On this page
-
Text (6)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
: ® $ e isrettttpoK * , Health of Lokdon btjbixg the "Week . —The mortaVniv of London , which in the last week of November declined to 861 deaths , and in the subseqne it week rose to 1 , 004 , now exhibits a further increase of cansiderabie amount . The deaths registered in the week ending last Saturday were 1 , 090 — a number which i 9 greater than that of any corresponding week of the 10 years 1840—9 , with four exceptions—namely , in 1844 , when a week or unusually low temperature { the mean not exceeding 28 deg . ) , was fatal to 1 , 201 persons ; in 1846 , wnen the deaths were 1 , 163 , that week being ^ sO . *™ f ° by low temperature ; in 1847 , when * . deat -f " ? - *» a jiA -4 . » L _ j . * : :-a -.. » t , oin ( T enidCmiO , anc .- -
in wgXEZweVTW fever then prevaUing to someextent , and cholera havmjr speared . last ^ eefc has carried off an unusu :, ! number of aged MS tfpftWfW ? SSbvbronchttis , pneumonia , or jnflamrnatioB S the lS » to the l ^ t three weeks tba increase « f bronS appears from the numbers returned as * , ! w " 64 88 114 : that of pneumonia is shown SC'stm , while the mortality from phthisis in the ^ meperiods has been more luuform-namcly , 96 113-andll 6 deaths . The greatest activity of smallpox latelf has been noticed ; in the present return it numbers 24 fatal cases ( nearly the same as 5 n the preceding ) , of which four occurred to persons v above 20 years of age . Lisson-grove , in Marylebone , is still dutinjruished by its ravages ; five additional « . Si « falleseoDt one beins described as «' variola
aataral" ) were registered in the week . With reference to a case in St . Clement Danes , the registrar remarks that , " the father of the deceased objects to vaccination , but can offer no reason for his opinion" and reports from other districts prove that the person here referred to is not s'ngular w ins prejudice . Other important epidemics are measles , which numbers 20 cases ; scarlatina , 29 ; hooping coush , " ^ ; croup , 12 ; and typhus , 37 . From diarrhea there were only 10 deaths : two caused by cholera , and recorded thus—In St . Giles , at Id , ClarkVbuildings , on the 6 th of December , the daughter of a costermonger , aged 3 years , died ot « bilious cholera ( 34 hours ) , convulsions ( 2 hours ) . In We 3 t London , at 16 , Duan-street , St . Andrews , on the 9 th of December , the daughter of a lapidary , aged 16 years , died of English cholera ( 50 hours ) . As described by the registrar , " the street is narrow various
and not very clean . " In connexion witn deaths from scarlatina and typhus , the registrar ? are careful to mention nuisances to winch tne sufierers have been exposed ; in one instance , a large cesspool oozing through the floor , which the inmates of the house find it necessary to cover with sawdust ; in another , " an open sswpr behind the lonse ; " in a third , " offensive effluvia from cesspools- " and in a fourth , a drain " offensive in the extreu-e , " indeed so bad that the persons who live there cannot suffer the door to remain open , and frequently the head of the family is seized with vomiting before leaving for his work in the morning . at the
The mean daily reading of the barometer jRoyal Observatory , Greenwich , was highest on Sunday , when it " was 30-232 inches ; it was also above 30 inches on the two following days ; the mean of the week was 29-935 inches . The temperature was lowest on Tuesday , when the daily mean ¦ was 32-8 deg ., which is Ie 3 s by 6 deg . than the average of the same day in seven years . It rose on Thursday , Friday , and Saturday , when the mean was abont 46 dog ., or 6 deg . above theaverage , The mraa of the whole week was 401 deg . The wind ¦ was for the most part in the south-east on the first four days , and in the south-west for the rest of the ¦ week .
London' Destitution . —Mr . H . M . Wakley held an inquest on Saturday last , at the Globe , New-road , on John James , aged seven years . —John James , the father , who was the very personification of misery and despair , stated that his wife died three years ago , leaving five helpless infants , two of whom died soon afterwards . He lived in a room in Charlesstreet Bolton-street , Portman-Equare , where ne kept the three surviving children . Be had been out of -work two years . They lived on anything they could get . A feind person , named Williams , occasionally gave them some bread , butter , and tea . They seldom or ever tasted meat . ' Sometimes he bought twopennyworth , which he divided among the children . He eot his living by cleaning horses and omnibuses ,
by which he occasionally earned a shitting or a sixpence . He went out at six in the morning and remained out in search of work and food until twelve at night . During that time the children were left fcy themselves , lie went out as usual on the previous Thursday morning , and when he returned he found deceased sitting naked on the floor , crying from the pains of his scalded body . One of the children told -witness that deceased upset over himself a pot of ¦ boiling water . He took deceased as quickly as possible to the workhouse infirmary , where he died , after intense suffering . —A Juror remarked that the body presented the appearance of starvation . —The coroner deeply regretted the occurrence , but said that no one in bis opinion , was to blame , as the father could not
give his children the proteetir n and support which they required . Verdict , "Accidental death . "—The ¦ woman Williams , who was so kind to the family , begged of Mr . Boyles , the summoning oflScer , to bring the survivors some nourishment as soon as possible , which Mr . Boyles promised to do . The jury also subscribed a small sum for the relief of the family .- —On Saturday last an inquiry was held before Mr . Inrigbam , dep ' nty coroner , at the Feathers , Dean-street , Westminster , touching the death of George Mndie . It appeared that deceased , whose only means of support was begging , had been for some time in a very destitute condition , and in the
teEiimins of the week he was found in hn lodgings , St . Stephen ' s-buildings , Soho , quite dead . The surgeon who examined the body proved it was in a dreadfully emaciated condition—the whole of the viscera were bleached and bloodless , and in the stomach were about two quarts of . liquid like water . The intestines were perfectly empty , the liver white , and all the large vessels of the heart bloodless ; indeed , he did not think there were two ounces of blood in the whole body . There was considerable effusion of water in the chest , and all these denoted want of food . The cause of death was , undoubtedly , starvation . Verdict , "Tiiattue deceased died ot starvation . "
Suictoe in a Church Vault . —About noon on Saturday last , the inhabitants of a court , at the back of Aldgate Church , « ere alarmed by a report of fire arms , and the apprentice of Mr . Jaclson , a hairdresser , whose house abuts directly upon the church yard , observing smoke issuing from the grating of the western vaults , crossed the yard to look through , and there saw the lifeless body of the sexton , John Smith , a man sixty years of age , lying in the vault , 'with the , head apparently shattered to pieces , fie instantly gave notice to the police , and a most appalling spectacle presented itself on the vault being entered . The unhappy deceased had discharged through bis month a pistol that was found lying by
Mm , blowing off the upper part of the head , and scattering around the blood and brains . Upon the inquest held on Saturday night it was stated , that he had for a considerable time been in a dejected state of mind , in consequence of the loss of his wife , who died about a year rinee , having him with five children , and within the last day or two his mind had been still farther acted upon by the fear of losing his situation , in consequence of his having , through forgetfulness . left the church gates open at night . Another reason for the desperate act was said to be the falling off in burial fee 3 since the closing of the churchyard by the Board of Health . The jury refarneda verdict of " Temporary Insanity . "
