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£ fje &etr $ 9 $ U * . The Rs ? tBSB of the R « gUtrar-General f < jr ttie \ reet ending January 27 th , show the total mincer of birth * to be 1 , 576 , and the deaths 1 , 203 , the latter being an increase of 39 on the weekly average of fire moaths . This mult is more favourable than that sbUinedin the ttto previous weeks , when the deatte were respectiwly l , « Sand 1 , 345 . The return shows that the deaths from zymotic diseases Were 329 , being 10 S above the average ; from dropsy , cancer , and other diseases of uncertain or variable teat , 5 i , being < £ e usual average ; from tubercular diseases , 175 , being 2 S below the average ; from diseases of tie brain , spinal marrow , nerves , and senses , 150 , foing 9 above the average ; from diseases ofrhe heart and blood vessels , 22 , beinsr IS . __
below ' the average ; from diseases of the lungs and of the other organs of regjiration , 245 , being 2 above the avcpsgc ; from diseases of the stomach , liver , and other organs of digestion , 03 , being i below the the averaee ; from diseases of the kidneys , < fcc ., 14 , being J below the average ; from childbirth , diseases of the uterus , < fcc , 13 , " being 1 above the average ; from rheumatism , diseases of the bones , joints , &c , 10 , being 3 below the average ; premature birth and debility , 16 , being 7 below the average ; atrophy , 2 U , bcni * 5 above the average ; age , 45 , being 28 belsw the average ; sadden , S , being G below tho average ; violence , privation , cold , and intemperance , 23 , being U below the average ; smallpox , 16 being 5 below the average ; measles , 18 , being 9 below the average : scarlatina , 76 , being 44
above the average ; hooping-cough , 55 , being 13 above tlieaverage ; diarrhtca , 17 , being 5 above the average ; dvscntcry , 5 , being 3 above the average . The number of deaths from cholera is stated to be 45 ; and of these 14 occurred in the district of Wandsworth and Clapham , 2 of them being in the institution at Tooting . The total number of deaths in this house , or among children who have been removed from it , registered in four weeks , amounts to 1 SS , of which 15 S were returned as caused by cholera . The rest are ascribed to dysentery , inesenteric diseases , itc . During the week 56 people liave died from typhus , being 14 above the average ; from bronchitis , 104 , being 26 above the average ; from pneumonia , 95 , being 3 below the average ; from asthma , 2 ( 5 . beine 12 below the averaee . The
Registrar-General adverts to the facts , that the deaths from diseases affecting : the respiratory organs were 245 , almost the same as the average , having declined from 325 and 300 , the numbers of the two former weeks , while the mean daily temperature ranged from 24 ° 6 on the 2 nd day of the month to 4 « S « on the 25 th . In the last -week a boy -was registered in the Kent-road sub-district , who died of " natural causes accelerated by exposure to cold , " and at Clapham , a woman of 18 , who died of " peritonitis , brought on by exposure to cold and damp , " after seven days * illness . Inquests were held in both cases . A woman and her child died in Leathermarket , Bermondsey , of " diarrhoea from want of sufficient nourishment , " as certified by medical certificates . The former was seven months advanced
in pre gnancy . It does not appear that an inquest was held in either of these cases . The medical man adds , that the house was in a most offensive condition from want of drainage . Suicide of Mb . Variet . —Lato on Friday evening -week , Mr . Mills , deputy-coroner for Middlesex , held an inquest at the Holland Arms Tavern , High-street , Kensington , on the body lof Mr . Benjamin Moxon Tarley , the well-known ' engraver and jeweller , of 3 fo . SO , Fleet-street , and Xo . 37 , Edwardes-square , Kensington , who shot himself on Tuesday week 2 ast , It appeared from the evidence gone into , that the deceased , who succeeded his late father some years since , was a bachelor , and was found by his housekeeper lying on the floor of his bedroom , quite dead , and some blood oozing out of his mouth . An alarm was instantly raised , and a- surgeon sent for who promptly attended , and pronounced life to be
< raite extinct . ' So suspicion was at first entertained that he had laid violent hands on himself , but on the body being moved a small pistol , which had been recentlv discharged , -was discovered under part of Ms clothes , and under the body was the Fellowp istol , loaded with ball . On the deceased ' s mouth being carefully examined , it was ascertained that lie must Live placed the muzzle of the pistol in his mouth and fired into the roof of it , as the ball could "be perceptibly felt under the scalp at the top of the leal Xo report was heard , nor had ihe pistols , which were new ones , ever been seen before by the servants or any of his friends . All the witnesses concurred that the deceased had never exhibited the slightest , sign of lunacy , or ever threatened to destroy himself , and in the absence of clearer testi mony the jury returned a verdict " That the deceased had " shot himself , but there was no evidence as to the state of his mind at the time .
Suicide from Fear . —An inquest was held on Monday , before Mr . W . Baker , at the Horse Shoes , Goswell-street . on the body of Amelia Clarke , aged 41 , the wife of a licensed victualler , and landlord of the above house . —Caroline Cox , servant of the deceased , stated that her master and mistress lived on very happy terms until a fortnight since , when a quarrel occurred between them , arising from jealousy on her part . On Thursday week her master heard the deceased joking with one of the lodgers , which appeared greatly to excite -him , but he said nothing at the time . " About half-past eleven o ' clock at night he weni up stairs to bed ; shortly afterwards the deceased closed the house and went to her bedroom , followed by witness . They had not been in the bedroom many minutes when the street-door
bell was rung by a lodger , upon which Mr . Clarke came to ihe room door in an excited state , and called out to deceased to " let her men in , " at the same time shaking the door violently . Deceased appeared in ereat terror , and told me to go and open the room door . Immediately she had turned round to do so she heard the window thrown open , and , turning to see what it was , she saw the deceased fling herself out of the window into the street . Witness assisted in picking the deceased up , in an insensible state , and conveying her into tho house . —Mr . Bacon , surgeon , said that deceased had received a compound fracture of the bones of the right elbowjoint , an extensive lacerated wound of the same arm , and injury to the spine , of which injuries she died on Fridav last—Verdict , " Temporary Insanity . "
A £ eriocs Joke . —On Monday , an inquest was held before Mr . W . Baker , at the Green Gate , Cityro . nd , touching the death of It . Have , aged G 2 , * a »! ioe : nakei \ On Friday evening the deceased was in the taproom of -a public-house in Old-street , when some persons present , who knew the deceased ' s love for beer , thought they would have a " lark " with him , and whilst his attention was drawn to another part of the room , one of them mixed a quantity of jalap in a pot of beer , which they then gave 1 dm to drink , and before he put it down he Bcnrly emptied it . lie shortly afterwards became insensible , and was placed on ' some damp straw in an out-building , where he was discovered in the morning dead . The body not liaving been examined by a medical man , the coroner said that it was necessary a post mortem examination should be made , and the inquiry was adjourned for that purpose .
