' eight o ' clock , when he saw several boys hiding beneath some of the trees in the park . As soon as witness and his companion cams near them , the boys ran towards them , and demanded their money . One of the boys ( Houghton ) cams up to Pollard , and said , ' Money we want , and money we will have ! ' Pollard told Houghton he would got nothing from him . MileB then came up , and demanded money , and . struck him a blow in the face , which caused his noso to bleed . A . handkerchief was taken from his poc . ket , and the gang ran off . Pollard pursued , and never lost sight of the two prisoners . When in the Edgeware . road , witness saw apolioe-constable , and ho then pointed OUt tho tWO prigoners as the ringleaders of the attaofe n him und his companion , and he gave them into cus tody , —The prisoners wera committed .
LAMBETH . — A DANGEBors Sweep . —J Connor , a chimneysweep , was finally examined , charged With && . 8 &ultlng the police . Oa Weaneeday week the prisoner had engaged to sweep the chimneys of a beer-shop in Paacoek-fltreet , Newlogton , and because the person by whom he had . been employed did -not submit to aa extortion , he . commenced demolishing everything in the place . The police ware called in to remove the prisoner from thehouso , and ; , they did so , but tho moment he got into the straet he commenced a furious attack on tho constables , exclaiming 'Now the job is began t ' ji be huag for some of you . ' He first knocked down policeman George Taylor , ana while on th » ground jumped on his body several times . He also felled policemno Avery to the ground with a blow under the earand had
, it not been for the timely arrival of other constables he Ws brutality was eo great , that neither of the constables has since beon « ble tp do any duty , nor are they likely to be able to do so for some time to eooie . Sa desperate was the prisoner that it required the united esertions Of 9 ix constables to removo him to the station-house aDa soras of them he injured by kicking tbsm . -A number of aergants and con&taMos deposed to tbe number of times they had had the prisoner in custody , a 8 well as to l » s ruffianly conduct towards them while attempting to secure and take him to tho station-house . —The prisoner wns committed to take . his trial at the Surrey Sessions . —The prisoner who is a poworfuUy built fellow has been for
some years a terror to the police , and baa been imprisoned aa many « a eight or ten times for ns saulting them . Some alx oi eight months apo howovtr he caught a tartar in tho person of Johnny Walker tha puglllRt . It appears that Walker , with ' one or tno aris tocratio companions , w » at the bar of a . porting house on tho Surrey aide of tho water , when Counor the sweep , Cflme in , an : ! approaching tbe counter for a glass of gin , in enttonally pushed against Walker , on who . e light : paleto he left a doep imprint of hia sooty Labliiment . Walker remonstrated with him on his conduct , upon which Connor told him that if he was cheekv he wtoU punch his head . The resuh was a set-to , * h < n the sweep not knowing Ms man , got a sound thrdshis . e and was glad to cry email a ( Ur tho third round .
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The guns captured from the Sikhs are to be plaeed muzzle to muzzle in a column , one hundred and fifty feet high , at Calcutta ; and the top of the pillar is to be Btmnouuted with a figure of Britannia , supported bj two sepoya .
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SiSIalc g . MONMOUTHSHIRE . Strike op Workmen . —A . very extensive strike of the workmen has taken place over the Hills . For the last fortnight those belonging to Tredegar have been out , and all attempts to come to aa understanding had failed . We now hear that the other works in the neighbourhood have followed their example , and that there is an immense number of people out upon strike . So determined were both parties in Tredegar , fhat it was generally supposed tho whole of the blast furnaces would be blown out sometime this week .
