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£ fj £ stteivopolis . HEALTH of TjOXDO * dotbc the 'Week . — On 5 rucsdar the Kegfctrar-Generars report was issued for tie week ending May 26 . The public-health , as shown by this present return , exhibits a decided improvement . The S 97 deaths arc fewer than in tlic corresponding week of any former year since U&JC . The mortality , -which has suddenly increased bv 70 deaths above the average in the preceding ¦ we ek , has now fallen as much below it . As comp ared with that week the decrease is most apparent in the deaths arising from consumptiou and infiainju . ition of the lungs . From the former disease there died in the last week 103 persons , ( the average being 145 ) , while in the previous week the number was 133 . From the latter disease ( or
pneumonia ) 61 died , being exactly the average ; of these Si were children who had net completed their second year , while in the previous week the deaths which occurred at the same a <; e were 37- In this return the mortality from bronchitis still exceeds theaverage by 18 deaths . The only ep idemic which now prevails to a marked extent is hooping cough , rfrom which the deaths were GO , or 24 more than the average ; but diarrhoea appears to be on the increase . Cholera was fatal in 5 cases ; but in two of these which occurred to infants the disease : s returned as " diarrhoea cholerica . " Mr . Butterficld , the registrar of Islington East , reports that the deaths of two voung children at Albany-place , Hornsey-road , caused by rufceola and cachexia in
one case , and fever in the other , were accelerated bv the defective sewerage and damp state of the Louse . The deaths of a man of 43 years , and a -woman of 30 , were hastened b y intemperance . . According to the return of a coroner ' s jury , a girl of 35 months died from " swallowing forty-four percussion gun-caps containing poison . " Iler illness listed tvro days ; and an examination -was made y-Ofi morkm . The mean heig ht of the barometer in the week was 2 SVS 1 S in . On Thursday it was 30014 . The temperature of the week was bighest on Thursday and Friday , and on the latter day the hig hest reading in the shade was 70 deg . ( j iiiin . Tlie mean of the week was 50 dog . 9 min ., showing an increase of eleven degrees on that of
the week ending May 12 . The births numbered 1 , 311 . Robbert at Judges' Chambers . —On Saturday last considerable surprise was occasioned amongst the members of the legal profession , in consequence of a report that the Exchequer Chambers in Clifford ' s Inn had been broken into , and a quantity of money and other property of some value stolen therefrom . From inquiries instituted by the police authorities , it appears that sonic person well acquainted with the premises must have secreted himself in some part of the building , and during the night snecceded in forcing open the various desks , drawers , and other Repositories , from which about eig ht pounds in silver was taken , together with the coats and other property belonging to the judges and clerks . The whole of the official seals and docimicats were untouched .
Tnr . "Wnrrsux Uoudats . — The unpropxtious weather on Monday considerably damped the ardour of the holiday makers . Vast numbers , however , made their way to the different spots of suburban amusement . The chief point of attraction , as usual , ¦ was Greeuwieh . Here the railway and numerous steam-vessels continued throughout the day to land crowds of pleasure-seekers , the numbers increasing as occasional cessations of the rain gave promise of ihirer -weather . Richardson's and the Crown and . Anchor booth occupied their usual ground , and the caterers for public amusement found to their cost that their speculations had been on the losing side . . At Stepncj " , Chalk Farm , Battersea , and ltands-¦ worth , similar preparations were attended with a . like result . The British Museum and National Gal . lerv did not receive one-Lalf the usual amount o :
patronage , the number of visitants averaging only two hundred per hour . The Tower , the United Service Museum , St . Paul ' s Cathedral , the College of Surgeons , and the other scientific and popular places of research and amusement , though not absolutely deserted , were considerably thinned of their customary holiday frequenters . Tnx "Whitsuntide Excursion Trains . —From Saturday last up to Tuesday evenin " , the holiday excursion trains in and out of London , and throughout the country , were on an extraordinary scale . The influx at the Euston station of the London and JZorth Western , brought up from the manufacturing ' districts by several special trains , rendered additional arrangements necessary ; annual excursion
trains , coming in from Liverpool , Birmingham , and other places , allowing passengers ten and sixteen days in London , at twenty-five shillings and twenty shillings the trip . In the much talked of Paris excursion-train there were only twenty-one passengers ; and , as the net receipt would not amount to more than £ 50 , insufficient to pay for the engine , they -were taken by the ordinary trains . 'Among other excursion curiosities and novelties was a train from Dublin to London and back , taking passengers at two gnincas each ; another train from Birmingham to Hull , the surplus profits to be devoted to the Birmingham Hospital ; " school trains" on the Lancashire and Yorkshire , conveying Sunday-school children , with their tutors , at sixpeuce : i head , from
the mills and manufactories to the outskirts , and upwards of 3 , 090 children in 100 carriages went in One day . A large number of persons availed themselves of single fares for the double journey on the Chester and flolyhead to see the stupendous tubebridges now erecting over the Jlfenai Straits . On Tuesday the trains on the Greenwich Bailway ran every five minutes each way until twelve o ' clock , and carried several thousand persons . IXS 0 LVF . M POSI-OTFICE OFFICIALS . — The Postmaster-General intends issuinga notice that persons in the employ of the pose-office will be dismissed if they take the benefit of the Insolvent Act . In
peculiar cases , however , where a person has become insolvent through , sheer misfortune , or the treachery of others , the Postmaster-General reserves to Jimself a power to reinstate such a person in office . This notice has been rendered necessary in consequence of the frequent appearance of the clerks at St . Martin * s-le-6 rand in the insolvent courts , and the almost perpetual blockade of the points of ingress and egress of the General Post-office by sheriffs' officers . Some of the stratagems to elude the ¦ vi g ilance of the blockade are exceedingly comic , and arc oftentimes very effectual , owing to the numerous avenue 3 to the interior of St . Martin '
s-le-Grand . Closecc a Gkatetaeb . —In consequence of representations iuide to the Bishop of London by the inhabitants of St . Slartin ' s respecting the crowded state of the llussell-court graveyard , and the horlible effiuvium issuing from it , a proclamation has been issued by the bishop , directing the church-¦ wardens of the parish to prevent any more graves Leing dug , or bodies being buried within that yard until further orders . The Electric LiGm-: —On Wednesday evening 3 Ir . Stalte again exhibited to the public generally the unrivalled brilliance of the new light . His apparatus for this occasion was carried to the summit of one of ihe pens of Ilunserford Suspension Bridge , that , namelv , on the Middlesex shore , and thence he
threw the radiance of his magnificent discovery now along the bridge to the multitudes that watched from the Surrey shore the effects of the illuminati n , now upon the' building * which form Hungerford Market , and now upon the water front of Somerset Bouse , and upon Waterloo Bridge and the steamers parsing up the river ; but wheresoever it lighted , the beam dazzled the beholder , whilst it discovered to those who controlled it the minute characteristics both of dress and of anhiteeture . The power o' the light , however , is well known , but what is interesting to all who desire the progress of scientific discovery , and the application of it to ihe uses of society , is , that Mr . Staite has been most successful in < -5 ecti . ' ) g and maintaining the relative adjustment of the two points , or opposite poles , which occasion
the luminosity . ' 1 his has been one grand desideratum , which w ' e believe he has attained through means of the electric current itself , so that it is self-acting , and by apparatus even mure economical of mechanic contrivance than we have had the opportunity of witnessing . His efforts are now turned towards making his discovery economica ll y applicable , and they have hitherto been most successful . It may be interesting to those who saw the brilliance of his light collected as it was into one focus by a reflector thrown behind , to know that the power ot it is estimated at 750 candles . His apparatus constructed for domestic use gives a light equal to from eight to forty candles , with this singular advantage , that the blaze can be produced and retained under an airtight glass shade , so as to prevent the possibility of ignition .
