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T ^^^ j ^ i ^ i ^ MIMPJi ^ g' ^ y ^^ P ^ JB ^ P ^^^^ W ^ lKPC ^ y ^^^^^^ ' ^ ^''^ tw ^ xw ^ siw ' @Sc £ H £ hftpi ) If 0 . Health of Loxdon DDRisa the "Week . —The mortality of London , which rose , in its weekly sum , considerably above 900 at the end of October , when a Sudden fall of temperature was experienced , has again declined , but only to a small extent , daring the succeeding period , in which the thermometer , as regards the mean value of its indications , has nearly recovered its former position . In the last three weeks the deaths have hcen successively 915 , 92 ] , and 908 . Taking the ten weeks of 1810-49 , which correspond to that ending last Saturday , the average number was 991 and if this bo increased m _
; in the ratio of prohahle increa se of wroutation , it becomes 1081 , compared with which the 90 a deaths registered last week show a decrease ol 1 / J . in Sy « iSMSSKi ££ « s KsrK ^ ri « = SdeTthe average ; but it will be observed that thouefa pneumonia , which carries off principally yonn » persons , is now less severe than usual , bronchitis " which is spread more equally among all ages , is fatal to rather more than its ordinary amount at this season . Amonjrst contagious diseases
smallpox was fatal in 13 eases , of which two occurred to men above 20 ; and this disease has lately shown a tendency to increase . There died also 2 i children of measles , an < I 27 of hooping-cough : 35 children and 4 adults died of scarlatina ; 22 persons of diarrhoea and dysentery ; but no case of cholera was registered in the week . Typhus now predominates in this class of diseases ; aud it was fatal last week to 50 persons . A death from low fever in Johnstreet , Tottenhnm-eourt-road , is directiy ascribed t » y the medical attendant , to deficiency of sewer ^ c ; and a flagrant example of d ' eoaso and death arisin « from the neglect of cleanliness within doors , and the want of sanitary arrangements without , occurs in Warwick-place , Hoxton , and is recorded by the
registrar of the district . "Within the last fortnight , no * fewer than 9 persons labouring under typhus have been brought to St . Luke ' s workhouse from "Warwick-place . In this place is a small court , consisting of dirty houses , which are ill provided with ¦ windows , and almost without drainage , whilst the inhabitants have the greatest difficulty in getting the refuse removed by the contractor . ' It is found in several instances that households have lost two or more of their inmates bv epidemics . In Hoxton Old Town , the wife , the so ' n , and the daughter of a publican , all died of scarlet fever within a week , the first two on the same day . In Wellington-street , "WhitechapeJ , the two sons of a sawyer died from a maliznanl form of the same disease , one on the 10 th November StJohn
the other on the 14 th of . In . 'sroatl , Battersea , on the 4 th and 7 th of 2 » ov ., the two Children of a tailor died from measles and hoopingcough , terminating in one case in hydrocephalus , in the other in remittent fever . Also in Harper-plae ? , St . GeorgeVin-the-East , the two sons of a sawyer died of measles within four days , whilst " another child ( says the registrar ) is not expected to live . " In a house in Broad-street , St . Giles , five persons have been attacked hy scarlet fever , and in two ca ^ es with fatal results . A ease of destitution and low fever in a female , who was ultimately taken to &b workhouse , wa 3 registered in Westminster . The deaths of two women are ascribed to inter .: per ance . A woman died in Greenwich at the advanced age of 100 years , of paralysis : ami another
at the ase of 101 in Limehonse . The birtus el <* 7 bo-rs and 7 Qi "iris , in all 1 . 581 children , were registered during the week . The main reading of tae barometer at the Royal Gbservatory , Greenwich , ¦ was above 30 inches on Sunday , Thursday , and Friday . The mean of the week was 30 inches . The mean * temperature of the week was 4 . 0 degrees 2 minutes , which is rather more than the average of the same week in seven years . On Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday , it was from G degrees to S degrees above the average of these days . On the nest three days the roeau temperature was only about 39 degrees , and was 4 degrees and 5 degrees ? lel . ' tw the average ; but on Saturday it r . gain rose to 43 degrees , -which is o degress above it . The vrind was for the most part in the south-west ; but In the middle of the week it blew from She north .
The Late Suspicions Death of a Gentleman i . v a Cab . —On Saturday 'ast Police-sergeant Parkes , accompanied by 3 Ir . Wl Alexander , of Hungerf-rd , waited upon Mr . H . M . Waklev , tfce coroner , and in" formed him that Mr . Alexander identified the body of the gentleman who was found dead in a cab under suspicious circumstances , and upon which ha (?•! . •' . Wakley } had heW an inquest , as that of ilr . Sym < s , lately practising a ? a snrgeon in Hungeiford . Mr . Alexander stated that deceased accompanied him to London on the 9 th Instant , and that he left deceased in apparently the best possible spirits , and quite sober , in R * gent ' s-eircus , on the evening of the same dav . He heard no more of deceased until he read in the public journals the account of his mysterious death . The coroner instantly gave an order for deceased ' s body to be given to his family , deceased ' s friends promising to atiend any further inquiry that might be mads respecting the ci r cumstances of Mr . Symes ' s sleath .
