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The Mohicipu . Ewcriws-A t Oxp « bd tbere u i ^ oS ""^^ - -4 ' Basboey the « £ ^ £ Sia pattingtfaelr twoformer toccws-M ? Z £ » 2 thread of A . Vgr-B **™* - mmT » 1 » result is agrnst the Liberalwteiest as eonffliwd with the previous election .-At Shbhieio " Sjo-ity of Chartists hare been elected . —The close of the Norwich poll * ihora the result to be that the Conservatives will gain three , the Whiga lose two , ad the Ultras gun one . — Chesterfield as last year . —At Rikcewuih , oat of the fif wen vacancies , tea have been supplied by persona notia the last eouneii , and all of them Liberals . —At Suisbobt . in eo&seqasoce of the alleged blundering of an official , tha Libastogained only oae oat of foarin the
confetti—At Weschbstsr the parties are equal , as fast year ;¦ an ? at Nrwpobt ( Isle of Wight ) a similar BSolt —Totals These elections show the return of » aa GoawYatiras and wen Liberate *—Likcastkb .. The Tories oafamnbered the L benb . ~ Faxsioi , u latye * r . -As Bath there was a gain ot one to the Liberal cause . —At Skxxpobt the Conservatives had a majority in the conteBts , and hence a majority in the council—Thrreliring councillors at Wahbisg TOS , where the ? offsred tljemselves , « ere reflected , and the candidates started , bj the ' pttbBcam' for ntne 8 p £ c " alot 3 Mt , defeaten : thetblrty . axmnnllon hsiEK cnwosed of twelve Conservativeg and twenty , fcar Liberil ? . —AtGia ' ucKins . theConservativegain was om\—The ! Dubhau Liberals beat tha
Consemme . —Sharp ebntesu took place at Wisan , when evea raireocliment candidates were returned , and a h * 'd ran far toe ether three seats . —At Hautax the oM coanalloraelectsd . with two exceptions . —Bradr bo shows a Cmsemtife gain on tbe elections of tnr -e votes . —There is a dhpute at Clithikoe . but K the Li w Most" lilts of voters are rejected , aa antkiptted , there will be a Liberalmajority of four . —At A HioK-OTDli'LYHB , Conservative gain . of twoon tincoatens . Alleged intimidation on the part of th * Totiss , and personation oh both sides . —BaraoH thaws x farther notary on the part of the CoaservatiT s in all the wards , with theexoeptton of the east — York . —Torrana is evidently on the decline in
tbie city , « genn « d bj tbeerents ef Wednesday last . On Tuesday evening the Tories violated an agreement entered into , and brought forward a candidate foe Casttaate Ward ( in his absence ) in eonjunetion with a Whig . ' The " unholy alliance . ' however , was pnwoptljrepau ' afal by the latter , and the Conserva tive wutriumphanHydefeated . TheLiberalsreta Sated in Guildhall Word , in consequence of tbe former proceeding , and bnught forward sod return *! tttsir candidates . The only other wards in which there ' wera contests were Walnugate aid Monk Wards , in ' whieh bribery to a considerable extent is alleged to have prevailed , and the Tories in eaa-eqaeneo achieved a triamph . —At Andovir , no contes ; , and'eonseqaently na interest .
Apprshehios of a HnapsBia . —Fwo police . onv cera from Kilmarnock . arrived in " Newcastlfnpon Tyne a few da ^ sago , in search of a man named Eitrard Stewart Hill , whom they sueeeede-i in captaring at H&riow Hill , about ten miles west of Newcastle , tharged with being an accomplice ,: with JamesMQu 'Uau . iathe murder of a lad . named Jane ) Young Thecrime for which the prisoner was apprehended was committed in the month ef May last . Ti «» lad was a farm servant at Forty Aeres . m the parish of Dtrndohnel , in Ayrshire , ' and it would appear tB * t be bad been , attacked on the Blacfehiil road , and murdered : M'QuilUn bsin ? inspected of tbe murder was apprehended , tried , found guilty , and suffered the extreme penalty of the
law at Ayr . Previous , however , t *> his execution , be confessed that he had teen guilty of the crime for which he was about to suffer , bu » that the prisoner sow in custody was an accomplice Inquiries were then instituted concerning Hill , when it was discovered that at the time of the murder he resided at BUmarcoBk , about three miles from the scene of the crime / and that he bad taken his departure almost Baultaneonsly with the apprehension of H Qiil ' an . It waseobn diseovered that he had come in tha direc tion ofNswea » tle , and the officers hav ng arrived there , snd being assuted by the police , j-oon traced him to Harlow Hill , whither , in company with . Snbiaspector Grieve * the bSjers proceeded , and apprehended him , as above steted . :
Ths Ailigkd Bradford Mcrdbb . —ItisBtrongly suspected toat Foster , tfce prisoner charged with the reorder of Robert Slater , is not in * sane state of tnitgl . - . . . Ths Muhdiru Simod . —Penduig Hw adjoumsent (> f the ioqaest iq this case , the nugirtmea have ' uHderUK ^ n thoraugVy / to i nvestigate the matter , and with thk view , after an interview with Superintendent Tuff , in order to ascertain what were the facts with which he had become acquainted in the coarse of hh researches , . they met at iheGaild 0 * 11 , Rochester , on Saturday morning , and again in
the evening , continuing in consultation until Hearly sine o n click , Saving previonaly issued a warrant for the apprehension of-M'Gillj'the hasbwd ' of the femaltf prisoner , who , it will be remembered was the party-who discovered , the body of the murdered wom « u BothprisonErs " were present ' daring . the examinatjon . of tbaasTera ] witcesses , bat as the ihqairj- " w 5 sc 3 hdacted « ith closed dowa tha nature of fits evtdsncediiclqsed cannot at present be known ; bat amoegthofe examined were three of M'GiU ' a ehildran and Mrs Jarrett , land ' ady of theBlaekBoj public house , in Rochester . The prisoners / who teem to treat the natter with the ' utmost "
uhcoiiesrn , were again removed m custody , aad the inquiry was O Tjourned . " ' : ¦ Fibs at a Railway Stitios—A fire , which had nearly been ? attended . with great loss of property nraka outVra Friday weak , :. at ; the ; Darby R \ ilway Bt * tiga in Qui . ^ gwB ,, It'appeara ' thitabout six ojelcck the clerks Jeft ' tTOjCraffis ma ; n 8 ger * « office far fie night , and in abratPtwo hours ' artarwards the teatioa of the persons engaeed in' the ' adjoining offiitArw arrested ty a smell bf fire . Theyimmedjotely ' e ' nteredtiie manager ' s offise ^' and found it in fl > mea . An alarm was given , and by means of a good ; Bnpply of water , tha fire was soon extinguished , bsvinzbe ^ n fortunately confined to theroom in which originated . The damage done is comdmtively tHing . The cause of &S aecidentw not known , LiBcriit ExTainsBUA « T—A true bill has been found-srtne sessions against Mr fl . Adams , attorney t ft T « taess , for larceny , tha learned gtntlemah being eharged with illesally retainTn ' " the rate books ot
Paignton . .. We have nbt : h « ra the pittieulsrs of therass . but it has ' excited ? ome ofeeWiti ( tos and id sunlit iueohvenienc : to tha accused ; inasmnoh as , front the farm of- 'the pidcaediDga taken , we hear datfiecaold have / been apprehended , taken before a maeia £ rate ; t ^ fosc ^ Jbwl , and committed to prisoa . The consequence bJasbesn that the learned gentleman has , we . | e > r ,. l £ ep'lo ttt of the ' vraytill Wsadrisers eaa moveiffiactieTn'te the' Court bfQiaen ' a Bench . — ffafern Imet . ' . ; . CospcAsaAnas—Loss o ? Property — . pa Friday weet ^ , a-fire broke out in Mr Caadwick ' a ; wool mill , " ¦ S Vill % 6 eld ,, Aberdeen . ' From some unaccountable mismanagement , intelligence e ! the faot'didno ' t reach , the police ofifoe till half-past one oh Saturday morniag . Two ' engtnes wers immsdiately despatched . Thc ^ amvfrd to see four huge ; : smouldering walls , whe « e ; tmtbe' previous day ; tberewas a . busy . and thriving worsted mill- :. i : "'" ' "¦
. , .,. ,, ; . Ths ilkgkd . Loss a ? ipE Euigsa ^ t Sh tp'Thetib . —Tie ' report of an aceonhi ' kaving . beetl received at L ' oyd ' s of the . loss of the emigrant ' ship ; Thetis , isiujjon&t . ' - - ' ' " ; ' ¦ " ¦ : .-: ¦ ' .--. . -. . Giisspw —On Friday : night . last / an old woman nanicd JifeDonald , in a fit of drankennegs , attempted to pot aa end toherexutence by swallowiag ' a quantity of laudanum . She was saved , by a pipm ^ tApplication of . thaatoraaclipuinpj ' , ' ; ; •**'¦** ¦ v- - -i- ' .- \ - ' .- . A ' tseuptcd Assasstnaiio * ' !»»' ¦ Ststctfts . —Af t ; tn-Ttstigation hw taken place before the ougistrates of B-ns ; elueidafegtiie following facts : Samuel Garras , a discharged * servant , . oocasipnally lodged in the Fall Moan public house , which he had been forced to leave
by the laBdUdy , Mrs Phillips , who conbaved sdis-Bke to hint on account of his ] eaviDg : 'his wife and two ' children in distressed circumstances a few miles from " the ' town . He subsequently , however ; .. went ther * and demanded a pint of beer on credit , which ' wastrefused . On the last ; occasion she told him he was / lrunk , and that he only came there to annoy her . ' npo ;; which he pulled a pistol from his pocket and fiWd'it at her . She fell to the ground and it was ttoujht Aewu weonded ^ bat , however , the ball bad mined her . He thendischarged the ^ second pisfol in bis mnatb , the ball passing homantally along the roof of the month and lodging inthe . back of the aeek . He was removed under , the care of the police , and the latest accounts announce him to te still lmne .
