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THE IRISH IMMIGRANTS * GRATE . ( From the Baptist Herald , Jamaica Paper . ) See yonder Jone « pot wkere the billow is leaping In sportlTeiifiss ¦ wUd o '« it * eheU-eoTer'd stand ; Where the strong piaion'd bird of patresenoe ii sweeping It » wing on tbe breeie ai it mfta to the land . A wandererrerts there from his serritnde piling , Sis home fu away o * e * Atlanta ' s ware ; Oa his uhes a tear-drop m never seen tailing , For -who cares to weep o ' er the Immigrant grave ? I asked bnt in vaia for tbe name of theatzanger , The waters and winds alone rympathii'd here ; AH was still , save the scream of tbe sea-watching ranger , And a mxamnrts that lingered naweuiedlT near .
The dope of food hopes that were false as enchanting , Which the soft siren-roice of a demom impress'd , The land of his fathers be hasted from , p » "H"g To seize the bright prize In the climes of the West And now , in the distance , his eye rests delighted 02 the " island of springs , " -with its mountain and dell , Kot dreaming hit prospects could eta be blighted , . 0 i the long'd-f or reality banish the spelL Ye hearts warm with life for Hibernia still beating , Oh judge , if ye can , of your countrymen ' s woe , When the Truth , full of horror , discovered the cheating That lured asd inflicted the murderous blow !
Disppointmenfs fell tooth on his cheek preyd . relentless ; There ?» grief in his eye , and despair on his brow ; While a burning disease drank his life-blood ., repentless , £ nd "who may describe what the sequel is now ? ¦ Cndistarb'd be thy rest in the grate ' s silent keeping , Fr om the hue * of the wickei alave-tramckers free : Tby ¦* tffi > and ^ babes are as quietly sleeping , TJinrept , * neath the shade of the Cocoa-nut tree . But s v oice deep and loud to the Throne is ascending , Prom the blood of the m&rtyr'd and Immigrant nee ; Por vengeance it calls , nor will cease , till impending Destruction be hurl'd at the guilty and base . Rise , rise is thy might asd thy terrible glory—0 God of the nations , lead ob in the -van , Till the tyrant oppressors of eaith sink before thee . And man ce&se to seek the enslaving of man . J . M . Bethsalem .
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THE VOICE OF FREEDOM . Pale freedom expiring , lay- langiud alone , y one listing htr prayer , none lamenting her moan ; The rack of suspense , and the canker of pain , Had wither'd her soul , and had harrow'd her brain , And had hurried the tide of each blue-channel'd
They throb and start , on her forehead high Swell , coil , and crawl , or idly lie Each one as a panting agony . Enfeebled by » ge , or outliving my friends , I'd bow to the mandate Isaiah , destiny sends—Obey the stern summons , and gladly resign My booI to that tomb where the shadows recline , Where spirits akin conld wmingle with mine ; But falling thus—she indignant saith , Feeling the ebill of the tyrant's breath , Is dying indeed a double death . < Wild waitings aroose her , strike deep on her ear , And murmuring millions are near and more near js « ngTii »> i she greets them , but gazing awhile , Her features beam sadly , with Borrowing smile , lake torches' faint glow o ' er a funeral pile .
Why ' snppliant crooeh ¦ she sternly cried—Why tarry enthrall'd , when all beside Th eir chains have burst , or have nobly died ? Ye lanrel-wreath'd heroes , my patriots proud , Awake from the sepulchre , look from the cloud ! Rekindle , ye martyrs , the far-flashing fire ! Strike , sonl-stirring minstrel , thy silver-string'd lyre—Attune to thy children tbe lays of their sire ;—How they seorn'd the wiles of knavery ' . How they drew broad blades with bravery . ' How thty death preferrM to slavery ! And number , thou Ocean , the names of thy dead—Assemble thy sons who for liberty bled ! Thy hlaek-billowd bosom , all dripping with gore—Thy terrible tempert , with thunder-tongu'd roar—Thy huge-throated caverns , with corpses before—These show : then tell how no gold they sought
To be free as air , both word and thought , Was the might , and right , for which they fought ! Bring crimwrn-tawd standards , tbe cannon , and bomb-Breathe cornet , and clarion , Iraurpet , and drum—Rash onward , ye squadron—march , tramping brigade I Gleam , warrior ' s helmet , and death-dealing blade—Be carnage , and horror , full sternly displayed . ' The red-turf glare on the battle-field ! The dying and dead that would net yield ! The hearts' best blood that victory seal'd ! From valley , and mountain , from forest aod plain—Where blooms the dirk heather , or waves the white grain—Frem thebitd in the air , high soaring along , Or boDding its nest the green meadows among—Bant forth in foil chorus , one aptnrons song . '
Winds ! merrily 'mid the branches shout ! Echo in concert the world throughout , Freedom proclaiming the earth about ! IO > Trent-side , Dae , IS 41 .