Death from Starvation ;—Aa inquest - > ra 3 held on Saturday last at ihe Kin «' s Arms , Lvuehouse , cd the fcody of Mary Freeman . The deceased vras unmarried , and supported herself by slopwork . For eight weeks before her death her earnings amounted onir to Is . 9 d . as she was fos much exhausted to bs able to work constantly . A surgeon who examined the body after death found so much ensaci nirtn thai he said the process of starvation niu ^ i hav o been gdng en for a twelvemonth . The verdict was " nsturai death caused b ? want . "
Fire ix 1 ' gutmis Chapel . —On Monday n-. orn-Ing , shortly after midnight , a fire was tHscovere-- ! fo havo broken out in Ih- ; s > i ! endid episcmal structure known as Portman Chapel , sitnate in Baker-street , Portman-square . The chapel was heated in the usual way , for the performance of divine service the previous day , and after the congregation had dispersed in the evening , the place was apparently perfectly safe , it was . however , found out that the heat of the furnace had set fire to some of the joistings and flooring in the furnace-room , on the ground-fl or , and the flames were quickly spreading when the fire-engines cf the parish and London Brigade attended . The firemen at once set to work , and , by taking up the flags in that part of the building , they were enabled to reach the exact seat of the fire ; but they were unable to get the flames extinguished until some of the joistings and flooring were destroyed in the furnace-room , and a quantity of wine in bottles damaged in the cellar under the chapel , by breakage and hasty
removal . EXTE 53 IVK Fihe is Bermoxdsey . —On Saturday morning last , shortly before four o ' clock , the inhabitants of the above parish and of IJotherhithe were aroused from their slumbers by the outbreak of a most destructive fire . The fire broke out 4 a the premises belonging to Messrs . Eason , tanners , leather dressers , &c , situate in what is termed the Grange-road , Bermondsey . Theproperty belonging to the firm was of vast extent , and comprised several erections , such as stores for bark , tan-pits , dryin < rhonses , warehouses , and leather stores , whilst the steam engine house and grinding mills stood about tue middfe of the buildings . Yarious-ether premises used in the same line of business abutted upon
those in which the disaster began . It appears that Sergeant Moore , M division , had his attention directed to that portion of the works nearest Thorney-lane , by seeing an unusual body of smoke issuing from the several apertures in the building . In less than ten minutes , however , the flames made most frightful progress , for the engine house and a spacious warehouse before that period became completely encircled in fire . The police and neighbours exerted themselves in saving the horses and as much of the stock as they could lay their hands on . Although they were instrumental in saving the animals and some dozen hides of leather , the destructive element speedily seized upon a . building , about 120 feet long , formed principally of timber , and
containng about 100 loada of oak-bark , valued at £ 15 a oad , consequently this place alone contained £ 6 , 000 worth of goods . Several engines were soon on the spot , and as soon as possible were set to work , but notwithstanding the torrents ef water incessantly scattered over the fire , it continued to travel rapidly on all sides , and by six o ' clock the outer 1 > oard 3 of many of the buildings having been consumed , nothing was left standing except the stock therein and the more substantial timber beams . These continuing to blaze away , bad the appearance of some grand pyrotechnic display , whilst the greater portion of London was brilliantly illuminated by the glare . The engines were kept in constant operation , but not the least impression could
be made on the main body of fire . The whole of the building in which the many tons of bark were defosited was nearly consumed by seven o ' clock , when the immense heap of bark appeared like a monntain Offire , and the various shades of the flame bad a Tery grand appearance . The firemen , by nine o ' clock , although they had not succeeded in getting flames extinguished , had managed to stop their farther extension . The damage done must be very serious ; as far as can at present be seen , the engine house is destroyed , the bark stores and the barn are consumed , the leather warehouse is nearly gutted , and sundry smaller erections are seriously injured .
Two other tanners , wnose premises adjoined those m fire have also received great damage—one having a long range of buildings gutted , and the Slaving a warehouse filledI with bark partially destroyed . The orig in of the disaster is enveloped ? n oSrity . Theolficial report of the damages de-£ ri ££ 57 i « of property ** " * £ » & ££ mises as follows : —Two large bark stores , leather f wSoiSulls , workshops , drying houses , beam ' riSC'So * consume ! . The bark insured m -the-At&sfor £ 4000 , building in County for £ 3 , 500 , ; and sto 6 k of leather for £ 5 , 000 m Sun . Warehouse usedauaworluhopbyMr . Carpenter , leather dresse % Gamed down . EnaofbarabeloDginffci gs ^ sand
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nsigEinji « r » nr « JM « y ' """ Co ., considerably damaged . Mr . Hacker , tanner ; premises slightly damaged Mr . Hooper , tanner part of premie subtly damaged-insured Messrs Eason ' s loss will far exceed the amount of insurance effected upon their premises .. In addition to their heavy stock of bark , there were not fewer than 3 , 000 butts of leather , of the value of £ 2 each butt , in the warehouse , besides a numerous stock of skins undergoing process of tanning ; forming a loss of from £ 20 , 000 to £ 25 , 000 . Poor Rates in Clhrkeswelii . —On Saturday last upwards of 400 summonses were issued from Clerkenwell Court against different householders of " that parish for arrears of poor rate , which has latterly increased fo 2 s . 6 i . in the pound , causing much discuotent and ill-feeling—as it cannot be acco unted for by them , either through an increase cf pauperism , or a better supply of provisions to the unfortunate poor , and a great resistance is consequently promised to the increased impost . aKLTnafc . t ; V |^ iMfTrilr ™ r" * a ^ ^ ^^ ' '' m ^^*** , . ¦ ¦
Extraordinary good Fortune . —The following remarkable incident , illustrative of the caprice of fortune , occurred on Saturday last , at Gloucesterplace , Kentish-town . A distraint had been levied on the premises by the landlord , for arrears of rent to the amount of £ 80 , for which sum the whole o the household furniture had been condemed , and placed in two vans , preparat > ry to removal , with the exception of a chest of drawers , of autique appearance , which had been left to the Jast from mere accident , when , on looking into one of the drawers , a small paper parcel was discovered , which , on being opened was found to contain no less a sum than 114 old guineas , of the reign of George III . It is hardly necessary to add that the claim was soon discharged , and the furniture returned to its former position .
Appalling Destitutioh . —On Monday Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest at the Three Compasses , St . Sepulchre , on Thomas Black , a coal porter , aged thirty-right The jury were horror stricken at the appalling spectacle which the body , reduced to a skeleton , and the denuded hovel in 9 , College-court , where it lay , presented . Some of the jury were sickened by the dreadful sight . —Mary Black , the widow , who was the very personification of want , with a skeleton infant , seven months old , in her emaciated arms , deposed that for the last three months her husband had been confined to his bed by illness , and that during that period deceased , herself , two children , and her sister-in-law were supported by pleddng their furniture and their clothing . One of
her children latply died , she believed , from want . ( Here witness burst into tears . ) Last Monday her husband rose from his sick bed , and walked to and from Berkhampsiead , a distance of thirty miles , in search of work , but got none . lie returned home on Tuesday exhausted , and complained of cramps in his legs and in every part of hia body . On Wedne .-day h s pains were horrid , and constantly lie called for drink . Witness had nothing to give him but weak coffee , which he could not drink . He repeatedly exclaimed " I'll die 1 I'll die ! " ( Witness was again interrupted by her tears . ) He soon afterwards became insensible , and Mr . Clark , surgeon , was sent
for , wbo instantly attended , but deceased died in a quarter of an hnur after the gentleman ' s attendance . When he died she had neither a farthing nor a farthing's worth in the world , until a good neighbour gave her two shillings . She had no resource for herself and her infant unless in the workhouse , but her infant ( witness wept bitterly ) would not trouble the world long . —Mr . Clarke gave it as his opinion that deceased died of a disease of the heart , and that his death was accelerated by his _ great exertions in walkins ; on Monday . —Several jurors gave it as their opinion ( in which the worthy coroner concurred ) that deceased died of starvation . Verdict , '' Natural death . "
Narhow EscAPfi op Mu . Justice Erxe . —On Wednesday morning , shortly before ten , as Mr . Justice Erie was riding on horseback to the Court of Queen ' s Bench , a horse and cab , without a driver , came up at a furious pace from the direction of the Ol
The Plate axo Jewel RonnEKT n ? the Stra \ o . —On Wednesday the prisoners were again placed at the bar , before Mr . Ilenry , at Uow-street , for re-examination . —Mr . Thomas Terner , of 4 , Great Charlotte-street , BlackfriaVs-road , brassfounderand pewterer , said that he knew the prisoners Shaw , Badcock , and Clinton as being acquainted , and he had frequently seen them together . —Mr . John Clinton , of 56 , Brunswick-street , Blackfriars-road , si 5 ver-p ! ate polisher , said that the prisoner Clinton was his son , and he knew Shaw and Badcock as being acquainted with him . The prisoner Badcoek repeatedly called at his house to see his son , but Shaw never did . Witness had occasion to call at Shaw ' s house for his son , having heard that he was
m the nabit of harbouring him at late hours , vvitnr : 3 s once inquired where lie could see his son , and being informed by Badeock at the house of Shaw , he accompanied him there , and haying knosked at the clem ; , Shaw opened it , and denied that his son was inside . Witness told him it was very improper or his part to harbour his son at late hours , ( the prisoner Tkdcoek being present ) , upon which he sa : d he ivaa not in the habit of being spoken to in such a manner , and put himself in a fighting attitude , but his eldest son interfered . Witness said he did not come there to fi ^ ht , but merely wanted a "lain answer to his question , and on the prisoner
repeating that his son was not in the house , he came away , although he was given to understand that the prisoner had not told the truth . About a fortnight before the robbery Shaw came to his house , and not knowing who he was he told him so , upon which he said , " You have been to my house , and I have called to see if Charley is here , as I want to know if there are any complaints against him . " Witness replied , for being out late at nijrht , but witness did not think it worth while to ask him what he meant b y complaints , as he did not like the man . —The prisoner Kelly was then discharged , and the others were remanded .