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§ £ fltlan& . BDlNBURfiH . Edinburgh . —Great excitement was created last week in the Canongate and High-street , by a repoit that one of the Jarge old tenements at the top of the former street was on fire . The tenement is near to Ohessela ' -court , on the south side of the Canongate , and five stories in height . Flames were fivat observed about half-past seven o ' clock , bursting out eftwo windows en the second flat , occupied by Mr Hutton , pawnbroker , who , with his family , inhabited the flat above . All of them were in bed when the alarm was given , and lied to the street in thoir night-clothes . In the hurry of the flight , an infant was left behind , but Mrs Hutton returned and brought it safely thvoughthe smoke in her arms . By this time , the flumes had not only reached , tho flat above fche warerooms in which they were first observed , by a wooden stair that communicated with the warerooms and the dwelling-hsuse , but had also penetrated through the ceiliDg in several placeS i so that two flats ot the ) tenement were ravaged . The firemen succeeded in subduing the flames about ten o ' clock , but not until they had penetrated to another story , one room of which wa 3 entirely consumed , and same others very much destroyed . Mr HuUqu ' & loss is estimated at £ 5 , 000 , and no part of it is insured . A melancholy incident connected with the
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Bngisnie . DURHAM . Gahe Law Murders . — -The estates of the Duke of Cleveland , Rabypark , at Staindrop , and also those of the Marquis ef Normanby , adjacent to Malgrave Castle , have been the scenes of most serious conflicts between poachers and gamekeepers . On the evening of the 3 rd instant two watchers in the service of the Duke of Cleveland . Raby-park , named Shirley nnd Cockerell , were going their rounds when , hearing some shota fired , they proceeded in the direction of a place called ' Willow Bed' its . the game preserves , and there they saw four men , two of whom were armed with euna . Directly the gamekeepers came to them ,
one of the party , known by the name of Thompson , called upon them to stand b * ck or he would fire . The keepers , not daunted by the threat , made an effort to capture them , and a desperate battle ensued . They were fired upon by the poachers , and notwithstanding Shirley , one of the watohers , said he was shot , he endeavoured to overcome Thompson , and secure him . Thompson , however , raised his gun , and beat his antagonist over the head with the butt-end , when the force of his blows broke the weapon ; the barrel was subsequently found near the spot ; Cockerell , the other keeper , suffered severely . He was fired at , but escaped mortal injury . The poachers decamped with tbe belief that both the keepers were dead . Cockerell managed to drag his companion to a neighbouring cottage , where he expired .
STAFFORDSHIRE . The late Fatal Explosion of Fire-Damp in West Bhomwich . —The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the unfortunate men who were killed by the explosion of sulphurous gas in the Ileathfield coalpit on Wednesday week was resumed on Monday afternoon . Two of the injured men have died Bince the last meeting of the jury , making in .-ill ten . The evidence produced was to the same effect as that already before the public . Theeoroner having summed up , the jury agreed to the following verdict : — ' That it bad been through the negligence of John Meek , the doggy , that these men lost their lives , and they therefore return a fverdict of Manslaughter against him . ' Meek , who is a man from thirty-five to forty years of ace , was then committed to take his trial at the next Stafford assizes .
LINCOLNSHIRE . Extensive Robbbrt . —Mrs Noel , of Pulbeck , recently discovered that she Lad lostjewellerj , boxes , and clothing , valued at £ 300 . Suspicion fell upon Betaey Randy , who had lived with her in the capacity of housemaid , and who left the service about a fortnight since . The police found the girl , and her boxes were searched , whon a large portion of the missing property was discovered , & diamond brooch , said to be worth £ 120 , being one of the articles . She was immediately taken into custody and conveyed to
Sleaford , for examination before the magistrates there . The girl states thafe the articles were given to her by the footraan , who has also left the service of Mrs Noel ; and since the prisoner has been at home , she has had a letter from the footman , appointing a period to meet him at Nottingham for the purpose of being married . The footman was apprelended a few days ago , but was liberated . The late Mr Noel , who was very eccentric , was itappearea very large purchaser of jewellery ; the jewel-bill in which tho brooch above mentioned forms one of the items amounts to £ 4 , 000 .
Cruelty io Sweeps . —In defiance of the law prohibiting the sending of bojs up chimnejs , it appears tbe other day a poor child was forced up a chimney which was on fire in Lincoln : the intense heat compelled him to return . To extinguish the blaz ? , parties were obliged to scale the roof of the house , and pour water down tho chimney ; however , they mistook the chimney , and poured the water down that of the next house * The inmates were sitting very quietlyi when they were astounded with a rush of water and soot , and it is stated that they seampered off proclaiming , oat the devil had entered the room .