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A SONNET—ON THE TREATMENT WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR ME TO UNDERGO ERE I CAN ATTAIN A CURE . to gain a ears I must be subject to A lengthy operation of three years , Which may ' nt be quite as sharp as it appears , To those who have full liberty to go Where e ' er they list—bnt I , who scarcely know Freedom from palsy's thrall—the sound bnt cheers Of health ' s return—it dries affliction " * tears .-Besides , the treatment won't be wholly new—Tis only for the patient to be lain In one position , which is on his back , On pallet hard— and by a daily strain , On spiral column , cause the nerves to act , Which , from their being press'd upon , rtfrain—Thus are the palsied limbs to life brought back .
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A SONNET . To raise the means I'll try the easiest plan ; I do not like to see one bearing all The burden—when tbe weight , in troth , should fall , In equal portions on the whole divan . Therefore , to those who do poetics scan , I h&Te a manuaeript , and now appeal To them for friendly aid , in making Baler To the new work 111 print ' soon as I can . I cannot boast a boot -unjnix'd with faults ; This few expect , who know my education Was limited—who sees & line that halts Will date it from my sickly situation . O , then , my friends , stand forth , unpress'd , and be The instruments of pure humanity ! James Yebsox . South ilolton , Dec 12 th , liil .
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BIEMINGHAM — Public Office . —Kottex ; Eggs . —On Monday last , Mr . Charles Connor , of , Manchester , was brought before tbe magistrates at . the public office , charged with assadting the keeper ; of a huckster's 3 hop in Bromsgrove-street , named Waterbouse . From the evidence adduced , it appeared that Mr . Connor had been breakfasting at ; the house of Mr . George White , and had purchased j oi
seme € ge 3 from the shop of tbe complainant , one ¦ whi ch was nnfit for human food . Mr . Connor took i the egg back , and required Waterbonse to exchange it , which he refused to do . Connor then threatened > to smash it between his eyes ; upon which a scuffle ensued , and a portion of cups and saucers belong- ; ing to Waterhouse were Fmasbed in the melee ; blows i were freely exchanged on both sides , which caused 4 crowd to assemble around the door , and Connor was eubaeonentlv given into the custody of the
police . Mr . Connor cross-examined the complainant is such a manner as to cause shouts of laughter in the court . Watcrhouse exhibited his broken j " crockery , " and demanded compensation for it , and complained to the magistrates that Mr . White bad threw ened to strte him ova . After a Bi * ° ' consultation , the case was dismissed , and Mr . Connor left the court accompanied by Mr . wnite , leaving the dealer in rotten eggs to console huntelf by paying for the summons m addition w his broken earthenware .
RrcBcmjJG Kidxappkbs , A sunple-Jooking " chopstick" was brought before ihe magistrates , charged with refusing to / jive his name and residence after being legally enlisted . The " crimp called oa another of his honourable tribe , who was like a Ma \ pole enveloped in ribands , to substantiate tne charge .- from whose evideBceh appeared that a rascally attempt bad been made to entrap the poor ample ieiicw , by thrusting a shilling into his hand , ana afterwards insisting that he was legally enlisted . The magistrates discharged the unwilling eoldier , opon which the kidnapp ing recruiting - serjtant growled like a bear , and said that the man was enlisted as le ^ llj as any recruit he CTtr got . -rerhaps so !