Hu . vgerfokd Market Company . — The halfyearly general meeting of the proprietors was held on Wednesday . Martin Stately , Esq ., in the chair . The report of the directors stated , among other matters , that tlie new Fish Market was completed and ocupied , presenting a most attractive appearancs , and by tie accomodation afforded to ths public , calculated to improve the trade of the market . The report was received and adopted . The retiring directors were re-elected ; and after passing a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors the meeting separated with evident feelings of satisfaction at the manner in which the affairs of the company were conducied . . -
ixquests . Fatal Acctdew on the Bibeci IJobthers Bail-¦ wat . —On Saturday , before Mr Payne , at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of W . TViggett , sged 22 , a driver on the Direct Northern BaRvaji It appeared from the evidence , that on the 5 th of April last , about half-past four o ' clockTntheTnorning , deceased was employed in raising the viaduct at Bolloway to form part of the Northern Bailway . He was running by the side of a four-wheeled waggon ¦ which wa 3 on ft tram-road drawn In one horse , and filled with earth , and on the animal being unhooked from the waggon , the deceased fell over a sleeper , and tho two near cwheels went over his legs . - He -was taken to St .. Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where amputation of both legs took place . In a fortni ght ' s
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time loek-jaw ensued , and the poor man died on Friday week . Verdict , "Accidental death . % - Fatal Accident ox the Demit Day . —Before Mr . Bedford , in the Westminster Hospital , on the body of Nathaniel Rice , aged eleven years , who was killed under the following circumstances on the Derby dav . It appeared from the evidence that it has bcea the custom for a number of boys to assemble on the days of the Epsom races at the MUlbank side ot Yauxhall bridge , and to run after the carnages ieturning from the Downs , for the obj ect of obtaking moneyT which is often thrown from thei windows ^ oi by the riders in cabs . On Wednesday evening about half-past seven , Captain George Gardne R . S ., and Captain Jones , amember of the Conse - patent rate
vative Club , aVrived in one of Hansom s -itVauxhaU-bridge / froiuthe races , and when the vehicle had turned towards Millbank , the deceased in company with many other boys , ran after it , and importuned the gentlemen insidefor some halfpence Tlie driver , in order to get away from them , pulled to the offside , and the deceased , by some means , fell over a stone and was thrown under the near wheel , which passed over his head , and literally crushed it to pieces . He was taken toji surgeon , and afterwards to the hospital , where he died the same night from the effect of the dreadful fractures . —Captain Gardner stated , that the cab was no goin" at a rate of more than five miles an hour , and that the driver was perfectly sober . Neither he nor to
Captain Jones had thrown out any money me boys . —The coroner , having deprecated the dang erous practice of throwing about money on such an occasion amongst crowds of boys , the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " ' , , "" , Suicide FROM Excessive Drixkixg . —Oni Monday , before Mr . Baker , at the Adelaide public house , Uackney-road , on the body of Elizabeth Taylor , aged thirty-three . It appeared that the deceased was the wife of a cab proprietor , and unfortunately addicted to very intemperate habits . Her favourite liquor was gin , and she was in the practice of drinking half a pint of that spirit every morning before breakfast , and as much as ten half piuts during the day . On Friday last she returned home in a state
of intoxication , and about two hours afterwards she was discovered lying in bed apparently in a dying condition . On tne table was found a phial , labelled "laudanum , poison , " which was quite empty . Mr . Langley , a surgeon , was called in , and recognised tlie deceased as having purchased laudanum at his shop that merning . —Verdict , " Temporary insanit y from excessive drinking . " Asiatic Cholera is Paddikgtox Workhouse . —On Tuesdav , before Mr . Wakley , jun ., in the Paddington Workhouse , Harrow-road , on James Taylor , aged twenty-four . The jury having been sworn and directed to view the body , a juror said- ( addressing the coroner , ) " We understand the deceased died of cholera , ana therefore object to view .. the body-as
the disease is contagious . " Another juror : " Certainly , we have no right to expose ourselves to so dangerous a disease . A third juror : " 1 shall not run the risk . " Several jurors : "It is most unjust to call Tipon -us to go Into the room , -where the body is ; is there any necessity for our viewing the body V Coroner : " Youmust see the body , otherwise the inquisition would be invalid . " A juror : "Have vou seen the body yourself ? " Coroner : "Yes , and minutely examined it . That is the third cholera body I examined this day . " The jury continuing in their refusal to inspect the body , Mr . Adhouse , the master , assured them that , both in this country and during nine years' residence in India , he saw thousands on thousands attacked with , cholera , and yet he never found it contagious , in fact he knew that ft was not so . The jury ultimately , but most
reluctantly , proceeded to view the body , whicn presented a most awful spectacle , it being nothing but a mere skeleton , yet fast hastening to corruption . Mr . Adhouse stated , that between eig ht and nine o ' clock on Friday morning deceased was found by the constable on duty , dying from starvation , on the yorth Wharf road . The police conveyed him on a stretcher to the workhouse , where he was instantly pi iced in a warm bath , and had everything done that either humanity or skill could suggest . At twelve o ' clock he was seized with unmistakable Asiatic cholera , of which he died in a few hours afterwards . Dr . Mackenzie , p hysician to the workhouse , said that it was a decided case of Asiatic cholera in its worst form . He scarcely ever left deceased from his first attack until he died . —Verdict , " Deceased died of Asiatic cholera produced by starvation . "
