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BiEcrxioif tT Litimool . —The extreme penally of the law wii Isflioted on Siturday last upon Jaraei Ktllj , convicted * Mh » amicm * t Liverpool for the Border of B E ! Falkner , at H « aton Noirii . Tbsre wci an immense anmb . 'r rf persons present on the oocesbn . The criminal wis only ia his twen j . f » urth y « ar . His victiai , f s wlU bs ret »« ab « ed , was a jotmg woman with whom he Dai an intliuj . H « r friends , fcem some e » ue * , wer « opposed to th » oonmiioa » nd compelled ter to dUcenfnue iK He w * s ao exasperated tbat be sought an interview , and deliberately cat htr throat wiik a knife . Tba criminal waff employed a « a mill winder , the dc « -ase < as a parcel pitcer . From the moment of the murder he seem I to 1 are Vera esltten with the tieeptgi reraoree , a feeling wbioh continued n » to the d- raeiit of hie exttutlon .
Exicotioh at Toss — Oa Satarday la « tne lad Halkin was banged at York , for the marker of Either Ionian at Itteds . Tbe influx of str * njter » from Hdusfet , Lee £ s , and other parts ef the We » t Kldinir . was vecj great , and these contJsted for the moat part of per ««« s who hat been evidently walking daring the nuht , bbiJ who entered the city at en early hour , educing nnm « - takable eigos of tbe tS-. ct which the eeverity of the weather had had npon them . I ^ ag before tKe preioriota time groopsofp-nons were to b . seen venUce their way tothepUceof execu-fon . aai bj twelve doc * there conld not be less than 12 . 000 people ss » t mbled at the spot . At that hour the youthful criminal ( bisi age was only aersnteen ) accompanied by theBev . J . H . Sittea . wa » broirtt on to the p latform over the drop , and he there ia . lc down and prayed with pest fervour , which he evinced te tbe end of the nwfal rccne . The rev . grademan having perforoicd hi < last sad offices , he shock tbe lad by 'be > a = d , and ia a few moments tbe culprit's abort bat unfortunate career wai closed . After hanging the
usual time the body weg removed , aad will be interred wittrin the pr'ciccts of tb ; Rsol . Death fk x Excessive Deisxis g . — A circnmBtaace © ccurrad at tbe Mcsbrough station on Tuesday week , which has resulted in tbe death of enemas , and s second lies in a vtry dangerous state . A cask of gin S » viog fceea sent by railway was about to bo put into a waggon , "when it uncxp- ctedly rolled from the truck and one end of the cask was brok « n . Joseph Austin and a man of the name of Longden , two plate-layers , instantly fell to work , not to save but to drink iha gin , and they were joined by another man named Scott . Austin frank go freely that he died the same tight , ani Longden was with gS * at difficulty saved fro » the tame f&te . On the following day an Inquest was held on the body of Austin , when the jury returned a verdict of' Died from apep'ex ? , ptodnced by drinking ardent spirit * . ' Scott was taken before the magistrate * at Batherham and Scad £ 5 for neglect of doty , and Lsngden remains almost without hope of surviving the effects of his debauch ; but should he recover , be will most likely he prosecuted and fined for negleet of
duty . LoKltt ? , the receiver of stolen good ' s , who was appre beaded at Manchester a few dajB since , charged with bavins la his possession a sat of stolen oil paintings worth JEI 05 J for which &o : ordicg to h ' s e wn account be had givsa only * £ 2 13 s ., has been tried at the Manchester borough sessions , foned guilty , and sentenced to stren years ' transportation . The preceeds cf to less than eighteen robberies were found in Ms possession . A Good Sigh . —The walls are placarded is Manchester for power-loojn weavers . Sbmet . —Attempted Mdidm akd Highway Bcb . ssiy . — Ifr toTeland wa » at the Kiw Inn , Warp ' . esdon , oo Tuesday week , where he remained until about halfpast teTea o ' clock , in compasy with a person aimed Charles Hrpbnrn , whom he knew perfectly we'l by sight , and bi a riaitor of tbe inn . After tbe prosecutor had left the inn , aad was proceeding along the road to his own home , he waa pursued and overtaken by Hepburn ,
who , without saying a word to him , gave Mm a bios ? et the back of the head , which knocked him down . H « - tbea knelt on bis breast , and after trying to strangle him , struck him seven or eight times over the head . He cried ont' murder , ' and by tbe light of tbe moea be distinctly saw that tbe party waa Hepburn . Ha called bun by name , and beg ; ed of him to spare bis life , and he might bara all hs bed . The villain then , rifled bis pockets of all they contained ( 33 . 61 . only ) , and gav « him three mare felews on the head , saying at the time , There you , you won't tell any tales now . ' Mr Loveland pretending to be dead , the fellow made off , and returning again to the Few Inn , called for some more drink . Mr Lovelaad , as well as he was able , crawled home and gave information to the pollee . and Hepburn was apprehended , and oa the following Thursday was examine * before the magistrates , and fully committed to take his trial for attempting to murder , asd for having robbed Mr Loteland .
Extensive Bobbeit of Bills of Exchange from the Botheehak RAILWAY Stati&h . —On Tuesday evening week , a woo Jen box containing a large number of K 1 I » of exchange , to tba ataonntof between twelve and thirteen handred pounds , wai stolen from the Midland RaUsfcj Station , at Roikeihsm . Tbe property beknged to the Sheffield Basking Company . It Is customary for certain acceunt bix > ks to bs transmitted by railway in an oakea box from the bransh office of tbe Sheffield Sinking Company , at Rotherham , to the principal eita . fcllshment ia George Street , Sheffield , On Tuesday week , In opposition to the practice , thirty-seven bills of exchange for various sums were deposited in the box aleng with the books , and having been properly fastened , it was carried in the eveainj by a junior clerk ta the railway station , to fee forwarded as usual by train to
Sh ffeld . The clerk , it wonld seem was ignorant of the fael that the bsx contained aught of greater ralue than ths bosks ; for , on entering the station , and finding : that ths manager , Mr Bishop , was absent , he placed tbe I ) 3 S on tbe conntcr in lho coraer of the room where Octets are iBtned , and left it there , reljing on Mr B ; stop finding the box there oa his return , asd forward og It at U'ual . It diil net sa turn out , however , Tbe circumstance ef the non . arrival of the box at tbe Sheffield office was not of a nature to excite apprehension , and probably it was never ttoaght of again till tbe following Thursday morning , when tidings were conveyed to tbe manager of the Rotherham branch th&t the identical
box had shortly before been found in the river , by some men who ha 4 occasion to drag the stream eome distance below the Rotherham stBtion . It was tied np with a cord , the same as when despatched from tke bask . On being opened , the Vooka were foand in tbelr place , but the bills had all teen , abstracted . On lcquiries being Bade at the Botherham station , it transpired that the box had not been seen there at all on the Tuesday . I : was clear , therefore , that it had been stolen end . carried away ia ths interval between tbe clerk leaving it at thr ¦ tation and the re : nrn thither of the station manager . Tbe baak it in possession cf ercry particular respecting file bills .
A Wroow bobbed bt hee Beotheb ih ww , —¦ A man filmed Gregtan , apprehended at Burnley , on a charge of stealing 200 sovereigns bequeathed by a deceased brother to bis widsw , was brought before tbe Manchester magistrates on Saturday last , and committed for trial at tile next sessions . Chugs of Hdsdesirg a Wipe . — David Wiseman , a coachman , in the service of Dr Charles Bell , of Mosslej Street , Uanchecter , accused of murdering his wife , tbe particulars of which have already appeared , was dig . -charged on Wednesday week last froni custody , the corener ' s jury having acquitted him of the supposed crime .