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PETEBHEAD . Stbikb or the Lokdos Masohs . —In cpnseqnence of information received here that the quarrymen and scablers of granite at the Dartmore Quarries , from whence Messrs . Grissell and Peto have been principally supplied with granite , have ceased to prepare material for the abovenamed firm , a general meeting of the masons and of tbe above-named branches was held at the ho « se of Mr . Farquharson , on Saturday evening , Deo . lllh , for the purpose of taking into consideration the proper course to be pursued should they ( Grusell and Peto ) applj here for a supply of such material The room was crowded almost to suffocation . Mr . Cole was unanimously called to tbe chair ; Mr . Lind , who had been delegated from tbe Aberdeen
cranon of Masons briefly addressed the meeting , and introduced Mr . Carter , a delegate from the London masons on strike , to address them . He was proud of having an opportunity of addressing a meeting which by all experience was composed of a body ot intelligent men , on the case which was now before them , and be hoped that before be concluded he would convince the meeting that the masons who were now on strike in London , had been treated worse than beasts , and that tbey were individuals worthy ef all the sympathy that oouid be manifested towards them , He then entered into a detailed account of the grievances that had caused the strike , and showed the meeting the subtle attempts that had been made to refute
them , and Bat down amidst loud applause . Mr . Munro then rose , and after a few honest and appropriate remarks , proposed the following resolution , namely— " That this meeting fully justifies the masons in striking against the tyrannical conduct of their foreman , Allen , and pledges itself not to prepare , either directly or indirectly , any material for Grissell and Peto , until the wishes of the masons on strike are complied with . " Mr . Farquharson seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Lind then addressed the meeting at considerable length on the present position of the strike , and the necessity of the working classes , generally , uniting for the defence of their natural
rights , and concluded amidst deafening cheers . Mr . Carter then rose , and after making a few remarks on the conduct of a portion of the press , called npon the men of Peterhead to unite , and defend themselves from the hands of the bondsmen . He returned his sincere thanks for the kind sympath y they had manifested for their oppressed brethren , and hoped that those whose case tbey had been considering would ever continue to merit it . (** Hear , hear , " from all parts of the room . ) A vote of thanks was then given to the delegates and the Chairman , and tbe meeting ( which was one of the most peaceable and harmonious that has been for some time past ) separated .
ZHAETLEBONE . —A meeting for the repeal of the window tax , was held a short time ago at Dnffell ' s rooms , at which a resolution condemning the impost , and pointing out the Charter as the only remedy , was negatived in favour of an amendment by Mr . Frampton , who said he had read the People ' s Charter , and did not approve of it , because it did not go far enough , he would therefore move as an amendment to the resolution , that it conclude at the wards " full measure of the People ' s political rights . "
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A Strange Tail circulated bt Post—A great curiosity was forwarded through the Post-ffBce on Friday last , to a tradesman in Bury , ( Suffolk . ) It was nothing less than the pigtail of a Chinaman , or that look of hair which grows from the back of the head , and is worn by the Chinese at considerable length , and held by them in the highest veneration . It was cut from the head of one of the Chinese who was captured at the taking of tbe Fort of Chum pee on the 12 th of January last , and the poor fellow is
reported to have loot his life almost at the same moment that his carefully-cultivated tail was cut from his head . The lock of hair is more than a yard in length , beautifully plaited , and is of a rich glossy jet black . There can be no doubt from its appearance that it was once the valued ornament vf a very young , and in all probability , a very handsome man . It was forwarded by post to a tradesman of this town by his nephew , a surgeon in the royal navy , on board her Majesty ' s ship Saint Vincent , of the name of Fulcher . —Bury Herald .
Two hc > dbed pjcxds damages were awarded , in a case of crim con , in the Exchequer Court , on Saturday . The p ' aintiff was a Mr . Catherwood , an engineer , who married a Miss Gertrude , at Beyrout , in Syria , in 1834 . In 1836 , while the plaintiff was in America oa business , and his wife in England , the defendants Mr . Caslon , who is plaintiff ' s second cousin , formed the acquaintance with tbe wife , which ended in the seduction and elopement . The brother of the plaintiff said that the wife had " an Eastern education , a lively disposition , a fond nature , and Spanish blood . " Mr . Thesiger , for the defence pleaded that the criminal solicitation originated with the lady , and that she was in the habit of receiving visits from a " notorious Marqnis , " a travelling acquaintance in Syria . Verdict for the plaintiff , and damages as above .