Death fbom Stabvatiox xs .-jl Cheap Lodginghouse . —On Wednesday ilr . Payne held an inquest at the Red Lion , Fleet-lane , Farringdonstreet , on the body of John Sellers , aged 30 , who died from want and destitution . —Robert Barton , servant at a lodging-house for vagrants aud tramps , at 3 Jo . 7 , Field-lane , said that the deceased came to the house , and engaged a bed . Witness observed that he was very Hi and sick ; but he had no fears for his life . The next morning , however , he found him in bed in an insensible state , and not wishing him to die there , he got some men to assist in
carrying him out , and leaving him on the pavement at the corner of West-street . —The Coroner said he had never heard of such cruelty as to carry a helpless man out into the streets , and leave him there to die . —The witness said he thought he had done the best : it was better for him to die in the streets than in the house , where the lodgers would be put to inconvenience—Two witnesses gave evidence as to finding the deceased in West-street , and carrying him to the workhouse , where he died the next day . The surgeon of the workhouse said that he was suffering from low fever . —Verdict , " Died from low fever , induced by extreme destitution . "
Mysterious Death of a Young Female . —On Wednesday , before Air . Wakley , at the Lord Hill , Paddington . on Margaret Fitzgerald , a dressmaker , aged 24 . —Mrs . Charlotte Gordon said that deceased , who assisted her in the military business , left her residence in North-stwet , Lisson-grove , to visit some friends in Queen-street , Edgewareroad , on Friday evening . She did not hear of her afterwards until the following day , when she heard that she had bein killed near Maida-hill . Constable Monerty , 191 D , was on duty at Maida-hill between eight and nine o ' clock on Saturday morning , when he observed a cab , with deceased in it , turning into Edgewareroad . She was disputing with the cabman about the fare—the latter complained that he had been driving her about all the morning , ami that she would neither pay him nor say where she lived . He then drove
on , and in a few minutes afterwards witness heard a scream , and looking towards Maida-hill , saw deceased lying on the road , while the cab drove on . When he went up to deceased , sha was quite insensible . He stopped the cab , and had her removed to Dr . Gurwooti ' s .- The driver ' s badge was numbered 402 , and his cab 2 , 218 . Southern , the summoning officer , said he could not get the cabman ' s address , as the badge-office was closed on Saturday and Monday , Dr . Stevenson attended deceased the moment she was picked up . She was insensible and speechless . She never rallied , and died at half-past three on Satu : day evening , lie examined the body after death , aud there were several wounds below the left knee , and above and below the left ear * _ The skull was also fractured . The inquiry was adjourned , to enable the police to produce the cabman .
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| IL 1 II I »——»¦ " ~ THE DCSMOW Fires . — The late fires , which have caused so greata -sensatioir in-the-place ; 'have been marked with quite as extraordinary a .. result . From circumstances that have transpired there appear to be very strong grounds of suspicion , at any rate as regards the one on the premises of Mr . Cates , of the Saracen ' s Head Inn , that the author was not of the usual class of incendiaries—not an unemploved and half-starved labourer or mechanic —but actually one of the force employed for the prevention of such aud all other offences against the law , viz ., a police officer . On Tuesday week Charles Drake , one of the county constabulary , was apprehended , and , after an examination before the Rev . II . L . Majcndie , the case was remanded for — r—™*——— " ^^ ' '" " '
further hearing . HOODLESS , TUB IIORSE-SfflMMER OF LINCOLNSHIRE . —Some months ago , it will be remembered , we gave in our supplement a very interesting account of Richard lloodless , a farmer on the Lincolnshire coast , having saved the lives of several shipwrecked persons by acts of almost unparalleled daring . The account was copied from Chambers ' s Journal .. A few days ago Hoodless called upon us with the information that the British and Foreign Sailor ' s Society bad presented him , through Messrs . W . and B . Chambers , with a ten-pound note , as a mark of their especial estimation of his brave philanthropy . Since the . account we copied from Chambers ' s Journal was inserted , we understand Hoodless has been instrumental in saving several more lives . — MllPacht . .
Appbeuexs ' ion of Burglars . —On Saturday night last , as Mi * . Benjamin Gill , stonemason , was returning home with Mrs . Gill to his residence in Cankerwell-lane , Leeds , he observed a strange man leave his premises , whom he thought fit to follow , but had not gone far before the man , seeing that lie was tracked , leaped a wall and began to run , followed by Mr . Gill , and was eventually arrested in his progress . . ne gave his name Henry Peake , from Hull , and was eventually conveyed to prison , Whilst this was going on , Mrs . Gill approached her dwelling , and , to her surprise , saw a man through the window in the house . As the house had been locked up safely early in the evening an alarm was given , and the door was held to prevent the man
escapingtill a watchman arrived , when the man , who gave his name Wm . Kayc , was taken into custody . When asked what he was doing there , he said that he had been invited by a man to . go in and take a , glass of wine . He was likewise conveyed to prison . In the room where Kaye was found , there was also found a bundle of wearing apparel belonging to Mr . and Mrs . Gill , which had evidently been packed up for tho purpose of being conveyed away . During the pursuit of Peake a noise was heard , as of the fallbg of a bunch of keys , and , on searching along the route he had taken , a couple of picklocks were found , as well as a pair of stockings which had been taken from Mr . Gill's house . On Monday the two
men were examined before the Leeds magistrates , by whom they were committed for trial for the burglary * # ; : . Beatixg a Child to DeaihI—A labouring man , named Holloway , living in Kingsland-placc , Southampton , has been taken up for beating his child ( a boy about ten years old ) to death , on Saturday last . The boy had been guilty of some very trifling offence , and his father beat him with a strong buckle and strap , and kicked him until he died . When the poor child was dead , the brute took tho body to the back of the house and poured water on it , in the hope of bringing it to life again . The man is a drunken , bad character , and has been in the habit of using his wife and child very cruelly .