Tbe McBDia of Jonathan Mat . —Many of our readers must recollect tbe murder of Mr Jonathan May , near Moretcn , abcat fifteen years since , and for the commission of which crime Buckingham Joe suffered tbe extreme penalty of the law . Another man , named Tarpin , was convicted as an accomplice , bat in consequence of certain representations made after the trial , tfifi sentence was commuted to traasportatioa for life . Buckingham Joe , before he was hanged , declared that bo had an accomplice , but that it was not Torpin ; and although every persuasion was aied , nothing could in . dace him to cosfeii who was ths partner of his guilt . We bave heard that a man named Avery , who was & celebrated wrestler ia this county ^ and who was transported in 1836 , for roibiog Russell and Co . ' a waggon , bas since died , but upon hia death-bed confessed that he had assisted in the murder , — Woofaer ' s Exeler CUzate .
Death bt Bnannrc . —On Sunday afternoan a widow , named Fiances Erley , 82 years old , who resided alone in a cellar in Iisetfr , was found , burnt to death ia her domicile soon after four o ' cleek . She had been seen alive by some of the neighbours after dinner , but no one beird any alarm , and no trace oonld be found as to how tbe burtlng has been caused . The coroner ' s jury accordingly returned a verdict of * Burned to deatb , bat by what means no evidence appears to the jurors . ' Tkade in Kilharhcce . —As is the invariable case at this le ison of the year , matters have been rather at a atand for tbe past few days ; prospects , however , are of a most cheering character . It is anticipated that an extensive and decided improvement will speedily takepkee in the printfields ; simultmeously with which a change for the better will be experienced by weavers , who , although executing the castomary amount of wotk for Glasgow and Paisley hoaiei , are not so bnsily employed by the local Manufacturers . A considerable amount of bainessit being done ia our carpet faolorleB , —Ayr Advertiser .
DasAEFUL Occdssehce . —A fearful accident took place on Sunday , in Chiogford Marines , by which oac person lost his life . It appears that three brothers , the sobs of a respectable drysalter residing in Hoxton , had left town by the first train for the parpose of shooting small bira * g , and about twelve o ' clock , having to cross a ditch t * o of the parly got over eafely , having handed their guns to eaoh other to prevent accidents , The third however did not do so , and imprudently held bis gun in such a manner that the muzzle pointed directly to his heart . Oa making the spring It would appear that the ejek taught in a twig or branch , and discharged the contents through the heart , the whole charge passing through with aa orlfioe not larger than a shilling . Mr Bidole , ofEdmontoH . was immediately sent for but before he arrived life was qnito extinct . ' the BiaEwnaAT ) DocKB .-Th » coalraef for these work , is aow complete , and before the end of the monta , if the w « aft ; r permit , they will be in foil operation .
FATAL OCCOKEHRCE IK FSESHWATES BiT , —An 80-palliog accident occurred ia Freshwater Bay on the 29 thBltimo , whereby three useful hands and hflHtlt luarta were . udd . aly harried inta eternity , frjm the effects of one of those unaccountable risings of the sea c * Jed sea grounds , or roller * , which , breaking npon our iron-bound com ; irfft neb dreadful Yiolenes , iavolve » u
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Whoaracpoathealn iievitabie distraction , although at the same time the water in tbe effing , and at a very short distasse , is comparatively oslm and smooth . The boiies , which were soon after recovered and identified biiorethe coronwind jmy , upoi an inquest hew on the 1 st Instant , at the Albion Hotel , F " » nwatfl ' 3 ' lay in the stables of tbe hotel . Their faces «"*»* ; fully dbfignrs * . aad their whole appearance folly »«» . attb . idea of the witness ef th ^ CfheavalanohS o ' f = t ^ s ^ = rs&S = K 25 » rasa - = " r was Klven -S-anuel Mot * : I live at Cowes I > n a "L . n tat net a pilot . On the 29 th ultimo we had h ^ en at sea and about ten miles S . tT . of the Needles we saw the Bopbroiyd barqae , bound for Calcutta . We toak her pilot out of her at his request , to land him at
Freshwater . He was a North Sea and Channel Island pilot , and stated bis name to bs Je'ep h Johastone . We took hia out and brougfct him Into Freshwater Bay fa oar vessel , and th » n we put him in on * small boat , a fourteen feet boat to pat htm on shore . Captain Jacobs sad Will ' . am Barton got int « tbe boat with him . Burton i * a first-class pilot , aad Jacobs was the master of tbe vessel , the Hero . I watched them as long as I coald »« e them , and then lost sig ht of them , I could see the coast , and people running about in contusion , but the s « a ran so high that I could not see them land , and was afraid something had happened . I was the only person left on board , and I could not get in farther owing to tbe ground swell . I hare identified the bodies . Barton has a wife and six eWldten . Jacobs has a wife and seven children , end Johmtene is a married man , hut I do not know how many children he has . —William Laagmsad examined : I am ebief boatman of the Coast Gasrd atatfon at Freshwater . I was on the shore on
the 29 th ultimo at Freshwater , between two and tbree o ' clock , Mi Clese by there I taw a email boat leave tbe pilot vessel Ho . 4 , and approach the shere . When I saw them near the shere , I waved to them to come nearer the watch-house , and land at ansther place , where boats generally attempt to come . They appeared to take no notlci , bat palled farther to the westward . In fact , two of tbe men were standing np and pulling ; 1 ran abraast of them . At this time the water was very smooth , and they lay upon their oars , as if considering . I hallooed and told them to come ia as fast as they cou'd , as there was no time to go round then . They lay about half a minute oa the bar , as if appointing where to land , and there was quite sufficient time to have accomplished it if they had come right on ; but by and by
one of those tremendous swells rose np in the distance , and I said to tbe boy , ' They most be drowned . ' They evidently taw their dangtr , and pulled the boat round with her head to sea , Ir a proper manner to meet it ; but on , on it came—a roller as high as this hotel broke end fell right down on the top of them . I saw their hats fly off in the wind , and the boat turned over like a cockle shell . I ria to the hotel for assistance , and sent ths boy for the Coast Guard men . Wo Iannebed a boat by tbe help of the women directly , but we conld not even succeed in keeping her in the water . The sea ragad to that degree that we had a job to keep faoid of the boat , end we should most certainly have been browned if we had got eff wtihin five minutes after tbe last man sank . I saw all three of them In the water ,
and I have no dcuBtbntthey were killed by the maBs of waters that fell npon them . The bar where the men were is about two hundred yards from the shore . The sea raged a long while afterwards . We launched ear boat again after this to go out , but could not succeed . We tried to go to Moth in the vessel . We picked np Johnstoae about fire o ' clock , and found a number of certificates In bis pocket , informing as who he was , and that be belonged to Peal . He had also a packet of ship letters , which I posted . He had eleven sovereigns in his pocket , and two shillings in silver , and a silver ring on his perssn . He appears to be about fifty years of age . The evidence being so thoroughly conclueWe , the jar ; had ao difficulty la returning a unanimous verdict of ' AccidentalDeath . '
The Mobdbb ih Wales . —There is every reason to believe that tbe perpalrator sf a most atrocious murder in Wales is now in oar county gaol upon a charge ef larceny , committed at Stowmarket . The particulars are aa follows : —On the morning of the ITih of November , Thomas Sdwards . farm servant to Mr Powell , ef Cwmgwydy , near Brecknock , was murdered , by having his braiaff beaten oat with an axe , by his fellow-servant , Thomas Williams , wbo Immediately absconded , since which time tbe Lord Lieutenant , and the magistrates , bave nied every means in their power to apprehtnd the delloqaent . In addition to this the Secretary of State bas sent a sergeant of the detective police to the place of tne murder last week , with fall instractionB to apprehend the accused . Whilst he was making inquiries on the spot a letter was received from Mr Johnson , the governor ef our coanty gaol , statiog that he had a person in custody answering tbe description cf Thomas Williams , who had been ooaamitted by the magistrates in
Stewmarket , by the name of James Griffiths , together with another person named George Middleton , charged with having stolen a plum cake from the shop of Robert Tricker , of Stowmarket . They were tramping the oountry together . Oa the receipt of this letter , Mr J . Wicher , of the London detective police , and Mr Powell , the farmer ulth whom the unf . ortaua . ta victim and the p > rsnn charged with the murder lived as servants , immediately started for Ipswich , and arrived on Saturday laft . at soon . Mr Powell was immediately introduced to the prisoner , anl at once , withant tho slightest heii * tatiOE recognised too prisoner as his former servant . Mr Powell was so muoh effected at the circumstance , tbat he was some seconds before he conld give utterance to his conviction . The prisoner changed ooloor , hnng down his head , and was perfectly silent . Many persoas have been tiken on eu ^ pieion f cr tbis Harder , and oae unttntte man , from his remarkable reiembiaace to the accused , has been apprehended five tunes . He at last applied to the magistrates , and obtained protection .