A Yorao MoiHDt—A few days ago , at Coventry , Julia Amelia SpraysonwM confiaed of a son . Toe mother is only twelve years snd seven months old , aai tha father of the ehild / who was eonvieted at the kit Coventry Assizes , of a criminal assault upon the g il , i 3 now undergoing his sentenoe of two jean ' imnri onnent . Lauchtible Occubbxhce . — Anhibald Fisher , Esq . lace manufacturer , Exchange Square , Glasgow , was thrown out of a gig , on the road from Larkhajl to Hamilton , on Saturday afternoon last , ' and expired on Monday morning , from the . effects of the injuries B | reenved . - ;
AUBi UU 31 UIU JUWUItAi VfU iUVUUfk / A «« V , « U « body of the female lately murdered in this neigh * bourhond was disinterred , in the presence of the police authorities and the clergyman of the district A number lof ^ wtsjjas ^ gaveejidepce . whieh went to prove the identity ofthem % r 6 * efe 3 " woman ; on the wearin j apparel ia the possession of the police being ¦ reduced , the witnesses swearing to having seen certain articles of the apparel worn by the deceased . A sn n named Dsan , who stated that he had cokabited with the deceased , identified the body . The woman ' s name was Margaret Thompson . A reward of £ 50 has been offered for the apprehension of the snrderets . Great excitement pervades the neigh
tattflOQflj A Suspictkd MusDXBKB . —It will be in the . recol-Isctlaa of oar readers , that en the night of Monday ^^ tfae Uth af January , 1847 , about twelve o ' ebek , aa
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Mr John Riley , tobacconist ^ f Wiligate . waspreoeediDg to his residence in OSenpation Road , he was attacked bj some men , robbed of bis watch and money , and beaten so severely that he died of the wounds on tha following Saturday morning , at two o ' clock For some time no clue could be obtained as to who had perpetrated the outrage : bnt at length sHspicion fell upon three men , named George Brad « ley . Jamea Bradley , and Willism Chatlinor , all of Grimejthorpe ; and , on thel 3 ' . hof April following they were brought np before the magistrates at the Sheffield Town Hall . After the evidence had been heard against them , they were remanded till the following Friday , on the ground that the magistrates didnotfeeUuatified in committing Challinor for trial with the two other ? . On the Friday the two Brad
lajs were committed for trial at the York assizes , and Challinor was . discharged on his , own recognisances of £ 20 and two ' ramies of £ 10 to appear agaih if reqnired , the magistrates observing that there was not sufficient evidence upon which to / o-immit him for tria , » lthongh-there « as certainly snfiu'ieDt to-fix suspicion upon him . At the Yorkshire sammer sssixjB , in 1847 , the two Bradkys <» ere tried fo- tbe murder of Mr Riley ; but the jury returned a verdiot of notguilty . On the follpwingdaylhey wereoharged with the hfghway . robbery , upon which , count they wen found guilty , * Snd g euttrided to be transportf d for fiftteB'jeani ; " The ^ eTidence which . seemed to implicate William Challinor ; wac , that , according to his own admission , as well a « tbe evidence ot several witnesses , about twelve o'clock on the night in '
question he was with James Bradley at a public house m the Wicker , from which place they went up Occupation Road , past the top ot Spital Hill ; and past the very spot where the deed was perpetrated .. George Bradley acknowledged tkat he taw a maailying on the road , and that he picked up his money ; but . Mr ' Riley' before his death several times ' stated that he was attacked by" tAr « e men , and that he knew tbe ' voice of one ' ef tbe men who spoke , and wio he believed lived at Grimesthorpo . ' Sinoa the trial af the Bradlejs . William Challinovwho ia byltrade a , foik maker , has never , to . aee . a common , but Bigcificant expression , 'held up his . head ; ' his health declined , his body wasted . away , and he . breathed his last . oo Tuesday night , between niae ' and ten tfcloofc , at his
parents' houee ia Grimeathorpe . : ltwts-gen ' eriliy rumoured thatduring his illness ho hadimsde * confession of his ' guilt in ' referenoo t « the murder of Mr Riley ; bat as far as . we have been able to Jearn , from those who were with him , during hjalast . moments ' it does not appear th » t ha ever msae a disolosure of that character , tKonph' he expressed : himself aB eXceedioely penitent for the-general misdeeds of bis life . It was also rumoured that his friends bad exe-cised great precautions not to let him be alone with any visitors , and tint he , had acknowledged h ' u « niltto those with whom , he was meat . intimately acqiainted , bat who would be earefal not to cemmunicate it to others ; The unfortunate young man was about twenty-four years of age ' . " > : - ; . '
Suie » c of Lois UiDDitieB . —Lord Mtddleton , » man inthe prime ofjife , bid been fiFiqmeJime rather eccentric in hU manners , arielpg , it : wu . uadentood , from family matters . Ha tia » latterly resided almost alone in the mansion ia Fepperbarrow-park , a inert dJstancafrom'GMlalmtnir . ' Oq ; the morning of -Wedaes day weak , the oil servant of bis lordship ] feeling uneasy at not geeins hii , maiter op afc'tbe usual dmejW'nt to his bed-room to . seeif he was 111 , bnt oa enteriag . he found that his lordship was not there . He " searched the house , sod on entering WsmtU robmtie found his matter Ijie ? oa thegretmd . and-an Appearance of blosd issolhg from his month . He 'instantly : dl « patched tae ittward on horseback for the medloal aid of < Hr 3 : eadman . . the
family surgeon , but on his arrival be found that . Lord .. Utddleton , had been . dead some noun , and that death had been caused by tha noxious Barnes of charcoal . His lordjbip ' s will was lying on a table near , as well a « a ring which he usually wore , and a pUlow fetched from the deccaieft' nobUmtn ' s bedroom was' lyta ; near the brasier , sod on it bialoTinhlp ' a head , was reclined . I /; t- _ ttrs were alio founSiadicatiTeof hU lordship ' s Intention to deitroy his life ... The afflicted lady of the deeeased arrived at Fepperbarrow Park the following day , and it is stated that soe was in the act of writing to bis lordship stating her intention « f returning home , when ths messenger arrived With tbe'dreadralnewi . ¦ His lordihip diet without blue , - and is succeeded by ^ Charles Brodricke Eonof the late ArchbUhopef Cashel , .. . . 1 V
Tbs IicftOKBT . —An inquest was opened on Friday week at Fepperbarrow , the . seat of the above nobleman , for the purpose of investigating the clrcnmitancfg at . tending his death . The evidence of two or three dameitics examined on that occasion proved tbe deliberate mincer in which the unfortunate nan bad arranged , Us plans for Ciwoittiog enicide . On the : day preceding Us death he desired his man-servant to place a' pan of charcoal la a brsaer in an unoccupied room , for the alleged pnrpose ' of drying the paper , which In some places was ppaling off the tialls . Whes inlued oa the following mornlng / tearch was mad * f jp hlm in tWs apartmeat , on the floor of which he . was fonod with his head retting on a pUlow , and qu \ te dead .. The doqr . of the room was shut , bat not bolted ; the Joharcoal bk 4 been fired , and was ! burnt out . and the fainer were even t tien so strong
chat toe medical mam '' who was ' . called In ,: Wh obliged itp ventilate the spawmenl in order to remain ; in , it fora few moments ., ^ The . ' evidence ^ far ther showed that the deceased had beeniin alow and desponding state of mind for sometime past ; a dreumstsneewbich was accounted for by the faotof L'idy lllddletoo , having leftFippernarii row a few months since . 'Tbe Jury ' desiring that a ' poitmortem examination ' should be made of the deceased ' s brain , - tha inquiry was adjourned [ from . Friday until Monday , when the inquiry was again resumed . —Wm . Bone said that he had , been In his . lordship ' s ' service twenty years . He had lately seen him low-ipirited , ' and be conplained of pains is bis ' head . ' - He was alto very forgetfoi at times;—Mr J . Dabenbam , clerk W MrHenrj Mirshall , talldtor , said that he ; was 'frequently in hli lortfhlp ' s eompasT—sometimes , fer a day toz-ther . ¦ He
tSxa noticed that be was very law-spirited , and he seemed to ( offer maca In mind on acconat' of a . law-auU lie had withaHr ' Beade ' n . The last time he was with him he was spsakin '; of something He ' wan ted completed ; for , in the eventof b ! s death ; be taid , it : would be difficult to finish . He then buwt out erring . . Hq left the zoom , acd en hif Tetnra be ( witness ) noticed that he bad bein crying much—Mr Parsons ,, the surgeon who bad since tha . last Cjurt , made a poH-morten examination of the body described ; tbe cause of death , which was suffocation ; 'from' ch arcosl -fomes . — The Rev . Lswrenco - Elliott , ef feppsrtarrow , said that _ fee had known tietdeoeased for many years ^ In July , 1817 , he came tO : him and btnpfnnnicated the intell { gence of her ladyship haying left hlm ^ and adde ^ that it waa ' all his own fault . He was then in such a dlstrasaed state
ofmlnd thatwitness' ^ ldnot'llka to leave him'by him . self . Hs . therefore tried to cheer him up . Tire or tnrea days afterwards tie told witness that he was in snen a distressed stale thai he had hsjdly been able t 8 keep himself from laying violent hands . on his perion . Hewas . taen Inta ^ ost . unha ppy itite . of ; mind , and wit : acts thought It dsogeroHS to leave thn ! He could ' not attribute ' h ^ i state' of 'mind ' to anything else than -the separatioa between himself and Lady Hiddleton ; Abeut ftemlddl ' 9 0 tMarcai'is 48 .: waU » t conversing with wiU Hess , hB-ssid , ;* Oh ; ray life ia a hell on earth ;' end aided tksthehadhad snehanigkt that he would not have another like It for " all tbe world ; and he conciudisd '' by laying , ' ' that he bad ' been ' on ' bis kue ? s " air to night . ' " He wa ettremely ¦ violent in his lat ^ Qag ^ ' and nemad to suspect his best friends " ofwantiorLady ^ MHilietan toset him at defiutoe . He
dften ' . « aid he hoped ne should bs seized with , a fit of . apoplexy and die .. During the last two months he tad spoken of bow be bad dis ' poled of his property / and What would bs the result after his death . On the morning of Wednesday heattendei at his lordBbip ' s laterasldencs , Iu tbe room wkere be was lying were some verses , and letters / With a document j headed , 'The las ^ j Wlll rang testament . ' Beyera ^ witnesses . were examined , ^ wh ' q merely corroborates tha snain f eatnres' of the * abaVe evii ' dines : oni , however , k ' tsieS that his'lordihip felt moit aoately the death of Lotb George Bentinik , ind said be hbBi ' elf bad ' a * fit < Jf W similar character whan in 'Franee . Tnerebaiog no other witnesses to examine the coroner proceeded to charge the jury , who , afcer twenty minutes deliberation , decided that his . lqrdahip . bad ' committed ! snidde , but that he was at the time in an unsontid ' stste of . m nd . ' ' •¦' " ' : ; - ' " ' " ' - ! ¦ ' > : >\! . ' .