Another Man Poisoned byiiis Wipe . —Considerable consternation was caused , in Nuneaton , last week , in consequence of a report being freely circulated that another husband had been secretly poisoned by his wife . The circumstances connected with the case , as far as they have yet transpired , appear to be as follow : For some timepastthe deceawhose name was Thomas Ball , and his wife Mary , had led an unhappy life , owing to her alleged unfaithfulness to him , and this only can account for the atrocious act now imputed to her . On Friday , the 18 th ult , the deceased went out fishing , which gave great offence to his wife . The rain coming on , ie caught cold , and became otherwise indisposed . Having returned home , the wife , under the plea of
kindness , persuaded the deceased to go to bed and take a basin of hot gruel , which he readily consented to do . His wife , it appears , prepared the gruel , of which ho partook , but shortly afterwards he was seized with violent sickness , purging , and thirst , the usual characteristics of a party suffering from poison . The poor fellow continued in the most excruciating agony for two days , when he expired . The suddenness of tlie attack , and the extraordinary manner of the death , led to a determination on the part of the friends to have the body opened for the purpose of ascertaining , if possible , the precise cause of death . Accordingly a 2 ) ost-mortem examination was made , the result of which proved the presence of arsenic in the stomach , a fact which , at
once gave rise to suspicion against his wife , which stimulated further inquiry , when it was speedily found out that she , accompanied by another female , had purchased some arsenic at the shop of Mr . Iliffe , a druggist . A coroner ' s inquest was called , when , after a protracted investigation , during which the above facts were elicited , the case was adjourned . Disclosures about a Murder coxjmitted Thirteen Years ago . —For the last few days the little village of Knottingley , near Wakefield , has been disturbed in consequence of certain circumstances coming to the knowledge of the authorities calculated to throw some light on a most brutal murder which occurred at Knottingley in the year 1836 . For the information of our readers we may state
that m November , 1830 , the body of a youti " woman , named Ann Horsfall , or Hassall , was found in the Goole canal at Knottingley , and from the marks on her bod y ' and other corroborative circumstances , the unanimous opinion was that she had met her death by unfair means , and had been afterwards thrown into the water , where she was found on the morning after she had been missed . A few days before this young woman had thus untimely come by her death tho landlady of tho boer-housc where the girl lived as domestic servant , had lent her own brother a sum of £ 7 in the presence of a gang of notorious poachers and other loose characters who at that time frequented the house . One , or possibly more , of these fellows , were at that time
keeping company with the deceased girl , and it has always been supposed she was in the tap-room when these ruffians robbed the old man , then asleep , of the money , nowever , the money was taken from his pocket , and several of the party in the house at the time were apprehended , and the poor girl , in spite of intimidation and threats from their accomplices , declared that when the day arrived for her to go before the magistrates , she would speak the truth and nothing more . The day for the investigation before the bench , at Pontefract , was fixed for Saturday . On the previous Wednesday evening the deceased was sent out about half-past eight to a shop near the canal bridge for some p ipes and tobacco , but did not return , though it was
ascertained , and in fact admitted by one of the party at the time suspected , that she had been with him in the back premises of the Red Lion , on the opposite side of the road , and close to the canal side . In the premises in question tho pipes were found in a broken state , and from the general appearance of the road to the canal it was the common impression that a struggle had ensued between human beings . This very naturally threw suspicion on the parties implicated in the robbery of the landlady ' s brother , and some nine or ten , among whom was the girl's own brother , were apprehended . Aprolonged adjourned injjuest was held for several-days , but nothing was elicited calculated to bring the charge of murder home to any of the suspected parties . Five or six
of this gang have since been transported for other offences , and one or two of them have in the meantime died . Tlie brother of the deceased girl , however ( who has always been suspected with having been privy to the murder ) , has on several occasions made some singular statements , and displayed indications of being oppressed with unpleasant reflections . On Monday evening the 21 st ult ., this man was in the Red Lion , at Knottingley , though quite sober , and there made a statement which induced the persons in company to send for the constables , who , from statements made in their presence , retained Horsfall in custody , and in consequence of what had fallen from him two women , named Hannah Askum and Sarah Downey were also apprehended , they havin »
been companions or paramours of this gang of notorious characters at the time of the murder , though since married . On Tuesday allthree of the parties were privately examined , and from what then transpired all were ordered to appear at Pontefract for further examination on Saturday to which place Joseph Horsfall was removed in custody , The two women were liberated on bail until that day . Joseph HorsfaU is a marine , living at Knottingley , and ias lost one leg . This tragedy promising to come to light after all inquiry being baffled ao artfully for such length of time , has caused all the old rumours in connexion with ; it to be revived , and imparted a degree of interest to the otherwise not very buoyant eirelee of Knottingley . . OuTEieE by ; a CLERoyMAy . —More than ordinary excitement
was created in Leek , Staffordshire , last week , by the figuring of the . Rev . Edward Powyss , tho rector of Bucknall and Bognall ( whoselivingproduces a yearl y income of more than £ 1 , 000 ) at the borough ^ police-court on Wednesday week , on a charge of having committed a cruel assault on a poor woman named Ann Clewes , agod 64 . The rev . defendant , who is well known in the district , aad is possessed of great wealth , was defended by Mr . Cobbelt , a barrister , of Manchester . From the evidence it appeared the defendant was the owner of the tithes at Bueknall . The husband of complainant rentedla ¦¦ small farm in the village at a yearlj rental of £ 50 / subject to tithes . They resided there for six years , but left in April last and they nowjay ; ls . 2 d . a weekfor the cottegethey live in . Tie , tithes were paid in kind , the defendant taking every tentii . strike of corn . Four years back J&e tithes weme ijomiaat ^ aid ths sum the hus-
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band had to pay was £ 4 7 s . year v , and she had Sthe defendant' thOTentchai-emfull , without SSucSn * the property tax . It was usually de-K by the tenant , and afterwards deducted from fSounfc ductb the owner . . On the 8 th of May he Sendant called for hi 3 year ' s titho : Sheaskcd Wm to step in and wait while sho got some " Chan o . H ? s 3 d ^ Il » TO . had no dinner , * and lumped on SshoXe and rode off . She then had - too ^ money . OnSllth he sent two of his servants but . she did not pay them ; The rev . defendant shortly aftciSrds cLeand said that he had hoard she was fflS America , butthat he had stoppedJier Thb poor woman denied ever having had such an intenW The rev . gentleman then demanded Ins Hthc She said , " I hope you have no objection to pS-r me the Queen ' s W . He asked tor her recefcor that tithe . She showed him them , as also Se iSeipts which hehad given for thetoAe . be-; ; - _ . _ .
, _ . fore He put thorn in his pocket , and refused to return them . She begged of him to give her the papers back , and sho would pay . him the tithe m full whether he deducted tho Queen ' s tax or not . He still refused , and she , thinking that he would come upon her for the three years tithes , the receipts of which he had got , again begged their return . He swore by His God that ho would net , and that he would return them to London . She got to the door so as to prevent him leaving with the receipts , when he struck her on the arm a violent blow with a large walking-stick . With pain and fear the poor ola creature began to cry and she went to him with a view of getting tho receipts from him He said— " I swear by my God I'll not give them back . " He then raised the stick and struck her over the head . Sho fell to the ground insensible , and remained in that state several hours . Blood flowed over her head , and Mr . Laste , a surgeon , on
examining her , found a wound on her head of about half an in inch in depth . The scalp was separated to the extent of half an inch . After a lengthened examination the Rev . S . Sneyd , the chairman , said it was clear that a gross assault had been committed upon the woman , and one perfectly unjustifiable , and the bench considered it a 5 fc case to inflict the heaviest fine allowed by law , viz ., £ 5 and costs . ( loud applause followed the decision of the A Good Example . — The Hon . Newton Fellowes has given orders to have a great quantity of his coppices and brakes , in the neighbourhood . of Eggesfovdand Chawldgh , cleared andbroken up for ti !» lage , which is now affording a large amount of labour to the poor ; immense tracts , which but a few years since were p lanted with furze , for the purpose of affording shelter for the . foxes , are now undergoing that change which will soon , we hope , repay the owner a better return . — Western Times .