Suicide by a Beadle . —An inquest was held by Mr , Wakley , on Saturday last , on the body of James English , beadle of St . John ' s , Not ting-hill . Deceased was found on the previous Thursday morning lying on Notting-Mll Terrace , in a stupor . He was carried to a Burgeon's , and died in five minutes . On his person were found two small bottles , containing respectively laudanum and essential oil of almonds . A post mortem examination showed that those drags were the means of death . Mr . Barnes , a guardian , explained" that deceased had appropriated two cheques , Talue £ 12 , the property of the parish . A letterin the handwriting of the deceased , addressed to the chairman of the board of guardians , and expressive of remorse and shame for his conduct , was read * it expressed the resolution of the writer to die by hh own * hands rather than become a convicted felon . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . "
Suicide op Mb . 6 . Spejjck , Q . C ., of the Ohakcbbt Bab . —On Monday Mr . Wakley and a jury assembled at the late residence of Mr . G . Spence , Q . C ., 42 , Hyde-park-square , for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances attending his death , which took place on the previous Thursday . —Henry Payne said he was a footman in the service of the deceased . ; "Witness was roused about a quarter past two on the morning of the Tuesday previous by the Jady ' s maid , who came to the door of his room , and said that something had happened to her master . Witness went directly to Mr . Spenee ' s bedroom , at the door of which he was met by Mrs . Spenco , who desired him to go immediately for medical assistance . Witness went for Dr . Mackenzie , and Mr . medical attendant
Squibb , the family . : ffis master had suffered from spasms for a long time and he had not slept well lately . The deceased 8 W in a room by himself , Mrs . Spence occupied an adjoining apartment . The last »™ tti toJajWt « M fas ^ Mgg&g sf ^ i » " ? «^ rxS morning , shortly after two o ' clock ,-lira . . Spence came into witness ' s room and told her that Mr . assaffiaaftss . s s ^ g said , " AMermyJatuftW were greater than i
Untitled Article
conld bear . " Medical asnstance was sent for directly , as described by-tbe footman . . Witness bad never seen her master do anything which cqulduK duce her to think him of unsound mind . He flad been very low spirited lately , and he had complained more than he was accustomed to do of internal pain and palpitation of the heart . The deceased had knocked against the wall , which was his usual signal when he wanted Mrs . Spence . —Dr . F . W . Mackenzie said , shortly after two . o ' clock on Tuesday he found the unfortunate gentleman in a state of collapse , with wounds of an incised character on both sides of the neck , on the thigh , and on both wrists . The chief hemorrhage was from the wounds in the neck . The deceased was rational and col-. - n -, ^^ - ^ j ^^ i
lected when witness saw him . He said he had been in a very desponding state previously , and had inflicted the wounds upon himself wh * le in a fit of despondency . He added that . it was . useless to adopt any means to save him , as he felfrhis life could not be preserved . Witness did all that was necessary , and remained with the . deceased until Mr . Squibb arrived . —Mr . 6 . J . Squibb said he saw the deceased between tbree and four on Tuesday morning . He was then in a state of extreme depression arising from excessive hemorrhage . On
seeing witness , the deceased said , "You see what a dreadful thing I have done . I am pleased I have been punished in this world , and I hope I shall escape hereafter . " The deceased never rallied ,. and died on Thursday from exhaustion and loss of blood . Witness saw the deceneed on the Monday , and ha then appeared more calm than usual . He had long been labouring under the delusion that be had a disease of the bladder . ° He had none whatever ; he had no symptoms of such a disease . The deceased bad told witness that his father had died
ot such a malady , and he believed such would be his own fate . This delusion had produced great despondency of mind , a feeling which he could not surmount . —The j . iry , without hesitation , returned a verdict to the following effect : — "That the death of llic said George Spence was caused by exhaustion , arising from loss of blood from wounds inflicted by liinv-eif , while in an unsound state of mind . " The deceased gentleman was very much respected at the bar and in his private circle . He has left one son and one daughter .
Fatal Occurence ojj the Great Northern Railwat . —Falling op a Portion of the Ki . vg ' s-ciioss Tunnel . —On Monday afternoon an accident of a fatal character took place at the terminus of the Great Northern Railway at King ' s-cross . It appears that a large body of miners and other workmen have been for some time pist engaged in excavating a tunnel which . is to , pass from the eastern side of the Maiden-lane bridge , under the Regent ' s Canal , into the permanent station on the site 3 of the late London Fever and Small Pox Hospitals at King ' s cross . These men were in the employ of Mr Hodge , the sub-contracter to the Messrs . Jay , the contractors for the teminus , and at the time mentioned the miners had returned from their
dinner about an hour , and were at work in groups in various parts of the tunnel . One group of miners , headed by a man named Abel Wynne , were at work in the tunnel about forty yards from its mouth , and were engaged in making ready for what is technically termed the " ciil , " a portion of timber used in supporting tunnels before the brickwork is introduced , when a large amount of earth gave way and fell upon them and other workmen . An alarm was in stantly raised , and after some delay the men were dag only when it was found that the poor man Wynn e had his head crushed in a frightful manner . He was conveyed to Randall ' s Cottages , near Randall ' s tile kilos , in Maiden-lane , bar . life was quite extinct . The other men were but slightly injured . —
On Wednesday morning Mr . Wakley , iun ., held an inquiry at the City of York , Maiden-lane , into the precise cause of death of Abel Wynne . The jury proceeded to view the body of the unfortunate deceased , which presented an awfully mutilated appearance , the head being completely smashed , and the brains spattered over the back of the body . The first witness called was Samuel Edwards , railway labourer , who deposed that he was working with the deceased at the time of the accident . Deceased was engaged in the particular operation of "holding a fall , " and was stooping for his pick when the earth suddenly gave way and fell upon him . It foil upon his head , which was so much crushed , that on dragging out the body the brains ran down the b : i ck .
ne was quite dead . The body was placed on a sRip and drawn sp the shaft , whence it was conveyed to one of Randell ' s cofcfcases . A sorpeon was at once sent for , but his services were of no avail . The Ju antity of earth which fell in all did not exceed alf a square yard . The tunnel was a regularly formed covered tunnel . It was incorrect to suppose that any part of the tunnel in mass had fallen . It was only a small portion of the interior between the centre and bottom sills . James Parker , a miner , corroborated the evidence of Edwards . The accident appeared to him to have been one which no human prudence could have foreseen , or human skill could have averted . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
Loss op Two Lites a * the New Westminster Sewkb . — On Monday morning , about eleven o ' clock , as a number of workmen , principally bricklayers ' labourers and shaft sinkers , were employed in a sewer at the back of Great Scotland-yard' near the water , at the end of Northumberland-street , the fewer gave way , and submerged the men at the time at work , causing the loss of two lives . It appears that the works were carried on for the purpose of connecting two sewers , one corning from Parliamentstreet and the other from Whitehall , through Great Scotland-yard . The object of constructing those sewers , and making them meet at the river ' s edge at the bottom of Northumberland-street , was to prevent the Westminster sewers , heretofore
discharged in the vicinity of the New Houses of Parliament { and so much complained of by members for the last two sessions , ) from contaminating the atmospbere in and around the new Palace ; and to do this it was necessary to reconstruct the sewer coming down Whitehall and Parliament-street , and discharging itself in the Westminster main sewer , and make the junction at a point at the bottom of Northumberland-street , where the new Wesminster sewer was intended to discharge itself . For the purpose of accomplishing this double object it was necessary to construct an extensive dam with double gates at the bottom of Northumberland-street , where , by means of a tunnel , the whole would be discharged at low water-mark into the river Thames .