, A Fatal Accidest oh the South Western hallway occurred At the Farnborongh Station on Friday week . A ' gentUraanwho haibeen out shooting : j » itb a . party of friends approached one of the trains , when be ilippea and { fell headforemost into , the narrow space between tha wheels and the wall of the platform . The unfortunate ge ntiemaVwas eventually got but ; but the injuries he hsa sustained were so severe , that be had expired 1 before he was extricated . : ; ¦ : / | , i , . _ , ¦; . ,. Dasixs Bdbglam . —On Thursday week the dwelling , house of Mr Nathaniel Seal , farmer , Stucbbury , near Brackley , was entered by six or seven men' dressed aa railway labourers , who demanded the money that was in the house . They took four £ 5 notes , eighteen sovereigns , and about £ 4 iu silver . There were some old ooins nnl sUvsr spoons , bot they intimated that they weald-not have them , and th « y were contequently left behind . They obtained an enuanca by taking out part of a window . The B « tes were ' found the next morning near Mr BntterBeld ' s farm at Halse . ' ' -
Bittwkr AccroiNT . —Oa Thursday week the 8 h , 35 m . p . m . train left the Nottingham station with three carriages and passengers , for Rugby . ¦ On arriving at the Attenborough gates , five miles from Nottingham , tb » fire-box and fire-bars -fell from the engine , tbe train being at the time in rajld motioa , when tbe stoker , who , it seems , apprehended that the train would be overturned , ' suddenly jumped eff the engine , and fell beadforemost upon ths fire-box and ban . The -. enginedriver , to whom great praise . is . due for , , his presence of miad , remained at his post , a ^ ria Instaatly turning off the steao , facceeded in stopping ' the train when only two of the englne . wheels baoV' -been tbrown off the line . Fortunately all the passengers escsped unhurt . The stoker wu taken up speechless , and his skull , forehead , aad temples being dreadfully cat , he wu conveyed to the Nottingham Iafirmary , but death soon put a period to bis euffsrings . Tbe deoeased was named Thomas Cook , he resided at Lenton , Bear Not- ' tingham , and has left a wife and two children to lament their loss , He was 27 years of age .
The laTE Fatas Accidihi at Giieootr , —The bodies of the whole of the individuals who were deprived ef life by the falling of tha sugar works in Alston
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Street , have been recovered fron amongst tbe rains . Fourteen is the number killed , and five dangerousl y injured by tbe aocldent . A subscription for the relief ot the families left destitute by this melancholy accident baa been originated by tee Glasgow Town Council , and £ Si 10 s has been given by the members . Thb Bdsguit at Stoke .-At the County Hagli . trates' office , Rochester , on Friday week , George Basy , - olios Sellis , a waterman , living at No 8 , Maiden Row , Greenwich , the ringleader iu the outrageous . attack on the cottage of Wlllism Eastman , at Stoke , on the night of tbe 10 th of October last , wai brought befdre * tha maglstr-ates to' aaswer the charge . The prisoner was identified by Mr * Eastman as the party abe strnok with an iran bar , the mark from which was still visible on
bis forehead ; ans Edwards , the constable of Stoke , proved that tbeprisonsr was at the Nag ' s Head public home In that village , In company with the six other of . fenders , who have already undergone examination , gad been liberated en bail . James Usher , the labonnr who pursued the : party to YantlettCreek , where ] they took to tbtir boatt , could not swear to the prisoner . Wll . sou said , from information be had received , he succeeded in apprehending the prisoner on board , the Vesper steamer , a | ong € lde Jhe ' pierat Gwenhlthe , Ou tellihg him that be was his prisoner for being concerned Id the case at Stoke , be acknowlsdged tbat he was the party , and quietly surrendered . The prisoner applied to be admitted to bsil and the court con * mtea ,. hlmielf being bound ln £ 16 tt , and two tUMtles of £ 50 each ' . "
, PoisoniH * bt WaoMO Mibicme . —An adjourned ini quiry into theolroamitaDcas which occasioned the death ot Mrs Sergison Smyth was resumed at the White Horae Inn , in Romsaj , on Jriaay week . —Mr Taylor , surgeon , who performed the put mortem examination , dipqsed to the healthy , state ot the body , and that it was impossible . (• detect the ci « se ef death , strychnine leaving no Indication-of its preienoe . Assisted by'Mr R ' au ' dall / ' of Southampton , he had analysed the mixture '' of wbtch Hit Smyth took a part , being the contents ' of the battle delivered to him by the narse , and tbe retults by the vsrioai teats exhibited w > b to prove the preisnoe , of poison ittmoitnt to deitroy eight or nine persons , The latter portion of the evidence of Mr Joues , the chemist , who mixed the medlcbie , using the strychBuie bottlefor
that contalnlsg salldue , was to the following effeot : — : After I had breakfasted and gane up stairs to dress , I iwent into the shop as . usual . My young man laid , 'Did you see the horse gallop , into the town with Captain Smyth ' * seryant ,. thU morning ?' " ! said , 'No ; what was tha reason , dp i you know !' , H « said , 'Noj ' bdt I saw Mr Taylor go off directly ifterwards / -t said , ' 'I hope Mrs Smyth Ia not wonis / and rarnldg roand towards mj desk Itheniawithebottler had iuedlthe previoiiB Dlght . Itookithp , Bndsawthatit , wu . labelled , strj . oh . nine .., I Mid , ' Oh . m ) God , I have given this Jn ' j mis ' * take to Mrs 8 myth ^ I then rushed and , told Mrs Jones , bat I was so agitated that the did aot aVfirst unders ' taad me .. ' I taen sent tkeyopngmah ' to Mr Taylor ' s surgery to taowi what wm tte matter ' - with Mis 8 mytb , He returned and « aid he did not know what was the matter as Mr Taylor haiaot returned ,. , I bad-apartial hope that she , had not > . taken thei medicine . I then ordered . a hone and chaise to be got ready immediately , and waited
while itjwas getttBg reaay . ^ Mywife seeing me so much exc ! ted , jmet me M the ' White Hone gateway to go with me , fearing lest I should drlvj too rapidly and produce an 9 tner ( aooident .: il soongatito Jermyn ' g ; When : on the grounds I metM ^ Taylor . I asked Mr . Tswlor bow Mrs 8 my ! & . * fcB ? ii ; . He said she was d « ad . I oannot . nl press what , wppy ' feelings ' . " " This is all thave to say . As far asl caarecdllec ^ tbey are the . principal faet «; The reason I kep t saflcine lit so sajalla bottle is because 1 want very little , and tke same ' with itryobuine . " : That to my reason fonkeeplng those articles in an upper , coruerof the Shopiibetauie . they are BfWom , used / The jury deliberate ^ for . nearlj ' two hours , and then re- ' turned a yerdieVof ManBlaughter' ! ' The "ioronerthen informed Mr Jones of the resuit , ' and took ' tho apporttii nit ; of co ' mpllm ' eh'ilng him upon his condubt since the melancholy misadventure , and the frankness and readiness with which he bad disclosed all tbe clroumstsnces oeqnected withh . Mr Jones was committed . under tb ' e ooronet ' s warrant for trial . " ¦ : ..