Deteiuiixei > Scicice by Pucssic Acid . —On Monday morning , AYilliam Yaux , late an estate and Louse a ^ eut , aired 45 years , was found dead in his bed , at ' his lodgings , Xo . 2 , Trafalgar-place , AValworth , from tlTe effects of a large dose of prussic acid , which he had swallowed during the night . It appears that the deceased Lid latterly been so reduced in his circumstances that he has been living upon his friends , and the circumstance , it is evident , had very much preyed upon his mind . On Sunday he dined out , and having returned home , eiired to rest about half-past twelve o ' clock . Finding that he did not come down to breakfast at
bis usual time , a little girl was sent up staira to his bed-room to call him , and , after knocking several times at the door , she entered the chamber and found him in bed quite dead and cold . On his table ¦ was found a phial containing about two table spoonsfull of what was found ^ to be prussic acid , though the label on the bottle itself had been carefully scraped off . In a memorandum , also found on the table , there were some lines , in the deceased ' s hand--writing , to the effect that his friends should no longer be troubled with his support , as he should be found dead , and he cared not if they buried him in a bogstve .
The Tooiikg Cholera Cases . —On Tuesday two adjourned inquests on the bodies of children who died after removal from the Tooting Pauper Asylum , were resumed ; one at Hackney , before Mi-Baker ; the other at Chelsea , before Mr . Waklev ' —At Hackney , the coroner addressed the iury at some length , the purport of Ms remarks boin » that a verdict of manslaughter having been returned against Mr . Brouet m another case , and that individual being about to undergo a trial on that charge the justice of the case did notrequire the jurv ^ Hackney to proceed with their inquiries-tho inoro sVn ! 7 Tc * w 3 Ir - Bronetiras not in a condition to f . ^ l ^ Z ?^ - , therefore discharged the jury from further attendance
. The jurymen expressed much , surprise at this decision , and one of them handed to the reporter a verdict stated to have tM » n agr ^ to prior to the arrival of the coroner : <— « e nnd that the deceased children , John Keen , John Burke , William Xeenan , and 'William "Walton , ? f w ^^^ of Islington , died of cholera , at iiaekney , and that the predisposing causes have arisen from bad treatment and neglect on the part efBartholomew Peter Drouet towards the deceased ¦ while in his establishment at Tooting , and that the eaiu Bartholomew Per « r Drouet was actuated thereto by mercenary motives . "—At Chelsea , Mr . "auiey re-opened the inquiry , and after the jury aaa sat all day the inquest was once more adiourned .
"n Tuesday at the Bail Court , Drouet was admitted to-bail , himself in £ 200 and two sureties in £ ioo each , or four sureties in £ 50 each . t ,, « i - Tt . HDICT op Maxslaughter was returned on Wednesday against Mr . Drouet , This second verdict was found by the jury who have » een for some days investigating before Mr . WakwS » J ? Y ? ° f thc decoased P Fr children remo \ edirojn ^ ie asylum at Tooting to Chelsea . —
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The jury retired , and after three hours consul tation announced their decision as fo llows : " « . the jurr , are unanimously of opinion that War tholomiw Peter Drouet » guilty of *»?* * f ? 5 in the cases of ilary Killick , S ra £ * Xed tf Martha Hollington : that George Hartley died ot malignant chofera : that the JW ^^ eSTJ foSe ' uaVdianstovisitandpty thatattentionwhich the * at all times imperatively demand ; and the Wv earnestly request that the children he henceforth maintained in their own parish . And the iurv cannot separate without expressing their opinion that the guardians and the poor-law commissioner are reprehensible by concurring in allowing the children to remain at Tootmg so .
long-after tho dreadful mortality had commenced . The jury also beg to express their unanimous approbation of the prompt , humane , and beneficial conduct Of the Board of Health , respecting the alarming circumstances attendant at Mr Drouet's establishment at Tooting . And the said jury urgently recommend the abolition of the svs tem of farming parochial children . " " Neglect asd Starvation—An inquest was held on Wednesday by Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on the body of Sarah Cousins , aged 75 , who died from " neglect and starvation . — Elizabeth Roberts stated that the deceased was the wife of a carman . Deceased had frequently
complained to her of being starved by her husband , and witness had supplied her with food on many occasions , and knowing that deceased ant her husband were in the weekly receipt of bread and money from Whitechapel Union , she asked the deceased to account for being in want under those circumstances , when the latter told her that her husband always sent the bread allowed them by the parish to some of his relations ; and on several occasions deceased showed her the bread packed up , and she watched him take it away . For some time past her husband had kept her locked in , and would not allow any one to visit her . On one or two occasions he found that some
of the neighbours had been to see her , and deceased afterwards told her that he had dreadfully beaten her in consequence on Tuesday week . Witness obtained admission during her husband's absence , and discovered the deceased in such a deplorable , filthy , and emaciated condition , that she gave information to Mr . Hughes the relieving officer , vrho removed her to the Whitechapel workhouse , where she died . —Susan Peters , a sister of the deceased , corroborated the above evidence . — Mr . J . Nash , the parish surgeon , ascribed the deceased's death to neglect and want of proper food . —The husband of
the deceased denied having kept his wife without food , but admitted having on several occasions sent the parish bread to some of his relatious . — The coroner said it was a very lamentable case . The husband of the deceased had committed a gross fraud on the parish , by giving away the bread which was afforded for his wife's support . —Verdict , " Natural death , accelerated by neglect , and the iurv consider that great blame attaches to the nusband for his conduct towards her . "—[ A most ridiculous verdict . LTnt starving a woman to death , to say the least , manslaughter . ]
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¦^—^ ^ ' —* - Railway , about two miles from Lancaster . They were in the habit of crossing the Lune in a body to get to Halton , where they lived . On the afternoon of Monday tho boat had crossed twice , once -with ten in it , and once with seven . # The third time , eleven got in , but one , thinking it too full , jumped out . The others pushed off . The fresh was then running strong , and the wind being very high , while the od < re of the boat was close to the water , the waves dashed into it and turned it completely over , throwing them all into the river . One of them clung to the boat and was heard for some tinie crying for help . Two others saved themselves by swimming , and the rest sunk . Verdict , 'Accidental Tte . it . li " - v ... x * ,, » ^ i » n «• t m ...,
Alleged Poiso . vi-. vo . —A further examination of Evans , who has been apprehended at Bristol upon a charge of administering poison to his wife with intent ' to murder , took place at tho Council-hou 8 e , in that city , on Saturday last . The first witness examined was a girl named Marshall , w ho had lived as servant with the prisoner for a fcxr weeks previous to his arrest , and she confirmed the statement ofth « wife as to the prisoner , on Sunday , the 21 st ult ., giving her a dinner of roast pork , covered with a . white powder . She grated that she saw him cut off the pork fromthe joinfori the table , and go with it to a cupboard , where he remained about a minute . He then brought it to the table , carried it to the cupboard again , and on his return the second