Threatened Resignation of the Lobd Matob of Dcbli . n . —At a meetiDg of the common council , on Thursday , the propriety of voting by ballot on certain occasions was taken into coLsideration , upon the motion of Mr . Callaghan , and seconded by Alderman Purcell . A great deal of acrimony and personal ill-feeling was exhibited in tbe course of the debate which ensued . The immediate cause of the motion appears to have been a speech made by tbe Lord Major at the Corn Exchange on Monday week , when , Mr . Fuzp&trick having proposed that his . Lordship should continue in office another year , the Lord Mayor endeavoured to foreetal the appointment of his successor , saying that ' * there was no man in the corporation who should be preferred to
Cornelius M'Loughlin , George Row , and Alderman O'Neill . " Mr . Callaghan thought that if the election of Lord Mayor was conducted by open voting his Lordship would exercise an undue influence orer the votes of the council , and many members bad stated , that by the Ballot alone could tbey maintain their independence—The Lord Mayor said— " The reasons given by both the mover and seconder of the proposition resolve themselves into personal attacks upon me—the intimidation , the power of the people , and the dictation of mine . I will put an end to this—1 have sat too long in this chair . (" No . no . " ) Gentlemen , I have prepared a notice for the election of another Lord Mayor . ( Sensation , and (" No , no . ")
The imaginary bugbear of my influence , indeed My influence arises from my community of sentiment with those I represent . If this motion be carried I will ) eare this chair , and also the corporation . "Mr . M'Loughlin contended that the jobbing of the o : d corporation all arose from the ballot . —The Lord Mayor said that he should emphatically declare Toting by ballot in that assembly would be the pregnant parent of jobbing . Several other members declared themselves of the same opinion , and Mr . Callaghan , finding that the majority weio against him , withdrew his motion , and bi 3 Lordship was then induced to withdraw his intended resignation from the hand 3 of the town-clerk , shortly after which the council aOjourned .
MCRDEB IS THK MANCHESTER WORKHOUSE . —On Tuesday evening last , a barbarous and unprovoked assault , attended with fatal results , was made on a poor old man , named Peter Jackson , a pauper in the Manchester workhouse , by a fellow inmate , named Timothy Hetherington . Those who witnessed the assault observed nothing in Jacksoi ' s conduct calculated to exciie the aD ^ ry feeling of his assailant ; and it is therefore supposed that the wanton ferocity which he displayed was ^ he effect of temporary insanity , particularly a . 3 he had been subject to fits of lunacy . Jackson was sixty-seven years of age , and had been upwards of four years in the workhouse , during which time he conducted himself remarkably well . On Tuesday afternoon , Jackson
was standing in tbe men ' s day-room ; and he ( Hetherington ) the moment he entered , seized him by the coDar , threw him down on his back , and kicked him on the head and side several times with great violence . Several persoDS happened to be within view at the time , who ran to the old man s assistance , and gave Hetherington into tbe custody of the police . Medical aid was procured for Jackson , but he died on Thursday from the wounds which he had received . Yesterday Hetherington was placed at tbe bar of the Borough Court , before C . J . S . Walker , charged with wilful murder . The assault having Deen prored , he was remanded until the result of the coroner ' s inquest was known . Last night the inquest was held at the workhouse , on
view of the body , before Mr . Jlutter , when , in addition to the above-mentioned facts , it was stated , that b fortnight ago the prisoner had threatened to make a cripple of deceased , unless he returned 18 d ., which the prisoner had lent him ; and Hetberirgton himself voluntarily stated that he assaulted deceased because he said he would not pay him . Mr . Snape , the workhouse surgeon , deposed that the deceased came to him fer medical aid on Tuesday evening , about half-past six o ' clock , and was then labouring under a great difficulty of breathing . He complained of acute pain in his side ; and , on the examination , it was discovered that three of his ribs were fractured , and that his jaw was also severely bruised . He died on Thursday ; and , on a post mortem examination , it was found that one oi the
fractured ribs had penetrated the right lung , which iujury produced inflammation in that part . There was much effused blood under the skin , caused by external violence . The left lung was also in a diseased ttate , deceased having been labouring under asthma and chronic affection of the hrngs for some time previously . The external violence he had suffered was sufficient 10 account for his death . The prisoner was twice under restraint , about four monthB sgo , in conEeqnence of a mania , induced by epilepsy . From tbe testimony of Mr . Robinson , Governor of the workhouse , it appeared that the prisoner was thirty years of age ; that he was dangerously violent when he received any provocation , and that he had been frequently confined forontrageoms conduct . The Jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner . —Manchester Guardian * .