To effect this , a very intricate main dam and aide darns became necessary , with' various tunnels , to enable the gates to work satisfactorily . The main data was sixteen feet deep from the surface of the high water mark , and the adjoining tunnels were of course to be constructed on a level proportionate to this depth . The dam was to have two gates—one as a trap which would shut when the tide rushed in , and the second as a stop-gate to keep back the sewer " slosh" in the time of high tide , and to open by means of a windlass , attended to by a person permanently placed at it when the tide receded , to let" the slosh " or sewage water out . In executing these works a great number of persons were engaged , and they had so far completed them that but a small
wall or partition remained between the' two sewers , where they were to discharge themselves into the dam . - A few minutes before the accident took place , there were no less than sixteen men in the subterraneous works , and several other men " about to descend , when the ; heard a noise as of thunder ; and whitet they were pausing for a moment , they heard the screams of a boy below . On the north side , that is the side nearest Northumberland-street , planks and piles had been laid down to keep out the water , whilst a wall was being made to permanently keep it out on that side ; but the water rushed up with fearful velocity , broke through the earth between the wall and canal , and at the same time rushed with great violence on the other side into the dam—so that the workmen were threatened
with death in front , and on their turning towards " the trap " to get up , a rush of water met them from the other side , breaking through the earthen wall between the two aewefs , and completely filling up the drain . The men who were near succeeded in escaping , and the Jast of those saved was a little boy . He had succeeded in ascending the ladder to a certain height , when his father , one of the lost men , got to the foot , and by his weight the ladder was displaced , and the boy fell , but still struggled and was save , but his father and another man were lost . The whole of the men were actively engaged during the day in pumping the water out of the sewer , and between four and five o ' clock they succeeded in clearinz the subterranean passage of the principal
portion of its contents , when they beheld the lifeless bodies of the two poor fellows who had been engaged during the forenoon in- forming the brickwork of the structure . Their names were Edward Gorman and Frederick Country Elliot . The former was a bricklayer , who resided in Fox-court ; Gray ' sinn-lane , and the latter was a labourer . One has left a widow and three children totally unprovided for , and the other , it is understood , has left a widow and four children equally penniless . The two bodies have been removed to St . Martins Workhouse , where they await a coroner ' s inquest . Respecting the origin of the disaster , it has been satisfactorily ascertained that it was owing entirely to the high tide . Every precaution had , it appeared ,
been made to guard against euch a catastrophe ; extra banks had been made at the end of the sewer to keep out the water ; but , notwithstanding , the tide rose so high as to flood the entire arch . The contractors to the works . Messrs . Humphreys and ihnst , have expressed every anxiety to see to ' the ; ¦ Jif ? PJ OTisio , ns of the poor families . Notwithstanding the fatal accidentonMohday , ' the men were at f ™« T"&L £ " « wning in the sewer in which the f ^» iw ? vvfiF live s- -Atfull tide , shortly before f&Sjffl ^^^"" "" * ^ SSftW ^ w ^*^ inundation , or any additional -mesas of escane iV ^ p of it ^ rusMng into fte sewer ; S&igSSSffi ? ment of the works the contractorsi bi yFwllectediiix- -
Untitled Article
pe « Vce a week front each of the ' nfeti . engagtea . ^ to accu-Mate a fund for . the families ; of those . who might meet with any accident '; andtont of this fund , ; which must be considerable , as for some weeks : 100 tW 200 . men were emp loyed , some ' relief will be afforded to the destitute families of those who were drownei ' . Mr . Bedford , thecoroner for . Middlesex / and a jury of respectable inhabitants assembled on Wednesday , at two o clock , in the Board Room of St . Martin ' s workhquso , for the purpose of investigating the circumstances under which Edward Gorman and William Gardner met their deaths . . Thecoroner examined two or three witnesses . without making the matter at all intelligible , and it was only after the third witness had been called that some light -r , ^ — " T ^? ^
was thrown upon the origin of the catastrophe ; It appears that two new sewers are in process of formation under the surface of Great Scotland-yard , both of tbem having one outlet into the rirer . The first is intended to : convey the sewage from the vicinity of Trafalgar-square , and the . second runs from Whitehall-place along . Parliament-street and Whitehall . In the formation of the former , it became necessary to cross an inlet called ; "Blind Dock , " through which the sewage of Regent-street and the surrounding districts descends . It is stated that the design furnished by the engineer to the commissioners , proposed to cross , this dock by an open cutting . The contractors , judging from the evidence adduced ,-attempted to obtain a
communication between the works by means of a tunnel underneath the bed of the dook , and to this proceeding on their part—all knowledge of which is denied by the officers of the commission—the fatal occurrence seems to be fairly . attributable , —W- B - Scott said , he heard for the first time that the contractors ' men had made a tunnel underneath the bed of the dock during Saturday night and Sunday . Feeling satisfied that such a work must be attended with great danger , he determined to go down and warn the men to desist . lie was prevented doing so at the moment , and about five minutes before he was about to descend the accident" occurred . .. The tunnel , or " heading , " as it was technically called , had besn carried twenty-five feet under the bed of
the dock , and the workmen had nearly completed the communication between the two sewers , when the water broke in from above , and inundated the whole works . Witness considered that to perform such a work when the dock was full of water , was exceedingly dangerous . The tide on Monday . morning was exceedingly high , and the pressure would be correspondingly greater . Witness had examined the works since the acoident , and satisfied himself that it had occurred in this way . The inquiry was adjourned until Monday next . ; Fibk at Bermondsky . —On Wednesday , between
five and six o ' clock , afire broke out in the Rose and Crown Tavern , Salisbury-lane , Berraondsey-wall , which was attended with a serious destruction of property . The premises belonged to Mr . Ladd , ft licensed victualler , and owing to the inflammable character of the stock , in trade the flames travelled with such rapidity that the various inmateshad the greatest difficulty in effecting a safe retreat . The engines promptly attended , but the names were pot subdued until nearly everything on the premises was destroyed , and the building gutted . . The total I 033 , it is believed , will exceed £ 1 , 000 . The sufferer was insured in the Monarch fire office .