time brought with him the pepper-box , sprinkled it with pepper , and gave it to his wife , who , on tasting it , complained of its being very salt , and then perceiving the powder upon it , called the prisoner ' s attention to it , and subsequently refused to eafc it . She saw Evans place the refused plate of meat on the bottom ghelf of the cupboard , and , on Monday morning , when , by the wife ' s request , she went to look for it , she found itonthe top shelf . —Mary Ann Winter , the wife of a police-constable , who lived with her huslmnd and the prisoner and his wife , in the joint charge of the Clifton Old Poor-house , deposed that Mrs . Evans had several times , in confidence , expressed to her suspicions that her husband wished to poison her ; but witness endeavoured to
dissuade her from such opinions . About two months before she was confined , she mentioned to her her suspicion of some liquor which ho brought home in a tin can . She « aid that she insisted upon his tasting it , and that , upon his sipping it twice or thrice , it made him sick . She only took one eip , and it made her sick also . On the 11 th of December , Mrs . Evans was confined , and at eleven o ' clock on the night of the 12 th , witness left her quite comfortable and in excellent spirits . At between one and two o ' clock in the morning she "was called up by the husband , and found her then in a most alarming state , with violent retching and purging . Advised that Mr . Parker , a surgeon , should be sent for , and he arrived and iravft bpr a draught , which relieved
her . He asked to see the contents of the stomach which had been vomited by her , but they could not be shown him , as they had been thrown away . The prisoner threw them away . Every Sunday ( but ono ) since her confinement Mrs . Evans had been seized with violent sickness , always after dinner or her tea . She was also dreadfully sick on Christmasday . She was never sick in the week-days . On week-days witness usually gave her her food , and prepared it for her , but her husband was at home on Sundays , and he did it then . Before her confinement Mrs . Evans was a healthy , active woman , but just as she was about to get up , she complained of numbness of her hands and feet , and now she has lost the use of her limbs . —Mr . Herapath , the
chemist , deposed to having analysed the white powder on the meat , which he found to be a coyrosivc salt of mercury , usually sold as white precipitate . It was an irritant poison , though one rarely resorted to for the purpose of secret poisoning . It was calculated to injure extensively , and if sufficient quantity was given it would destroy life . Sugar of lead had a strong tendency , by its action upon the nerves , to produce palsy or paralysis . White precipitate would be likely to cause retching and relaxation of bowels . — Francis Blakcwride , an apprentice to Mr . Burge , druggist , of St . Augustine'sparade , proved , that on Saturday , the 20 th ultimo , the prisoner came to his master ' s shop and purchased a pennyworth of white precipitate . The prisoner was remanded . —Committal op the Prisoner . —Bristol , Jan . 29 . —Owing to some
observations which fell from the prisoner Henry Evans , 5 n an interview with his solicitor on Saturday , that gentleman communicated to the authorities his suspicions that the prisoner meditated committing suicide . The desperate character of the man being well known , three constables have been since kept constantly in his cell ; and it appears that this precaution wa 3 wisely taken , for on his being brought up to the Council-house this day , in order that tho depositions might be read over to him , he stated , " that if it wasn't for those three men , he should not have given much trouble ; " and he added , " I cannot stand this : everybody looks upon me as a murderer . " This latter observation arose from the circumstance that this morning an
immense crowd congregated in front of the Bridewell , where the prisoner was confined , to see him brought out , and by whom he was hooted . Prior to the depositions being read over , two additional witnesses were examined , whose evidence went to increase the weight of testimony against the prisoner , Evnns was then fully committed on the charge of attempt to murder , and was re-conducted to Bridewell , followed by the mob as before . A strict watch will be kept over him to prevent his laying violent hands on himself . Military Proceedings . —PtTMOtJTir , Jan . 27 . — A general parade ot all troops in garrison assembled this morning at Mount "Wise , for the purpose of hearing the sentence of a Court Martial on Matthew
Tomey , a private of the 2 Sth regiment , belonging to Captain Frazer ' s Company , Xo . 4 , who attempted to strike his commanding officer in the fall of last year , when near Apsley House , nyde Park , on the line of march from London to Plymouth . For the trial of this charge , a general court-martial sat at Government-house , Mount " Wise , in November , and transmitted their sentence to head-quarters . The sentence having been approved and returned on Friday , to the Commander of the Forces , orders were at once issued for the parade on Saturday . There wore present five divisions of the 28 th regiment , consisting of about 100 each . The Royal Artillery from Ligonier-square comprised two captains , one subaltern , and eighty rank and file . Six
companies of Eoyal Marines , twenty files in each , from Stonohouso Barracks , and six companies of the 82 nd Regiment , about 400 rank and file . When on tho ground the troops formed a square , each corps making an angle ; Major-General the Hon . Ilenry Murray , the Commander of the Forces for the western district , stood in the 'centre . The prisoner , who is a native of Ireland , and about thirty years of age , was placed inside the square , in front of the left " face , the 28 th , his own regiment , under charge of the provost-sergeant ana two rank and file ; He was dressed in uniform , coatee and chako , had no arms or accoutrements , and was handcuffed . Tho troops being thus prepared , the General read aloud the formal sentence , which was to the effect , that the said Matthew Tomev be transported as a
felon for the term of fourteen years . The prisoner was then removed to the right of his own corps , and General Murray shortly addressed the troops . The prisoner was taken to the Main Guard-room at the Eastern Barrier-gate to abide instructions for his disposal from the Secretary of State . Devo . y . — Attempt at Self-Destuctiojt by a Lady . —On the 20 th ult ., the lady of Sir John Pole , of Shute House , precipitated herself from her bedroom window , on the third floor , and sustained contusions of such a character thai serious apprehensions were entertained for her life . Although pronounced out of danger , her ladyship ' s rash attempt will render her a cripple for life . Various rumours are in circulation as to the cause which could prompt a lady in her station , surrounded with every apparent comfort , to commit such an act .
Lincolnshire . —Game Laws and Poor Rates . — There is much reason to fear the winter will prove a severe one to the rate-payers as well as to the poor in the district comprising the Stamford Union . The recent applications for relief have been ( says the Stamford Mercury ) fearful in their numbers . Several of those now in receipt of parochial relief have become paupers in consequence of their husbands or fathers being sent to prison for poaching . Newport Arch . —On the night of tho 10 th ult ., part of this interesting old Roman arch fell to the ground . It is the south portion which has given way . Hopes are entertained that a subscription will be set on foot , so that the arch may be repaired and further decay prevented .