The Murder at Banbury . —• Mrs . Layton died on Tuesday evening , after three weeks' suffering . An inquest is to be held on the body , when the prisoner Layton will doubtless be committed to Oxford Castle for the wilful murder of his wife . Mrs . Layton having lingered so long , hopes were entertained that sl : e might ultimately recover ,, though Dr . Wise , her medical adviser , always considered that serious consequences might suddenly supervene from the pistol wound , which had produced compound fracture of the skull . Wilful Damage to the Elbctmc Telegraph . — The first instance of malicious injury being done to the electric telegraph has just occurred : on the London and North Western Railway , between Clifton
Bridge and Rugby , by the twisting of the wires and by wnich the communication was broken off between London and Rugby down , and Liverpool , Manchester , and Birmingham up . Accident on the Great Western Railway . —On Wednesday an inquest was held at the Limb and Lark Inn , Keynsham , on the body of a labouring man , named Thomas Dolman , whose death was occasioned by an accident oh the Great Western Railway . It appeared that on Monday evening the deceased and five other men were employed in the long tunnel at Brislington , near the Bristol end of the line , in repairing the ballasting . "While they were at work , the down luggage train from Paddington was signalled , and upon receiving ttie word , they all got
upon the up line , but had scarcely done so ere they heard the whistle of the i 30 up passenger train , which was close upon the tunnel . The five companions of the deceased immediately got up out of the way , and one of them , a man named Lacy , seeing the danger of Dolman , called out to him , and failing to arouse his attention screamed " murder . " It is supposed that tho unfortunate man was _ paralysed by the apprehension of danger , for nothing seemed to arouse his attention , and the train knocked him down and killed him in the tunnel , mangling his body in a shocking manner . He was a well-conducted man , and has left a wife and six children . The jui-y returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " Four Person's drowned wniLsr Boatisg . — On Sunday last six persons were amusing themselves in a boat on the river running through Norwich . They went up to the head of the river to the mill pool , and rowed the boat in sport into one ot the
flushes , then running very strong . They tried this a second time , when one of the party ( Thos . Lane ) was jerked overboard ; another of the . men in the boat leaned over to catch hold of his companion , and the other parties likewise leaned over the same side with the same intention , when the flush filled the boat and she immediately sank . Four of the parties sank and were drowned—their names , Thos . Lane ,. 16 ; Roberi ; Browne , 28 ; Henry Lane , 23 ; and Francos Breeze , a very fine young woman , aged 19 . The two latter were to have been married on the following day . Inquests were held by W . WiMe , Esq ., the coroner for the city , and verdicts of " Accidentally drowned" returned . The coroner observed that , had tlie party really wished , and . intended to have been drowned , they could not have taken more certain and effectual means . It was a most dangerous place for such sport , the flushes running very rapidly , and the water being from fo Ji'tecn to sixteen feet deep .
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sent as the ' land of promise / where a ne ^ Jerusalem is to be foundby them . This is a new tenet originated with the gold mania , and takes wonderfully with the ignorant , who eagerly seize the opportunity of « going to the dig « ings anyhow : The ; company are to set sail for their destination as soon as the number of converts reac hes a certain point . We have been informed that some of the sect arc alreadv on their way to the Sacramento from the parish of Llanfiothen in Merionethshire . " ¦ DEATH OF A Morxion TiiRonon refusing Medical Aid . — A man named John Pugh , belonging to the sect of Latter-day Saints , was seriously burned at the late colliery explosion at Aberdare . His brother saints refused to let any medical man come near 7 .. , . it . i i . _ , i / if « . nmiDa whom n . nfiw ¦ Tfiru
him , and he died in consequence . An inquest was held , at which two of " the saints" were examined . Tliey gave the folioving evidence : —James Jones ( Jim Pontypool ) was called , who stated that he was a saint , and according to their creed no one should send for a doctor , but . rely on the ordinances of their church for cures in all cases , and had it not been for the weakness of John Pugh ' s faith , he wouh have been cured immediately . Having made several other most contradictory statements , several of tho jurors said they could not believe him on his oath . With this the deputy coroner quite agreed , and he was dismissed without being sworn . —Wm . Sims was next called , who also stated that he was a saint and an elder in the Church of Christ ^ On the
day John Pugh met'with the accident he was sent for . He went and anointed him irith oil , and administered the rites of the Church of Christ . He was perfectly sure had . John Pugh ' s faith been good , he would have cured him that instant . He tried him again several times , but the deceased ' s faith was too weak each time . He knew that Dr . Evans had offered his" services to attendthe deceased , but that John Pugh wished to try the ordinances of the Church of Christ , and if that failed he would have a medical man . Though I failed to ; cure him , I did not advise the propriety of having a doctor . It is my duty , as an elder , to exhoi't our people to trust to the ordinances of the church for cures in all cases , and not to medical men , Still we would not
exclude any one from having a doctor . He knew that deceased was delirious for several days , before he died , still he took no steps to have a proper medical man to see him . I do most solemnly declare that if all the flesh were burnt off my hand this moment that my blessing would cure it in an instant . I have cured myself many times . I have cured my wife frequently , and I have performed instantaneous cures upon my children by my blessing only , and had John Pug h ' s faith been good , I would have cured'him like putting one hand into the other . The jury returned the following verdict ;— "We find that the deceased , John Pugh , died from the effects of an accident caused by an explosion of firedamp at Risca Colliery , May 8 th , and the culpable neglect of his attendants , who were members of a
certain society called the Latter-day Saints , in refusing to permit a medical gentleman to attend to his case . The jurors beg , in the strongest language , to censure the conduct of these deluded people , and caution , them not to repeat-their foolish , practices in future . " The verdict was read in open court by the deputy-coroner , who advised the saints , and said that the jury had been exceedingly lenient , and that the verdict was a very merciful one . He fullyexpected to have had to commit several of them for manslaughter , but as it was they had a most narrow escape this time , and he trusted that the serious caution of the jury would have due weight with them . Had they not put the fault upon the poor man now dead , nothing could have prevented them from being sent to another tribunal .