AIahcabhim iCarhibal . —Early on Sunday mornlbg iaBt a police officer of the C division observed ia' man ] having thVappeaiahce of an excavator , busily " engaged searchlBgih afield , off Store .. Street , for something which he appeared to . have lost . j The ; of ^ qer went . up t ^ and questioned the man , who at first seemed remark » biy taciturn , andlndljp ' psed to answer questions , ' but at last hegathere ' d tha ^ the ' feilow ne ' was ' adliress ^ ng ' ' had tbat morning been engaged ia an up- ' and-down fight , ' Larioa . shire fcihioo , aa'd that he' was looking for one jof hh ears , wbiclvhisantagonisthadbUoff ! Commlseratinj the poor wretchj thepoliceman assisted him toleok lor his ear , whicb , after , a while , be found , when tbe offieer strongly ad y ised ' hlBa to appear ' at the Boroagh Oentt next morning , ' ^ ' apply for a warrant against' the brute who had so maimed him . 'Noa , poa , ' rejoined the fellow , coolly depositing his stray ear in his waistcoat pocket , aw ' st do now ' t at . sort ; it war a fair , gradsiy stand-up battle , an aw want notherlaw aor warrant , '
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¦ /; :: ' ; '• IVtlmft ¦ : '• r ' -. ' - " fb ' . " . ; ' = ., TBIAL ^ AND ACQUITTAL OF MEIWIILIAUB . , On Thursday , Mr Wjlliams , partner in the proprietorahip ' aud , | he , puwuher ' of ^ Q 'TBminiKi was tried for the articles in that paper , on ' whiah Mr Doherty had been , oonvioted . ' The trial was not oloBed on that day , and was resumed on- Friday . Judge . TorrenB summed np , and the jury retired at a quarter , past two o ' clock , and at , | half-paafcr fonr retfarhed . into , the box , bringing the issue paper , w ^ th them , which the foreman handed down to the'Clerk of the Crown / , " . "'" , •¦;¦ '¦ " ¦ ' «¦ ¦ ¦' ' " •"• ' ¦ mi a . ' . -. The natnes of tbie jury having been called over , .
' 7 'h . e Clerk of the Crownsaid—Gentlemen of the jury have yeu agreed . t » your verdiot ? . „ , (] , ¦ ., .. foreman ' -r ^ e . ] ia , je . ..-,.., ' . ., ' .,, { ... „ . ' . ' , „/ Clerk of , the . prown ( reading the issue ' paper ) . — Yon say ' the ' prisoner ia guilty ot beirig the pub < Usher of tke newspapers in question ' , but not guilt ; of the intents'tp depose the Qaeeri or to levy war . ; . Foreman . —That is our verdict ., ii ,. l > . ,. , ; :., ¦ , , < , . Mr FerRusou . —That iaaverdiot of not gu ilty . ; , Judge TorrenB . — . Gentlemen , the issue aent to y 6 u to try was ag , ^ the fntentionsoftHe . prisoner ; . ' . the faot i f f publication by hitn of the articles in ^ aeation having been ¦ already establiahed . If you aro ' of opinion tbat ; tbe prisoner did not ' entertain the
intestions ao frequently ; put to you as inferences from the articles yon are to say 'Not guilty ;* if you think otherwise , you . are / . to aay ' . Guiltj . '' ; Tour . present verd ct is inoonsiatent in itaineuibers .. '' Perhaps you hkaoetteVretire . '"'' " = " ¦ " ¦ ' " -i-v ^ -i '' ft :: i- ¦ . --; [ A ' iJurtr ;—If we -believe that the ' articles . ex * pressed , the'intentions of the prisoner we are , to find a verdict of ! guilty , and if we dp not we are . to find a verdict of not guilty . Is that what we- ' are to do ? . Jridie . TbnenB . r- ' PKitty muou . to that effect . Tfleissqepa ^ er w » g . then handednp"tb the'jary , who j retired to tfi ' eir rabm ; Sdortly alietffardsaliey . came out again , and ' : •; : . " i-i ,- ; ¦ ¦ . ¦;<•¦ . . ; , , \
L The Foreman said . —My lord , thejury cannot agree to any otherverdjot than . that which , they ^ liave already brought , m . . . . . . - ^ •¦ :. . j . Mr Ferguson ' . —Then I pray your lordship tb receive ttatwdirtj * "" •'" ¦ y- ™ - ' - * " ¦ -i . ; . i ¦ .,: ., ; , : JudgeTorreils , —Thef '( i 6 urt will not receivefthat . verdiot . If the courfrias not thoroughly explained to the jury , anything wh \ qh it is , necessary that they shottldubdergtand ^ they . wiUba kind ' enonga'Vsay 1 bo . ! The charge ' againat the priBoner is' ; that' he ' pub . lished those ; articles with tha in tea ttom asoribftd to himin'fteindicVme ' ni ir'Mybuaile ' ofopinionihathe puDJighed'tbe newspapers in question withont having tho ^ e iritentionspyoa- onghfcto Bay , ^ ofrgnilty . * ,. If Ton are of opinion tbat ha published them with those
intentions ,. jonQaght to , aay 'Guilty . ' It is late ' jio j W , and-we have-Had , ; a ' . very exbau 8 ting ' day , ab goto your rooms , ^' arraTejnrn your verdiotone ' way . oranot ' her . ! ' : ;( : - ¦ ' ''' *••>*¦ ¦•' -i < : . -. '¦ ¦ . ,, ,- ' . - - , ¦; Sir Colman ' -G'Loghlen . gubmitted that ' tKe court was bound to take the verdict in thejsay in whiqh tbe jury had broagbt it in . It was a clear principle ° ? i '' Vi ^**!* ' W had . » "gbtto returnWapeoia'l jerd i ct , ;/ . " ' ¦¦' , ¦ '¦"¦• • ¦ ¦¦ "i . i i ;• : . *•; -:: ^ udge ^ Torrens . ^ That . was no' special verdiot . As at present-advised , - Sir ' ' Colman , we cannot reoeiVe the verdict . .: . r . v ; j :: ;! '; ¦ ;¦]¦ ^ Sir » Colman-O , 'Ji 0 gWe ; 9 . —^ a only , , ask youtiord-*> P > take ,. alnote that a verdict had ; beenfouridin i
. those . term ^ by the . jury . V ' ""'" ' ^ - - ,,. ;^ dge ; rorrenif . i . dh , ; certainly , we will do that . u * iT ^ l 01116 ^ 6 eneral wd , that thei jury should either ffndaverdiotofguiHy or not guilty .. ' . . ' > Sh « tly . afterwardB the High Sheri ^ , . waa sent into ™ £ 9 r * Wi : fe . »««« i ! ejii " there was any probability pf the . Juryagreein ^ and on hia return ne gta'ted that ' they would be . m bourt in five minutes At five S ^ : P ^ . ^ 0 ' ^ ^ e Jury again oameinto the box , and the foreman then' handed down the issue paper . ' ¦¦ •— . ^ -x . . , :,, ¦; ... . , ; -. - ; iThenamea of the jury having been oailed over . ' i : The . Cleikof the Crown read from the iuTpaper ¦ Not guilty of the intents to depose the Queen > to levy war ., , . . im . V Judge . Torrens-Hand back the issue paper to the [ jury ;; Ifyourvgrdiot is * m guilty / gKemen , youmHBt'stnkealltheother words , Bave thoae , out 01 tuO uDulIJfl |« ¦' - ¦ ¦ . , , . ¦ ' , ' '
« 'i Xh"T Wi !! . yout ^ ' P Ptaw to "peak out . Spme of the gentlemen cannot hear you ' j Judge-Torrens-I spoke very loud and very distuwtly . wjou are to say whether tba party ts guilty er not . . According to your apecial verdict von don ' ' a ^ ^^ hini gu ^ , therefore yi ; ought A Jnrerj-If we bel } eve him to have been the pubhsheroftheTaranSi 5 ; do 6 Sthat ^ mpeu ; ^ ffiad TnFl ^ 2 . % *; f" ***? - * * indictment ! i . * l dg . e u To n 8 ~^ hat d th «> fe yourself after all that haajjeeusaid on the subjeot ? ( Uaghter ) Unless youifind averdict soon you' must to shut np for the night . , : ' '" " ii -i j : ¦
The jury retired again . After a lapse of five minutea they returned to their box . At ten minutes past five the issue papar was handed to the Oleik ot the Crown , and [ tfeo names of the jury were oailed . Clerk of the Crown-Gentlemea of the iury , have yon agreed to yeur verdiot ? J J ' Foreman—We have .