Fatal Accident . —On Friday week Mr B , C . Qalcko , S nior 3 eoondF .-fIow of New College , Oxford , died at his chambers . Mr Qauko met with an accident on Si Thomas's Oaf , on the Sonera Town road , Whilst driving In his nsnal steady manner , he saw a horse in a dog-eirt earning at full speed , and tbat the driver had no control over the animal . He turaed his carriage quite on the outside of the road to allow the coming vehicle to pans , feat by tozie means a . collision took place , and Mr Qatcke and his servant , as well as the two persons in the dog cart were thrown ont , Mr Quicke wbb found te be severely injured about the head . He was removed to his chambers , and , under medical care , progressed so favourably , that a week ago he was allowed to take an airing in a fly , and consequently the most sanguine hopes of his complete recovery wera looked for , antil a few days ago , wluo a change took place which terminated fatally . Mr Qaicke was in bis fifty-eighth year , and had been a Fellow of Hew College between thirty and forty years .
Pcblic Health cp Glasgow : —Cobious Fact . —At the annual meetlBg of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary on Monday last , Professor Thomson , in reply to a question from tbe Dean of Guild , stated that if they were to compare the number of deaths in the city and neighbourhood daring the past week with the corresponding wetk of last year , they would find that they were double last year to what they were l < ist week . A Sigh op raa Times—A recent Newcastle newspaper contains advertisements of Urty . five farmB to be let , containing upwards of 11 , 000 acres , to be entcrad oa at Lady Day next .
EMiasATieH . —The number of penons who have emi . grated from this pert daring the year 1818 , is as follows ) : —To Unit , ic States , 127 , 531 ; North American Colonies , 2 , 068 ; West Indies , 199 ; Australia , 268 ; Hong Kong , 14 ; Falkland Ielands , 12 . Total , 132 . 121 , LaBt year the number who emigrated to Canada was 30 , 000 , thiB veer only 2 , 000 . The Canadians , In their wisdom , imposed a duty , and thouch small , we gee its extraordL nary tSect . —Liwpwl Mernuy , The Tin Houbi Act . —On Tueiday at the Manehester Borooga Court , before Messrs Maude , Walker , and Sbarpe , tbe Messrs W . P . Clarke and Co , were sam « moned for a violation of the Ten Hoars Act , by allowing a camber of females over tbe age of eighteen years to work in their mill more than tea bonrs per day . There
were four iaformation * exhibited against the Messrs Carke . Tbe first was for hsviog allowed Sarah and Mary Wells to work more than ten hoars oa the 23 d of December Ift « t . Mr Cibbet , who appeared to prosecute , briifly s tated the facts of the case . Oa the 22 d of De . cembtr the two Wells's commenced working at half-past five o ' clock in the morning , and continued to work until half-past eight o ' clock In the evening , without any inter , mission , except an hour and forty minutes allowed for meals . They were therefore worked for upwatds of thirteen hoar * and twenty minutes . John Percival , wbe stated that he worked in the mill of the Meaers Clarke , proved ths charge , and his testimony wqb corroborated by other witnesses . Three other oases of a similar nature were proved 8 gainstthe MeBsri Clarke , and a penalty
of 50 s . in each ease was inflicted , with costs . The penalties and coits j wlll amount to £ 25 . The TA ? rfotrsE Mcbdeb . —There is every probability of the perpetrators of this horrid murder being brought to justice . Two men are ia custody , I at the principal , b&viBg enlisted in the 83 * . h Regiment , has te be bronght from Ireland , whither an tfficer has been sent for him ; it is said that he had concerted the plan of entrance for weeks before , and only waited to induce some one to jots 6 im ! n the cruel attack npon Mrs Holsan . All inquiries as yet are conducted very secretly . Since the above was wiittea , we have been enabled to learn that a icaa now in costody has confessed to havirg been present at the murder , which was actually committed by the man who
has enlisted . The one who confeises says tbat he held tbe light whilst the other searched the drawers , and that in one the ; found a croaked sixpence , which they did sot take for fear of its being marked ; they also t ' euad a gaviogBbank book , and en his companion looking at it he said , ' D—n the eld —— , we are come too late , she bas paid In all her money . ' JTow ii happens th&t when Mr B . Fulford searched tbe house after tbe murder , he fotftid ia a drawer a crooked sixpence , which he men . tioned at the inquest ; bat be did not mention that he also saw there the BaviBgg bank book , wblcu etearlj shows tbat the man confe sing bas such a knowledge of facts as it would be impossible to ascertain , except through a personal participation in the crime . —Devon . sKte Chroniele .
Glasgow . —Faiai Accident —A few days ago while a number of javeniles were amusing themselves on the Clyde , which had been partiall y frceen orer fer tome ays , ia thevlciaity of tbe Humane Society ' s House , a g ? rtioatf the ice suddenly gave , way . oa w&fob , four
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girls and a coy were standing , ana all ot them were precipitated into tbe water . Aa alarm having [ instantly been given by parties who witnessed the eourrenoe , two of tbe boys were rescued almost immediately , and the other two in few minutes afterwards , Whtn got out animation seemed completely suspended , and It was lot until active means had been adopted at the Humane Socletj's House , to which they were atonoe conveyed , that the boys first referred to gave anr signs of life . The measures used , howevor , proved eminently successful , and in a short time they were quite restored . In the case of the girl , death was tbe result of ths unfortunate accident . After the Icegave way she disappeared beneath the suifsce , and upwards of an hour and a half elapsed before her body was recovered . The name of the auffsrtr is Margaret Arthur .
Suicide at Plimodih . —On the afternoon of Saturday a gentleman engaged a waterman and a lad at Plymouth to row him to the breakwater ; they accordingly landed him on the weBt end ; he then stated it to be his intention to walk to the eastern end , and diroeted them to take the ioat there to meet him , but shortly af towards he was observed te take eff his hat and cent , place them en the breakwater , and in sight ef half a doien pireons at last plunged Into the sea , the surf ranntog very high at the time , and was never seen afterwards , Tbe waterman remained there for a long tlmo , and then took possession of his great cost asd bat , and , accompanied by two of the harbour master s men , returned to Plymouth , and proceeded to tbe police offioe . aBd gave la . formation of what had occurred , depositing the artloles at tbe station . He appeared to be a perfect stranger , was about ES years of age , and walked rather crippling , as if ifflioted with the goat . The great coat was made of brown olotb , and it had ia one of its pockets part of a bottle of whiskey .