KENT . Military Flogging at Woolwich ;—On Friday week the whole ef the Royal Artillery off daty were mastered on the parade ground , and marched to the Riding School , under tho command of the field cfEcer on duty , to hear the decision of a garrison court-martial read . The culprit was a gunner of the 5 ' - h battalion , 5 th company , named Thomas " one ? , who was convicted of selling hia owa kit , and of stealing another kit . to replace'his own , lrom a gunner of the 10 th battalion . He was sentenced ^ receive fifty laahes , which were immediately inflicted by two trumpeters of the Royal Horse Arti | r Jery ; and it is stated , that the latter , in laying oh the second or third blow , struck the unfortunate
fellow on the head , and the trumpeter who administered the lash at first was therefore ordered to eomplete the sentence . The prisoner , it is said , bore his punishment with great stoicism , and , on the fiftieth blow being given , cried out , ' Hurrah , that ' s the last ! ' He was removed to the Ordnance Hospital , and in a few days will be discharged from the regiment . —On the same morning . Daniel Freel , who was flogged on the Friday previously for stealing a shilling from a comrade , was drummed out of the regiment . This is the second case of flogging within the week , and the third or fourth within a month that has occurred in the Royal Artillery ; and the Authorities seem now to have laid it down as a rule that they will visit all cases of theft with the lash .
Wir . T 3 HIRB . SmciDB op a Clergyman at Salbbury . —Last week much consternation was created by the announcement tbat the Her . Mr Wrotesley , rector of Knoyle , was found dead in his sleeping-room . It would appear that the rev . gentleman went to tho White Hart Hotel , Salisbury , on Wednesday to stop there all night ; that he went to bed at the usual hour of rest . On the valet going to call hi 3 master the next morning at eight o ' clock he found him stretched on the floor of his sleeping-room quite do ^ d . The unfortunate gentleman had committed suicide by tying his handkerchief round his neok , and then by twisting it tight with the handle of a brush had caused suffocatian . The deceased was an aged gentleman , a bachelor , and very much respected . His ; valet had been with him more than thirty years . ' An inquest was held on the body . Verdict , ' Temporary Derangement . '
DSV 6 KSHIKE . A Noblb Defaulted — The Westeen Timbs says : There are some very painful rumours extant respecting the affairs of a noble earl , whose lineage and title should place him in the foremost ranks of the aristocracy of Devon . The noble lord is unable to meet his engagements , and many of our tradesmen are great sufferers by the event It is reported that owing to the state of affaira in Ireland , there are many mitigating circumstances to &e urged in behalf of the nobleman in question ; but the sum total of the debts is enormous notwithstanding , and Sir T . Acland is stated to be among the sufferers .
CORNWALL . Shipwreck and Loss op Life . —On Friday , the 4 ' . h instant , the schooner Ann , of Saint Ives , about 150 tons burden , Richards master , sailed from Saint Ives , in ballast , for Cardiff , and about eleven o ' clock that night atruek on Lumly Ialaad . ~ So yioloat ? raa the shock , that the captain and crew , consisting altogether of fire hands , had just time to get out the boat and jump in , leaving one boy , a passenger , on board , who took to the rigging . She soon after sunk , aad just as she was going down , she heeled
towards the rock , where hep mas ' . s touched , and the boy succeeded in getting ashore ; but in ao doing he fractured his foot . He made towards the lighthouse , and the men employed there gave him all the assistance in their power , and soon after got him landed at the nearest port , whence he was forwarded to Bridgewater , the place of his nativity . The captain and crew have not since been heard of . It ia generally supposed they were drowned that night , for the boy states he heard them shrieking aud crying for assistance soon after he got on the island ..