A Smithfikl © Ox and its Ravages . —On Monday a bullock , which was about to be removed from SmithHeld Market , broke away , and proceeded into West-street at a furious speed , and thence into Saffron-hill . Here , at the corner of Church-street , it broke some panes of glass in the shop window of a clothes salesman , and a short distance further on in the same street it smashed several panes of a public house front . On its way up the hill the beast came in collision with a cab , and slightly injured the horse with its horns . After passing along Ray-street , Little Warner street , into Coppice-row , the animal came into collision with a cab , the horse in which was knocked down . It then went : up Bagnigge-wells road , into Margaret-street , round Wilmington-square ,
down Yardley-strert , into Lower Rosaroan-street , bavin ? in the course of its passage upset several ( rucks . At the corner of Lower Rosaman-street and Bowling-green-lane , a : cabman whipped the ; beast across its back , upon which it dashed at a woman' of the name of Hughes , who was in an instant lifted into the air several feet , falling near the walls ot the burial ground adjoining . The animal then endeavoured again to toss her , but she was fortunately assisted by the barman of the John of Jerusalem public hnuge , at the corner , who tried to rescue her . The beast was about to gore him , but his attention was drawn to two stalls , which it cleared away , scattering the stores of each , consisting , of shell fish and fruit , in all directions . It then pursued itseourse by
the House of Detention on to Cierkenwell Green ; thence it returned into Lower Rosaman-Btreet , and i'ot into the open space by the Honse of Detention , where there is no thoroughfare , and laid down in a corner , adjoining the yard of Mr . Johnson , the buifder . After being there a short time , evidently exhausted , a man in the employment , of Mr . Johnson put a tub of water before the beast . While drinking it the man incautiously approached the animal , who instantly gored him in the abdomen . The poor fellow fell back , and was conveyed in a cab to St . Bar * tholomew ' s Hospital .. The animal again started : off in
the midst of the collected crowd , many of whom were knocked down in trying to make their escape , and ran into Ro-aman-8 treet , where it knocked down another female , who was taken up much injured . It subsequently got into Upper-street , Islington , where it took possession of the pavement , pursued by an immense crowd . . When opposite the shop of Messrs . Toliand and Co ., dyers , it forced its head through a valuable sqaare of plate glass , and broke the mahogany frame work , to the great terror of a young woman who was sitting at work . It was eventually lodged m the yard of Lay cock ' s dairy , Liverpool road .
A Theatre without an Orchestra . —It is stated that owing to recent neglect by the members of the orchestra of the Lyceum theatre in attending rehearsals . Madame Vestris thought fit to give ( he whole corps a week ' s notice on Saturday night week , intending the intimation rather as a salutary warning than a literal dismissal . The musicians , it seems , accepted the notice in its strongest sense , and on last Saturday evening the manageress of the Lyceum found herself unexpectedly without an orchestra . To procure another on the instant was impossible ; the house was full , and , as a difficulty wns to be met , Madame Vestris determined to confront in the boldest manner ; thus , . without explanation or apology , the curtain was drawn up , and the performance commsneed .. The audience supported the absence of their accustomed entertainment with good temper , and a slight call for . mosio from the gallery was instantly suppressed .
The Convict Hackett . —On Saturday information at the various metropolitan and city police Stations that Hackett , who has made himself 80 notorious of late by his daring escapes , had been seen in the High-street , Borough , walking coolly along the pavement with a sword cane in his ban d . He was well dressed , and there is no doubt as tohis identity , because the party who conveyed the information was formerly a fellow prisoner with Hackett in Maidstdne Gaol . This person followed him for some distance in Southwark , watching for a favourable opportunity to secure the man and the reward , when Hackett , seeing he was followed , turned down a narrow alley , and made his escape . M . Soybr has takbk Gobe House , formerly the residence of the late Lady Bleesington , for the six months of the Great Exhibition , at a rent of £ 600 for that time . It is to be fitted up as an hotel , and the beautiful grounds are to be laid out for entertainments in the style of those afforded to the public at Cremorne . .
St . Babnabos CnoupH , Pimlico . —There was no service performed in this church on Sunday , and a notice , signed by the churchwardens , and posted outside the door , announced to the large number of persons who had assembled at the hour when the doors are usually opened , that in consequence of the difficulties of performing divine service , thechurch would remain closed until further notice ; " - The Mahblb Arch . —it is rumoured that a / filial determination has been come to that this area shall be erected at Cumberland Gate , 'H yde Park .
Borough of tub Tower Hamlets . —A general conference of deputies from the . several branches of the National Reform Association , established in this borough , took place a few days ago , at the Green Dragon Inn , Stepney , About thirty delegates attended ; and they unanimously elected Mr . Watson their chairman . The object ot the conference wa . s , to adopt ^ such steps as might be desirable for . protecting the interests of the parliamentary electors of the borough , and for extending the franchise to those who are at present deprived of it , owing to technical difficulties . The subject of compounding rates occupied a good deal of the attention of the . meeting , and it was shown that no less than 15 , 000 persona in the ' Tower Hamlets were deprived of their . votes , owing to the poor rate of their several houses being pawl by composition by the landlords , whose names alone appeared on the rate book ,, and the tenants . were
consequently held to be not rated . It was contended that a remedy for this ' state , of , things was to be found in a provision of tb , e Parochial Assessments Act , . 6 Ss 1 William IV * ., cap . 96 , which prescribed the form of rate , and required that the name of both owner and occupier should appear in separate columns , in * the ratebook . The carrying , put ofthis beneficial provision has been made dependent on the order , of .. the Poor Law Commissioners , who had hitherto failed to carry it out , at least in the metropolis , . thereby : inflicting dtsfranchfsenient on thousands pC the industrious classes . t It was stated that the question . had teen raised before the barriste _ r , ia ; Pctpber . last ,. anfJ after a very fuli discussion , decided against the claimants ; The proper course , therefore . r app ^ ared to be , $ 6 . Ap ' pIy to the Poor Law Cqmmiasionei-g ^ uTgjng them to make an order for carryiog theiopovision o ^ tliisi act into effect . 'A resolution to this purport was ananimously ^ sgreed . to , andja , deputation , ^ afliappoinjied to wait on the Poor . ; . X ?» po . miB ^ i «« , o tt ;^ Subject . " " * " ""' " " " '"'" ' " J } ify i -J-i * /
Untitled Article
^^ vs-i : ;; - ? - " - ^ -- ;|< r - __——i—m——L _ — l ^ HS ^^^ -r ^ . ; ,- ¦ ,,. ¦ . „•* * - , ~ . w .. v- ~ iKI ' ¦ ? t ^ tf !? i ? l ? ff . f ?*' i ^ . ;^ V :,-. ' "S GAMBr * RK 8 lsSo •^ WANcfe .- ^ Ma » slf-Game H sufficientlytbin in the fens , but the Krs Spy ing lands on the seacbastm Holbeach SSPK neighbouring marshes preserve itinroffi-Sent quantity toinduce lawless characters to resort fSer . A sad affair has taken place this week , ihe following is as true a statement as can at present be / ffied : On Saturday last a labourer , named S el'Gee ^ was -trespasdng on lands occupied by Mr Henry Elliff . in' JHolbeach Mareh . . It . appears that "Mr . Elliff , at a considerable distance , was witching from behind a hedge . Gee shot a hare io ihe dtrectioirin which Mr . BUiffwao concealed . Mr . EUiff believed , it is said ; that the shot was aimed at him and immediately shot at the poacher ; which ^ . J ————¦ ***** i ' ... t , _ . * . ,-. y ~
not aking effect , he fired again ; and , taKing more delibera te aim ; dreadfully Mattered oneot . the por-r man ' s arms and hands . The sufferer was conveyed to H olbeach ; and was- considered for somediys in great danger . When somewhat revived he was conveved to Sualding gaol for trespassing in pursuit of eam ' e in the occupation of Mr . H . Elliff . There are several versions ' of the affair . If is hoped that , when the poor fellow has lingered out his term of impnsonm eht , he will face his prosecutor m an open court of justice , and that' the facts of the case may be elicited—Lincoln Mercury , ' Force of Conscience ;— A letter bearing the Devonport postmark , and containing 4 s 6 d in postage stam pswas received on Saturday by an artisan in
, the dockyard , stating that the writer picked ; the pocket of his son eleven years sincerwhen employed aa a weeding boy , of half-a-crown , his week s wages , and that it rested so heavily on- his mind , that he returned the above as an atonement . Burning the Popk ' s Effigt . —A popish procession to'demonstrate the feelings of tne inhabitants of Loughborough took pla « e in that town on . the 13 th inst . The procession started from the Schoolyard in' Church-gate , led off by the Loughborough band playing the "Rogue ' s March , " and followed by a number of young men , bearing torch lights , liehtiug the path for a horse to pass through , bearing a representation-of his Holiness the Pope of Home . Passing through the principal streets , they
' arrived in the Market-plaoe , where a large pile of wood was reared an 4 a gallows erected . When they came to the fatal spot , the band struck up , " Rule Britannia , " and the : pope was elevated , mid earth and heaven , amid the shouts of thousands and a good display of fireworks . '¦' ' The Murderous Attack in Dkvonpobt . — Phillip Rasser , the pensioner in custody tor a violent attack upon his wife with a shoemakers knife , and wounding her in the abdomen and neok so seriously that doubts are entertained a * to her recovery , was on Saturday last again brought before the magistrates : and tbe medical attendant , having given
evidence that the poor , woman was still in a dangerous state , he was further remanded . The Fatal Boiler Explosion at Halifax . — The inquest on the twelve bodies of the persons killed by the boiler explosion at the mill of Messrs . Firth , at Halifax , terminated on Friday night , after three days inquiry . The jury returned a verdict or ' ^ Manslaughter aaainst Mr . Samuel Firtb , one of the partners , and Joseph Helliwell , the engineman . The evidence favoured the conclu sion that the boiler was a defective one , and ought to have been discontinued from use . The prisoners were committed to York Castle for trial .