Death bt Fhhtiko . —On Saturday an Inquest was held before tbe borough coroft ' er , at Liverpool , on view of the body of Robert Owens , who died on the previous day , as was alleged , from injuries reseived in a agbt with a young man named Heatley Campbell . Campbell had been taken into custody , and was present at the inquest . Ob the previous Saturday night , the parties , along with others , were together at a public home is Fownail Square ; ft quarrel took place , aad the deceatsd challenged the prisoner to settle the dispute by a stand , np fight , to eome off on the fallowing Sunday morning . On Sunday morning the prisoier repeatedly expressed bis unwillingness to go to tbe ground appointed for tbe fight ; but the decoased persisted in doing so . Six rounds were fonght , the result of which was that tbe deceased was severely bruited . He was removed to the Northern Hospital , and died oa the day before stated , of isflammation of the train . The jury returned a verdiet of 'Manslaughter /
Scehe at thb PaxsTOK Sespishs —At the Preston Sessions en Wednesday , ao unusual scene occurred . A woman , named Mary Richardson , was charged with stealing , at Cborley , a half-crown from a laboariofr maa named Korris , The prisoner was undefended . Tae faets of the oase were briefly these : —The prosecutor was drinking at a public-house called the Fox and Goose , In Chorley . Whilst there the prisoner and two other womeu came in , and he treated them ta nome drink . After a time he went oat to the stone in front of the house , being somewhat' fresh . ' Before going out he had half-a-crown in his lef t-haad pocket—of this he was eertain , haviig looked at it . Whilst at the stone he felt a band put into the pocket where the half-crown was , and on putting his own band in immediately after he
missed the half-crowa . The prisoner was the only person near him at tke time , and she was on his left Bide , He took the woman into the pnbllo-house , aid charged her with stealing the money , but she denied the theft . However , he gave her Into custody . A quarter of aa hoar afterwards the half crown was feund in a passage at the end of the house , about two yards from the stone where tbe prosecutor wbb standing , Tne prosecutor was usable to say with certainty whether he bad . be « n down tb « passage , He thought he had not . — The jury returned a verdiet of 'Sot guilty / whereupon the following scene occurred . —The Chairman ( T , B . Addison , Esq . ) , to tbe jury : Why , this woman has been convicted jbefore , and imprisoced in Lancaster for two years , A set of stupid fellows Ilka you cannot Bee tbe evidence . ( Sensation in court , } Ton ( speaking te tbe prisoner in an ironloal tene ) have had a wise jury . When you are tried again you may hope to have euoh another .
Tsu set of stupids—bow can yoa think of giving such a verdict when you are npon ' jour eatht ? ( Increased sensatioa . ) Is there one man amongst you that is not as sure that she stole that half-crown as yon are that yon are sittlag In that box!—A Juror : I beg your pardon ; ws consider that the nan cannot swear to her hand in his pocket . Why , he says he turned rouad , —Tho Chairman : Well , doa ' t argue ; you are sot fit . ( Great seaiatlen . ) You ( the jury ) cannot pretend to have any doubt about tbe matter ; It was your duty to bave gives a verdiet according to yonr oatb . ( Eipreseions of disapprobation . } The Tiear : I beg to say tbat these observations don ' t proceed from tbe whole bencb , ( Cries of ' Hear , hear ' and applause In tbe court . )—The Chairman ( greatly agitated ) : Silence ! wbo is that tbat dares The Vicar ( a magistrate ) : I consider we have as much right as you . ( Applause . ) Tbe qoui t th « u pro / wefod to the next « aBO nith the same jar ; .
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TBE TBIiL Of MR CHABLKS ft , nwtV . The eourt pronounced judgment en the demurrer to the indictment against Mr Duff / . Of the six counts in the bill four are declared unobjectionable , ' and portions of two more are deemed valid , while the balance of these two are , to use the words of the learned judges , ' repugnant and insensible / The , Dcbuh WiaDER aupplvea the following ram mary of the complicated and bewildering law proceedings in this protracted case : —
' The indiotment contained six counts ; in two of these the offence was charged to have been committed solely by the publication ef certain articles in the Nation ; in the ether four It was charged to consist of an engagement In a treasonable movement with Mr Smith O'Brien , and the publieation of the articles with the express object of exciting tbe people to join in the rebellion carrying on by Mr Smith O'Brien at tbe time of their publication , and for the purpose of promoting a previously arranged concert . 1 The latter charges are obviously much the most serious—and not oaly so , but they admit of evidence varying entirely the character of the articles—aed on the faith of ( he admfssiblllfy of each evidence an enormous number of witnesses hare been kept In town for the last month at no inconsiderable expense to tbe public , to establish tbe facts of the Ballingary attempt at rebellion , with the oVject of fastening iMr Duffy participation in its guilt .
' The judgment of the Court substantially Is , that the two eennts which rely solely on the publication are geod , but tbat the four nhloh attempt to implicate Mr Daffy in the movements of Mr O'Brien are bad , and this owing to the gros 8 cst bluuderin the drawing of the In . dlotraent . Tbe consequence will be , that in the event of a trial taking place the evidence of the Crown must be confined entirely to the mere publication , and cannot be extended to any of the matters connected with tae treasonable movements by which they wonld have endeavoured to fasten a guilty oharaoter on these articles .