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Clerk of the Crown-You « ay not ' . Not guilty . * ( Applause in the gallery , whioh wai immediately ° M ? Ferguson applied that Mr William * might be Judge TorrenB—In a inonient , if you please , gentlemen-wben the court codes to disch arge the gaol . The correspondent of tho'MouwHo Hebau > B » y ;! — MrWilHaB 8 , when . digcfawge 4 from , the , dQ 9 fein Green Street ,, walked deliberately away to pay Mb rSpects | b { Beveral friends in thejoheerful parts rf the city , and having duobarged ^ JB duty as " fat' u the mrcnmBtaticwFof ^^ t ^ ^^ W ^ hmr toturned to Newgate and . knopked at tb . g , ^ h ^ f , wirt jiU tte anthori « j& . i > |«> a « f , m : ^ J »«» W \ ! i ^ . § tot wa « there , sir ? , asked the turnkey . ... To « bm »
Mr W . replied . 'I desire Hi Spend thie ni ' ghtin 'my room , and iri ' tbe company of toy friendsiifirstly , for the sake 6 f their society ; arfd gecondlf , ^ because all myclotheBatd dressing materials are . tbere . Inthe morning I shall leave / The ; rfiauest :, wag , . wfaged , and Mr WilliamB walked awayspparentjy much . dis . aP Thia little snecdote ia give ' n ' a ' s 'ah answer to a r ' amonr that . Williams ran awsy from Dublin ' the moment he w » b discharged ' from the custody of tbe gaoler of Newgate Jeayinshistatra wearing appatel and dressing case still in his cell ., It is quite clear the gentleman does not appf ehend arrest under' the HabeaiOorpni'Apt . ' ;• ' •" - ..:.:-: ! .:.-, ' BEHTHNOfe tJPW MR KBVIN IZOD O ' DOHBRTT * !
Mr Kevin IzodO'Doherty was then placed at the bar : " j ¦ " ' ' ¦ ' ' - ¦* ¦ ' ¦ ¦ \ . Wiiilrrt Judge Crampjon addressed the prisoner jat ; some length , Btronglyjeprpbating what he . oonaidered' a mipobievous and wicked ' abaae of the pw «^ , ' cduclud . ing thus : —I Aiuit add ^ thaji r have ' never wad any publication more dangerously * wicked' arid / cleverly designed to ' e ' xdite' rebellion - and' revolution than theie wbioh have ' emanated from-yba . and of which you bave been ascertained by ' the verdict of your jury to be the guilty , publisher ., Under these circumstances , the Court i p called on . to pronounce on y ' o ' tt the BehtenoedfiraDBportationfortenyearsV - ' ' ¦ ' : r Mr O'DoherTy said-May I be ' permUted to say a fewiworda , mylord ? ' v ' H' ' .- ¦¦( .: - ,.,. -,, <
Judge Crainpton—We have , no objeptien to-your sajing something , ifit be not . anything * inconsistent with what it is our duty ; to listen to , oonsidering the biroumstancea in whioh you are p laced . '' : , '"' " / Mr O'Doherty—I have' been placed in the dock for the third time , after two jdries of my fellow citizens had refused ro decide against me .. I bad hoped that my pereecutore wouldhave been more sorupuipus , and . that , in attempting to uphold their laws , they would not have violated every principle of jusfice ' -f- , ¦• ' - ; ... " ... ...-. J | ddga Cramptotf—I thuBt . tell youtbat we feel great ' difficult y in preVea tingyoufrom ' faying any . thing ; , but if yon mean tocast imputations on the Gi ) vernmenf'a * 'd thi ? law «! - — ; . . ; . -. . ' ¦ < iti Mr OfDoherty—Ido not wish to <» Bt
imputa-. any tions . If you hear jme out , my , lord , youwillfinn"I do not : The Attorney General' stated Jn the coune of my trial that thre ' ^ Roniati Catholics had been set asidefromithe . Jary —•'( i-f / ilo ' . v [; , -,..-.. JudwCramptbn—I cannot hear that , . .: ' . ( . Mr ^ Dp berty-Well , I will , not preM itjllufr , really I think it a very hard case that I cannot be permitted to , refer'to facts that I think haveprejudioedjmeverymueh ? ¦ ' T < : - ' '¦ - ¦ . '• -. ; : " /¦ ' Jddge Crampton : Ton may say anything that will be rueful to you * but if you wgintO i CSB ^ oblo «[ uy ,, or tomakecomp ! ainUof thejcpuraewhichna 8 been pursued , the Court Tr ^ H not hear you . " ¦¦ '""" ¦ ""¦' ' "' , Mr t ^* Db ^ er ^ r ' ; I do not 3 eiire to do bo ' , but merely to raention a matter of fact . Aa ' the Attorney General
mentioned , the faot which I allude to , ' I had been desirous or putting ihe matter im its . touflilight ^ how . ever ; iI ( wiHnot , makeany ; furtherobi ! eryaiion 8 qnthe aabject . I would feel obliged if I were permitted to say a . fewwords a ' atpniy mb ' ttyeB . an 'd teelisgs . "¦ Jud ^ e Crampton : Certsilnly . ' ¦ -- - vs ' - " ; ' Mr O'Doherltf : I can lay , with perfect trotn . that I had put one object in view * : Idid . feel deeply for theBufferingaofmyfellowoonntrymen > andrdesired , I confesi i , by all jnenns conaiBtent / with , " a . manly and hpnoui able res ' utance tb . putan e'i ^ d tojttiat Butfenng . It is ,, v > ry trlib , and I will confess \ t , tffat'Ide ' aittd an open r reBiatanoe ¦ of 'the ' ' people to ' tbe government whidh j in my judgment , ehtftiled''thoafr Bufferings . on them . I : used the terms J' honourable reeUtauce , ' in order that I miffhfc Mfnr in fATTrt « nf'Ui « Rti ioin ( reBtduvivivvufivi IU wiriun UL kllC
. a wigufi i ^ or quiuu ^ oouuii approyal , to oae . of ,, the , articles broaght' forward agaiHat , me , in jWhich ' the writer of it made kiraggestion of throwing f barring hoops or the soldiery . I never saw that article , ribr did I know anything about it until I read it in tke paper -and I did not bring the only person who could prove that fact on the table , because he was the writer of the article ; and I knew that ingoing so . I would be onl y at your c 6 urt houae doors banding him ' oVei ' to the ' law . With respect ' to myself , I truat I sbbII be enabled to bear the sentence of the jury with all the 'forbearance due to : what I believe to be the punishment of twelve conscientious enemieato me ; and to endure the wrathof the government , whose moathpiece they were ,, with all'dae patience . But I never will ^ cease to deblore the
unhappy destiny whioh " cave me birth in this wretched country , and compelled me , an Irishman ; to take my stand in the dock , and receive at your hands a felon's doom for discharging , what I conceived , and still conceiyei to be my duty to my . country ., Hei ; e Mr O'Doherty was about to retire , frem ; the bar , when he stopped , and added—There Were inquiries made by my ficienda with respect ' to tbe matter of fact to which I bef ire alladed , and in ' oonseqnence I had felt it my duty to do justice to myself aa well as to my Roman Catholic fellow . conntrymea . . The nameB of thejurors who jrere etrnok off are mentioned , in this paper / and , instead of three , I find there are— ' ; v . Jcdgo Crsmpton : This ia a ' matter unoonneoted with the . drooeedingH ; - ¦ '¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦¦> ¦ : J ¦ . - . ' Tfc « prigbner then withdrew from the dook . Jnaue Torrena : Is there any other case to be dispose ! I of ! , ,, , ' . , ,-, ; r , ,,, V , ,..: _ . . ¦ .. ' iThe Attorney General : fro , mylord . : i Judge Crampton : Mr Williams is to be diioharged