The Recent MnaDER . Plymouth . —On Saturday last the mayor and other : sitting magistrates at the Guildhall , Plymouth , had , broug ht before them five Irishmen , charged with having been concerned in the wilful murder of William Brown Ambrose , on the 14 th of November last . The names of the parties are Timothy Donovan , Benjamin Harrington , James Mahoney , John Macdonald , and Patrick Cassey . ; In order to understand the circumstances under which these persons were apprehended , it will be necessary to recapitulate the leading features of the murder . —William Brown Ambrose , who was very respectably connected in Plymouth , was brought up as a builder , but was a carpenter , and he had been living for some months
in Central . street , with a girl named Stevens . On the night of Saturday , the 15 th of November , Ambrose was disturbed after he was in bed , by some one knocking at . the door , and on ascertaining who it was , Ambrose got out and opened it . Their unseasonable visitor w as William Thomas , the owner of some of the river barges at the port of Plymouth , and the captain of one of them , and Who had been on friendly terms with Ambrose for fifteen or sixteen months . Thomas had been drinking frei-ly , but spoke most affectionately to both parties . After a vain effort to get drihkj he induced Ambrose to go out with him to accompany him a part of the way to Mb home . Thomas resided at Morico Town , Devonportnearly two miles off . After leaving
, t he house , as if it were their intention to go towards Devonport , through Union-street , and by the principal thoroughfare , they turned back find went to Stonehouse-lahe in Plymbutlv which is occupied by all sorts of persons , including a large migratory population . Here they found admission , although it was then past midnight , to a public-house , and lu \ d gin , rum , and wine to drink . It is supposed that it must have been nearly two on the Sunday morning when they left this house . They left apparently good friends , and walked 4 down Stonehousefane arm in arm , Thomas was very drunk and Ambrose sober . When they came to the junction of Plymouth with Stonehoiise , and were about to turn up Stoke-lano towards Thomas ' shouse , they
were both knocked down by ( according to both ) one tall and one short man , both of whom spoke Irish . When Thomas recovered from the effects of the blow he found his friend gone , as well as the parties by whom they had been attacked . He got up and went back to the house of Ambrose , and found that he had been much more serioualy injured than himself . Thomas laid down and went to sleep , While ' Ambrose and the girl Stevens went to the doctor , and had his head dressed . His Bkull wns fractured in the forehead to the extent of about two inches ; and , as it was found out on the post mortem examination of the body , his brain pierced to the depth of two inches by some sharp idstrument about the size of a large quill .. He continued in a
hopeful condition for a short time , when he died . While he continued in a hopeful state he would riot allow the police to be informed of what had happened , from a desire to prevent the pain which it must oeoasion tohis family , and after he became worse he was not in a condition to give evidence . Before he" became worse he had been visited kindly by Thomas . After the ease became hopeless , the girl Stevens informed the police , and it being supposed that Tbomas had some jealousy towards Ambrose , he was apprehended , as were also two bargemen named Wyatt . and Hurd , who were in the emp loy of Tbomas . Wyattt and Hurd , however , proved that it could not bo them by a mO 3 t satisfactory alibi before the magistrates , and a patient
inquiry before the coroner and jury , Thomas was liberated . giving personal security , by lodging £ 200 iathe hands of the borough treasurer , for his appearance to give evidence when called for . The coroner s jury found a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown , " Prom inquiries made by the police , the five Irisftnen named were at different times taken , into custody , and before Saturday had undergone Beveral remands . On Saturday Mahoney , Macdonald , and Cassey were discharged , after evidence had been given satisfying the bench that the attack could not have been made by them . The evidence against Harrington and Donovan is that they were at the
place , or near the place where Ambrose and Thomas were attacked , "from twelve to . two , or a quarter past two o ' clook on the night when the fatal blow was struck , and that they : molested within that period several other parties who had occasion to ' pass that way . And thoy ^ agree with the descriptions of the deceased as to size and features . So far aa Harrington is concerned , he and another , man named John Harrington : said i to Patrick ! Casey , about two o ' clock on the . morning of the attack , that they had knocked down two Englishmen , ' and they , believed killed one of . them . The John , Harrington referred to is known to have gone to Ireland since the death of Ambrose . The two prisoners were remanded . : , :
Extensive Piatb Robbery at Nottingham . —Ori Friday morning the 13 th . inst . at six o ' clook , Mr . J . Sulley , of Albert-street , in Nottingham , discovered , ; on proceeding down stairs , that his shop had been broken into the previous night , and property removed , consisting of gold and silver watches , gold brooches , gold signet and other rings , Albert gold and silver , watch-guards , silver spoons of all descriptions , . a great number of ancient coins , and other valuable articles . ; The back premises . connected with the shop enter . into the : burial-ground of the Castlegate . meeting-house , and the -thieves entered through a window looking into ; the graveyard .. It is not known . at precisely what time the robbery occurred , i Everything , w « a safe at twelve o'clock , and no noise was hoard during the night , 'f hi value of the prnperty .= stolen was estimated at more than £ 300 . ¦ Nothing -has . transpired to lead to the apprehension of any of the robbers . ¦ ¦ ,,. : ;¦ . ,