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Thb Maste * of the Croydon Union Workhouse , who recently ordered the hair of a casual pauper to be cot off , has been fined £ & for the offence , or a month ' s imprisonment , by the Magistrates sitting in Petty Sessions , at the Town Hall , Croydon . J * What a Shocking Bad Hat !"—The origin of this singular paying which made fun for the metropolis for months , is not involved in the same obscurity aa vh&t which shrouds the origin of Quiz and some others . There had been a hotly-contested election for the borough of Soothwaik , and one of the candidates was an eminent hatter . This gentleman , in canvassing the electors , adopted a somewhat
professional mode of conciliating their good-will , and of bribing them without letting them perceive that they were bribed . Whenever he called upon or met a voter whose hat was not of the best material , or , being so , had seen its best days , he invariably said , " What a shocking bad hat you have got ; call at my warehouse and you shall have a new ene ! Upon the day of the electing this circumstance was remembered , and his opponent ? made the most of it , by inciting the crowd to keep up an incessant cry of " What a shocking bad hat Pall the time the honourable candidate was addressing them .
Tricks opon Travellers . —We have had several communications relative to the infamous system of plunder carried on at Liverpool by snippets ' agents and brokers , upon the ignorant , simple , and unsuspecting persons who go to that port for the purpose of emigration . No sooner does an unhappy " gudgeon " arrive at the docks , than a shark in the appearance of a friend , accosts him with , " are yon for America !" If you answer in the affirmative , he then kindly offers you his assistance , points out the first and best ship , will offer to introduce h'm to the agent , to make his own bargain . Sec , but his object is to get a commission of 7 i per cent , from the passage money . Then he points out tbe best and cheapest stores ; shews where provisions may be bougnt at of the right kind , and at a moderate price ; and if he can
succeed in pattering the customer" secure , another five per cent . Again , if the intending emigrant do not mind when he pays biB money to the agent , broker , or charterer of the ships Co ., he may get a ticket for quite another vessel , not the one he bargained for . In many instances parties have been kept waiting for two , three , and upwards of three weeks , some of them in a deplorable condition . They have no redrses , in consequence of not being particular in having the time of sailing specified on their ticket . If the day for sailing be acknowledged on the ticket , they can recover one Bhilling per head , per day , after the time advertised for sailing is expired , not otherwise . In these and in many other ways are the poor creatures fleeced , whom the corruptions of society have made weary of their father land , and prefer leaving it , to staying at home to
mend it . Extbaordinary and Extensive Fraud on the Poor—Pkoceedings under the Weights and Measures' Act . —On Saturday a Petty Session was holden in the Committee-room of St . Andrew ' s workhouse , Gray's Inn-lane , before Mr . Witbam , Mr . M'William , and other magistrates , to adjudicate on some complaints by Mr . Reeve , the Inspector of Weights and Measures , against several fradulent tradesmen . The following gross case excited much indignation . Thomas Young , a baker and chandler shop-keeper , in Little Coram-street , was charged with having in use eight weights , the same Doing of an unjust standard . The defendant pleaded Guilty . Mr . Witham— " The fraud seems very extensive ,
and it will be necessary , notwithstanding the plea , ; to hear the evidence to guide us in our judgment . " j Mr . Turner , of Vine-street , Hatton-garden , was then sworn . He said that on the 30 th of last month he accompanied Mr . Reeve to the defendant ' s house , I and nearly every weighs on the premises he found { most abominably deficient . Two 551 bs . were light ! upwards of four ounces each , another 561 bs . was short : of that quantity 3 J onnces , and a 281 bs . was less li ! ounce , 141 b . was deficient three-quarters of an cunce , a 41 b . was against the purchaser 2 % ounces , and an ounce brass weight which was used in the tea scales , was unjust 19 grains . Mr . M'William— " I am sorry the law liscitB the fine—if it did not , our judgment would be very severe . We convict you in the