. Liverpool . — Deaths from Starvation . — On Sunday afternoon , in consequence of information received , Inspector M'JJeill proceeded to an empty house in Oak-street , Birkenhead , where he found a woman lying dead upon the floor , and a child , about nine months old , also dead , lying at her feet . Four young children , whose ages averaged from about four to ten , were huddled round the fire-place . The grate contained some scanty fuel , and the poor creatures were , in tho expressive language of the inspector , " attempting to squeeze the heat out of the bars . " Behind the children lay the dead bodies of the mother and child . The house contained no article of furniture whatever , nor was there a morsel of food of any description within the walls . It
appears that the deceased ( who was about forty years ° i age ) , was named Ellen Kane . She had come with her children from Ireland only a few days ago , and , forcing in the door , took possession of the unoccupied houso where the sad discovery was made . She must have sought subsistence by begging ; but , as she never applied to any of the parochial officers for relief , probably from fear of removal , tho existence of the famil y , or their circumstances , was unknow n to the authorities of the place . The children stated to the inspector that they had not tasted anythin " since Saturday morning , when their mother distr £ buted amongst them a little bread . Mr . Downing surgeon , was promptly called in h y the officer when the todies were discovered , and gave it as his opinion ( s ? far as he couldarriye at any conclusion from
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an ext ernal inspection ) , ***^ £ g £ t ? £ S SiSSS ^ I ^^ SSS&Wfi&fc * «^*« s = hU SmuLAn Death at PLYMOvm-An inquest was held on Monday afternoon at the Guildhall , before John Edmonds , Esq ., the coroner , on . Jta body of JamFarthing 3 ia private in the P ^ mouth Di" , n ., , 4 child on sterna ! inanectionV , that . both motner ana cnua
es , , vision of the Royal Marines , who was heard by the mate of a ship and the captain to fall into the sea from the quav , at ten o'clock on Saturday evening , the night being very dark and boisterous . The captain and his mate being below , immediately ran on deck , when they saw a man and woman within twenty feet of the quay , and who must have heard the splash in the water , walking away as unconcerned as if nothing had happened . The captain with his mate , and the assistance of another- man , soon succeeded in hooking up the marine , but , althoutrh DromDt medical assistance was obtained
and the deceased had been placed in a warm bed and rubbed , even before the arrival of the surgeon , life was quite extinct . The conduct of the two persons who were unknown was most extraordinary and heartless ; still nothing came out in evidence to lead to the supposition that the deceased met with his death from any unfair means , as neither the captain nor mate heard either ft push or a scream . The deceased had been drinking during the afternoon . Although not drunk , he had most probably taken more than he ought , and had walked over the quay . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death . "
Sudden Death . —On Tuesday morning , an inquest was held by Mr . Cooper , the coroner for Cambridge , at the Little Rose , Trumpington-strcet , on the body of Mr . William Gasson , of Christ's College , \» ho was found dead in bed on Monday morning . Tiie deceased gentleman was twenty-nine years of age , and had just taken an aegrotat degree on Saturday last . It appeared , from the evidence of Mr . Johnson , surgeon , who made a post mortem examination , that the came of death was enlargement of the heart , producing an obstruction of the valves in the left ventricle . It seems that the deceased , who lodged at Mrs . Rudd ' s , near Addenbrooke's Hospital , had been in precarious health , and was occasionally attended by Mr . Johnson , during the wholo of his University course . On Sunday , however , he was able to attend church , and at half-past ten o ' clock on Sunday ni g ht , he retired to rest m much his usual state . On Monday morning ,
one of the members of Mrs . Rudd ' sfamily rapped at his door , and receiving no answer , entered , and found that the deceased had been dead some hours . The jury returned a verdict of " Natural death . " A IIichwaymas Shot . —Mr . Steel , a spirit-merchant of Elmsall , near Ferrybridge , has shot a highwayman , in self-defence . Aa Mr . Steel was returning at night from Wakeficld market , where he had been collecting money , two men appeared before him , making exclamations which betrayed their purpose ; Mr . Steel cocked a pistol , put his horse to a gallop , and escaped from the fellows , who attempted to seize the bridle . A little while after , another man rushed on him , and struck him with a bludgeon , knocking him from his horse ; the villain then prepared to strike Mr . Steel over the head , but the latter shot him in the shoulder . Mr . Steel then remounted his horse , and made off , just as the other two robbers came up .
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Sretamr * The Poor Law . — This subject will be almost tho principal one which will occupy the Legislature connected with Irish affairs : — " The poor law—the whole poor law — and nothing but the poor law , " will be the talk of honourable members of all sides . In fact ,-it is the only social or political Irish question talked of . An important meeting was held at Mullingar , attended by the representatives of all classes and parties . There were present the Marquis of Westmeath and the Catholic bishop , Dr .
Cantwell , Sir Percy Nugent , Mr . Tuite , M . P ., &c . Its main object was to adopt a petition to Parliament , embodying a series of resolutions in favour of a radical amendment of the existing poor law system . In the union of Listowell , in Korvy , the vates ave 12 s . in the pound , and in the union of Trim the average rating is Id . in the pound . There are 14 , 000 ^ paupers receiving outdoor relief in the Listowell Union , besides 2 , 000 paupers now in the vorkhousel ftoiatf Catholic Esdowuem . — Tho question of endowing tho Irish Catholic Clergy wjU be brought .