* The question , however , remains—whether the Court are to pass sentence on Mr Duffy on the two counts ruled to be good , or whether he is now to be triad on these ! The Attorney General has asked for final judgment , and oalled on tbe Court to pass sentenoe on Mr Duff ; , as if he had been convicted . This tbe Court haB refused to do , but , appearing to be uttsrly perplexed aa to tbe couse they should take , they suggested three courses , any one of which would remove from themselves the onus of deciding on the point . Tbe prisoner ' s oounsel remained most perversely and obstinately silent
—the Court looked to the Attorney General the Attorner General to the prisoner ' s counsel—and efter some time lost in tbis dumb show , and a very anxious oossultation between the Crown officials , tbe Attorney General begged for time to determine on the coarse they wonld pursue . The Court named Monday ; but on Monday ths Atternej General coald not be read yan atifuxf ( we opine the reasen to bt ) could not be had from England 6 e / oro that day — but any day after Monday he wonld be ready . Ultimately the case was adjourned to Thursday , at eleven . 1
Wo understand tbat the prisoner s counsel regard the result as a most Important advantage to him . The ; have certainly succeeded in condoling the law officers of the Crown of the most shameful blundering in the most essential parts ef their indictment—those , in fact , upoa which they mainly relied to ibtain a eonviotkn , The Real Revoioiion . — The socta revolution amongst the gentry continues to make way . A great Mnaster landlord is ataggeriBg under debts contracted forty years ago for a large country mansion , a church pro low fvhVto , and a demesne wall several miles long . These have remained
unsettled to this day . The dimcalties of a liberal peer in the ssuth of Ireland , hitherto suppose ! to be very wealthy , are now freely spoken of . But it is not alone the landlords who are breaking down The failure Of a very prudent and most respectable meri chant in a southern city within the last few days bas caused mach surprise , as he was a member of one of the first commercial families in Ireland , He wag connected with the Irish home trade , which has sofiered dreadfully of late . The head of one of our first firms recently stated that there was now as much due to him from one county in Ireland , as was formerly owed to him from one of the four provinces under the old system of trade
Asoihee ' Bid' fob the Leadebbbip . Mr Henry Grattan , as' Senior Representative'has addressed a card to the Iran members , recommending a meeting of their body previous to the assembling of Parliament , and with gnat modesty offering his own smices ' to contribute to the public gee * J by assisting * at it . ' REFftESEgmioS OP D 0 HEGA& —Sinoa the death of Colonel Conolly , whlah took plaee at Castletown , near Celbridge , last week , there has been a rumour that Mr Hamilton , of St Brnanis ( who has so mueh distinguished himself by his efforts to promote employment on his en tate in Donegal ) , would be ealled upon to start It has also been , stated tbat Mr Thomas Conoll y , hto htah sheriff . intendB to offer himself J > g Wossiho of ths Irish poo ' e Law . -The machinery ef he poor law Is sadly out of joint . No mechanic or engineer can work it smoothl y , and all enir »™ ri inl * II At all affected ly it « w OttiUn / g ' ttt pi ^ u ^ r reSie ^
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reconstruction—destruction . Any change nrait be for the betttr . If something be not speedily done , erery board of guardians in Ireland will forget the business of its aidV in tbe iacreasing din kept up at the meetings about tho hardships and inconsistency of this moat obnoxious law . Already a wide-ipread organisation against the payment of rates exists in the midland districts ; It is not looking beyond the natural course of eventB to say that universal opposition appears in the d » t » nee . At a meeting in Longford lest week , the members for the coanty attended , and resolution WMpsmi to the effect that all deBorfpWons of property should be rated for the relief of tbe poor . If such meetings take » plaoe In Other parts of Ireland , the Chancellor of the Enheqwr will appeal to them as evidence of the Beoessity for an inoemetas
, . _„ , _ .. One ot the questions which on the meeting of Parllament will be soonest and moit vigorously pressed upon the attention ef the legl . lature , will be the area of taxation for poor-law rating . The difficult part of this oomplicated subject will be to devise a good law of settlement , suitable to the exceptional state of this country . Whe . ther government will legislate a « rectly on this subject appears to be still uncertain , as it is said there is much alaoordance of apialon on the point between certain members of the administration and a leading controller of the whole poor-Uw ejbtem . Th « practical members amongst the Irish representatives are turning their attention to it , but as yet there is great crudeness in their
s . Codntt CtAas—The coma contractor of the Bnnistymon Workhouse bae supplied over two handred and seventy ooffias within the last two months . The number ia the house is not over one thousand , so that more tban one-foarth of the inmates died away ia that short space ! Emiobaxiok . -Sai . eb er Oovsauijetix Stock . —For torn ? weeks past , the sums of money drawn out of the Bank of Ireland , by farmers emigrating to America , have been very censMerable in amouat . However strange it may appear , there have also been sales of government stock by those farmers , In small amounts , bat in the aggregate to a large sum . In the cash offices of tha Bank of Ireland , any day , you can see those frtua ) . coated emigrants drawing oat their savings , preparatory to a wintor voyage across tbe Atlantic .
Jcvihile Paopebs , — The enormous number of juvenile paupers now maintained in the workhouses is becoming a great evil . - By some persons it ii proposed tbat government should establish depots in the chief seaports , and eiport whaleeale to tbe colonies oargoes of pauper Irish boys and girls . IneENDiARisM in Ulstir . — There have been farther fires . Tbe Nobthbbn Whio has the following : — Akothek iNCMDim Fibb . — Oa Thursday evening , about fire o'elock , a hay . etack , the property of Mrs Blair , of Wheatfield , was set on fire . Immediately on the alarm being given tha Ballysman Church bell wbb rang , and a number of the people in tbe district assembled , who succeeded in pattins ; out the fire . There were , ws understand , several stacks of wheat and eats contiguous to the fired haystack , which fortunately escaped . We are glad to Isarn , that tho farmers of both Dewn and Anstrim are now well armed , and are determined , should any incendiary come in their way , to give him something ( hat he will not readily digest .
' Anotheb Dabihg * Att £ m ? i at BoEiriKO . —We lately had occasion to direet the attention of our readers to an attempt which was made to fire the flax mill and corn Win of Alexander Porter , of Brilyknocken , pari » h of SaiatfieH . ¦ ¦ Oa Wednesday night another attempt was made to blow up and burn the corn mill of the same individual , with gunpowder . A social evening party were met , about one hundred and fifty yerds from the mill , and on hearing an explosion during the night , they ran to the spot , and found that the explosion had broken a window , forced from the roof a few slates , and had damaged the fans . The police were patrolling in the district during the night , but did not , eo far as we have learned , see anything of the incendiaries . '
The Limerick Cbbokicle of Saturday says i— ' Manday morning next , fifty young women whose ages vary from fourteen to eighteen years respectively , inmates of the Limerick workhouse , will proceed to Dublin by railway , in oare of tbe master , Mr R . Scott , wbo will deliver them over lo the charge of Lieut , Henry , R . E ,, emigration agent . They go on direct to Plymouth , and em . bark there in an emigrant sbip for Australia , chartered by the Colonial Office . The orderly and respectable apprarance of these yoang adventurers , mostly orphans is highly gratifying , and their ou-fit by the guardians comprises everything essential for their comfort . '
KZCLAMATION OF WASTE LANDS . At the meeting of the Cork Solentifio Society , last week , Mr C . Cjlthurat , of Clonmoyle , J . P ., attended to give any explanation that might be deemed desirable to the society in respect to the plan he had adopted in reclaiming the lands of Milleens , —The secretary having read the essay of Mr R . T . Hill , on ' the reclamation of waste lands in Ireland , Mr Coltbnrst " said that nothiag would have Induced him to bave eome from his home but the necessity he saw of inducing the employment of the people remuneratively to employers . He had been successful in his endeavours to reclaim waste land . Having succeeded , and having data to go ob , be waa now ready to give every explanation in his power . Asy person could do what he bad done if he availed himself