immediatelyT - ™ - :- ¦ """~" r "¦ ^ v - - mi ^ 'jra ^' ww ' aocordinBiy-libeifated forthwith . , ' ¦ Tt e coinmiBSion ' was then adjourned until the 12 th of Djoember , at eleven o ' clock . „ , ' , ( ., Tl e sentence upon Mr O'Doherty was / not expected to pa bo aeyere . . He ia an extremely young man , not more thaff twenty-two , aad his hiph character for hnmaBity and ' tjfereobmmendation of the jury induoed the publio fo ; believe tbat thongh ' the sentence would be b ivere the puniahment wouldiinot bo '; nearly approach thatlof . those ' jwho preceded him in hia career . : MrD . oppr , -TWhile , thejury ' were deliberating otithe case jof Mr Williams , ' Mr Butt , made an application i bahalt or "Mr Bnuj 'iw an order * s to his oustody , w hich . was rendered teoessary by the postponement of ' hia trial . ' Tbe Attorney-General , however , refused to iaterfere , and Mr Daffy wasjleftinhia old quarters . r . . . ,... ., „ . . ;! ,. ,, (» ., . ' , " ' . ' . ' ¦ . '
Libbbahok op Siatk PEiaoxEaa . —The Lords'Jus-C 98 held a meeting of ; f he Privy Council last Saturday , whea leave was granted to take ball for the ap- pearahce of the foliawinj ; political priaoners . ' who are confined in Dublin ' ' and ' elsewhere for . treasonable practices , viz ,: Eugene-, 0 'Reillyj James M'Kenna , bhn : D 8 iCourceyjYoung ,- JohnhRuasell . Jamea tusaell , Patrick Corvan , J ^ mes Q'p > ihnell , Laurence Gahagan , Patrick Conway , George Wh ' elah , 'Nicholas ' fagle , | Miobael , Dohertyi- Robert C * ve , Richard Daltob , EdwaVd'Egain , John Hiokey , 'Patrick Danne , . homaB Hennessey ; Anthony-O' Ryan , Thomas ParkerjO'Fianagan , and Robert Lambkin . ; OBj . gatur-, diy morning , an ^ order / . waa ; received , at the ppunty oi ir
Kiwf ( LimeriCKj tor ., iine o ( aouargB »« wu » ru D * lt 6 n , of Tipperary , one of the -political offeBdera , on finding bail hunielf in £ 100 , and two suretieB in £ 56 eaob . ' "An oMe ' riaexpected toidmit'tOJibail Mr Thp ^ aaCM'Nainara , ' solioitorj of . Rathkeaki and , Mr Wiiikm' HMtnettioEiNaweaBtle / The other . politicjkl offenders remaining i in ; cuBtody are Mr , Richard P Shaughnes 9 y ,, of'Rathkeale , grocer , and Miobael O'Neil , ' 8 tQn 9 mas 6 D > ''' ''" " ¦ ' : ' ; ' ' ' v ; ' ' ¦ WMPj * WWt ^ m- ^ i ¦ ¦ Givkh tDofyi in aletterWtue'lP ^ em ^ ' / Joi / rMB ^^ xplain B . the okr comstance of bis bankruptcy , whioh was , he says , cauaed bviacrPditor who ; would not be satisfied with
the arrangement yeatiBg hia property in truswes , jyughthese . willpayallhia . debtainfull . ' ' , " TpB'WaiTs P 3 ? ' EaBp ^ -tfu ^ be ' Court of Queen ' s Ben ob ; op Mondtiy ; ' Mr Smjlly , epunaelfor ' tbe crown , applied to have a ' writ ' ef habeas corpus issued , to bring John Martin : into court , for the ; purpose of assigning errors , the usual certificate having been lodged in the proper office . The court granted the ' application , arid . Tharaday next was fixed ' for the purpose . ' It is not yet known whether the arguments in > the case of Mr Smith O'Brien can be heard this term . Nothing has yet been done in the matter . A pfelBSl ' S HORSE BOLD FOR BON-PATUENT 07 POOR
.- ' j . : i :,.- ... ;; -. , ( .. > BATH 8 . •/ :.- . r , : ,. . ! : The ' jpoor rate co ]! eotor . of the Longford Union had osoasion to lay a distress fornon-payment ofhis rate on aocys stacks ofioata . the propexty o £ a Mr ' ParreH , of TartnoBbarry . The coadjutor of the . parish , ' the Rev . Mr Farrell , and brother to the defaulter , on hearing the affair , went ' to ' the lands to remonstrate with tbe collector . Having alighted " lroiti his horse to visit the family , it was immediately aeiz ? d upon by the collector , and sold for : the poor rates . The reverend gentlemen , endeavoured to prevent tho sale , bat be was told that he had po redress , aa allpropertj found en the premisoa was subject to the poer rates . —Wesimeath ; Giidrdiam ¦¦' ¦ ' ¦ "' . i . : •¦ ¦ -.
' Dabino , Muhder' Aii p Robbbrt , —Oh' THur ' aday morning ,: between eight and nine o ' otock , as Major-Phibbs , staff officer of pensioners , acoompanied by Sergeant Grant ( whoaotedi as his clerk ) , were procted . in 8 ! Oiiaoa . rfrflm , thi 8 town to . Rpaoreai lor Mik purpose , of hsuing ; out . the monthly ' pay to the oufc ' - pensionefB in / that dwtriot } they ' were attacked at Clbhkelly by apar ' ty of sixoreigKt men . all of whom ^ ere armed with blunderbueaea andt > istola . The party atopped the > oar , ' presented arms , and demanded money . Poor Grant , having hesitated , to comply , one of the ruffians fired ; the oontenta entered his heaft and deprived him of life in a few rn . omen . t 9 t The banditti then oampBlled Major Phibbs to give up bis cash box , contain ngd 6180 in small notes and Bilver , with whioh they decamped . The Major then had the
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body of Grant placed on thectr and drove to the Military Barracks , whioh it ritute about a mile from tbe scene of the outrage . ' Information of the attack having reached tbis town , Sab-Inspector Duncan and a party of police immediately proceeded in the direction which the asflisajne had taken , and searched the country for several miles around . The tarl of Rosse , with the local magistrates , and several of thnrespeotable inhabitants , alee soon followed , together with aBouTfiflO men ' oTtBTBWh'liBl 89 l ! lr 1 tBgiment « . " Adiligent , but as yet ineffectual , search was made for the assassins , though it ia reported that the police . haveobtoined . Bomeclue to the marderera . — £ ?«/* County Chronicle .- ^ PoufmtaF feroeiouB'lobking " tellows , handcuffed acro « sj « uatfngcar g , have been lodged ^ ^
in the Boiria . in-OswrybndewelU These four persons have been afreeted for » hobtingSerg « ant Grant on Thursday morting ; At the time of arrest , they had their Hares paid for , Dablin at the Balljbrophy station . The sergeant ' fired one shot . ' ' After the robbery tbe ei ^ ht men'diyideld the booty between them . One of the four fellows' naebeen already tried for shootiDg at'Gonnnr « , Bt » w » rd'tO ! Mr Whiter of Oharleville , and also for ijonapiracy to v murder , Mr White himself , but escaped on aooorint of .. the jury having disagreed three times . —Zetrwar Exprut . r- ^ The . government has oSereda' reward' of , £ lOO to 'di ^ cover the offenders . " ' 'i' ' - ) V ; - ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : - ¦ ¦¦ " MtmniK of Ahothkb Baiutf . —Denia Cosgrave , driver to'Mr Browne , agtnti ' and magistrate ,-of
O'Brien ' sjBndjgifrWMi foipMridead i near . B ; diun , epnr . venient to his house , about four , o ' pl pok . on Toeaday . His head wu dre&dlullj abittered . ' He was put into pbigeBsip'ri aotse time since of a'farin from " whioh a man earned D ' enia O'Brien was evicted by . Mr B-owntt I Deiiil O'Brien and bis two sona were arrested on BUBpioion by ¦ constable Moran , of the O'Brieti'i Bridge Btation . A eoroner ' s inquest was held on Wednesday . —iiwertdb ^ ffffimifier . ' , ' , ' Poor Law—NomerecB instancea of tbe - hirih operation of the hwaM ' c |) mJiig '' to ; li « h ti ' Last week an in ' qdest waa'Keld on th ' e ; bod y ' of a man who was raid to have travailed fre « B » llingatry to Newcastle , county Limerick , three times , to obtain relief from the vice-euardiansof the union , huswas unsuflcesaful .