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before Parliament in the mti&h bi next Session by Mr . Keogh , the Conservative and Catholic M . P . for Athlone . , , . Satixgs Banks . — Inconsequence of the apprehension felt amongst the people about the security of savings banks , the directors of the National Bank of Ireland have resolved to take deposits as low as 10 s . Incendiarism . — Incendiarism still continues m the north . Witliin two miles of Belfast the criminal disturbers have been doing their work of mischief m the open day . A public meeting was held in Bolfast on Thursday , the mayor in the chair , and strong resolutions were passed . There was an account in the Belfast Chronicle of an incendiary outrage . The stacks of a Capt . Garner were fired , and damaged to the amount of < £ 30 . bnforc Pnrliimf" *'" a » Ai » M « Ho of negfc fiflMlftn hv mw flimiMrwtiw and Catholic M . P . for
Denouemknt op the Newtonbreda Romance . — The Daily Xeivs says : — " It appears that the ' heroism' of Miss M'Veigh was an elaborately contrived fiction . " A correspondent of the Freeman s Journal ( who is corroborated by the Belfast papers ) Silys : — "Miss Grace Af / Veigh ' s laurels have been torn down . It was satisfactorily proved before the magistrates this day ( Friday ) , that she had been in Belfast on the day preceding the night that she made such courageous work ; that she was in several butchers' shops trying to get a bottle of blood ; that she got one at length from a very decent man , of the name of John Hammill , who , as well as his daughter , and a boy about sixteen years of age , have all identified Miss Grace aa the person who
came for tho blood , and took it with her . The cap that was found as having belonged to the man who was shot , has also been identified by the person m the old clothes trade as the one which he sold , to Miss M'Veigh on the same day that she bought the blood ; he has identified Miss M'Veig h also . This the young lady seems to have riddled with shot , to assist in making the story appear like truth . On the other hand the Northern Whig , a journal of high character , defends those young women against all assailants , and enters into an elaborate argument , to show- the fallacy of the charges against them . Railway Outrage . —The Clonmel Chronicle says : — " We have just heard that some of the rails of the Great Southern and Western Railway , between
Dundrum and Thurles , were torn up on Tuesday night , or early on Wednesday morning . It appears that , as one of the railway police was walking on the line , a fellow , with his face blackened , and having a blunderbuss in his hand , leaped over the fence on to the line , and accosting the constable demanded who he was ; ho replied , * Iam one of the railway police . ' The fellow said , ' Well , I am one of Captain Rock ' s police , and have received his orders to tear up the line . ' Two other fellows then joined the first , and collared the policeman , but , the whistle of a train being heard at the moment , they let him go unhurt , and tied . He then ran on towards the coming train , holding up his signal lamp to warn it of the danger ; fortunately , he was in
sufficient time , and the train slackened its speed to a very slow rate , moving along until it met with an obstruction . The line was immediately examined , and three of the rails were found to bo torn up , and thrown on one side ; they were soon settled in their places in a temporary way , and the tram passed over in safety . If it had not . been for the presence of mind of the policeman in being able to have the train stopped , the most lamentable consequences would have ensued . No clue has as yet been obtained to the perpetrators of this demoniacal act ; but we trust that such steps will be taken as to insure their speedy arrest . "
Thk Pooh-Law . —About a twelvemonth ago the guardians of the Athlone Union were—it is to be presumed not without good cause—summarily dismissed , and their places filled up by paid guardians , who appear to have discharged their duties to the satisfaction of the ratepayers—at least , no complaint of inattention or inefficiency has been made public through the medium of the local press , at all times watchful for the slightest " slip " whereon to found a grievance . On Friday week , however , a sealed order from the Poor Law Commissioners was received at the board-room of the ¦ workhouse , authorising the election of a board of guardians on the 25 th of March next , on which day the
vice-guardians cease to administer the afiairs of the union . Incendiarism in Ulster . —The Belfast Chronicle gives the following as tho result of a second investigation into the case of the M'Veighs , which was held on Saturday ;— " On Saturday last another private investigation was field at Newtownbreda , before Major Brownrigge , Sir Robert Bateson , and James M'Cancc , Esq ., R . 3 I , for the purpose of hearing additional evidence respecting the alleged fabrication of the statement put forth by the Misso 9 M'Veigh . It had been previously stated that there was another butcher in Hercules-street who could identify one of the girls at the person that had purchased blood from him on the daV before the
sanguinary affray with the incendiaries , and this witness was examined on the present occasion . The plan adopted for identification was that of putting a number of young women together , among whom were the Misses M'Veigh , and calling on the witness to point out the ono to whom he sold the blood . The man , however , completely broke down , having selected another girl , who resides in the neighbourhood , as the identical ono to whom he sold the blood , and not either of the Misses M'Veigh at al . Thus , then , has tho question of the blood-buying and tho entire fabrication of tho stovy , ended , and the plain and straightforward statement of the two girls stands in every single point uncontravened , and we are confident will remain so until time and
circumstances bring about its entire confirmation . Iiespooting tho eii'oumstanoo of the girl whotn the man identified as having purchased blood from him , we may add that it is a very common thing for country people to purchase blood to be used in the preparation of their food , and this , therefore , goes for nothing . As a proof that the magistrates believe the story , we can state that a guard of constabulary is still nightly kept upon Mr . M'Veigh ' s premises . In tho entire history of falsification there never has been recorded a more base conspiracy than that concocted to destroy the character of these two poor girls , and throw discredit upon their statements . " Importation op American Fresh Pork . —The Freeman ' s Journal lias the following : — " Mr . Michael
Smith , of Copper-alley , provision merchant , h . is just imported into Dublin the very novel article of fresh American pork . The importation consists of fifty pigs , as fresh and sweet as they were on the day they were slaughtered in America , preserved by being packed in ico . Tbo fifty pigs imported by Mr . Smith into Dublin have been brought by him from Liverpool , to which port they were imported direct from New York . Mr . Smith having invited us to see the pigs as they hung in his stores . When wo s . iw them yesterday they wore hanging , the carcases split in two . They were of great size , weighing , we are informed , from 3 cwt . up to nearly 5 cwt ., some of them being full i cwt . 3 qrs . Some of the larger ones certainly looked , for size
more liRe beeves than like pigs . They were very highly fed , and thick fat . Being split down the chine , several of them measured seven inches in thickness at tho thin part of the loin , and ten inches at the deeper part of the back towards the shoulder . This included , of course , the thickness of the chine , which , however , was not much , as the pigs were remarkably small in bone . The pork was of first-rate quality , firm and as sweet as if it had been slaughtered only yesterday . The pigs were of a superior breed , and promissed to cut up with as little offal as tho best breed of Irish pigs . We noticed
some time ago an importation of fresh pigs thus preserved into Liverpool . The present importation into Dublin is a portion of a second importation made into Liverpool . We notice this importation as significant of what we arc coming to in Ireland , and as marking with singularly emphatic indication the terrible dislocation of industry in this country . Ireland , which a few years ago used to export pigs by millions to England , now imports not onlv salt pork and bacon , but even fresh pork , from America . Ireland , which was the granary of England , now feeds her own people with flouv and Indian corn from America . "
Secret Societies . —A report that secret societies were again in progress of organisation throughout the country , calls forth the subjoined remarks from the Province of Minister : — " We cannot allow an hour to pass without warning the people against being induced to join them . We do not hesitate to say that wo would rather turn out in the most desperate forlorn hope on the hill-side , than trust ourselves to the perils of secret associations . Secret association !—the name is an . absurdity . No one act of those who fancy thatthey plot in darkness against the institutions of the State is secret from those
who can turn their knowledge to the most deadly use . The Executive has never failed to obtain possession of the most private counsels of those engaged in such combinations , and therefore it is that every man who has had the interests of the people sincerely at heart has warned them constantly against the risk they incur in joining those societies .