. Attempted MnHDKKNEAuRoTHnURY .-i A serious quarrel lately took place in Rothbury Forest , between two half brothers , named Andrew Wood and John Aakje , occupying a farm called Crook , in the same parish . . Wood was returning ; from a-place ' called Tossin Mill , with a cart and horse , and when between Hollin-hill and . Grook-farm a man rushed from behind . the hedge , and knocked him-from the cafct on which he : wfls , 8 icting ; to .. fche ground with part oft . a thrashing instrument . calledft flail . - . Wood . rose ; and , wasiagain knocked . down ; seyeraUimes ; lie < f then : discovered fH Mf ^ f jA ^ le ; < l ^ uggled ^ ard for his lite .. l ; heyMth Jell , ; and Wood being-uppermost , h ^! d , ^ o , ypu w ^ t okill ^ e ^! :: AVlle said ^ k $ h «' n ! , 2 S * ? \ ? Uo « ed . lni . assailanlJi to rise , 6 u | M . him ? e | ffri . utfidfromjlp £ 8 ! of blood : ATkle . it W . appeal ! , , by , . tl ? i 8 f , time ., relented ,. ; and , having 5 !™ H ? * f ' " f » d : inta : t » e : cart , * nd drove it about im hundred yards j lie then ieft and
Untitled Article
j went along a fence . Theinjured manjwhohad part ally ' recovered , nptif . ed . bi 8 movements ,, and : saw . l » ni . « " « Momeihihg ont ' of the fence ;' whicfrne ^ supposed was another weapon ; htf ¦ returned /• however ; : timT drove Secart home , on- the way ^ asking Wood to forgive Him ? On reaching hbmeVtt ' was found necessary to send -for medical assistance , - and on . the armal ^ Mr . William Farrage- « rt » t wS Wood in bed in a ^^ to'roM ^ -B ' MjS , 3 s no fewer than twelve wounds . soin ^ tf £ wa fJiSug jn length , and the bone laid bare . Arkle was Drougut ^ fe ^« f « S RATES .-In consequence of , w ^ ^ Wellesley , having been issued ; against the . Bey . ^ Jf g principal of New Inn tfall ; Oxford bv tMK « Dy m ^ gistrates , for a poor rate for the parish of f'f ™ £ le-Bailey amounting to £ 3 19 a ., and 7 s . expenjes , .,-, - —* 1— . r j ^ 7 »; nii ' v i _ . ^ i-i «_~« fiin /> A . TheininrfidmiiniwnonaaparHiuij
the inspector of thi Oxford pohce , m » y la 9 t , carriecl the same into effect by KMjj " ^ dozen silver forks from the lodgings of jiepr M 1 pal . The question re 3 pecting . the L ability of the different colleges t 6 contribute towards the lelief of the poor of Oxford has long been in agitation It willberemembered that some few years ago a similar seizure of plate for poor rates was made -Dy the officers of'St . Michael ' s parish at Bxeter - . College , which led to a-trial before Sergeant Acherley , when the parish officers , who employed Sergeant ( now Mr . Justice ); . Talfourd , were beaten , owing to a technical point ; the college , who had for counsel , Mr . Erie ( now Mr . Justice Erie ) , proving : that they were port and parcel of , the parish Ot
St . Mildred , which parish , it appeared , had , ior ecclesiastical purposes , been merged into that . of St . Michael ' s and $ 11 Saints , bii . t not for p arochial matters . The principal of the New Inn Hall has redeemed the plate- by paying the amount of the poor rate arid expenses . An . action will , we understand , be brought against the parish officers for . an illegal seizure , when the question as to the liability of the colleges and halls to pay . poor rates will be tried upon its merits . Similar proceedings will shortly ; be taken against Pembroke College , for the payment of potor rates to the parish of St ; Aldgate . Popisit Attack upon a Ragged Sciiool . —A rou gh Irish lad . was brought up , at the Liverpool Policecourt on Mondayunder the folio wins ; ,
circum-, stances . On Sunday morning , a . large mob , chiefly Irish , was assembled opposite the entrance to the fagged school in Hodson-street , creating a violent uproar , and pelting with stones" and other missiles the teachers and children as "they entered the school . An officer observed the prisoner throw a stone , which was warded off by theumbrella of one of the teachers ; and having got the assistance of two other officersi-took him into custody . The prisoner was defended by Mr . John Yates , jun ., who called three witnesses , two of whom swore that they had never seen prisoner . throw a stone , and that they were close to him during the whole of
the disturbance . A third witnesacould not swear to the prisoner , but saw something thrown , which struck an umbrella , but thought it was a piece of eabbase gtalk ; , The officer , however , swore directly to the " fact ; - and stated that such had been the fear excited in the minds of-thVehildreh attending the Boheoh that the teachers had to escort ' them into the school , they themselves not daring to proceed further than the ends of the street . —Mr . RuBhton remarked that such ' proceedings must be promptly put down , and inflicted a fine of twenty shillings and costs , or twenty-one days ; ¦ The prisoner , and his friends in court seemed a little staggered by the
sentence . ; . v _ Smuggling in the-Port of Bristol . —On Mondaythocustom-housebfficera at Bristol succe eded in apprehending . three seamen belonging to the crew of a "Pomeranian vessel-upon a charge of smuggling spirits and totacco . The men , upon being conveyed before the justiceg , set up a plea that they had been ill-used by the officers , and said they wished to complain to the Prussian consul , and the magistrates remanded them , to give them an opportunity of doing so . On Tuesday they were aeain brought before the justices , when H . Viger , Esq ., the vice-consul of the port , attended to near their complaint ; but as it turned out that they had nothing to allege except that while looked up . for three hours , by the-revenue officers , no food was given tbthem , - the magistrates- 'convicted them' in penalties , under the Customs Jaws and in default committed them to gaol . ' . ..