A verdict inculpating those gentlemen was returned Tbe Limerick papers contain a worse case--ithat of a ohild starved t 6 death ) and )» wrresporiding vetdiet retarDed . ¦ It appeared i § evidence that thttgtand , mother ef this child , inwhoae care it was , had gone two journeys toNew « stle--forty . Irish milea going and leturningT-iand also fair jqurnejs to Ballingarry —twenty-four Irish mUe ' s—to ' . ' atterid the levees of the relieving offiber ; of net du'irJot ; ' bnt ' was tmsacoessfol eh each oectsionin having her claim investigated . Odreturnini ; hdme from herlast viiit to this officer , the' old woman was ' overtaken , by , the storm which raged onthe 27 tu ul ^ and to add to her misery , wet unable to approach any . housed for shelter , owing to the darkness and paucity of dwellings in the digtrioti . ., Nexf sabrninganjhhibitanf found the old woman and the ohild in a field—the woman senseless from ' exhaustion , and the child ( six months old ) dead
in her arms . ¦¦ !< h <\ * < ¦¦ ¦¦ , ' ) "> .- ); -, ; - ,, / Si , ¦• -., : > PrjBub Health;—A clergyman of one of . the most extensive Roman Catbolio nniclna of Dublin states , that the ; health of the poorer elassei is . this yeaV more than o ^ dinarily ' gaiJa . ' NbVonly is there , hesayg , leu aiokness ' than at'the ' rjorremtonding period of the last thr ^ e yean , but he aeter ; doring a ; comiderable ejperieBco . cn this miaijoD , wmemberaless . ¦ . Above all , the ^ eseems to , beao abqenbe of those symptoms whioh are said to precede cholera among ; the . poor . ' The Wmi op Ebme . —The initiatory proceedings upon the " writ ' of error iB ttd ' '&tae of -Mr- Smith O'Brien will be raised before the jadgea io& > Wednu . day , the 15 th ? n » f ? . - . Ifc ( £ a ealeglated that the argument will not occupy the court Beyond the ' second day . The decision of their lordships ; " whatever-it may be , will apply equall y to all the prisoners capitally convicted atthe Special Commission in Clonmel ., ! ; ,
' " ! DI 8 CHAHGK'OF CI , DBBISIS . The government / says tho ' Mobnjns Herat , ]) correspondent , 'is discharging thb dlubbists of the aeoond order—as " tHe orators ' ' ¥ nd ( ' Organisers are usually designated M eoritradiatiriction -to the presidents , drillers , and av « wed red republieaos , agaiuBt whomBtrongicaaesareallegtd . . Mr Eagene O'Reilly has been discharged . on giving bail to appear ihen called uponl : Mr Robert ^ Lambkin Was released from Cork gaol on Saturday , ; and Several other clubbists in that city erpect the'benefit of the amnesty ; which' is daily problaim « d'at Dablin-Caatle . B ^ Thb FcGiTivtf'LttDMS .-j-The followini } incidents in connexion With the escape of Messrs , Stephen ? and Dohenyarefarflished by . the Iiuibics Ehminbr
— 'WEenMr . Steph ' ena had taken hia ' exit from the oollieriflEi , he directed his wandering footsteps toTip . perary , Buffering from a wound , hehad received in the aide . He reaohedTipperaTy early in the night , and , having dieguised ! himself , walked ; np and down the streets , thinking to meet with some kind friend , who might assist him in his misfortunes . Be met with Borne . He called at the Uouie of a reapedtable fsmily in Tipperary , but itiijl of course , ' received him coldly , aware of the penalty ef the law . Poor Stephessrhowever , made tho beit ! of his way out of town , ; accompanied by friends , who shared his dangers and misfortunes for the night .. They slept with him in astackof hay . Next morning he disguised himself as a poor abholar , ' and made for the
Comraerajh mountains , whereVpe ' ruyenture , he met hia old friend Mr DoheBy , who had assumed the character Of aOBohoblmaater . Both ' aohoolmaaters ' lived j in- the Cammeragh mountains for some weeks , baffling the police . 'It is stated that a policeman once-gave , Mr Stephens a few pence , suoh wa 3 ' his ; . forlbrn ippearanwi being , of coarse quite ; ignorant of 'his ' identityi -The took of thefngitiv « s'wg 8 at last ; however , found , and im « mediate separation wa ? deemed the only alternative t ^ BeBuretheaafetyof botb | They parted ; MrDobeny for Cork , and Mr Stephens for Wateirford . ' The his . tory of Mr Dolieny'g escape toTariB baa already been to'd-that of Mr Stephens remahiBWbe narrated . It is said that hediBguisMi'himself in the costume of a
woman ; hehad ' a'feminiaeappearance ; and , having lingered away some days in Waterford . waamet at last by a . friend , who gave him money to travel to England or France . ' With' great courage and cleverness he crossed the channel , leaving his enemies behind ; and having travelled by railway to Dover took a passage tickeMor Boulogne . ; 'There he wag detained : a prisoner'by the English authorities in France , and was isabseqnentir [ liberated by order of tbe Republic ^ ¦ . It is said that he instituted an action against the English ' authorities for false imprisonpent , and received £ 50 to compromise the proceeding ., THeendofaHpoor Stephens ' smisfortues and dangers waahis arrivalinPani , where he is now in the National Guards in the rank of an officer ^ THB , PKBSBCOTION ' SHUtBOOK ' -i- CONVICTION OP O ' BOHEaTT—MRC . G . DOTJT-THB IBAIIOB HUTCHIN 80 N—SOCIAL ANABCHY . * ' , , ' ' i . . .... [ Fromourmu » OiHrrje ^ ondoiU ) ' , ' '¦ i ¦ , ¦• ' ..-: . V Dublin , 1 ; h November . For ocoe in the campaign of forensio vengeance the At t 6 rney-General has beeh , unhorsed , and [ the proseoutibn dTRiohard Dilton Williams ' has failedi This is a source of great triumph to the people , for Mr Williams waa deservedly « favourite , and in proportinn'to thesatiafaotitfOflfthecoantryHO is tbe . ohagrin ! and vexation of , the ^ Whiga . Mr- William ' s was one of the conductors of tholata TftmphK newspaper , buthis popularity and literary reputation rests more onHiainimitablepoa'tioal contributions to the Na-Tid . ' ^' de r the'Blgnatureof AShamrock .-I i Theseparticularly the seripa . entitled ; ' Misadventures of a Medical' Student '—wei-e ; rare things in their way . 'For wit , 'point / . terseness , .. and ' genuine Irish frolic .
they were deaervedly esteemed , and , 1 question if there be , at presierit , any oMr man in''Ireland eapable of' anything at all bo good , in the : v / ay ef . comic poetry . ' Mr WilliamB is a credit to Ireland : kis lo ss ; would be a national one , end his triumph over dirty Monahan and the Whigs 5 s a causei of delight in every , circle outside the CiwUegatea . ' ' '' ¦> •¦ ' . n iPebr Kevin'Izid O'Doherty has not beetf so auocessfuli ' though he'fought the battle manfully to the last- ^ he was worsted . His sentence ia ; transportation for ! tea yeara ,-r-aihard fate indeed , for one so joung , so { sifted , ' ao generous , and so confiding . ' llFa fate is mquraed by everybody , though peittainlyV he was far from Being ' aa well khbWn ; or aa muiih a favourite is RJDl William ' s . But , heverthelesB , he has tthe aympatbfdf'Irelaifd . ' andifihe tears' of a nation could wash out his' sentenoe he would never , oroas the seas
as a convict . . . , ,. ; 0 . G . Duffy will not be tried until the Bitting of : thb adjourned commisaion inDeoember' Mr Daffy has beepl badly treated on all hands . Even certain ' paltry parties here have' made him a ) bankrupt / and assigned him a "place , —• the hBt place on earth , ? to'nsffbu'owawords , ' wherean honest man-would wlah-to gee his name . ' -in jthe records of the Court o InBolvenoy . Mr Duffy , however , ia not virtually a bjpfcrant v . He ia well able and willing to meet ill claims , and he haa inatructed his ' lawyers-to » take tue necessary prbce 6 dioea to annul the deoree-whinh
nwkea him a bankrupt . Tho case will , come on for investigation on next Saturday , when a strange tale will ba unfolded on the occasion . The treachery of Hutchinaon , the policeman , who figurea ao disorsditably in the projeoted escape of Mr Duffy from Newgate , exceeds all I ever heard of treachery m this country . The newspapers will give a full history of this disgraceful business , but they do not come up to a tithe of the villany enacted b this traitor , .. If any man . eyer deserved the oppro . bnum of a nation . it ia certainly this monster HutohinBon . The conduct of Dobbins , or ' M'Keever , waa flngehc when compared with hia . :
fheaccountatroni the interior of Ireland exceed i heliefi Sooiety is fast reaolving itself into its original disorder , chaos ; and confusioa . Propsrty ia ' . i ! lISP eanil S . ? % »» the mountain anow in April a Bunshme , and even what little atill remaina is not seonre to its posaeasor for . a day \ Suoh ia Ireland . - ( The people are all paupera , and those paupera are all vegetating into robbers and assassins ; and , Plunder , and swindling , and murders , frequently forsake of pelf , are now beooming tha main features of society in Ireland . The people are determined to live the beat way they can , ' which , in plaio EngliBb caeanB , that they will take all they wn get by hool « r crook and thank nobody .
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THE REV . J . BARKER . We last week received a letter ¦ from Mr Barker , almost as long as tbe treat sea-serpent , in reply to one from Mr Geo . White , which ! appeared in this journal of the week previous . The letter is principally occupied with the author ' s views on the que * tions of' phyeieal vmus moral force ; the policy ef Chartist leaders , &o . ' We give Buch portions as seem to us to be confined to the question at issue between Mr , Barker and Mr White . Mr B . sayb :-Swrge White sayB , 'That at tha conclusion of my addreis at Bradford . Mr Robert ! brtoond thataDifenM ^ y ^**
and Tiottm Committee shtuld be eitsalishcd , iu aid of the families of the imprisoned Chartists , and that I ofc . jeoted ; and ssld , tbat the m>lng wai my meeting * , and ibat I would not allow myself to be idtatified with tbe OfawtlsU , ' . ; j : Hera are severalifalie etatamentt ,. It 1 « true that at the conclusion of my lseture Borne one propoied that a committee ihocld be formed to ralie fdnds for tha de . fsnee of the prosecuted Chartist * , and for the support of their families , but it is not true tbat I objected to tbe formation ! ef such a committee . I nelth « r did ebjeetj nor bad I the least dlspofftlon to object to the formation ofiacha commltteei
. Vor did I say tbat I would not allow myssli to lie Hekttflod , with , the Char tfits . How ' could Ii I have allowed myself te be Identified with tbe Cbartists from tbe bf ginning . I identify myself with the Chartists every day , ' ( I Identify myself wita the Cbartists in every politU ( GSl Ieetur ; tbat I deliver , and in every political tract I publish . I think It no dlshorieur to be a Cbattist . I think it no dishonour to be a' publlo advocate of Cbar > tUm . And George White knows , as well as I do , that this charge , , of objectmt ; to be idtntinei with the Char . tilts , ismt « rly false . '' ., -. ¦
_ Kor did I style the Chartists' phjilcal force men , ' I did net think them luob , I knew tbat niie-Unthi tA the Obartlits in tblsdistrici were moral-force men . * What . I did do was this ' ; when some one propoied that joint defence fund should be formed-for me , and nuinKer of Othets « rhd wtfa phjsloal' force men , I proposed that they ohonld forsa a separate committee fof th «; physical force men , and leave my f ( lends to form a separate committee for me . I made no objection to the j formatlon of a committee for the physical force prisoners 'What I objected'to wa « , a jolateommlttee for them ani me , ' ' ¦¦¦ ¦ - . " ' ' ' .: ¦ - =., t ; ¦ . . .. .. . „ . .