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Another of those sickening catastrophes , for the prevalence of which Barnsley and its neighbourhood have obtained a painful notoriety , occurred at Darky Main Colliery on Wednesday week , and has resulted in a sacrifice of human life perfectly appalling . No less than eighty-one human beings and eiglit horses have fallen victims to an explosion of fire-damp—an explosion so terrific and unexpected that of 105 persons employed in the pit at the time . only twenty-four survive . The precise cause of this , as in too many other colliery accidents , is at pro * sent shrouded in mystery ; but , without desiring to prejudice any party by the present deplorable eafct-.
APPALLING COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT BARJTSLEY . —EIGHTY-ONE LIVES LOST . APPALLLVfl COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT BARNSLEY . —EIGHTY-ONE LIVES LOST .
mity , we cannot but express an opinion that some strong legislative measures should be taken for tha purpose of throwing , as far as practicable , some semblance of protection over the lives of that hardworking and deserving portion of our industrial community who labour in the bowela of the earth . This colliery has been the scene of two former explosions ; the first was in the early part of 1847 , when six lives were lost ; and in August of the same year a similar calamity resulted in the death of two colliers . Within the distance of two miles at furthest is situated the Oaks or Ardslcy Main Colliery , where on the 5 th of March , 1 S 47 , an explosion of fire-damp killed no less than seventy-three persons . Darlev Main Colliery is the property of Messrs .
Jetfcock . and Jarratt , of Doncaster , and is situated about two miles to the south of Barnsley , a short distance from the Barnsley and Sheffield turnpike road . The works are very extensive , extending in one direction nearly a mile from the shaft , and this appears to be the "dip end , " or deepest portion of the workings . The surveyor of the colliery is Mi * Charles Locke , who resides at Rothwell , near Leeds , and is also the surveyor , or inspector , of the Duka of Norfolk ' s collieries . A fortnight since , we understand , Mr . Locke minutely inspected the pit , and stated that he had never seen a colliery in better workimr condition . Adder , the fireman , whose duty
it is daily to inspect the pit for the purpose of ascertaining whether there is any accumulation of foulair , began his inspection of the works at four o ' clock on the Wednesday morning , and at eleven o'clock , when he ascended the shaft , he pronounced all safe . The men began to assemble at their work soon after four o ' clock in the morning , and continued descending the shaft until after six , when there was , it w as supposed , lOi men and boys in the pit , besides Mr . Thompson , the bottom steward , whose duty it is , as the name of hie office implies , to superintend the operations underground , and adopt any precautions for the safety of tlie colliers that may seem to him
necessary . About twenty minutes before twelve o ' clock Mr . Thompson , who had observed nothing to cause the suspicion in his mind , felt a sudden and most alarming change in the atmosphere ; and before he coulcl take any steps to ascertain' the cause—indeed , almost before he could turn round—there was a frightful explosion . Judging from the nature of the report , and from the devastation committed , the oxplosion did not appear to have been confined to any particular spot , but extended nearly from end to end of the works . All the stoppings , trap doors ,
and gates in the pit were blown away by the violence of the explosion ; and it was felt that the wreck of human life must be appalling . Terrified by the noise , and knowing from sad experience the result of these explosions , the wives , parents , and children of those employed in the p it , hastened to the scene , each fearing the loss of a nusband , a son , or a father , ¦ « jj d there are few families in that part of AVorsbro * Dale , who have not to bewail the untimely death ofomtor more of their kinsmen . As soon as the rush of foul air up tho shaft had subsided , men were lowered for the purpose of exploring the pit . Amoncst tho most active and praiseworthy
in this search was James Beaumont and others , who remained so long in the pit that they themselves became insensible , and were drawn up apparently lifeless , in consequence of inhaling a noxious gas known among colliers as the " black damp , " and which always , we believe , succeeds explosions of fire-damp . About half-past one o ' clock the explorers gave evidence of their activity by sending up Mr . Thompson , the bottom steward , and one or two other survivors ; and from this time the arrivals of dead and living colliers at the mouth of the shaft were rapid—care having very propevly boon taken to send thosa fii <> fc
who were found to be alive . Prior to this messengers had been despatched to Barnsley for medie : il aid ; and Mr . Ayre , the surgeon to the colliery , being at the moment absent from his home , Mr . AVainwright , surgeon , and Mr . Ayre ' s assistant , . with one or two other medical gentlemen , hasf&ne ' d to tlie spot , and afforded every possible aid to the survivors , who continued to arrive at the surface till midnight , and were , as speedily as practicable , removed cither to their own homes , or to houses in the immediate neighbourhood . At five o ' clock in the afternoon , sixteen men and boys had been rescued alive , and five dead bodies had been raised . During the night other eleven survivors were discovered , but more or less iniured : making in tho
whole twenty-seven ; three of these have since died of their injuries , and two or three others arc in imminent ( Linger . Some delay arose in the search of the pit , as it was found absolutely necessary to suspend operations , in order to repair the traps , &c , m the passages , for the purpose of procuring a supply of pure air . The search , with this brief interruption , continued during Wednesday night and the whole of Thursday , on the afternoon of which t !; iy there had been seventy-five dead bodies recoveredmaking , with the three who had expired , seventyeight corpses ; and it was also known that of ten horses that were in pit eight had been killed . No record is kept of the number of men and boys who go down every morning , but from the sets of tools
taken , it was judged that there were three workmen still unaccounted for , and a party proceeded to the " dip" end already referred to , a ' distance of nearly three-quarters of a mile from the shaft . After a laborious search they succeeded in recoverinir three dead bodies ; the dreadful injuries they had sustained proved that their death must have ' been instantaneous . As the mutilated and blackened corses of these hapless men and boys were raised to the face , and were ever and anon recognised as the husbands , or fathers , or brothers of the persons around , the scene was most piteous . The blanched features and quivering frames of mothers and wives , a * they hurried to the shaft side , and gazed earnestly nil'I fearfully upon each fresh arrival , proved that thev
were not idle spectators of these wrecks of humanity . , And it was to many a matter of astonishment how bodies , mutilated and torn and burnt till not n feature was discernible , were rccosrnised by thoii relatives , who bore them to their homes in despair . It is impossible to describe the horrors that surrounded us on every sido on our arrival . As wo approached the scene of this dread calamity , we met two cartloads of dead bodies ; and there was scareoly a house which did not contain one or more of thfs ' e witnesses of tho extent of the explosion . Four cottages , adjoining the colliery , contained no less than fifteen corpses ; and every male in more than one large family , we learnt , hail been killed . The bodies of some of those colliers wlinsn homos wciv