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with the other houses in the . ^ village .,. Tho man stodtl , " arid ' looking around ai ( he furniturd ' piled outside the door , - he caught up a hammer , and commenced smashing the windows ,, from whi h , however , he desisted on the coming up of Mr . Gason and the attendant bailiffs . He cried bitterly , and turning to the crowd made a lamentable complaint . He held a bake-house and six acres of land , and said he was doing well in the world . . While speaking he was struck a blow on the mouth by a butcher named Donohue , for whom bis house , I understand , was intended . A shout was then raised , several men rushed forward , on both sides , and the conflict was likely to terminate disastrously were it not for the interference of the police . A liitle beyond this , with frhfi other houses in the . villaee ... Tho man
at the house of a man named Brislane , a still more affecting scene took place . The house was a comfortably slated one of two stories high , the windows well glazed and large . Brislane nnd hi ? wife both stood outside the door in tears . The woman held a child in her arms , and a little girl near her held another . The children also cried bitterly . As the bailiffs approached Brislane pulled off his bat , and , throwing himself on his knees , exclaimed , while the tears coursed rapidly down his cheeks , and his breast heaved with sobs , "May the malediction of heaven fall "—here his wife threw her arms around him , entreated him nok to , cwse , and kneeling down herself on the wet ground , and holding her child up towards heaven , she said , "No , Jim , do not curse ,
but let both of us and the children pray to the great God to forgive them . " I saw on many rough visages the ^ t races of deep emotion . Brislane was running about in a state of distraction , bitterly complaining . None of the houses from the comer of this house of Brislane ' s were levelled ; but a little beyond Bris ' ane s Fethard-street commences , and as soon as the party entered on the street a body of twelve bailiffs _ frem _ Nenagh , who had been in a house up to this period , enmeup , each carrying a crow-bar , and the work of levelling here commenced , with an extraordinary coolness on the part of the bailiffs . Three or'fouv of them would collect at a corner of a house , and by a few . well-directed BtroUes of a crow dislodge a quoin , when tlie wall
generally tumbled in an exceedingly brief short space of time . Their faces , when they were a short time at work , became so begrimed and blackened with the dust , that they looked quite horrible . Four houses afc the commencement of Fethardstreet were razed in an incredibly short space . Another house remained to ba demolished , and the bailiffs were about applying crow bars to the walls , when it being said that a wretched man named Booth was inside unable to leave his bed , Mr : Gason entered , and a sight of the most harrowing description presented itself to his eyes . The poor creature lay on a wretched straw pallet in the corner , his face and limbs were swollen , and he was scarcely able to articulate a word from excessive debility . Mr . Gason
gave him a shilling , and appointed him " care-taker " of the house for a week , perceivingthat the inevitable consequence of throwing him out , would be instant death . Here the rain , which had been falling all day , increased violently . I left the scene for a short time to see the condition of the people in other parts of the village . It was heartrending , absolutely terrific . To describe the contrivances resorted to in order to ward off the " pelting of the pitiless storm , " would be an endless task . Chairs we ' re arranged in squares , quilts , sheets , and pieces of old canvass ^ werestretched on poles ; wigwams were thus formed under whose covering the . poor creatures were seated , completely saturated with the rain which fell through the flimsy awning overhead nearly as plentifully as it did from the skies without . Ass ' s
cais and turf baskets were also upturned , and gave shelter to scores of half-clad wretches . I 8 gain proceeded to Fethard-street . The bailiffs had gone up on the east-side , where they were at my departure , and having demolished two or three houses , were now , engaged at the opposite side . I subjoin the names and families of the persons evicted . I could not ascertain the exact amount of those whom it is intended to furnish other dwellings to ; but I am told on good authority that selections have been made which give occasion to very bad feelings . Anxious to do my duty impartially and with candour toall parties , I made the most rij ; id inquiries on this head , and am assured bymost reliable authority that the persons to be taken in must be considerable less than thirty families .
( The rep- rter here gives a list of the names , thenumbers of each family , &c , evicted—the aggregate amounting to five hundred and eight human beings . He then proceeds , and , describing a particular locality calkd Pound-street says)—"In this street a great many more persons were rendered houseless than appears by the report . I could get no accurate account of the names of the lodgers in each house , but was told that at least one and sometimes two families , along with the nominal occupant's family , resided in each . Beyond ihe end of Pound-street , on the road leading to Graune , some eight or ten houses , inhabited by some families of the Ryans , were also , I am told , demolished . But I had not time to proceed to the spot , and make
personal observations . Taking into consideration the number of lodgers which the houses contained in addition to the recognised tenants , and of which I could get no accurate return , I should suppose that the entire number turned out of their houses on Thursday would reach 150 families , of 600 individuals . Of this number , I could learn that about thirty families , or , on an average of four to eich family , about 120 persons , were to be allowed other dwellings in the village . So that 480 persona or 120 families would thus appear to be thrown on the " waves of the world , " as some of the unfortunate people themselves stated it . I have now only to ' add that in the drawing up of this report , and in collecting the facts 1 have herein stated , I was influenced solely by a desire to do even justice to all
parties . Before I close this lengthy report , I deem it only due to Mr . Denis M'Carthy , the middle landlord of Church-street , Main-street , and a great part of Fethard-street , to state , that on his appearance among his f . rmer tenants , the protestations of gratitude the poor creatures poured out to him were unbounded . I saw several kneel on the wet street and call down blessings on his head for the indulgence he had shown while exercising the functions of landlord over them . Night was falling as the sheriff ' s deputy , with his attendants , had taken po ? session ef the last house in fond-street . I won't attempt to describe what was indescribable—the soul harrowing condition of the poor wretches in the wigwams at the time I was leaving Tojmevara ( eight o ' clock in tbe evening . ) No pen could portray in its true colours the fearful horrors of the picture . " 1
Dublin , ' Saturday , May 26 th . —The southern journals generally contain further most afflicting accounts of the increase of destitution . The Cork Examiner says : — ' The affairs of the hapless union of Bantry arc come to a crisis—to a dead lock . In misery , suffering , and bankruptcy , Bantry is the twin of Skibbereen . " In the midland counties , also , destitution is increasing . At the meeting of the Oarlow Board of Guardiaus , on Wednesday , Mr . Fishbourne announced that before a month they would have claims from no less than five hundred persons from the Queen ' s County ; and that in the barony of Slievemarguy many of the people are now living on weeds . ' 1 he state of Clare continues to be truly fearful j twdve deaths by starvation in two days . Capt . Kennedy , the Poor Law Inspector , is making
extraordinary exertions , which have won him much praise . In one townland there have been ejected by the landlord , sixty families . Secret Societies . —The Kilkenny Journal contains a letter from Dr . Cane , who had taken a lending part m the Young Ireland movement of last year ,-expressing alarm at the increase of secret societies . Dr . Cane says : — " My object is to call your attention to the sad fact that secret associations and swearing in for some political purposes have reached our county and city and are progressing amongst our people . I have become fully and satisfactorily cog * nisant of thfi truth of this statement with a depressicuvof spirit which far outweighs anything 1 have telt m bygone suffering ; and 1 address these hnrned lines to you , asking that the press and the clergy would combine their united influences to dissuade from so vuinous a movement the mhguided men who are falling into the snare . "
Harvest PRospKcis . -The provincial journals received this morning give the most cheering accounts of tlie progress of thecrops of all kiuds . The lotatoes , in all directions , present a healthy and luxurious appearance , and those early planted are far advanced in growth . . Fatal Conflict with the PoucE .-The limerick ^ Jieporter , of yesterday , says :- " A correspondent informs us that on Wednesday last a conflict took place between the country people and tlie policein the neighbourhood of Hospital , in this county , when one of the people was killed , and several , it is feared , mortally wounded . It is stated that a number of cattle , seized—but whether under civil bill decree or habere our correspondent does not mention-had be » n impounded in Hespitalon Tuesday , and on the same night . the pound having been broken openi every beast was driven off . . Next day the poE . to where the cattle were , and were actua lv an ™™?