; George White refers to the sale of my tracts at tha meeting invocation . I , . 'would . ask , 'Is there anything wrong in telling traoti at a meeting , provided the trtets bt good , and tree , and cheap » Ooght not tbe loveri of truth and reform toendeaTo ' ur to aid the cause In every way they can V TWe Chartlst ^ n my ^ udgment , wonU ba vedone more gooi , if they bad done more la the way of multiplying and circulating thorough . golng d 6 mocnu tic tracts . . . ; , ¦ » ' ,. George White acknowledges in another part efhb letter , that I laid , the pBjsicsrforce menmight act for themselves . I ask ; what coali I do more ? I left them at liberty , theugh the meeting was my own , to makeuie of the opportunity it afforded thim of forming a com > mlttsefor themselves
The charge tbat I am disposed to hold up the unfartn . . nato-Chartlitprisonsri to government as legitimate ob . jeotgofpergecntlonlsbothfalsiisiid ' outrageous . Solar fram holding up the Chartlat prisoners to governmental legitimate objects of persecution , I , have done jait the contrary . - I have denouaoed the conduct of the govern mont in persecBttng even the physical force Chartist * , till they have ceased to provoke physical force by their tyrannlcarproceedings . I have declared , over an 4 ever again / beth innsy lecture * and pnbUoatlons , that the gorernment ought ito be asbameri of perascuttng any x « - former , however imprudent ; or extravagant he nay % e till they themselves have shown a disposition to do the people juitice . .. ' , ' " ' , ' '¦ '
I George White says , ' He hopes the people will not allow a sicoad Stephens to iwalloirup their lubsorlptloni , to the exclusion of others as well worthy thelri support / I answer , so far from ,, » lsh log to a willow up the Bakicriptloas of the ChartUt 6 ,. I hare never , bo much as-aakedfer a odbscrlpUoa frbn theiChartUt « , ' ond I never expeotto aikfbr onefrom them . Oq the c 6 ntrary , I have expressly recommended the Chirtitts to employ the whole of th « lr resources in helping their own pirUcalar friends , or the members of their owa association , and have deiired them to leave me to the support of others .
' I may add that I shall do what I can to secure jaitite even to the physical f irea ChattiBts . Instea « ef holding then'up to goverhnent ' as legitimate objects of perseon . tion ; I shall bold up the government as a legitimate oh . jeet of wprobation and loathing . Instead offeoldtag up the physical , force . Chartists as legitimate objects for government psrssontlnn , tha worst that I shall do towards them will be to sorrow over tbelr . dlitreu , and to aid them iu obtaining juatloe . As far as I have the meam , I shall contribute towards their defence , aud towards tbe support of their wives and families . ' Joseph Bixeei .
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; . ; THE ' SEA ' SERPENT . ' ^ L- iThe ' following has appeared in the Times : — _ 'Sir , —Aa gome interest . has been excited by the alleged appearance of a sea- serpent , I venture to transmit a few remarks on the subject , whioh yon may or may not think worthy of insertion in yeur columnB . There does not appear to bo a Bingle well mtheaticated instance of these monsters having been Been in' any southern' latitudes ; but in the north of Europe , notwithstanding the fabulous character so long ascribed to Pontoffidon ' s description , I am convinoed that they both exiBt and are frequently seen . During three summera spent in Norway I have repeatedly conversed with the natives on this subject . A : pariah priest , residing on Romsdal Fiord , abort tvo days' journey south of Drontheim , an intelligent person , whoso veracity I have no reason . to donbt , cavs mo a oircamitantiat aoflount of one which be
had himself seen . It rese within thirty yards of ( ha boat in which he waa , and swam parallel with it ftr a considerable time . Its head he deeoribed aa eqra * linga ' amalloaBk'm size , and ' iita mouth , which it repeatedly opened ; and shut , was furnished , with formidable teeth ; its neck was smaller , but ita bodyof whioh he supposed that he saw about half on the surface of the water—was not less in girth than that of a moderate aizsd hone / Another gentleman , in whose house I stayed , bad " also seen one , and gave a similar acosunt of it ; it also came near , his boat upon the Fiord , when it was fired at , upon which it curnedand parsnej them to the shore , whioh wai luckily near , when it disappeared . They expressed great surprise at the general disbelief attaching to the existence of these animals amoigat naturalists , and assured me that there was scarcely a sailor ao > onstomed to those inland lakes ,: who had not seen them at one time or another . , I remain . Sir , your obedient servant , Oxford , Nov . 3 . Oxwibnsm ,
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Dsath of a Genuihk Cih . t . —Died , on the 12 th of August , at Seymour , Newcastle * District , Upper Canada , at , the advanced age of 75 . Mr Dugald MaccoU , brmerly , of Kenmore i Lochfyneaide , Argyleahire . In addition to nobler and better qualities , Air Maecoll waa pOfBesaor of great Rtrength and oonrage ; and he possessed a rioter atore . bf ; Highland song and tradition than perhaps any man of his day . He was one ot the last in Argyllshire , of his condition of life , to give up the habitual wearing of the Highland garb . As a holiday dress- he : atuok toit long after it had ceaaed ^ to be worn by a } l others on LaohfyneBide . His strength of arm was . remarkable . On one occasion he engaged a few men to load a cart with some
halfdoz ; n barrels bi cuifed herrings . Although using & plank , it seemed as if their effort * would'never succeed in getting the first barrel in its plaoe ; and , inigrjant at their puny efforts , Macooll dashed aside their plunk , and with stentorian voice ordered theaft awkward sons of Siayphua to give way . Without hesitation he lifted barrel after barrel breast high , and flung them into , the cart with as mnoh ease aa others might bo many keas of . butter .: One of the . 8 pnj »' '' o'f the deceased is . Evan Maooojl , the accomplished author of the \ Mountain Minstrel , ' and also of ! Clareach nam . Beann , ' whiehlast places him at the head of our living Celtic bards . The poat ' has written aome elegant and muoh quoted verBOB on his father ' s eraigratiou to Amfti-i ^ a .
; . The ^ WontD-BE-EMPBKoR .-M . '! Bucmparte hia a , sad defect—he speaks French with a strong ^ German accent ; . Your , readers are r . o doubt avjate hat of all the barbarous mutilationa of the French lauguageiommitted by foreigners that of the ; Gcr'mica is , without exception , the moat abominable . ; The English , todi them justice , murder French ruthlessly ; but they are mild and merciful compared to the Germaria ; ' . Tbe German , fallow has no pityhe makes you shuddur And grineer Us dints ' aa he Speaks . Ho . turna b ' a into p ' a , p ' s into b ' i's into v ' a . v ' s into . f ' a , o ' s intog ' a , g ' aintec ' a , andao on ; « nd then auoh a vile accent withal ! Aad yet th »» ia the way MVBaonapatte speaks' ! Really the cltfeea must ha a bold man to be able to face the imment f ridicule whicb will assail him . Fancy him , for instance , when President , addressing my Litd N « r > manby , Che res 'is . Mosieu te Normanpy , la leddra te la raine Fiotnria afeo le blur orant blaiair . ' - ^' respondent of ike Britannia ?
bioaiAK Nt 7 N 8 i—An establishment of Sicilian naoi have lately purchased the Park Hotel , with m «« than twemy acres of land , at Norwood , Surrey , whwB 13 about to be enoloeed with a wall twelv * feet hi&o-Several Romish prieats and Bisters of the order «* located near the Bpot . - , Singular Cirobmstanob . — -Mr Mason , publican , * Park Gate , near Rntherham . haB in his possession ^ ewe ' Bheep , about two yeatB old , whioh has under en of its shoulders a fifth foot , pretty much corresponding in Biza with its other ' . eat . The ewe has had 009 lamb . It h Beldora that the eparkling diamond of a g «* estate , iB set in tho gold ring of a gracious heart . * man may be Rreat with Saul , and , graoeleBs ; nc& with Dives , and miserable . The richest men & oftentimes the poorest ; and the pooreat tbe ric ^ Many threadbaro aoulg may be found under tiW coats and purple robes . —Dyer . Enlistment for the royal navy has been suspended *
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THE NORTHERN STAR Nctember 11 , 1848 . J . , ' " ^ l ^^ J-l _^^^^^^^^^ s ^^ s ^^ si > sss «»« ia ^ ssssass ^ ss ^ ssMsMsslssssWsl » sssMPsPss ^ s ^ sMssWs » ssss ^ W — " " ' . ' . ' - ""' " "' lfc ^ - ^^^~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ " *• _^__ ^^^^ ~ 'I' ' ' " * " ~ ' ~~ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ rT ^^^^^^^ —^— mt ^ t ^—^ ¦ " ¦ ^ ' . j -, 1 , j . ., ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 11, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1496/page/2/
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