Cardinal Wiseman . —On Saturday last , at the conclusion of the ordinary business of the court at the Guildhall , a gentleman appeared before Alderman Challis to ask his advice relative to a point of general nterest at the present time . lie wished to know whether the late innovation by the Pope of Rome upon the rights of the Sovereign of this country rendered his emissaries , or those executing his commands , liable to any penalty . He held in his hand an act of Parliament passed in 1816 ( 9 th and 10 th of Victoria , chap 59 , ) wherein it repealed certain acts to enforce pains and penalties upon persons for holding religious opinions contrary to the forms of the established church . One of the clauses , however , though it took away the penalty for " bringing in and putting in execution of bulls , writings , or instruments , and other superstitious things from the See of Rome , " enacted that the same should be
considered an offence against the law . Under this act , was the conduct of Cardinal Wiseman in carrying out the instruction of the Pope , an offence punishable by a common information before a magistrate ?—Alderman Challis said that the act alluded to by the person before him certainly took away the penalties instituted by the I 3 th of Elizabeth , cap 52 ; but , at the same time any one might , he thought , constitute himself a prosecutor , and indict Dr . Wiseman ( or any one else acting in a similar manner to forward the views of bis Holiness ) before any justice of the peace of the district in which the offence was committed . He had no doubt that a little imprisonment would do the Cardinal good , but he would not like to send him there . However , he anticipated there would bo no necessity to take such a step , as he understood that the Cardinal had already received notice to quit London in forty-eight hours .
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© De gromncee . Sodden Death at the Penhurst Station . — On the loth inst . Mr . Constable , a master painter , residing at Penhurst , expired suddenly in the booking-office of the South Western Railway Station at that place , under the following circumstances : —Mr . Constable was approaching the Railway Station , with the intention of proceeding to London , and when witbin a short distance , seeing the tram was at the station , he began to run , hoping to be in time . On entering the booking-office , however , he staggered into the arms of the station-master , faintly asked for a glasB of water , and instantly expired . Dr . Ballard was sent for , and hastened to the station , but his services were unfortunately too late to be of any avail . .
_ m ' Post-office Defalcation , — Worcester . —A second case of this kind has just been discovered in the Worcester Post-office , the delinquent being the chief clerk , Mr . Price , who it appears is in good circumstances and has money in a local bank , besides aa inheritance in prospectu . It . appears' that for some time the accused party has been in the habit of appropriating to his own use part of the monies receivedforthe payment of Post-office orders , &o ., which it was his duty to hand over to the Postmaster , Mr . Harding . When charged with the delinquency he at first confessed his guilt . The extent of the defalcation is upwards of £ 50 . Price has absconded , but the deficiency has been paid to Mr . Harding by a friend of Price ' s from funds of his deposited in Messrs . Farley and Co . 's Bank at Worcester .
The iatb Fishi at DoDDERsiuix .-After a prolonged and careful inquiry , atWinslow , John Collins , late occupier of the farm at Doddershall , the property Of G . G . W . Pigott , Esq ., Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , which was burned on the 30 th
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of October , charged with having wilfully and maliciously set fire to a barn on . the . said premises , and thereby caused the destruction of buildings , ricks , ami corn , was fully committed to Aylesbury gaol for Incendiary Fire . —A destructive fire , supposed to bd the act of an incendiary , took place on Saturday last , on the premises of Mr . C . II . Osborne , Scottor Common , Biitterwick , Yorkshire . At the time above mentioned flarries were seen issuing from the stack yard , containing rive wheat stacks , one of barley , and two of straw . Assistance being procured , it was discovered that one of the straw stacks wind sideand in few
had been set fire to on the , a momenta the whole was enveloped in flames . The barn adjoining the jard , in which were fifty quarters of good old wheat , stood in a very precarious position , and , water being , scarce , it was expected every moment to become a prey to the flames . The greatest exertions , however , were used , and happily with success ; but eo narrow was its escape that the barn door and window . frames - ' were burnt almost into charcoal . The valuable stacks were entirely consumed . It is stated that two men of suspicious appearance were seen lurking about the premises just before the fi .-e broke out , and a cottage not far distant was robbed during the raging' of the Gre .
The property was insured . A man was taken into custody by Mr . Cheney , on suspicion , and placed in Kirtongaol . The Frihl ey Mtjrder . —Ah appeal to the public on behalf of Mrs . Holiest , widow of the late vicar of Frimley , has just been made by some friends of that lady , and is deserving of every consideration . In addition to the sudden and violent bereavement she sustained , the widow of Mr . Holiest has been left in very narrow circumstances , and a committee has been formed by the neighbouring clergy and gentry to receive the subscriptions of those who may bo disposed to contribute to the alleviation of a case of suffering which has excited universal sympathy .