at a distance , or of those who were so horribly mutilated that identity was next to impossible , ' wore conveyed to the adjoining public-houses ; the others were taken to their homes . "We saw at Mr . Harrison ' s the Masons' Arms public-house , a sickenim . " array of eight bodies—ono with the head torn oil ; another torn open from the neck to tho abdomen ; another with the skin nnd flesh of tlie arms stripi from tho bones ' , and the others shockingly muitlatcd . At the Darlev Inn beer-house there wer « several bodies ; at the * Keel beer-house ( the landlord of -which , George Field , was himself killed ) , many more were lying ; and a great many were taken to their homes at Bavnsley and the " adjoining townships . Many of the bodies were so crusned , and
ground , as it were , into an almost shapeless mass , that the surgeons were extremel y anxious to procure their interment , as decomposition would within a few hours take place . The explosion is supposed to have taken place on tho northern side of the pit , at a place known ; is " the dip , " which is about 1 , 500 yards distant from the shaft , and near to it is what is called " a thorough , " or " a break in the seam . " In what war tho foul air entered , and the manner of its ignition , will , perhaps , ever remain a mvsterv Tor , unhappily , every soul in that part of the working perished . It may be mentioned , as a confirmation of an old expression amongst colliers , « that the cold Wast kills more than the hot , " that the greatest slaughter
appears to have taken place in the different levels , or roads , whither the men naturally run upon hearing the explosion , hoping there to meet with pure air Out , in place of ensuring their own snfetv , they had rushed to their own destruction . To some ver sons the terms "hot blast" and " cold blast" may not be perfectly intelligible . It is simply this when there is an explosion of foul air , or the " hos Wast , a vacuum is created , and there is an unusual rush of foul ah-through the up-shaft . Of course , there is a corresponding rush of pure air along tho down-shaft to fill this vacuum ; and the men " who have run into the levels or roads , in the hope of escaping contact with the foul air , arc dashed by the descending current against the Rides or corners of
the passages , and almost invariably killed . The following are the names and description oi the deceased so far as they aro at present known : — James and Uriah Borkinshaw , brothers ,-snifflemci : ; Edward and "William Billinton , brothers , single ; Joseph Sagar , married , with six children ; William Guest , married ; Edward Rcnnington , sing le ; Charles Wood ; Geovo Barraclough , married ; James Littlewood , single ; John Burton ( better known as " Shadow , a prize-fighter ); Gcorj-e Turner , and his son ; Charles Brooke , jun ., and Ins son ; George Gtiest , and his son ; " William Wintiv ; William Hollmcs ; George Field , mawicd ; Thomas Firth ; John Sykes ; John Winder ; John Smith ; two brothers named Scllars ; John Vevcrs , marrii d ( and had a son killed at the last explosion in this
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& $ ? fJiottiUffS . Liscolsshire . —Revolting Ouirige . —At the E p iphany Sessions for the Lindsey division , held at Kirton , before Sir Robert Sheffield , John Sunman , aged 23 , a sweep , and AUck Johnson , aged 26 , were tried on a charge so barbarous as hardly to be credited . They followed a young woman into a fiola at Winterton , near Barton-upon-Humber , about six o'clock in the evening of a cold day towards the latter end of the month of October , and then and there stripped her of every article of clothing , and then stood over her while they compelled her to go through the whole of her work , that of milking four cows . The case came on for trial at the above sessions , when , although the prosecutrix , a young
weman named SSarafi Ann Seal , in fhe domestic service of a farmer . it Winterton , and of prepossessing appearance , was put through a cross-examination of a very questionable kind , from which it wag attempted to be shown that she was in the family wav , &c , she very modestly replied to the questions , and the jury , having heard certain corroborative evidence , found the prisoners guilty of stealing her gown , skirt , petticoat , and other articles of clothing , of which it appeared that only the chemise and an old great-coat- were given up to her by the ruffians for her to go home in ; the field in which the atrocity was committed being above a mile from the nearest house . The prisoners were sentenced to be transported for seven years .
Cool Trick . —At the Ilulme Cavalry Barracks , Manchester , on Saturday last , a valuable horse belonging to one of the officers ( a charger , worth at least £ 200 or £ 250 ) was stolen from the stable . A man entered the barrack-yard in the garb of an officer ' s servant , and going to the stable deliberately brought out the horse , in presence of many of the troopers , and , mounting it , rode out at the gate unchallenged by the sentry , and unsuspected by any one to be other than what he seemed . He got clear off with the steed , and neither of them have yet been traced .
Ax Engagement with Smuggmrs , —An inquest was held at Warsash , Hampshire , on Saturday last , on the body of B . Cork , who was found drowned on Friday on the mud in Hamble River . It appeared from the evidence taken that the deceased was a native of Cowes , in the Isle of Wight , but resided at Gosport , and on Thursday night week was one of the crew of six in a long French galley or tub-boat , laden with contraband spirits , and from stress of weather had been driven into Hamble River , where they encountered the coast guard , with whom it is believed there was some resistance , as upwards of twenty reports of fire-arms were heard during the night . The whole of the galley ' s crew abandoned her and went overboard , three of whom evidently stripped themselves , as their clothes were found on board , and one of them , a Frenchman , was the next morning found at llook , near the spot , and removed to Southampton with the jrallev and its cawro . The
other four men have not been yet heard of . The deceased Cork had no mark of violence whatever on his body , and must have been drowned in endeavouring to get on shore . The verdict of the jury was " Found drowned . " The smuggler's lugger brought from France 146 half ankers , or 480 gallons . She put into Portsmouth on Friday . It is reported in the neighbourhood that one of the smuggler ' s crew was shot through the body and killed , but that his companions carried him off . Tire Sultox Murderers . —The prisoner , Charles Burton , who was convicted at the last assizes for the murder of his wife , at Stilton , Huntingdonshire , and received sentence of death , which has been respited until the 10 th of April next , will , at the next assizes , be tried upon an indictment for the murder of his child . The friends of the prisoner will thereby have an opportunity of producing evidence of his insanity at the time he committed the murders , which did not appear in court on his former trial .
Jessy Li . vd's concerts at Xorwich have produced a profit of more than £ 1 , 200 , which sum is , hy her generosity , to be devoted to the charitable institutions of that city . Murder by a Lcvatic—At Portsea , on Friday week , a woman , named Beveridge , went to the station house there and said she had strangled her child . Upon inquiry this statement was found to be true ; the deceased , a male child , aged five years , being discovered dead with a piece of calico tightly twisted round its neck . The prisoner was convicted at the Winchester assizes , two years ago , for the murder of her youngest child , which she strangled in a similar manner , a verdict of "Xot Guilty on the ground of insanity" being returned , and she was ordered to be confined . After about twelve months ' confinement in "Winchester Gaol she was liberated , and sent to the Portsea Union , where she remained for a few months and was afterwards discharged .