Thunderstorm and Destruction of Property bt Liohtniso . — -On . Sunday morning , about three o ' clock , the inhabitants of Abingdon were suddenly roused from their ¦ slumbers by a thunderstorm which burst immediately over tho town . The alarm it produced was considerable , there being no indication during the previous evening , of so unseasonable a visitation ; The . thunder completely shook the houses , while the lightning was of the most vivid intenseness , and tne hail , snow , and rain , completely deluged the ' streets . Scarcely a quarter of an hour bad elapsed from the first terrific peal when a messenger on horseback rode at full speed into the town with tbe alarm of fire ,- tbe electric fluid having struck a lone barn on Wick Farm ,, in the occupation of Mr . Badcdck , about a mile off . Many of tho : townspeople ' immediately hastened with the
engines to the scene of conflagration , despite tho pelting of the storm , but on arriving there they at onoe saw that an attempt to save any portion of the property would be perfectly useless , The roof of the barn had already fallen in , and its valuable contents were one burning mass ; . and the wind , which had been blowing' almost a hurricane , had communicated the fire to a large wheat and bean rick a short distance from the barn , both of -which * oon fell a prey to the destroying element ; The building was insured in the County Fire Office ; and the farming stock , which consisted of upwards of 150 quarters of barley ; the produce of twenty-four acres of beans , ten acres of wheat , a variety of agricultural-implements and utensils , the whole of which were destroyed , were fully insured in the Royal Exchange . -The total , damage is estimated at £ 1 . 000 . . ' : ' * ¦ ¦
Absconding op a' Superintendent of Police . — The town of Burnley has , within the last fortnight , been the scene of much excitement from the circumstance of a person holding a high and-responsible situation in the county constabulary , and resident in that town , having been absent from his duties , without leave , for upwards of a fortnight . It appears that Mr . ' M'Cabe , the . superintendent of the police force for the higher division of the hundred of Blaokburn , b ;» d applied for , and obtained , n few days' leave of absence , for the avowed purpose of visiting London . ' This privilege expired on the 30 th ult ., but up to ; the present ! time nothing has been heard of him , and his return is not now expected . . On it being known at head-quarters that
the superintendent had not returned at the time he wa 9 due , the assistant , . chief-constable , Capt . Stieppard , visited Burnley , ' arid Captain Woodford . afterwards went over to ' investigate the circumstances of the case * We regret to learn that a sum of money , amounting to about £ 100 , - given to him to pay the rent ot various station-houses , has not been handed over ; also above £ 100 for the wages of the constables . About £ 20 were in his hands , belonging to the Pplice Force Superannuation Fund , and £ 70 received by him in bis office as Inspector of Weights and Measures , and which he ought to have paid over to Mr . Moore Wilson , the county treasurer . It is also said that sonte tradesmen ' m Burnley arid the neighbourhood who ; have , supplied , the force with goods have granted . him receipts to their accounts
without having obtained the money . On the circumstances of the-case becoming known , T ..-B . Addiadn , Esq ., immediately gave orders for the wages of the men tobe paid . Mr . M'Cabe has left a wife and six children at Burnley . Such an occurrence has caused much ' surprise , as Mr . M'Cabe had been upwards of ten years in the office , was receiving ah addition- to his salary on account of length of service , and was much' respected as an efficient officer . . . Ho formerly held a commission in the British army , was afterwards an officer in the service of the Queen of Portugal , where he attained the rank of . Lieut . ^ Colonel , and more recently served ih Spain in General Evans ' s brigade . A meeting of the magistrates of the division has been summoned . to take the circumstances of the case into consideration . . . ¦ ¦ .-..-
Cunning FHAUD . —At the Bristol police-court on Wednesday , two men , named William Rowlands and Robert Andrews ' , " were committed to gaol with hard labour attached . for periods of two months and one month respectively , for frauds upon the public , and breaches of the revenue laws . The prisoners , who were brought before the justices by the Icollector of excise and his officers , had been practising upon the public b y pretending to b Jugglers > and Celling : a common description of spirit ,- coloured ¦ to resemble cognac , as the veritable French spirit .-: When apprehended they had m their possession three -large bladders of the spurious stuff and a bottle-of thVcolouring stutf used by them to darken the spirit . _ Finding * of One of ; the Bodies of the Seamen Drownm ) osf , WoRTHiNG . —On Tuesday afternoon , as some orthe Brighton fishermen were pacing the ciirr ¦
m tho brief intervals of fair weather , they observed a dark . object floating in the surge 1 his proved to be the body of a- fisherman , and no doubt was entertained of its being the remain s of one of the unfortunate men drowned a fortnieht S f 5 o rtWn g ^\^ hicVof them it was , it SI difficult ito Bay ; ? a 8 the : face and hands' were en ; tirely eaten , away , and . there remained onlv a mutjlated trunk , ; It had on a Guernsey , I pair TowH ™ d S 0 t * ' : ™ ° body . was t £ n io % Town Hall , where it awaits an inquest . Two more bod . es are reported to- have been washed aE between Lancing and : W « rthin ' ir . - - - Th « finHinl ^
tuese ; DOuies : is not unexpected , for the S " being rbughand the wind 4 sJ \ V Satis Efe ^ ') S S ^^ gs ^^^^ ^^ THERi AND . SoN ^ CH ARQBD ^ IXH-ABBON . U . ^ 'S ^ fi 37 mo ™ 8 ^ - vThdnias- Wbittaker , ^ . v ^ mbri dg ^ snd . Ws . Btmp ^ . hosfe ^' smng ^ -an ^ wofrm .. wiicii they . carried ' on the -business of
Untitled Article
¦» _ 'M . 1 K -ZZZZ ^^ Z -,, .... _ , . ., jc dealers - in cdriositieB , tfas Jmrnei down on the 22 nd ult ., # ere charged ; on the prosecution of tha West of EnglanH ; Fira-office , ( and r also again : by the landlord , - with . wilfully , setting ' . fire to the same . The furniture arid stock were insured fog £ 1 ll ' Oj and the olaim was made for £ 830 . - . * " ' ^ ii ' - , ,, dealers in cariosities , t ? asjmrned down on tt " ° v " , i . _ . - t _ - » uj-: «* .+ r . « n »^ orLn ,, i . ;^ rv ^ n
Untitled Article
jrmtii Sreianu . Repbesentation of Ddmoannos . —Lord Northland has finally determined to resign his seat for the borough of Dungannon . On the 12 th inst . an address to the electors was issued , in which the noble lord thanks them for having re-elected him in August last , when his resignation had been tendered , but announces his resolution to retire at the commence * ment of the next session . It is stated that the Hon . Stuart Knox , brother of the present member , will appear as a candidate . The Hon . Stuart Knox has issued his address to the electors of this borough , Upon the great question which now agitates tha public mind Mr . Knox states that he _ has eyes viewed with regret the relieioiis dissensions which Mail . ' ¦ . ¦
exercised such a pernicious influence over the destinies of the country . A Protestant by conviction , he would extend toleration to all ; at the same time he should consider it his duty to oppose a firm resistance to any attack on the Protestant faith and the supremacy of the Crown . With reference to free trade , all he looks for is such a re-adjustment ; of taxation as shall tend to- place the agricultural interests on a more equitable footing . And as for tenant right , he is impressed with the natural be-. lief that tba true interests of both landlord ' and tenant are indissolubly united , and he will therefore warmly advocate any measures calculated to regulate and improve the relation between them * to elevate the social condition of the people , and deveiope the resources of the country .
Sales in the Encumbered Court . —The aspect of affairs in the Encumbered Court has improved . On Friday , the 13 th inst ., eight estates were offered , in thirty-two lots , twenty-nine of which were sold and three adjourned . . The sales realised £ 51 , 835 ; and as those of the previous Tuesday produced £ 52 , 800 , the amount for the single week ' s sales in this court was £ 104 , 635 , all paid by Irish capitalists . In the new batch of petitions lodged last week , thirteen in number , the properties are generally small , and most of them heavily encumbered . There is one remarkable exception , in tha case of Lord Blayney , whose estate , yielding an annual rent of £ 8 , 157 , is one of the best circumstanced in the county of Monaghan , and there are
few in that or any other county so lightly encumbered . The noble lord is the petitioner for the sale of his own estate . The encumbrances charged oa the inheritance amount to £ 38 , 045 ; and the charged on the life-estate of the petitkmer to £ 6 , 589 , making a total of £ 45 , 534 , less than six years purchase on the rental . The jointure of Lady Blayney , the mother of the noble'lord , charged upon the estate , is £ 1 , 384 per annum . It is likely that this fine estate will yield about £ 200 , 000 . When the first Encumbered Estates Act had been passed , three years since ,- it was understood that Lord Blayney had taken steps to sell his estate ; but some impediments then arose from tbe construction
of the act , which , it appears , have been removed by the amended act now in operation . The total number of petitions filed in the Encumbered Court ,, up to the 12 th inst ., amounts to 1 , 442 . Lord J . Russell ' s Manifesto . —The Roman Catholjc clergy of the diegeae of Cork , headed by their ' bishop , assembled at the Cathedral on the 10 th inst ., when several resolutions , in reference to the present anti-Papal movement in England , were " received with acclamation , " and , of course , unanimously adopted . Bishop Delany , it should be stated , isbelieved to be friendly to the system of mixed education , and was one of the dissenters to the bigoted decrees ( in their full integrity ) of the Synod of Thurles .