Death of Mr . Raphael , M . P . for St . Albam 3 . —We have to record the demise of this gentleman , who expired on the 17 th inst . at Surbitonplace , Surrey , aged seventy-five . Mr . Raphael was a whig in politics , and was returned for St . Albans at thela ^ t general election by a large majority . By religion he was a Catholic , and was a munificent supporter to the Romish church , to whose ministers within the last few years he , it is said , presented for building purposes the sum of £ 100 , 000 . The deceased was very wealthy . Mr . Raphaelwas the only
Roman Catholic M . P ., save Mr . Moore , of Mayo , who opposed the Jewish claims ^ Some years since he was returned for the county of Carlow , in conjunction with the late Mr . Vigors , but was unseated on petition . The alleged misappropriation of the sum of i | 2 . 000 by the late Mr . O'Connell , in connexion with the return , gave rise to a protracted inquiry . The deceased was of Armenian extraction . He possessed property in Sussex . Surrey , and other English counties , and was the builder of the new town Surbiton , on the South Western
Railway . Burglary and Arson .-A diabolical case of bur glary and arson by which the . lires of several individuals were placed in extreme danger , was perpetrated early on Sunday morning on the premises of Mr . George Vail , hnirdresser , in Manningtree , Essex . It appears that shortly after 1 o ' clock the inmates were awoke from a dense mass of suffocation , and upon their examining into the cause discovered that the lmuse was on fire . The inhabitants having been alarmed they assisted the inmates in effecting their escape , though not without very great difficulty , the fire having got a tolerable hold of the lower part of the premises . The prompt exertions of those assembled had the etfoct of preventing the complete destruction of the premises , they sustained , however ,
a vast amount of damage , and nearly the whole of the furniture was destroyed . After the fire was subdued , an examination of the interior convinced the police that the place had been wilfully set on firo by some thieves , who had effected an entrance in a manner that clearly showed they were experienced burglars . Boring several holes with a centre-bit in a back door enabled them to unfasten the lock and remove an iron bar placed on hooks on either door post . They ransacked the place , and . possessing themselves with a sum of money , several watches , and some jewellery , set fire to the lower rooms and then decamped . As may be supposed , the outrage has caused the greatest' excitement throughout this portion of the county . As yet no clue can be obtained of the perpetrators ..
The Herbalist System of Memoine ; . — An inquiry was opened on Saturday last at the Brownlowarms , Dalston , into the cause of death of Thomas BiaVell , aged thirty-one , a toothbrush manufacturer , of Brownlow-street . About four months ago the deceased was attacked with a pulmonary complaint . At first he had regular medical advice , but he was induced to consult Dr . Coffin , " herbalist . " ot Dukes-place , Lincolnsinn , who gave him a mixture and pills composed chiefly of Cayenne pepper . The deceased died on Monday , 'and a medical witness depiised that the remedies administered by the herbalist had accelerated death . The inquest was adjourned for an examination of the body .
Manchester . —Another colliery explosion took place in this neighbourhood on Friday morning the loth inst ., but the loss of life , happily , was not so great as often attends these shocking calamities . Two men were killed on the spot by it , however , and two other lives will probably have to be added to the list ere the sacrifice is complete . The colliery is one at Singing Clough , near Stone Clouih , six or seven miles from Manchester , and belongs to Messrs . Knowk's and Stott . The shaft is about 103 yards deep , and the vein of coal " , which is about six feet thick , lias been worked to the east about sixty yards , from whence a level is carried at right angles towards the north for 130 yards , and then runs off for i ' orfy yards again to the east ; and it was at the extreme
point of this level where the exnjosion occurred . There were sixteen colliers in the pit , and these had descended between five and six o ' cloclc in the morning . At the bottom they met the overlooker , who had examined the workings to try the air , and reported all of them free from danger except the furthest point of the level . In this he said the air was foul , and directed that nn one should henin to work there . Yet at half-past six to seven in the morning a young man , named Peter Tonse , declared his intention to go there for a tub of " slack " ( small coal ) and persisted in doing so , despite all remonstrance from the other workmen . His two "butties" ( or fellow workmen belonging to his gang or company ) went
with him . Their names are John Stone and J-hn Lever , and so incautious were they that although provided with safety lamps they went with a naked candle . On reaching the far end of the bay , Stone is said to have "flashed" the light up to see if there was any danger ; and in an instant th . ire was an explosion like the discharge of a piece of artillery . Lever was in the direct way of the current , which the explosion of course followed , and his life >> fls sacrificed in an instant , as would those of a hundred persons had they been in the same direction . The top of the poor fellow ' s skull was blown <> fi , and his brains were scattered about . Tonge was suffocated with the smoke and foulness of the air which
succeeded the explosion . Stone is fearfully scorched with the flash of the explosion , though the fire lasted but for a very short period , and his life is in great danger . The other workmen , with one exception , were all in bays ( or " ends , ' as the colliers call them , ) off the main level or drift way , and the ventilation of the mine being good , the flash of light , on the ignition of the gas , was carried past them , ond they received no injury . The exception was a youth named Dudson , who was in the waggon-way at the time , towards the bottom of the shaft , and though n hundred yards or so from the point where the explosion commenced , he was struck by the fire and very badly burned . His father was in the bay adjoining that where the explosion occurred , and rushed
to the rescue of the . poor fellow , or he would have been suffocated . The ventilation of the pit was such as to enable persons to be sent in within an hour of the occurrence , and tho other colliers were rescued , and the dead bodies of Tonge and Lever brought ou ' of the mine before nine o ' clock . Tonj : e leaves u widow and two children ; Lever was a single man . Stone has a wife and four children for whom he will not be able to provide for some months , should he ever recover . Notice has been forwarded , to the Secretary of State , so that Mr . Tremenheere , the inspector of collieries , may have an opportunity of being present at the inquest ; but unless a state of discipline be enforced in nrnes of this description for
which shall render it impossible imprudent or obstinate colliers to place the lives of their fellow workmen in peril , the appointment of this officer , so long looked forward to , and received with so much satisfaction by the public , promises to be of little avail . It would seem to be desirable that in every mine either the colliers should be compelled to work constantly with safety lamps ( and not merely have them in readiness to be used when they think there is danger , as in this case , ) or that there should be an overlooker constantly in the workings not merely to exawine and report on the safety of different portions of the mine , but with legal power to enforce a proper discipline among the workmen by causing them to observe bis directions .