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SreUtttf . FAMINE AHD DB'PAIB THE WAXERFORD ELECTIONTHE ' UNITED IRISHMAN . ' f From our own Correspondent . . ) Dublin , Feb . 2 lst , 1848 . Never at any period was the situation of this country so deplorable as at the present moment . Last year marks an epoch memorable in the annals of unfortunate Ireland . Famine decimated the pb « pulation—lever and dysentery senthundreds of thou-Fands to an unWest and unwept grave ; other thoa sands , who tisd the horrors of their native land , breathed their last on the trackless ocean , and were
flung to pave , with their unannomted ^ bones , the bottom of the great deep , whilst myriads of those who escaped the perils of the sea , found a' last resting place' in the cold clay of Canadian wastes and forests . But , people said that the sufferings ot Ireland had reached a crisis and fondly hoped that a reaction would set in , and that the present year would find a favourable change in the condition and prospects of the country . Men of every party and pcct Beemed suddenly smitten with the love ef ' Fatherland , ' and met and held counsel together , and bowed and swore , that another million of their fellow countrymon should not die this year of hunger or by English misrule . They said they would forget all minor differences . They vowed that creed or
party should no more present a stumbling-block to their continued efforts for the salvation of Ireland and her remnants of population ; and they swore , oh , how vehemently ithey swore ! that if England did not' do her [ duty' by the oppressed peasantry , they would not sit another year , supinely watching the ravages of death and destitution , without making an united and & vigorous effort io obtain that justice to which their land has been for centuries a stranger . Iveland ' a heart beat boundingly . Halfstarved millions forgot the miseries of the past . '; their wan cheeks glowed with a hops of ' better days , ' their sunken eyes beamed aa an improved future opened before them . They said the bitter recollections of the by-gone . " year should be erased from
their memory , and , in the fervid hopes of coming prosperity , they seemed disposed to withhold their curses against the author and cause of all their many andaggravatedills . But , alas ! how futile—ay , even how ridiculous were those expectations . Whilst millions ' lived on Hopo , ' however , there were those who knew and who prognosticated what little confidence the Irish peasantry should place in any Eaglish ministry or government . Many said that the cup of Erin ' s miseries waa not yet full , and that the present year wonld bring many a bitter additional ingredient to tbe poisoned chalice . ~ And those who said se , though ' prophets of ill , ' did not , alas , speak their warnings in vain . Every day that passes sess our calamities
inoreased , and every po 3 t conveys tha painful tidings ofde 3 olation and despair . The horrors of 1847 are again familiar all over the Southern aud Western counties . Famine strikes down its victims in hundreds every day in the week ; the pates of the poorbouses are literally beeeiged with the young and the strong and the ' able-bodied , 'strugglingforadmission , as if it were with lifeand death , whilst even the very gaols nre crammed with unfortunate wretches , who rush to the commission of petty offences in oirder that , within the gloomy portals of "the * prison * house' they may find a meal of food , and escape the miseries with which the country ia inundated . _ I do not' enlarge' on this subject ; this terrific picture is not everchareed . The Munster and
Connaueht newspapers of last week give the most revolting details of the progress of destitution in their respective localities . Ruin is sweeping the land . Scarcely anybody escapes its insatiable fang 3 . Taxation strikes down tho land occupier and tenant farmer , and want of employment drives almost every cottier and labourer to the poorhouse , ' to beg on the highways , or die with hunger ia their cold cabins , like the beasts that perish . We read in the journals published in the last week , not merely entire families in the south and Treat , subsisting (;\ b they did in the palmy daya succeeding the ElizibEthan wars ) on weeds and andean animals ; but it is a revolting truth that , in several instances , the famishing wretches in the districts I speak of , kill their worn-out howes and aasea for the sake of their carrion flesh , which they devour greedily . This is fact . A letter written by the Rev . Peter
Fitzraaurice , p arish priest of Clifden , in the county of Galway , and published in the Freeman's Journal , Btates that in his parish alone 5 , 000 died of famine in the last year ! and that' their prospects for the next six months are even more gloomy than the past ! ' The same reverend gentleman further states , that numbers die every day in his parish of hunger , and that he knows persons to subsist for days on the flesh of dogs ! and on the carrion of dead horses which they dug from the earth ! And it is not the reverend priest of Clifden who alone makes this frightful statement . Such scenes as this are becoming familiar over one-half of Ireland , and it is people ' s opinion , that if something decisive be not speedily done by the government for the preservation of our starving millions , one-half the surviving population of Ireland will perish of famine before next harvest ! .
And what ia the government doing ? Will they rest satisfied with the stingy provisions of their pitiful Poor Law ? Will the rich , who wallow in thin world ' s weal , be permitted to riot in luxuriance , whilst the peasantry go down in skeletons to the grave ? Is this Euglisu law—that one man shall be left possessed of' cart loads of gold , ' whilst the hardy son of labour has not the means of procuring a meal even of ' turnips and salt V If such be the accursed law of England , such surely is not the law of God . But the landlords and capitalists are already mulcted to their : hearts' content ! But why not tax them more and more , and make them ' shell out' to the last guinea , sooner than one human crea ture be let die of hunger ? These are bitter words to
the ' men of property , ' but such a proceeding would certainly be only in accordance with the intentions of Providence , 'in whose eyes all men are equal , ' and who created and cares for ' the man with no property' equally as ho does for the coronetteddroru who ' sums his mouldy gold , ' whilst the cries of fa . mishing thousands are sounding in his ears—piorcinc even the wall and doors , and ' safes , ' by which his treasure is protected from the 'dead man ' s gripe ' of the dying peasant . Oh , England ! wilt thou even now awake ? Wilt thou view the ruin thoia hast wrought on luckless Ireland ? Wilt thon , even now , condescend to listen to the cry of her starving children ? Wilt thou stretch forth thy arm and sayj They shall not die ?'