of common industry , a little intelligence , and , of course , the requisite capital . If he endeavoured to show what he had done , and what the result , it would be a mere re * capitulation « f tbe essay just read , the great work haying been accomplished by the profits arlafnf from twonty acres whioh he had previously reclaimed . These twenty acres were valued under tbe Tithe Composition Act at 3 s , lid ,, when in the posaeBslon ol a farmer named John Haly , who wbb ejected for non-payment of rent . Tbat was in 1 SS 5 ; and in 1846 it had mado for him £ 2 , 261133 . 2 d . He trailed it would not be suppssed that ha vjba cgotlfttloa-l , or that he desired to blow his own trumpet ; his only anxiety being to impress on the pablio tnlBd that industry , skill , and capital , would overcome any obstaoles if followed bp with energy aad
spirit . He had been working in a wilderness from 1830 to 1848 and tbe result had been a profit of £ 10 . 000 ; he expected by 18 & 1 to nuke £ 5 , 000 more . This had been done in the middle of the Milleens , where there was neither bonae nor herbage . Now , this showed that muoh coald be done in Ireland if the people would only attempt it , and he hoped the day was not far distant when all classes and all . creeds would cordially oo-operate for the benefit of the country , for there was no mincing the matter , this country was at present in a precarious position , though its fertility was beyond the knowledge of man . He had waited upon the Lord Lieutenant , and had detailed te him the nature of his works , nnd he received hia Excellency ' s cordial approbation for the ingenious mode he bad adopted of reelaimingbog land , which was certainly
very novel , and originated with himself . The plan was the flooding-on the essence of soils , which , was extracted by the water from the alluvial deposits of the country over tbe land he sought to manure . Now he estimated that the water he flooded on the land was worth £ 1 an acre , whioh on the 250 acres ' reclaimed , was equal to £ 250 a year . Therefore , if the water whioh flowed over the 1 000 acres he held at Ballyvourney could be made werth £ 1 , 000 a year , see the value ef the water which idly flowed through the lands of Ireland . There was no doubt but water was the best egeat for the improvement of bog . If they thoroughly drained a bog , tbe summer son would dry it up and dcBtroy Us properties for vegetation , while if bog was allowed to be saturated in wet weather , it would not give vegetable food . To meet these defeots he employed
water-gateB , which enabled him to raise or lower the level of the water in his sluices at pleasure , —Mr Corbett deaired to know how the farm was situate In respect to limestone f—Mr Coltharot replied that it was ten miles removed from it . He considered limestene absolutely neoessary for the finishing off of bog land , which contained many imparities that lime removed . He had lately brought under the notice of the publio the 10 , 000 acres of bog from KUerosito Inebegeela , through whioh limestone was abundant , and wbich possessed ten tlmeB the advantages ' jthat his property did . —Mr P . M . Jennings said that a few months tince be was in the neighbourhood ot Mr Col Ararat's property , and be could bear testimony to all tbat was said in reference to the Improvement . He was particularly struck with the
fertility of the Milleens improvement , wbich exoeeded all description—the plan of improvement being very novel , in proof of which he perceived tbe Society of Civil Engineers had passed a vote of thanks to Mr Colthurst . It waB well known that bog staff was good manure , and the plan of Mr Coltbum brought soil gravel and sand to tke bog by means of flooding . He never saw ia any country grscner land than a portion of the bog where lime was strewn . He tried the depth of the bog stuff , and bored to twelve feet without coming at the subsoil . By systematio flooding Mr Collhuret had not only drnwn off the bad matter bat had infused all that was ueefal ; and if tbe system nag carried out extensively , the country would be peculiarl y heoefitted , In some places bog waa reclaimed by drawing sand and
gravel by horses , but this was too expensive , and , not being periodically kept up , tbe bog fell back to its original waste . This was now effected by floodisg , which was produced without either cost or trouble . Mr Colthnrst said that many persons , at vast expense , brought to bog land matter that was injurious ; but by his plan nil that was Injurious wan separated by the operation of tbe water much better than by any other process human ingenuity eould deviee , and spread over the land the very essence of the soil . The ground got all that was good , and the canal kept all that was bad , and which was earied off by the flojds . Every flood brought down top dressing for his land , and the friction of the water prevented the growth of moaB . —Alderman Dowden de . sired to know If one stream course wa ^ auffident to drain a bog ?—Mr Colthuret said he had one main drain and numerous small open drains . When irrigation was the ob
ject , covered drains were not oaly useless but positively injurious . —Mr Abel heard farmers say that continuous irrigation produced few crops and wasted the b . > 11 . ~ Mr Colthnrst did not see how tfeis could be . He looked npon irrigation as the first of ail improvements for this reaBon , thftt there wob not a pint ef water which did not contain certain portions of manure . He admitted that if water were applied to land in a slobbering way it would do more fcjury than good , but If brought on on a slope of one foot iafif ty . lt had sufficient friction to remove all that was injurious to the Uad , with eufficient ¦ twdhuBB todepoiit all that wag held in solution that ZZm J ? - ??' . Hl 8 fal ««^ s the gentlemao who firs introduced Irrigation into MuBkerry . A por . of « iv ? V " lrrlgat € d ln 1800 » 8 Bd in « " ° o ° » ° 2 « u 2 V * l CMaingy < sar he P le ( J * Ms honour that It S - £ > * aveMge thMe t 0 D 8 of hay P « mm ^ the fo « j * &l ; , „« , ^ d got notunf but tatotaa . He
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would mention a curious fact ;—he had in M « demesne a snriog of the purest water , which flowed over a portion of tke land and the irrigation of this water gav « much beKer results than that of the river water .-Mr Jen . nlngs said there was no doubt that the purest spring water contained very fenUWngmatter . When they eon . sldertd tbe way in which spring water was formed , they must be aware of its oarrying away the impurities of the land . Water contained vast quantities of Inorgsnu matter for tbe sustenance and developement of P laBt 8 j He had se . n Instances of very rloh spring wfttir which had oome either from good ground or from rooks in a state of decomposition , which supplied what the ground required for fertility . When a bog was in a dry state it was utterly impossible for vegetation to go on , neither
osuld it wben In a wet state ; and , therefore , removinf moisture in one season and supplying it In another enabled plants to draw their constituents from water and air . They conld by oonstant cropping make alluvial soils barren , but Mr Coltharst by his plan supplied tho land with fresh alluvial soil every year , and prevented exhaustion . Llehlz , iu one of his works pointed out how a very few feet of decomposed rock spread upon ground pttdaced inorganic food for plants , and that bog prodnced carbenaceous requisites , all of which wera brought into use by flooding tbe land . These who understood the subject regretted tha quantity of alluvial matter removed by floods , and Uk « & down tha river , to tha injury of the harbour , which , if collected and spread ob land , would give an immense amouat of the richest soil
for the growth of the food of animals . —Mr Bergln said tbat tbe plan now under consideration was a mere adoption of the ancient system—the inundations of the Nile . He wished to know if Mr Colthurst had ever tried kelp as a maimre for bog mould f—Mr Colihurst had never utea anything except lime , water , and ashes . —Mr Birgin found kelp on broken grass ground give eaormouB crops , which showed that vegetable matter acted on bj kslp prodaoed enormously . He used kelp on a piece of ground at the rate ef half a ton to the acre , H * wished to know the expa&sa per acre of keeping the sluices and watercoarser In working order , for if the coat were largo it would be an obstacle to the nso of the
plan by the farmers in general . —Mr Colthurat said that no rash of watftr affected tba p « at banks , and therefore the only cost was in respect to tbe sluice gates , whieh were perishable . The most expensive part of these was the metal , This , with proper care would last fir halt a century , while the wood would last at ' Ieast twenty years . But ho looked on theBe expenses as a mere bagatelle , the profits Wore so enormous , for he had proved that land whioh was worth £ 4 an acre would not bo worth £ 1 by any other process of reclamation . His great stophatch cost £ 16 , asd the ether two £ B each , matting £ 20 . He oould eay , after thirty jeart' expo , rience , any reasonable expense gone to for irrigation wonld be more than repaid .
Btaib or Maio . —Fobuc Wobxs . — In a Jate nwonbM of thii journal ( sb ; s the Ttkawlt Hbiald ) we stated that Mr Brott . the oounty surveyor , had assigned tha sum of £ 23 , 800 as being necessary to resume tbe public works in the barony of Tyrawly ; and from bis being called upon to fix the sum whioh might be deemed requisite , we drew the conclusion that it was the Inten . tlom of government to have the works brought Into operation without delay . We do not , however , hear anything of the matter at present , and we therefore fear the poor idle labourers will have to wait fer cm . ployment much longer than they expected .