A Model Water Company . — A water company in Sunderland supplies 400 poor families , gratis , with service pipes and water-taps in their houses , and with an unlimited supply of water at the rate Of one penny per week . Fruits of the Game Laws .-A murder was committed on Earl de Grey ' s property , near Ripon , on Thursday night week . A gamekeeper , named Harrison , on the earl ' s estate , went out about four p . m . on that day unarmed , for the purpose of visiting some of the plantations in his keeping . He did not return at night , but no alarm was occasioned , as ho was frequently in the habit of being out at a late hour . On the following morning , however , the unfortunate man not having returned , a search wa 3 made , and his body was found in a plantation at no great distance from his own house , and where it appeared that he had been shot through the heart—it is believed by poachers .
Suspected Poisostxc by a Wife . —The retired village of Martley , about eight miles west of Worcester , has been excited by a rumour that a youn " married man , named Solomon Cooper , who expired on the 1 st of January , after a very sudden and brief illness , was poisoned by his wife , who , it is stated , had formed an improper connexion with another person . The deceased was seized with illness just before Christmas , and having died on Xew Tear's day , was buried in duo time afterwards , though not without some rumours having thus early got into circulation derogatory to the character of the wife . These rumours , however , subsequently gained strength , and the coroner for the county directed that the body of the deceased should be exhumed , in order that it might be examined . The exhumation accordingly took place . It is stated that before the death of Cooper his wife obtained a quantity of poison from a druggist ' s shop in Worcester through j lie means of another party , a woman named Susan iaton .
Light Lives Lost at Laxcaster . -Ah inquest was held on Wednesday weck upon eight men , who lost their lives by the upsetting of a ° boat o ' the river Lune , at Lancaster . TluTmen were workbg at Penny Beek Quarry , on the yorth-Weaterl
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Stotlavto-An Explosion startled the inhabitants of Edinburgh on Thursday week . An intense vibration of the earth shook the houses near the Canongate ; the inmates were in some cases thrown down ; and windows wove broken . The cause of the disaster was soon ascertained , and the attention of the crowds who now thronged to the spot was drawn to a sheet of bright flame arising from the gas-holder of the Edinburgh Gas Company , which told too truly that the immense quantity of gas which it contained had , by some unknown means caught fire . In another moment the whole was one sheet of flame , the crowds which lined the Calton Hill , Regent-road , and the adjoining points , from which a view of tho burning
mass could be obtained , forming as it were an immense amphitheatre in the distance . The fire continued to blaze with great fury until gradually , as the gas was consumed , the gas-holder unmerged in the tank amongst the water Dcneath , and the conflagration was ultimately extinguished by means of wet blankets and coarse sacking being spread over the shattered remains of the gas-holder . The mysterious part of the matter is , by what means the gas in the holder became ignited . Tlie gasometer was completely isolated , surrounded by a wall , and no fire or combustible allowed inside . There were in the gas-holder" at the time nearl y 300 , 000 cubic feet of gas , the greater porton of which would of course be consumed . The total damage was estimated at about £ 2 . 000 .
Extensive Forgeries in Glasgow , —On Wednesday week last a series of forgeries were discovered to have been perpetrated by Mr . Alexander Buchanan , the senior partner , in the firm of Buchanan and Anderson , gingham manufacturers , 62 , Queenstreet . The extent of the forgeries is variously stated at from . « 12 , 000 to £ 20 , 000 , but at any rate it is generally believed that there have been forgeries to the amount of £ 7 , 000 on ono of the Glasgow banks , and £ 5 , 000 on another . There are a number of other bills for various amounts in the hands of different parties , bearing the same signature , as also a signature purporting to be that of John Fyte and Co ., merchants , Ilenfield-strcet , all drawn by Alexander Buchanan , and likewise pronounced fonrerics .
Buchanan has since absconded . Calamitous Ixuxdatiom . — The weather in the north of Scotland , and particularly in Invernessshire , was tempestuous to an almost unprecedented degree all last week . One storm of wind and rain followed another for several days and _ nights , without intermission , accompanied by vivid li ghtning . The greatest calamity which has hitherto come to our knowledge , arising from these storms , is the complete destruction , on Thursday week , of the fine old bridge over tlie Ness at Inverness , which , after bravely standing the floods and tempests of more than 100 years , has been at length , in the apparent plenitude of its strength , carried away at one fell swoop . There is much interest of an
historical and antiquarian kind attached to the bridge , and its local position and the elementary peculiarities it had to battle with gave it an uncommon celebrity . It was built at the foot of tho romantic hill , on which , according to Shakespeare , Macbeth ' s castle stood . The building of the bridge began in 168 . 5 , and was finished in the year of the revolution ( 1088 ) . It spanned the swift waters of the A css by seven well-constructed arches . Tho late eminent engineer , Mr . Telford , esteemed it the handsomest old bridge in Groat Britain ; although it had a slight rise in the centre , yet the arches partook more of the modern elliptical form than was at all common in days of old . It is stated in the statistical account of Inverness that the ancient gaol of
that burgh consisted only of a single damp dingy vault of one of the arches of this bridge . Tin ' s strange place was always pointed out as a curiosity to strangers . The Caledonian Canal is carried through the great glen of Scotland , by joining tho three great Jakes of Ness , Oieh , and Lochie , by short cuttings between them . The summit-lock of the canal , on Loch Oich , about thirty-five miles from Inverness , is ninety-five feet above high water at Inverness . Some of the banks and locks of tho Oieh , near Fort Augustus , are said to have given way , and to have allowed the waters of the upper level to flow into Loch Ness , which became swollen to such a size as to produce a fresh or speat in the river of unprecedented violence , causing the
lamentable catastrophe to the bridge we have just mentioned . All the lower part of Inverness was laid under water , the houses forsaken , and the inhabitants glad to make their escape in boats , and such other craft as could be got at . Happily no lives were lost , but there had been great destruction of property , and much inconvenience must follow from the lines of communication being interrupted . The wooden bridge , now the only means of land communication between the two districts of tho town and between the eastern and northern countios of Scotland , is left tottering to its base , and in momentary danger of being swept away . Other accounts ascribe the calamity solely to the rise of water in Loch Ness from heavy rains and molted snow , and make no mention of the inundation from Lech Oichi
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Ax Emigrant Smr DiSABLED . —On the 12 th ult the Atlantic , a shi p of more than 1 , 000 tons , sailed from Liverpool with emi grants for New Orleans It appears , that she encountered very boisterous weather , sprang a leak , and was otherwise in a de p lorable state , when a steam-tug , tho Conqueror jell m with her off IMadda li ghthouse , and took her m tow for Ardrosam Harbour . In crossing the K there she ran aground , and the emi grants 300 in number , chiefly Irish , wore taken by the tn o Glasgow , where they now remain 8 he
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1508/page/6/
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