Destruction of Cookermouth Church bt Fire . —The ancient and beautifulchurch at Coclccrmouth , Cumberland , was destroyed by fire on the 15 th inst . The fire must have broken out about two o'clock in the morning ; an individual , who passed by about half-past one o ' clock , states that the church was then safe ;* A policeman , however , named Chapman , observed flames issuing from the edifice soon afterwards , and he gave an inBtant alarm . The whole town was soon in commotion , and the utmost activity was displayed in endeavouring to put a stop to the progress of the fire . Only one engine , however , was available , and there being but a &maii supply of water every exertion was useless , and of this beautiful church scarcely anything is left but a heap of ruins . Every one gave as much assistance as possible , and we believe that most of the church books and valuable records e preserved . It is , however
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molancholy to state that the valuable paintings in the church , which were so much admired , were destroyed . The Rev . Edward Fawcett , M . A ., the present curate of the church , has held . thriving a great many years . The occurrence has been a-very severe blow to him , and , indeed , the whole town participates in the regret caused by the destruction of an edifice ^ built centuries ago and containing so many beati'iful specimens of art . It was one of the finest churches in the kingdom . It is at present supposed that the fire was caused by some pipes which have just been laid in the chancel to warm it through the winter . . __ : " _ ..... . « . - • it , _
The DonuifjonuRST Mcrdeb . —The subscripllon set on foot a short time since by a few charitable individuals for the benefit of the age / i parents of Jael Denny , who was so cruelly murdered last month at Doddinghurst , has been aided during the past week by a timely donation of four sovereigns enclosed in an anonymous registered letter , addressed to Mr . Hammond , the overseer of Doddinghurst , at the postoffice , Brentwood . Several subscriptions have been received by the aame gentleman , and In tho event ^ of a sufficient sum being raised , it is intended to invest it ao as to secure a few shillings weekly to' the
aged couple . . Elopkmbnt Extraordinary . — Tho inhabitants of the town of Bury have been thrown into a stato of unusual excitement , in consequence of a medical gentleman , of extensive practice in his profession , and of considerable literary attainments , having suddenly disappeared from tho town and neighbourhood . Various conjectures were entertained and expressed relative to the cause of his unexpected absence ; some attributing it to his having business in London , others to the indulgence of a capricious whim , while others were suspicious that circumstances of a more serious character would shortly be disclosed . The latter opinion proved to be tho most correct , for in a short time the Rev . Mr . Bell , Wesleyan minister in the Southport circuit , received
the distressing intelligence that his daughter , who was governess in a respectable seminary in the neighbourhood of Southport , had suddenly taken her departure without giving previous notice of her intentions ; and as a gentleman had been observed in the neighbourhood of the establishment whose conduct had excited suspicion , there was reason to fear that an elopement had taken place . A combination of circumstances proved that the suspicion was not without foundation ; for tho family of the medical gentleman , consisting of a wife and four children , were soon made sensible that the husband and father had sacrificed " home and its relations" by seducing tho daughter of a Wesleyan minister , with whom the family had been for some years on terms of intimacy . During a period of two months previous to the gentleman's
departure this lady had been enjoying the bracing air of one of the watering-places in the northern division of Lancashire , and on her return home she had the mortification to find that her husband had on that very morning taken his doparturo for London , having previously disposed of his cattle , &c , as a means of increasing the amount of money in his possession . In London the gentleman , whose name is Thomas Ilatton Wardleworth , sold his professional practice to Mr . Flotcher , surgeon , and gave him instructions to go immediately to Bury and tako possession . Mr . Wardleworth is known as an author , and as one of tho proprietors of the Bury Observer , a monthly , magazine , having an extensive circulation in the locality . Soveral articles from his pen have recently appeared , entitled , " Home and its Relations : by a Medical Man . "
A Jeremy Djddler in Newcastle .- —A . man of rather gentlemanly appearance presented himself at Wallace ' s Hotel , Nelson-street , a few days ago , under the following circumstances . He said he had takon a berth on board the Hamburg steamer , and had deposited his luggage on board , but not returning in time , the boat started off and loft him behind , without either money or clothes , or anj'thing but his violin , which he had in his pocket . Wallace ' s would seem to be " Apollo ' s houso in town , " for here he presently met with several musicians , who , commiserating the fate of a brother minstrel , and wishful withal to maintain the character of thoir town , which had thus tempted him into the unluckv enterprise , at once laid their services at his
command . No one dared to breathe a suspicion against him , for the suavity of his manners , his plausible story , and , above till , the ability which he displayed on In 3 instrument , disarmed suspicion ; or at least prevented it from even whispering a word against him . After a " collection , " to satisfy his immediate necessities , a raffle of his violin was resolved upon . Being put up in lots , it realised for him about £ 7 , and , by a stroke of fortune or policy , the owner was the winner himself . A concert was then resolved upon , some twenty or thirty instrumentalists agreeing to give their services gratuitously . Thus replenished , he left for Edinburgh and Glasgow , at the latter of which places he met with Mr . Augustus Braham , son of the celebrated
tenor , to whom ho made a liberal offer , and with whom ho made an engagement . The first concert in the Music-ball was so weil attended that he resolved upon another , and a second was accordingly given on Friday night last . He had on his return from Glasgow borrowed a violin—a fine old instrument , valued at £ 50 , and a fainily relic besidesfrom a gentleman of the legal profession in the town , to whom he had been introduced . After the second concert he ordered supper for h imself and his friends , at his hotel , and while it was being prepared , he wont out in company with his legal friend , to return . the violin , protesting against the latter carrying it himself , when he proposed to do so . The lawyer had seen the violin deposited in the case ,
and on reaching home it was handed to him with a thousand thanks . Vamieleur , however , pretended to have forgot the key of the concert room , and said he would return and bring it immediately , ne nover returned , however , either to supper with his musical friends , or with the lawyer's key ! The former , becoming impatient for supper , and also for a settlement of accounts , began , to look about for him , but in vain ; becoming suspicious of his absence he broke open the case , and found to his chagrin that it oontained an instrument worth a few shillings . The telegraphs were called into requisition for tho evening mail-trains , which had just started—tho police were placed on the look-out , but all without effect . It is conjectured that he
must have started hy one of the steamers on the following morning , and which were unfortunately omitted in the first notices . It is to be hoped , howevor , that thesenrch , which is nofc relaxed , will yet bring the scoundrel to justice . It is siiid , that he has got about £ 70 , besides the violin , for . he has not paid either his hotol olmrges . the concert room , Mr . Braham , or tho other musicians . After his exit , a portion of a letter was found at his lodgings , in which ho upbraids his friends for addressing him Russell instead of Vandeleur , and states that " all is going on swimmingly . " We need not hint our conviction that it will ho some time before another trick of the kind is successfully played upon our musical friends . —Neu-caistle Guardian .
Committal of an Ixceswahy . —After a prolonged and careful inquiry before P . Dauncey , Esq , and the Rev . Mark Ken * , at Winslow . John Collins , late oucupier of the farm at Doddershall , tho property of G . G . W . Vigott ,- Esq ., Assistant Poor I / iw Commissioner , which was burned on tho 30 th of October , charged with having wilfully and maliciously set fire to u barn on the said premises , and thereby caused the destruction of buildings , ricks , and corn , was fully committed to Aylesbury gaol for trial . A dozen witnesses were examined ; their evidence was circumstantial . The Agent of the lloyiil Exchange Assurance Company proved that the accused had made a fraudulent demand on him . Bail was refused . The prisoner will be tried at the assizes .