Mbbdee and RoBBEBTi—The Lixebick and Claie Examinee oonta ' s ^ the following : — < Oa the night of Monday , ) the lit lnst ,, four armed men came to tbe bouse of apeor farmer named KUleen , at Clahanernore West . They knocked at the deor , and , oa hia opening it , they presented their guns at him , and demaaded the price of a horsfl he sold a few days pravloasly . He denied having the money , and three of the party then entered the house , and commanded Killeen and his wife to go to bed and cover their faces . They then searched for the money , and found £ 3 10 j , in the bed ,. A brothtr-In-lawof KUleen , named Anthony Murphy , was in tbe house , and they mada lira ' lie on his face over some pote .
toes . When they fouad the money they came to Marphy , and struck him with their guns , and asked him for money , He said the few ehUlings he had fell from him . They then asked Killeen who the stranger was , and on his telling them that he was bis brother-inlaw , one of the ruffians put his gun to Murphy ' s left side , and drove the ballet through the unfortunate man ' s body , Aa inquest was hold ch Wtdnetdaj by Mr O ' Donnell , coroner , accompanied by Mr Little , R . M : , when ft verdict of wilful murder was returned against some person or persons unknown . It is generally thought that a dispute about land , and no robbery waa the cause of this deliberate and atrocious murder . '
The Rxpbal Association . —The snake In the grass has again reared its but half-orushed head . The' Cam . mittee' hava just issued their annual address , setting forth an abstract of the sums of money swindled and ex . pended since tbe last hopeful balance sheet was issued . The receipts , lnoladiog £ 4717 s . 8 d ., the proceeds of the sale of the library , amount to £ 1 , 145 10 s . 10 ( 5 ., and the expenditure to £ 1 , 120133 . 7 d ,, leaving a balance towards liabilities of £ 31 7 * . 3 d , The debts , it appears , are' practically' wiped away , and there is no . * n * doubt that a daring attempt will be mado bv the' happ ? family to revive tbe agitation as soon as Lord Clarendon is deprived of the means now at bis disposal fer the sum . mary suppression of all seditious assemblies .
An IaiBH California . —Railways being somewhat out at the elbows , and iron consequently at a discount , the pensive Irish publio is about to be tickled with another high sounding speculation , which seems to be admirably adapted to divert men ' s minds from the pursuit of such oommon-place oVJscts bs improvements in the art of husbandry , &c . The golden project is thus alluded to by tbe Railway Gazette ;— ' We perceive tbat an association has boea formed to work the gold mines of Wicklow and Wexford , as the discovtrlea in California hare turned attention towards gold seeking . It is
announced that 'more tban twenty trials , daring tbree months' labour , have proved that the auriferous deposit in Ireland occupies an area of upwards of one hundred square miles In the counties of Wfoklow and Wexford . Ths gold is found In quartz . . e . ud bUck iteu sand , as on the western coast of America ; and it is said that by an improved method of working sixteen men and women can wash one hundred tons of sand ft day , at an outlay of 12 s . ' The . ruHnflfflDg director of the association is Mr Wm . R . Collet ^ who has taken a very active part in the exteaBion of the railway system in Ireland . '
Dunkanwax UtuoK , Cobk , —ThQ reporter of the Cobs Examiner writes as follows teaching the stats of this portion of the west riding : — ' Tbe general oosditlon of the Duumaftwsy union contrasts very strongly indeed with that of the adjoining onions of Bantry and Sklbbereen . This you will instantly perceive by reading the state of the boose of tbe former onion , and tbe very healthy state of Its finances . The inmates of ths Don * manway workhouse number 1 , 051 . Of these there are of the able-bodied men but the very small figure of 79 ; of able-bodied women , 236 ; and of children , 594 , It will appear , very singular , porhaps , tbat the proportion
of . able-bodied mea in this and the Bantry union is so small , when contrasted with the same dais of women in each union ; but the cause is very palpable . Hundreds of able-bodied men ia those districts have fled the poverty and wretchedness which surrounded them on every side , aad have left their wives and children dependent on the poor law—many , probabl y , have gone with the intention of sending for their wives or children , when , in a foreign ceuntry , they win their independence , which was denied them at home : but there is scarcely a doubt that the majority of those families will be left a permanent burden on the union . ' Oat-door relief Is administered in
the Dunmanway onion to botweon 3 , 000 and 4 , 000 per . sons , wbich will make the total number of persona relieved from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 . Now , when you remember that in Skibbereett , there are 12 , 000 paupers , end in Bantry , 9 , 000 , you must admit that Danmanway is comparatively prosperous . And yet it is very diffioult to account for tbis prosperity . The union is , I believe , larger—at the least , it is as large as Bantry , and its population , if not more , must be qui » e as gr « at . The valu . atfon of the union iB £ 43 . 827 12 j . 6 a . ; some £ 5 , 000 or £ 6 , 000 more than that of Bin try . The rate struck on this for the past twelve months amounted but to 3 i . in
the psund , whilst those of Bantry and Sklbbereen , you renumber , amounWd to between 6 s . and 78 , j whilst tke Bantry union is neok-aad . earg in debt , and whilst the mejority of ratepayers of Sktbbereen are on the verge of ruin , the Dunmanway guardians bave to their credit in bank a sum of £ 3 , 082 . This , to be sure , ought , aad would , redound very much to their « redit , did they give anything like rational diet to the unfortunate paupers under tbelr oare ; but as long as the present system is continued such fact must have a contrary tffiot . The farming classes , like those ef Bantry , are in very many instances leaving their holdings , and emigrating to some more fortuaatocountry . '
Thb Retbemcbmint Commission . — . The Evening H&B , / ai > sajs ;—• it in now , we btlieve , pretty confidently anticipated that the system of economy in the revision of the government offices , decided upon by the TreaBury , will not , JO far 88 this country is concerned sffeot the Chief Secretary ' s department , and that of the Paymaster of Civil Servloes , alone . The office of the Poor Law Commissioners and that of the Board of Works will , it is said , have » o undergo the infliction of the pruning knife , ta the astent—partlculorl y 0 B regards the latter establishment—of a curtailment of the somewhat exorbitant salaries paid to sundry swajreerinir slneciuiatfl , '
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The following particulars of the wreck of the Miltine have been communicated by a young offioer Ot that ill-fate- sloop to hi ; pareate :- . < Malaacaco , Venice , Deo . 23 , ' Mr Dim — , —I « nast now r * * to wll 8 t * , kn will at least iotereBt you-m .. the wreck and tofrJ losa of the poor little Mutme . Yes ; she now lies about four miles from this plaoi , a hopeleas wreck Httla more than one-half of her synimetnctl frame holding together . By the blessing of God , we were all aared exeept five . Bat now for the full partioulvs . . _ . . . . „ .. __ ,, _ ,, __ Triesti dense Fri
THE WRECK OF HER MAJESTY'S SLOOB MUTINE .
• We sailed from e , n s fog , on day , the 18 th . Caltaa and baffling wind * ao detained U 8 that we did not anchor at Veniee nntil Tuesday niehi . The captain , with the surgeon and puraer , had left the ship two nights previously , when abont twenty mile * off ( with despatches . ) , and the fog coatSS . th « were prevented from returning to tlw S 55 ; but on Wedneaday , the 20 tb , it cleared , when immediately a gale of wind succeeded . Tbe captain tried to oome off in his own boat , but wm nearly swamped three times . He then offmd £ 50 foe any boat that would convey him on board nifl ship , bat nil ia Tain ; no one was hardy enough to accept it . The steamers , too , tried to get out , but couWnot .
• Meantime , finding it was likely to blow hard , we weighed , and leaving our anchorage off Lido , tha north entrance to the Lacoon of Venice , ran down to that of Malamooo . some miles to the southward , trying to get a pilot to take us inside the Lagoon , where we should hava been all safe ; but it came oa to biow ao hard that no pilot oould reach as ; and , the wind shifting a point or two , we were now on a dead lee shore , with a tremendous sea , snd no ohanca of being ablo to beat oil . even if we made Bail . By eleven o claok that night , two out of our four cablet parted , andaa we were striking topmasts soon after , tho third cable , a fourteeninch hempen one , snapped in twain , We were at tha mercy of too remaining anehor , with 150 fathoms of chain on it s and that fast ooming home , there waa nothing for it but to cut away the masts . The foremast went first , but that failing to stop the drifting , the mainmast went too , and the little Mutine lay a hulk upon the
troubled waters . I was of that middle watch . ( though , of course , all hands were on deck ) , and I shall never forget the scene—a frightful sea and surf —the sea surging and drifting fast , and a rocky coast astern of us . We now with , some difficulty hova overboard our two shell-guns , weighiag about four tons , with a strong hawa « r bent on each , smd , greatly to our satisfaction , we then , assisted by the stream * anchor , with 100 fathoms cable , held on for some time . We remained in this awful position until four o ' clock on Thursday morning , wben we began firing minute guns of distress , and as soon aa day broke we hoisted tha ensign jaek downwards on tbe Btump of the mainmast . But , alas ! it was a forlorn hope ; for soon after this she began again to drift , the ae& miking clean breaches over us , snd tbe cold bo intense that the icicles from the sea water hung on all the bows , netting , and even on out clothes .