? ra— . t 0 th ? P ° untla 6 ain , having also a rested " tEwt ™ - pnm " lly concerned in the rescue , when a « 2 ? Jfr — £ says ' " <»* fe 9 you are fKf ° f the ™ i ary preparations here , for such is ftiS ^^ S ^ fr ' ^ ^ ed " thai ™ ™ M of the 93 gd-Regiment quartered here , was rounds of ball cartrid ge ; the convalescent patients ia tjw hospital have also been served with She same . There is a company at all times kept in the barS to be ready at throe minutes' notice . Whilst the soldiers were celebrating the Queen ' s birthday ( Saturday ) , not a policeman was allowed to l « m the ow .. M ^ S 8 h ave been held in the neighbourhood of Carnck-on-Suir , under the nama « f T ^ -Hn *
matc hes ; such is : the ; cloafe . There UW sign o ^ tE'wS 1 PW aUack o « twardly , 6 tmtlie authoriics have such information as . leads them to matte these preparations , as being absolutely necessary . "
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&p iSrobintfg * Robbert of Plate . —On Sunday morning , during the absence of the family at church , the house of Mrs . Musgrave , widow of the late Alderman Muagrave , in Park-square , Leeds , was entered by means of false keys and robbed of from seventy to eighty pieces of silver plate , comprising forks , table and tea-spoons , &c , besides twenty-five sovereigns , which the thieves found on ransacking the drawers , and with which they got clear off . A person who lives in the neighbourhood observed two men enter the house , one having his hat off , and the other a clove in his hand , and a woman was also observed mtrnllin ? in front for some time . In the course of
the day two men , who gave their names Wm . Sums and Benjamin Woolley , and a woman calling herself Mary Lucas , were apprehended in a public-house , on suspicion of being the guilty parties . Burns at first said that the woman was his wife ; but she herself said that she was the wife of Wm . Lucas , and that she had left Liverpool by the eight o ' clock train that morning , in search of her husband , who , she had heard , was at Leeds , but she did not know what time she arrived . On searching her thirty-four sovereigns , twelve shillings in silver , a gold watch , and a costly diamond ring were found , but no trace of the stolen property . They were on Monday examined before the Leeds magistrates , when a policeman said he had seen all the three together before and after the time of the robbery on Sunday . They were , in consequence , remanded for further
examination . Desibuctive Fire at Thoevebton . —The farmhouse and a considerable part of the extensive outbuildings at Chapel St . Martin , in the parish of Thorverton , the property of that enterprising agriculturist and cider merchant Mr . Thomas Kingdon , has been destroyed by fire , which' broke out about eight o ' clock on . the night of Friday the 25 th ult . The flames spread with a fearful rapidity , extending to the adjacent thatched buildings , and thenco to the dwelling house , which , . with many outbuildings and much valuable property , is destroyed , a portion only of the furniture being saved , and much of this more or less damaged . The origin of this
destructive fire is not known . . Manslaughter by a Quack . —On Saturday an inquest was held upon the body of Ann Flannigan , a young' woman , who had died from a poisonous medicine administered to her by an Irish quack doctor the previous week . She had for some months laboured under a scrofulous sore on her hand , about half an inch square , but which did not prevent : her from following her--usual occupation .. The jury , after : hearing the evidence , returned a veridict of "Manslaughter" against Francis Daly , alias Mixrphy , who is described as a man about five feet six inches , and a hawker of brushes , but occasionally practising quackery . The police are making active xsgiunes ia order , to ascertain his whereabouts . ¦ - ¦
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Caution to Masters of Vessels bringing PASSENOEns from IiiELAND . —The Cardiff Guardian says : —Jasper Travers , master of the James , of Kinsale , appeared on Thursday the 24 th ult ., at the Town-hall , Newport , before the Mayor , and T . Hughes , Esq ., to answer an information for having carried forty passengers more than allowed by his license from Carmashery , in Ireland , to that port . — Richard Trcw , assistant tide-surveyor of the customs , proved that defendant ' s vessel arrived on the 22 nd ult ., with 119 adults and seventy-eight children—passengers on board ; and also sixteen horses and thirty sheep—all confined together in the hold , the vessel being only seventy-eight tons recister !! She was much over-crowded , Jind in a It ~ A- b m « hB . # ¦¦
* very offensive state on her arrival . Witness said he never saw such starved and miserable looking beings in all his life . The defendant ' s licence allowed him to carry only ninety-eight passengers ; and calculating the children as three for one adult passenger , he had on board forty-seven more than the number allowed . —Mr . Frost , tide-surveyi . r , produced the vessel's register and the licence he received from the defendant ; also his cargo-book , in which he had entered only sixty-one passengers ? , — The defendant said he did not know the number he had on board , . and produced Nicholas Welsh , one of the passengers , to prove that he ( Welsh ) had smuggled two friends on board . — The case being clearly proved , Travers was fined £ 200 , being £ 5 each for forty passengers ; in default of payment he was committed to Usk house of correction for two months . Irish Vagkants . —• Carmarthen was last week literally swarming with Irish vagrants , who wore landed at Milford or some part of the coast in the neighbourhood early in the week , and who , to the number of 400 , of men , women , and children , have appeared in crowds in the streets . They say that the parish officers paid 2 s . a head for their passage to this country . Surely tho government ought to adopt some measures to adopt such wholesale migration ; the inhabitants of this country are sufficiently burdened with the support of their own poor without having such hordes as these as a continual burden upon them . —Carmarthen Journal . The Latter Day Saints and California . —The Carnarvon Herald says : — " This neighbi urho ' od has
been favoured with a visit from a number of itinerants , of a questionable character , professing to bo preachei' 3 in tho doctrine of the Latter Day S ; i its , who have of late become so notorious in the principality by their impostures . These devout personages hold forth almost daily in the open air , and in the dwelling-houses of their brethren , to crowded audiences of the lower order , to whom the novelty has proved a source of great attraction .. It appears that the unremitting exertions of . the saints , and their false representations , have gained for them a goodly number of converts in the town . This is evidenced by the regular nocturnal ' dippings ' which take place in the river Seionet , at which it is not an unfrequent occurrence to see four or five at a time-receiving the rite of baptism . The manner in which this ceremony is performed ib disgraceful , and altogether unprecedented , common decency , not beimr observed . The saints , however , are always