Thou wilt not ' . But a day of retribution is coming!—ob , may it come quickly ! And whilst such v-uin is ravaging Ireland of the flewer of her inhabitants—her patriots , and leaders , and champions , both ' old' and young' are playing th& old game of England , and waging against each other a war of dissension and jealousy . When will Irishmen open their eyes to their true interests , and join together ia a manly , honoavaWe , and practical struggle for tho regeneration of their nativo land , and the rescue of her starving millions from the miseries which beset them ? Irishmen ' . when will you determine to be free ? Away with your ' parties , ' your dissensions , and your internal quarrelinga . Will it thafe you bo mbe—make a monr effort , and you are still sufficient to recover what you have lost .
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event has to be noticed . It appears that an Irish porter , who , with a family of eight persons , possessed one of the attio rooms , died on the previous day and a number of the neighbours had sat up durin g the night holding a wake in the honse , which had not concluded when the conflagration bum forth . With much difficulty the corpse was carried down and laid into an adjoining close , where it lay till s ^ me neighbours took it and had it buried . _ L . i ..-- » . i ..-n nt ;^ Tfc WrniRnr * thai- on Irish
INVERNESS SHIRE . Four Msn Smothebed . —The sloop Mary , from Shieldaig , of Applecros ? , with a crew of four , while at anchor in the harbour of Lochinvar , was boarded on Sunday , the 13 tU instant , by two sailors , from a vessel lying alonside the quay there , who , on looking into the forecastle , were horrified to observe one man dead . On further inquiry , it was found that the whole crew , consisting of other three persons , were dead . After a minute investigation of the circumstances , it was satisfactorily ascertained that tbe cause of their death was suffocation from smoke . They had been dead three days before they were discovered . '
BANFFSniBB . Dunnibbi'CH . —A Shark . —One day , last week , a large shark was discovered aground on tbe beach , opposite the Limestone quarry , by Mr James Smith , junr ., carpenter , Sandend . When first observed , it was alive , and although rather out of its element , seemed determined not to ' die soft , ' eagerly gnashing and snapping asunder everything put within reach of its terrific jaws , which bristled out with three rows of teeth- A smart stroke on the head with a carpenter's adze put a period to its existence . When dead , it wa 9 found to measure about twelve feet in length , and a large quantity of oil was obtained from its liver .
A Match for Tom Thumb .- Amongst the wild heathy mountains west from Huntly , in the parish of Glass , not far from the Craigs of Succoth , and close at the foot of the Cormack Hill , there is a little cottage inhabited by a young woman who lately gave birth , to twin girls , one of which . is nearly of common dimensions , but the other is so extremely small as to excite the curiosity of the whole district . As soon as born this dwarfish infant was placed in the scales , and weighed only twelve ounces ; and it will give some idea of the smallness of it 9 waist , when it is stated that a woman ' s finger and thumb meet each other with ease reund the body while holding out the child in the hollow of one hand . It refused to euok for the first sixteen days , and was supported during that time by a spoonful of wine and water daily . Its legs &Y 6 about tha eizaof a man ' s finger , but the hands and fingers are so small that they { can hardly be de scribed , only every part is naturally formed down to the nails of the fingers .
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Fire at the Whitb Bear , Piccadilly . —On Wednesday evening , between seven and eight o'clock a fire broke out at the White' Bear Hotel , aad old coach-office , 219 , Piccadilly . The flames commenced , from some unexplained cause , in one of the sleeping apartments over the top , and were not discovered until they had gained so firm a hold ns not to bo easily extinguished . Tbe building being for the most part composed oi timber , it formed a powerful auxiliary to the fire , and very speedily several of the upper rooms were blazing away most fearfully . By the exertion © f the firemen , to them , however , the fire was wiuued . Tho pvoperly was insured ia the Union-office . One Prussian general costs as much as the whole government of Zurich , and the hundred and fifty generals of the Prussian army consume double the entire revenues of Berne
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THE NORTHERN STAR » February 26 , 1848 . 1 " ' ' of
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 26, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1459/page/6/
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