? At half-past four , siok , worn out with hard woric and overcome with cold and wet , I went down and turned into the first lieutenant ' s bed , taking off my wet clothes , and rolling myself up in hia blankets , I slept for atout an hour , when the first lieutenant sent down to say I had better come on deck . I immediately got up , but as I could not get into my wefi olothei , I slipped on a flannel , a shirt , a pair of drawers , and a large cloak , with an old pair of stockings and shoes . When I arrived on deck , I feund the ship had drifted muoh closer in , and the first
lieutenant observed it wonld be a miracle if any wera saved . Al length , when about a mile from the shore , she struck ( absut 12 . 30 p . m . ) , and we with all possible despatch hove overboard ths remaining ten guns , with the shot , water , dec , and about three o cleok , finding all our efforts of no avail , and , as we all thought , certain death awaiting us—weary , frcz : n , exhausted , we mada one more , one laat dying attempt to save ourselves ; bo , sending all hands to tbe fore * cattle to the wind , we slipped our cables , and contriving by this means to get her head before tbe gale , we ran rapidly in for the shore .
' Being very light from tba loss of gung , &c , the sea and wind ran us bo rapidly over the rocks that the Bhip struck with frightful violence ; but at last she was arried so close in that we were enabled to get a line on shore , and by means ef it a hawser ; not until , however , poor Whiting , one of our mates , lost his life in attempting to land in the jolly boat ; which was pitched over the side ; fortunately , the rest of the boat ' 0 crew were saved , but the boat having been eapBized they were frightfully knocked about . I now went down , having previously thrown off my cloak , and having strongly tied a handkerchief round my neck , fastened in one corner of it all the steok of money I could at the moment reach , and by m « au < i of this hawser , a bowline knot round it .
and g line from the shore , I assisted in folding the men , until finding that at last I could not stand on my feet from the intense oold , I was myself put inta the knot , aad was hauled along the hawser . By mere instinct , I must have held on , for I only remember being dragged through tbe water head foremost , being terribly knocked about upon the rocks , nearly drawned , and being then seized by half-adozen men , who con rev ed me to the nearest housethat of a cobbler—and pHt me to bed . one of then as recommended by ths Royal Humane Society ) turning in with mo . After some time I returned to consciousness , when , my attendants having doaed
me with sundry tumblers of hot grog , and warmed my feet , which were very Gainful , and my fingers , which are still frostbitten , I began to feel something like myself . I mast say I never experienced such , kmdnesa as from these people ; the whole family vied wUb , each other aa to who could do most—tucking me in , making tne broth , bringing wine , grog , &o . Of the rest of my poor shipmates , the assistantaurgeon and one of the mates ( Charlton ) were froasn to death , as was also the marine . The carpenter got out of tho bowline knot , and was drowned , but the rest all got safely ashore , more or leas injured by bruises .
• Next day ( Friday ) we were almost all removed on board her Majesty ' s steam-vessel Ardent , lying under the Lagoon , and I am bow writing this in bed , with frostbitten fingers , and my toes bo badly bitten , that the doctor fears I shall losa one of my big toes , and perhaps one or two others . I think , however , I shall gei over it , but I fear I shall not be able to leave my bed for some time . 1 There is no chance of saving anything from the brig . We have lost all in her ; tho only things I have in the world are one shirt , one flannel , and one pair of drawers . ' God bless you all , is the earnest prayer of ' Yours , « fcc ., '—'
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Reprieve of Radcliffb . —In the last number of this journal wa announced tho reprieve of Radcliffa frem his unjust sentence . Since then the Manchesibr Examiner says , that Joseph Conatantine ( who waB sentenced to transportation for life ) , has made a confession , which throws considerable light upen the melanoholv affair . According to hia Btatement , Radehffe was not present when Bright waa attacked . Constantino considers that the fatal deed
waa perpetrated by a publican or beer . house keeper who had a grud ge against Bright , in consequence of aome information whioh he had laid against him at a preceding period , and who took that opportunity of revenging himself . On Tuesday a deputation from Ashton waited upon Baron Alderson , and also oa Mr Waddmgton , at the Home Secretary ' s office . Oa calling at that office on the following day ^ deputation were informed by Mr Waddiugton that Sic George Grey had thought fit to recommend tha
prisoner to the merciful consideration of her Majesty and that his life would be spared . Coumiry . BiKK Notsj . —Tradesmen cannot bo to" ) mueh on . their guard in taking the notes if provincial banks , of the character of whioh they are ignorant . Laat week a tradesmin in Bristol was vietimued by a respectable-looking person , who described bimpelf to be a captain of the port of Gloucester . He made a small purchase , and entered into conversation on free port matters with mucheaBe and gentlemanly bearing , ultimately tendering a £ 10 note nf th *
Wlocester Oid Bank , dated Nov .. 1842 . against which he received £ 9 14 ,, j n cash . The GloueS « ofi Bank atopped payment some 30 years sinoe , and , unon subsequent examination , the date 1842 fccSffiS a forgery . Strange enough , this rery note after ! ZT&S ^*""™* " - "LrJl-fi Public Ukimh . AcT .-Upwarda of 90 townsand places-haying petition ^ the Genera l Board of Heffi to send dowa a SuperintendiEg Inspector tct £ ! $ ¦ HP Upon the proposition of M . Viotar iC , « J .. .
SS « "SK ! i-2 £ Ch ftti , K - r , ° , new msmbers to replace M oKlpin / % t . ° ' andThuMd 8 y 18 th for the How the Successors of the ArQ-TLBS ktv Lobqm > . -GreatthingB w ere Mpeoted in the way ^ reform aad retrenchment from tha EceSia « 3 cal Commissioners : hew thess expectationsfh « i S fulfilled let the following amonnU , of which he oommunon has authorised the expenditure on eSiE onilnnfeut . show :-Fa lace at P MDr % S SSo ! ot
ruronase land and house for Buhnnnf nu . * ter , f 1 . 000 ; alteratioH of hie for Sim £ 189 * Purchase of eBtate and house for BiAoHvtwji £ 39 , 106 ; alteration of houee for S I 33 2 HiSSs ^
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Tbb PniBsia verm the Proletarians . —The working classes not unnaturally believe , that the political causes which bear ruinously upon their intwesn , owe their vitality and activity to the fact that the House of Commons is so constituted as to represent the intereBta of property rather than of men . As subject to the law , and large contributor to the revenues of the government , they claim i stitutional expression , of judgment , as ta tha mode of raising and distributing thoBB revenues . Thev fW themselves at once degraded and d « m ? l \ Jt \ tl
Kept ceyond the pale of political power To this ta «^ Saf SSi ^ tt ? . " P ^ 'XSful-and n SiinT T * J » "Bt kas l * en practically 8 < i iwft wwad . tnwatory of todm * -NonmMmi » t .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 13, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1505/page/6/
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