desirous , were it possible , of keeping the place of meeting secret ; but the gamins of Carnarvon will not allow this , having always been accustomed to be present—treating the poor fellovra to frequent volleys of hard Atones and missiles and keeping up such a continual uproar , so that the solemn performance caa scarcely bo got through . The power of wording miracles forms a prominent feature of their doctrine , aad . this imposition our visitors have laboured hard to-establish in the minds of the people ., . using every means that their canning and craft could devise for iihatiPitrpese ; unfortunately , however , fox them and their cause , every essay made in this direction has proved an entire failure . Their character assumes . something ¦ of the enthusiastic madness of Peter !' the Heianit , in the time of the crusades ; and their ^' mission' bea . vs a striking similaritjvbeing to make" proselytes tor emigration to the golden , regimifi of . ( California , w . ^ cfc they repre-
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scothintr . Execuiion at Perth . —The execution of John Kellocher , ' who was convicted at the last circuit court of the murder of Janet Anderson , an old woman residing at Buttergasfc , near Blackford , took place at Perth on Tuesday morning . About 5 , 000 persons' were present . On coming upon the scaffold the prisoner walked forward with a firm step , and , with the exception of the ashy paleness of his features , gave no indication of fear . During the reading of the . service he repeatedly lifted his hands as if in the act of earnest devotion . On ueing left alone , however , ho trembled slightly , and continued to hold the signal for about two minutes , ere he allowed it to drop . At last it fell , and the strong man , after a few convulsive struggles , hung a motionless corpse . At Dine o ' clock the body was taken down , and soon afterwards interred . Kellocher
was a native of Ireland , and from the county of Clare . He was twenty-seven years of age . On Monday night he gratified the authorities by making an ample confession of his guilt , exonerating the witnesses in reference to all that they had said on his trial , acknowledging the justice of his sentence , and expressing contrition for his crime . A Box Killed by Another near Arbroath . — On Saturday week as a coal-hawker was delivering some coals to a family residing at Frioekheim , a boy threw a stone at his horse , which , being observed by another boy who threatened to inform the carter on his return , he was struck to the ground by a stone thrown at him by tho challenged party , who advanced and ordered him to rise . The boy ' feebly replied that he was not able , when his adversary ( about ten years of age ) kicked him in the breast and belly , and the little sufferer almost immediately expired .
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Sveiauo . AN EVICTION SCENE . ( From the Tipperai-y Vindicator . ) It was a p'teous spectacle on Thursday , in the midst of the pouring rain , to see children Jed by their parents out from their houses into the street , to see mothers kneel down on the wet ground and holding their children up to heaven , beg relief from the Almighty , and strength to endure their afflictions . The cries of bereaved women and men running half frantic through the streets , or cowering from the rain and wind under the shelter of their poor furniture , piled confusedly about , were affecting in the extrt-me . To see , amid all this misery , ten or twelve burly ruffians from Nenagh , assailing the houses with
crowbars , and to hear their cries of exultation as a wall yielded to their assaults , or a roof tumbled down with a crash , the spectator should be callous that could avoid being greatly affected . It was altogether as deplorable a spectacle as 1 have ever beheld . But let me give you a detailed account of the day ' s proceedings . Having heard that the work of ejectment was again put off from Wednesday , I proceeded from Nenagh at an early hour on Thursday moriiing , and arrived in Toomevara at nine o ' clock . The tub-sheriff ' s de puty , Mr . Samuel Gason , was there before me , and Mr . Charles O'Dell , of the police , withabout forty of the constabulary . The scene , as I passed through tlie western end of the villaere , will not soon be
effaced from tny recollection . The entire range ol houses from the cross at the Rev . Mr . Meagher , P . P . ' s house , to Mrs . Hill ' s cbach-office , had been tumbled down , and all were roofless with the exception of three . The wretched creatures who had inhabited them were sitting on the ground alongside their little effects , or were busied erecting huts with the timber of the roofs against the ditch at the opposite side of the road . Some of these huts , or shanties , were erected , and Here they were huddled in groups . Beds , bedclothes , pots , boxes , chairs , and tables lay scattered about in dire confusion . It was scarcely possible for one to pass without being blinded by tlie clouds of soot and dust . Heaps of sooty black straw ob s tructed the way , and several small cars
were loading with the timber on the roofs , whilst others were rolling away in different directions . The inhabitants of this part of tho village , I unde \ stood , were tenants of a Mr . Long , and had thrown down their houses by arrangement , in antici pation of the sheriff s arrival , as I heard they were promised the timber and thatch . Passin g on through the village reached the upper end , or Churcli-street , where the sheriff's sub-deputy , some police , John Donchue . the driver on the estates , and a posse of bailiffs , had already commenced the work of ejecting the wretched people from their houses . Only two houses were taken down in this street : twelve families were
turned out , and the doors secured by driving staples into the jambs . The way waa covered with furniture and beds ; and many of the wretched creatures , as they staggered about the road , poured out sad lamentations ,. and showed feebleness and extreme misery . They made loud complaint of want to the sheriff ' s man , Mr . Gason , by whom they were referred to the relieving officer Mr . Q ^ eary , who was present , and who , instated shoultfreheve their wants , or get them shelter in the poor-house , if they could find no other place of r ^ £ ? . passing out of Church-street , the party of bailiffs entered what Is called the Main-street , where , having gone through the usual ieeal
formamy 01 taking possession of some untenanted houses , still more pitiable scenes were presented than I had witnessed in either of , the two former localities . . Some of the houses In this , street contained four and hve'familiev all in great "destitution ; they were scarcely half-dad , and many of them had apparently got up from their miserable pallets of straw to go out on the road and lay their bodies in . the ditchv In one instance a wretched looking creature named Gleeson ; with gaunt and fleshless jaws , and eyes of most unnatural size and hideous wildness , was pushed from the house by the bailiffs , greedily devouring some repulsive looking substance like paitefrom a metal pot which . he held in his arms The poor type of humanity , as he grasped the VeSei which contained h . s disgusting meal , looked a perfect representation ^ of King Fainiae . While enS
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 2, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1524/page/6/
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