Very Sudde . v Deatii . —Chnrles Howard Sidehothani , Esq ., formerly a cotton-spinner at Ashtonunder-Lyue , but latterly an agriculturist , living upon his own estate at Ashley , in Cheshire , experienced an awfully sudden death at Manchester , on Monday . 'i'Jie annual fair commenced on Monday , called the Salford Dirt Fair , and Mr . Sidebotham came to the fair with a view to buying stock , lie came as far as Old Trnfford by the London awl North Western Company ' s Altrincham branch , and took a cab to Salford early in the mornine In Bridge-street , Manchostor , he mot Mr . Isaac Picton , of JJroughton , - a gentleman of acknowledged judgment hi tho quality of cattle , and telling that gentleman he was going to his ( Mr . Picton ' s ) house , they went there together . Ho appeared to be in his usual health , but it appears his family surgeon had
supp lied him with some medicine for a slight cold , and whilst at Mr . Picton ' s houso he took a phial from his poclcot and swallowed a dose . Shortly afterwards he and Mr . Picton went out , and were conversing with a third party in Great Clowtsstwot , when he suddenly sunk down upon the footpath . Mr . Picton assisted to raise him ; and Mr . Sidebotham said "I had no idea I wasfalling ; " but before a chair could be obtained for him he fell from the grasp of his friends and instantly expired . —An inquest was held before Mr . Itutter , the county coroner , the same evening , when it was stated by a surgeon who had been called in to view tho body tkat . death had arisen from disease of the heart , and tho jury accordingly found a verdict of " Death from natural cause ' s . "—Mr . Sidebotham was about sixty ' years of ago .
Incendiarism near GAiNSBonouon . —We regret'to state that a spirit of incendiarism has shown itself within these few'days in a part c-f tho country where it was never known previously to exist . Two fires , by both of which the contents of stackyards wore destroyed , took place last week at villages within a few miles of Gainsborough , and on Sunday night several stacks wero consumed in a yard at Morton , within a mile of that town . Suspicon falls , we believe , upon tramps , who infest that , part of the country in great numbers , and conduot themselves with an insolence which causes much alarm wherever the bouses which they approach are not well garrisoned . r Fraudulent Emigration Office . —A respectablydressed young man , oalled Edwin Taylor , of Sheffield , was brought jbefwe the ( Sheffield bench under
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jreiiTinj . Lkgal Recognition of the Irish Roman Catholic Hierarchy . —In the Dublin Cemeteries Act , 9 th and 10 th Viet ., which received the Royal Assent on the 7 th of August , 1846 , the following important clause appears , most distinctly recognising the spiritual jurisdiction of the present Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and his successors in the diocese : — " And be it enacted , that his Grace , Daniel Murray , Archbishop , and his successors , exercising the same spiritual jurisdiction as he now exercises in the diocese , of Dublin as an Archbishop , may , from time to time , appoint , at tho desire of the said governing body , a clergyman of the Roman
Catholic Church , to officiate as a chaplain in any such burial ground , and such chaplain shall be licensed by and subject to , the jurisdiction of the said Archbishop ; and the said Archbishop shall have power to revoke any . such license , and to remove such . chaplain for any . cause which shall appear' to the said Archbishop as canonical . " The 53 rd Rection of the . same Act directs that the Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act , and shall be judicially taken notice of as such . The Dublin Cemeteries Bill , promoted by the Eoman Catholic Burial'Ground Committee , in this City , had been some time before a Select Committee on Private Bills , and ultimately received the Royal Assent on the 7 th of August , 1846 .
Faupeks Mf t / ie WomnousEBt—A 8 the winter advances paupers are returning to the workhouses . An increase was to bo expected at t his season , on account of the decrease of agricultural labour , but generally the numbers seeking admission are-less than usual at this period of the year ; and , altogether , there is a very decided diminution in the workhouses as compared with the famine years , whilst oul-door relief is wholly abandoned , unless in a few of the more distressed and pauperised unions . Re-Adjustmext of Rents . —Amongst the reductions last announced is one by the Commissioners ofAYooda and Forrests , who have made ' an abate ment of twenty per tent , in the rents of the Crown tenants at Charlemont .
Decrease op Agrarian Chime . — The King s County Chronicle states that , from all parts of that county there are mo 3 t gratifying accounts of the restoration of tranquillity ; and it is added , that many of tho bad characters who have been connected with the outrages have fled . IKCBXDIARISM » " Londonderry—Tho London derry Standard says : — " We are sorry to learn that tho spirit of incendiarism is daily growing worse in the neighbourhood of Dervock , as other burnings have taken place since we last published . ' Important PnocEEniNGS in the Encumbered Court . —Six estates , fee-simple and leasehold , were offered for sale on Friday before Baron Richards and Commissioners Longfield and Hargreave ; and during the proceedings , when adjournments were applied for on the ground of inadequate value , the commissioners announced their determination to
sell when anything like the fair value was offered ; at the same timejdeprecating frequent adjournments as most pernicious in their tendency as regards the practical working of the commission . Within the week ending on the 14 fli inst . thirty-three petitions for tho sale of estates were lodged in the Encumbered Court , making tho entire number 1 , 367 . The English Church Movement . —The letter of Lord John Russell still forms the leading topic in the Irish newspapers . The Nation of Saturday last says : — "Let us see this nwnnikin minister who last year asked , tho Legislature for diplomatic relations with Rome , and last month endeavoured to force the appointments of visitors to the government colleges on Catholic archbishops and bishops in virtue of 1 lieiroffice , _ coming down to St . Stephen ' s with a bill to interdict or limit the ecclesiastical liberty of Catholics by a hair's breadth . Maugre the threats , we fear no revival of %
penai laws in these day ? . Surely theie is a deeper meanina :, and a more cunning policy under this sudden change of temper , than stares us on its surface . It is the first sign of a contest between the Catholic Church and tho English State , of which none among us shall live to see the finale . And we need not hesitate to say , we rejoice it is . Since Irish bishops learned to figure in Castle levees , and some Irish priests have taught loyalty to Ensland , tho hopes of the people in the cause of Ireland wero beginning to lose their unity and strength . And , God knows , there is no Catholic who should not rejoice , on religious grounds , that his Church once more stands at arm ' s length with its oldest and most insidious enemy . Let it have and hold its independence . But , as wo live , this step of Russell ' s has a deeper meaning , and a more insidious purpose still . Clearly it was intended as a replication to tho Synodical Address , rather than as a reprimand to the English Catholics , whom the ministers have
no object m outraging . But we are sure it was also levelled at the League of the Irish people . We feel that it was aimed to disturb the Union of the North and South , that Union which England has always regarded as the most formidable phenomenon " in Irish politics , and which has as vital a meaning to-day as it had at Dungjuinon . Any means to turn the Irish movement into an internecine war of sects would be worth a ten years' lease of office to the Whigs . " Attempt at Assassination by a Woman . —The
Tipperary Vindicator contains tho following extraordinary statement : — " A young woman named Bwyer , sister of William Dwyer , who was transported for sheep stealing at Thnrles Quarter Ses-Bion * , went on tho 8 th inst . to the house of the principal witness on the trial , and on meeting him pulled n pistol out of her breast and fired . The shot fortunately only slightly grazed the arm of tho nnmzon ' s intended victim , aDd she effected her escape . Search- was wade at her house by tho Templemoro police , on hearing of the outrage , but she had taken to tho hills , and though a vigilant search was instituted , she succeeded in eluding all attempts to arrest her . On the 11 th , however , ' Sub-Inspector Nolan rode out to her brother ' s farm , and was
fortunate enough to find the object of his search asleep ( having been out nil night ) and unarmed . She was in ken prisoner , and in the course of the day was placed in the Bridewell of Templemore . Her brother . was a comfort-iblo farmer , and herself was the affianced bride of a young man in the neighbourhood to whom she " was shortly to be married , her brother giving her a dowry of £ 100 . " County of Limerick Elkction—Tho Tenant League have appointed a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Lalor , Lucas , Duffy , and Fuller , to make an agitation throughout the county of Limerick , with the view of securing the return of a candidate favourable to the principles of the League . Representation of Dunoabvan . — Mr . J . F .