CouNTT . of Limerick Election . —This keenlycontested election was brought to a close on Saturday evening , by the return of Mr . Wyndbam Goold , who had a majority of forty over Captain Dickson , and of 111 over Mr . Michael Ryan , the Tenantleague candidate . The gross poll stood thus : — Goold , 239 ; Dickson , 199 ; Ryan , 128 . There was considerable excitement , and some danger ot personal violence from the mob to Counselor Fitzgerald , at the final declaration of the poll . Mr . Goold , the successful candidate , who is described as a Whig , is brother-in-law to Mr . MonBell , on © of the presen t representatives for the county . On the first two days of the polling , there had been a neckand-neok race between Captain Dickson and Mr . Goold ; but on Friday and Saturday the scale was
turned entirely in favour of the latter by the tenantry of Lord Southwell , the largest electoral interest m the county , all of whom came in and voted for Mr . Goold . This is one of the most remarkable features connected with the election . Lord Southwell is a Roman Catholic , and his tenantry are all Protestants , " They are tho descendants of German farmers , who settled more than a century ago upon the estate of an ancestor ot the present Lord Southwell , who afforded them shelter and encouragement . The total number of electors polled was 5 S 0—considerably more than any estimate of the actual constituency before the commencement of the election . The new Franchise Act , which comes into operation in Marbhinext , will vastly extend the constituency , and produce a very decided change in the representative system . :
The Flax Movement . —Upon all sides , the attention of the agriculturists continues to be directed to the cultivation of flax . On the 12 th inst . Sir Robert Kane , president of the Queen ' s College , in Cork , delivered a valuable lecture on this subject , at the theatre of the Scientific arid Literary Society in that ' eity . The topics referred to in tho lectuio were the peculiar position whioh flax held , in a scientific point of view , with regard to its compositionr-the peculiar position it held as to constitution-as to compensation-the relation it stood in with the soil , and the peculiar position it held as furnishing one of the most important and remunerating raw materials for subsequent manufacture . At the close of the keture Sir Robert Kane was loudly applauded . EMiGKATioN .--Tho people are still emigrating in numbers , even at this extraordinary season of tho
year . From Clonown there have this week departed several families , and their mournful lamentations as they bid farewell to the land of their birth and friends , to bravo tho dangers of the broad Atlantic , were truly heart-rending . —Athlon * independent . ' ?• ¦ - > :. Tub Ahmv w Ihklajid . —This month the forces in Ireland consist of nino regiments of calvalry , twenty-fbur of infantry , and five infantry depots , or 24 , 000 men . ; - - " ~ - " -- ¦•• • Abduction and Gross Outbade in thk Parish of Donboe , DKRRY .-H-On Thursday ^ evening , the oth inst ., this hitherto peaceful parish was the scene of an act of violence nnd lawlessness not exceeded even in Tippernry itself . Alexander Hutchinson , formerly a servant to Mr . Samuel Glen . iate ofBlakes , with an armed party , amounting . to forty persons , forcibly . entered-the dwellirigThouse of Mr ; Leslia ¦ M'Lane , Knpcktppher , and ; supcoeded inonviying ofl : Miss . Mary > Glen / whobad beoh on a . visit at Mr . jyiJtane ' s . Tho inmato ^ p £ tlie bjji&o rempnstratcd jn- ; vain . The girl screamed " for -iriercyj and be-
Untitled Article
¦ . ' . '' " *• BconnW ) . COIMSION OST THB NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY . —Ott the 13 th inst . a collision between the ten a . m . express train to London and a train of waggons loaded with coak occurred at St . Margaret ' s , about a mila from Edinburgh : Notwithstanding their knowledge of the hour of starting of ihe express tram , certain , parties at St . Margaret ' s proceededtoshiftthe train , of waggons across the down line ; but before that could be effected the express train arrived at full speed , no obstacle being expected by tbe driver , and ran into the crossing train , smashed two of the waggons and scattering their fragments and contents ia all directions . The engine of the express was by the collision 80 much damaged as to be unfit for proceeding further with the train , and between it and the broken waggons a complete obstruction of the line was occasioned . The express train was immediately shifted on to the up Jine of rails and conveyed past the ' obstruction , after which it [ Was replaced upon the down line , and another engine haying been attached it proceeded towards London . No personal injury was inflicted upon any of tha passengers . ' ' ¦ ' . . '¦ .-.. . Thb DANOBn of Deck Loads . —Within a few days two fine steamers have been nearly lost between Scotland and Ireland , in consequence of the number of cattle carried on deck , which , from stress of weather or accident , were unable to maintain their position on the deck , and were huddled to one side * when their weight threw the vessels on their beamends , and a total losa , in each oase , was only averted by something little short of a miracle . —North British ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ "'¦
Untitled Article
JJIIII «¦—¦¦> ' « i *» WI >» l : ;;• : ; i-msM ' .,- ¦ Two FATAi . Coi . MEBt Explosions . —On the afternoon ot the 12 ih inst . the iribabitants of that portion , of the Abei-dare Valley ; , South Walea , in which ig situate the new Daffryn-colliery , the property of Thomasi iPowell ,. Esq . ;! of the , Gaer , were thrown into a state of the utmost alarm , and consternation , in consequence of a ^ dreadful explosion of fire-damp having i taken place , by which several Jives were lost . ' ¦ In'the first moments of confusion the shrieks of the wives and other female relatives congregated round ibe pit were terrific , a < a large number of men were known to be in the pit at the time . By dint of great exertions they were all , with the exception of five ; got out alive . — -Another coalpit explosion occurred the same day at Morfa Works , laibacb , near Neath , by which two of the workmen ; R-ere killed , and upwards of thirty wounded , rhe cause of neither of these accidents lias yet transpired . ¦ - _ JJJ . ^ W .
Untitled Article
¦ . - / "iVi ? . - ??? a-itrN : ,. ' ¦)¦ - .. ¦•• ¦ ¦ . ^« rp - ¦¦¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ - * v .. ^* . ^^/ - ^^* Bs ® ra ^ ftH « fi 6 ^ R , ¦ . - >¦ ¦ T - rtff ^ - * ^ ' " " O ¦ - - ^ ¦ ' ~ : t ~ ' * w ^ - ¦' ¦¦ ''^¦¦ - ^^^ ¦ — "
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1605/page/6/
-