Maguire , proprietor of tho Cork Examiner , \ 3 now engaged in a canvas of the electors ; and it is stated that tho result leaves no doubt of his success . Re-adjustment op Rents . —The differences that have prevailed between tho Marquis of Waterford and his tenantry , in tho oounty of Londonderry , are in a fair train of . amicable arrangement , the noble marquis , who justly enjoys the reputation of a judicious and humnne landlord , having undertaken to make personal inquiries in each individual enso . Captain Kutler , of Broomville , county of Carlow h made reduction
as a to tho extent of twenty-five percent . Tho Carlow Sentinel , in referencei to this case , says that the tenants aronow enabled to resume thoir industrial pursuits with increased energy , and they contemplate growing flax m the spring in order to avail themselves of the local market about to be opened . Abolition of the LonD-LiKUTENANcT .-Meetings arc being held m the several wards of the city of Dublin , for the purpose of pledging the candidates for the new corporation agaicst the aboYition of tho Yiocrojalty < RB-ESj ABUgnMENX OP IHB ROMAN CATIIOWC
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THE SUICIDE OF MR . PEMINGTOtf . On Saturday last Mr . Bedford , held an inquest at the Brown Bear , Knightshridge , on , the- body of George James Pennington , Esq , recently auditor of the Civil List . Mb . P . Hood , surgeon , of 15 , George : stroefc , Portman-square , examined ; I have known deceased for many years . The body the jury have just seen in the next room was his . I do not know his age . ( Sir F . Thesigor : Fifty-six the 23 rd of January next . ) He was the auditor of the Civil List formerly—a few days before his death . He was also a barrister . I have attended him professionally . Ha
was seized with an attack of paralysis on the ; 8 th of August-last , which left him both mentally and bodily in a state of great prostration . He recovered partially from the paralysis , but his mind remained much weaker than it was before . . After he had recovered in some measure from the effects of tha disease , I advised him to go down into the country ; and he went to the Isle of Wight first , and then to Brighton . After , he had been there a week fie eama back unexpectedly , and called on me . This was about a month ago . lie told me he had come up from Brighton on account of the agonising feelings he had the day before , which caused him to contemplate suicide . He said he felt something that wag
impelling him to throw himself ever the cliff , and that it was with the greatest difficulty he could restrain himself from dping ao . lie also said ha felt sure that if he had had a pistol within his roach he should have blown his brains out . I calmed him as well as I could , and toid him that his' bodily health was much deranged , and thai I would prescribe to restore him , and again advised a sojourn in the country . He went again . to Brighton . When he returned , about a fortnight ago , I saw him . Us did not complain of having any return of tliosa feelings I mentioned ; but on Thursday week last , more papers were brought to him than usual by one of the clerks . I think I ought to have stated
that I recommended him to go back to the Treasury , aa I thought it would do him good , provided he did not do too much work . He did go back to the Treasury , and was there for a few days . Ha waa so frightened at the sight of the papers , 1 hare alluded to , that he ran down to the Treasury and resigned his situation to Sir Charles Trevelyab . Us told him this on Friday week , and he told me he felt unable to undertake any more calculations , and that he had , in consequence , resigned . He appeared then very nervous , and seemed to me to regret having done it . I have no doubt that his mind was much weakened , and that he never recovered from the effects of paralysis , which left his mind in a verv
weak stato . I have no doubt he was labouring under affection of t he mind . I continued to see him after that . He continued very much the same , viz ., desponding . I saw him last Wednesday . I did not think it was necessary to place him under restraint , because he wns perfectly master of his actions , and struggled as much as man could do against the depression of Iiis mind . I am decidedly of opinion that he was labouring under disease of the brain , and very extensive disease of the heart also . A person labouring under such disease would be likely to commit self-destruction . He never talked to me on tho subject , except upon his return from Brighton tho first time .
Sir F . Tuesigek , who appeared deepiy affected , deposed ; I was intimately acquainted with deceased for upwards of twenty years . He did not practise as a barrister , and was on the civil list of the Treasury . Few persons were better acquainted with him than I . He had a cultivated mind , and a pufticnlnrly cheerful disposition , and he was one who bore the events of life with "rent calmness , and he . was the last man in the world to commit suicide if he were in a right stato of mind . The attack of paralysis was the cause of tho postponement of a marriage in his family . About this time I left England , and on my return I saw a marked change in Him . He scarcely recognised me when I visited
him : and instead of Ins receiving me in his usual affectionate way , he said nothing to me more than merely answering my questions . This wns about the 14 th or 15 th of August last . On his return from Brighton I called ou him , and found him much improved , but he was not the man he was before . It was evident his mind had received a shock , from which it had not entirely recovered , though it appeared niucli better . The last time I saw him I had no conversation with him that could be called conversation . I understood he intended to resisrn
Ilia situation at the Treasury , and I recommended him not to take that mep until he had consulted Drs . Watson ami Latham , his physicians . When I heard of his resignation I called on him , and went into his library . He did not . seem to notice me , and was engaged in putting bills on a file . He went out of the room , and came back again and asked me to assist him in filing the papers , which I did ; but seeing that he was hot inclined for conversation I left him , and was then satisfied his mind was not in a sound state . I do not know that I have anj thing
more to add . Mr . H . Wadmngtox examined : I am Under oaoretary of State for the Home Department .- I have known deceased most intimately for twenty-nva vears . We were most intimate friends . I saw him tho day after the attack of which you have heard . Ho was much in the same stato as that described by Sir Frederick Thftsigel ' . 11 * 5 did not know 1110 . it all . He af : erwards improved gradually , thoug h I 18 was scarcely in possession of his faculties . He first went to Richmond and made some improvement there , but his intellect seemed to 1110 broken ( low ) , and I did not cxpact ho would aver recover . He then went to Brighton , and on his return came to
me at the Home Office , and he did not seem to mo so well as before . He appeared to bu labouring under disease of the br .-. in . Ho would speak coherently for a time , and then lose the thread ot uia discourse . He then went to the Treasury on hu usual business , though I was sure he would fail w transacting it . The next day he secmei better , and we nt through the business of it . What I consider most remarkable was that he never told me he intended to resign . He nover called on me , and I never saw him since . His mind was gone , aud if ho bad not died in the way he has done , ho would , in my opinion , have had another attack of paralysis . The character given of him by Sir F , Thesiger «
correct . Ho was in happy circumstances its regarded the world and his own famil y . Mr . W . Collins , of U , Westl . ourne-grove , said that on Thursday evening last , aboat half-past four o ' clock , after leaving the buildings in the park , he was walking nearly opposito tho entrance of the late Lady 31 essington ' s . He saw in that direction a flash , and heard the report of fii ' o arms . Advancing towards the spot ho saw a . policeman runM S towards it , and when witness came up he saw a man ( deceaaed ) lying under a small fir-tree . , He had a wound in the head which witness saw at . once was fatal . Witness took a double-barrel P is < o 1 ll > om JP * hands of the policeman , and took the cup ott the lnfk-ninnlft und nut-, tho hammer down , because the
kft barrel ™ ' not di ^ ed . The « t er u J had been recently discharged ^ " ^ "PgJ'S perfectly insensible , and , with the excef . twn ot opening his mouth two or three times aitcr tto lapse o ? aa « ina » y minutes , savo no signs of ito . Other witnesses Imvlnjj been examined , tho jury returned a verdict , » That deceased destroyed b » own life whilst in an unsound state of _ ni nd . Mr . Pennington was the only son of t ' * l « V £ . Charles Pennington , of Nottingham , and a m £ J of the late Mr . Pennington , ot London who gj tised for many years as a sur-eon , - « l » " » K largo property / He ehoso the bar as , his Proje-sw [{ anl was for a time a member of the Midlantt cuit . ne was afterwards appointed one oti judges in tho Ionian Islands , T hcr 0 ( , * t 0 thii several years . Shortly after . his . return W « crativo office of Auditor of the Civil List . " ^ kyl ried tho eldest daughter of tho l » te Thw »» ¦» b J - RawBon ttwAjottohtomB . ^ g ™ whom he fak two was and three daughtorfl .
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: . that the prisoner was the occupier of a place , No . 80 , Norfolk-street , and purported to be an agent for an emigration society which held out . to working men the prospect of high wages . He read the following placard : — " Y . R . Emigration ., Deeds not words . Low wages is the ruin . of a nation . Wanted , for railway and factory work , at Sisterville , 'in America , masons , bricklayers , joiners , wheelwrights , mechanics , smiths , engineers ; and labourers , of sober and industrious habits . They will be bound for five years to serve-their cmployors . Wajres for tradosmen , 8 s . Id . per day ; la « bourers , 5 s . 2 Jd . per day in British coin , to be paid weekly . Hours of labour from seven a . m . to six p ; m . The passage , with provisions from Liverpool to the works , will bo paid by tho employers . The number being limited , applications must be registered before the 12 th of November , when the passport note will bo issued . The vessel sails about the 28 th of December next . Emigrants to pay a deposit of 5 s . to ensure their agreement which is returned when they arrive on board ship —they not fulfilling that agreement it is forfeited . Applications to be mado to James Afackio , agent , 30 , Norfolk-street , Sheffield . N .. B . No communication with any other . emigratioii office . " —in consequence of this advertisement , added Mr . Raynor , great numbers of persons , as many as 300 or 400 he believed , had communicated with the prisoner , and had paid 5 s . as a deposit . Some of them had since written to Tapscott and Co ,, the American agents at Liverpool , with whom the prisoner represented himself to be in connection , and answers had been received disavowing any connection with the prisoner or the " Sisterville" scheme . These persons had made application to him ( Mr . Raynor , ) and he had had the prisoner apprehended . The prisoner said that if the matter was looked over ho would close the office and pay back the money . James Mackie was a person with whom he became acquainted in Manchester , and ab his instance ho came over to Sheffield to establish an advertising sheet , but it was unsuccessful . He was then appointed his agent for this scheme . The prisoner was remanded .
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IIiERARciiY . -The-Roman Catholic clergy of t r archdiocese of Dublin assembled on Sond * ? the requisition of their diocesan , for the'SEX at of presenting an address to tho Roman C& of England , congratulating them on the resS ' of the hierarchy . Archbishop Murray presided ° 5 more than 200 clergymen attended CX ; * " winch was held m the presbytery of tho SS ' htan church , Marlborough-street "' Lllopo . Abolition of the YiOEiumwy . ' -Tho grand i » , » of the city ol Dublin have l Tan unanimous ifl ? tion denounced the projected . abolition of the Vi « royalty as part of the policy of centralisation n ? ° ' motive of absenteeism , and as most injurious t ' o tu cityof Dublin . A committee was then appointed u prepare an address to the Queen . t 0 TllPD l D /« fiv _ 1 M , « . Tt rt » i i * ¦ ' * —¦ "
The Repeal . Association .-The usual week l * meeting of tho association was held at Conciliation Hall on-Monday last , Alderman Moran presiding Ihe chairman handed in his own subscription It ~ ° - Mr . JohnO'Connoll : That is handed i in » " v ? UM 8 l i mOney " ( Lom 3 cheer 3 - > The h ° n ° u ? . able gentleman then read a letter from Belfast , en . closing £ 2 , which the writerdeaignated " Russell " money Some other subscriptions were handed in after which Mr . J . O'Connoll proceeded with the speech of the day in which he recommended the people of Ireland to call upon their representatives and demand that they shall be prepared and ready to resist the government in any attempt at ' -nerw .
cution . ( Loud cheers . ) Why not , before parlia . ment assombles , havo a meeting in Dublin of Irish members to express their sentiments on the . » ub iect ? ( Hear , hear . ) It would be for the liberal Protestants to say whether they would assist the Catholics in vindicating their civil and religious liberties . But the Irish members should be called upon to meet in Dublin before the session of parliamont , to determine upon a plan of a ction , and to express their sentiments relative to resisting the government if it attempted tore-enact persecuting iaws . The rend / or the week , £ 17 , was announced amidst loud cheers .
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the following circumstances—MrRaynor stated 6 _ . .. ... ' . : ¦ .- • - ^ vT'H ^ fe N-Q-RT ; H-: E ? R'N ¦ -S-TA-Rv ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ ¦ :: ^ z ^ Z "' , " '" , " ' 1 '"""" ' ^"''"'" " " IZ _ 1 _ -- —J ^ 0 VEMBEfi %$ > ^> - ii i ¦¦ i i ^^^—^ M- » . »»^ MfcJ ^ aj | BF ^ jiPWig »«« zeii ^ wg » <*' aM ; ; " : :- ¦ ¦• , . •*¦! . « . f * vl lnm ! n » aJ ,, « ~ tnr . « r ..-. . Xf t » TJotJllfil 1 KT . fli . ni
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 23, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1601/page/6/
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