full penalty of £ 5 . " The money was immediately paid . The next case drew forth much well-merited censure . William Sheen , the owner of a coal shed , at No . . 9 , Little Coram-street , was summoned ( or the following fraud . Mr . Turner said this was a mo « t peculiar case , and he produced the coal machine which he bad seized on defendant ' s premises . The scoop in which the coal is put is 2 i feet higher than tbe part where the weight is placed , and it is supported by an iron frame . ' The frame stands level when no coal is in the scoop , but the momeat you begin to fill it , it inclines towards the weights , and causes a false balance of Ulb . in 14 lbs ., 2 ^ 1 bs . in 281 bs ., 51 bs . in 561 bs ., and bo on in doubling the
deficiency in proportion to the increase . Mr . M' William— You have been guilty of a very grave offence , and must not expect mercy at onr hands . We fine yon £ 5 . " Defendant was then removed in custody . Henry Grove , a chandler , at 13 , Great Wild-street , was fined 40 s ., for having in his shop three weights light and unjust . The defendant said he did not weigh with them . James Pearce , a coal and potatoe dealer , at 256 , Tottenham-court-road , appeared to answer the charge of having a 141 b . weight light 2 drachms , in addition to which the ring of it was in such a condition that it could easily be instantly taken off , a 71 b . weight unjust 8 oz . 10 drachms , and another 71 b , ditto about 9 drachms . Fined for ty shillings .
Dubx-in P « licb . —The Irish Court . —Lord Wm Hill , one of Earl de Grey ' s aides-de-camp , was brought up in custody of a policeman , on a warrant issued on the information of a carman , named Thos . Barry . His Lordship gave as his reason for not attending on Saturday that he got no summons , or at least took no notice of &" bit of paper" which had been handed to him jutt as he came in from hunting . The complainant was then sworn—I am a carman , and reside in Power ' s Court . I had occasion to go to the residence of Lord William Hill , in the Lower Castle Yard , on the 29 th of November . I went for 33 . lOd . car-hire , which his Lordship owed me for haviag _ driven him for two hours on the 21 st , and two hours on the 22 nd of November . I went on the
Monday after the 22 nd , and the servant told me his Lordship was gone with the Lord Lieutenant , and I was told to come in the morning at half-past nine , which I did , and waited till half-paBi eleven , when his Lordship came down and said he was not aware that I was waiting there . Lord Hill—To save trouble I am quite willing to pay him his fare , and settle the matter at once . Mr . Porter—Wo are not now in the carriage-court , discussing a case relative to him ; we are trying your Lordship for an assault . The witness continued—I went after him to the stable , and asked if he were going to pay me , and he asked me if I bad change tor a sovereign . I told him I had not . He asked me my fare , and I replied 43 . He turned round and said he would not pay me
" a d d rap ; " then got « p in his gig and drove off . On the 29 th I went to the same place , when his Lordship was coming in from hunting . I said , " My Lord , I have called on you for payment for having drove you the oiher night . " He asked me where I drove him to , and 1 told him to " Kato Roach ' s . " ( Laughter . ) I did not speak to his Lordship in a leering er insulting manner . When I told his Lordship where I drove him , he said , " Get out , you ruffian ; don ' t speak tome in such a manner . " He pushed me out with the bmt-end of his whip . I then waited till he came down after dressing . I was in the Court-yard , not the Castle-yard . I fol . owed , and asked was he going to pay me . He took me by the shoulder , and wheeled me round , at the same
time striking me with a stick on the right side of the head : he then pushed me out , when I told him 1 would summon him for the assault ; I was hurt severely , for he could not strike me any harder . He then said , " You may go and be d d , " and walked up stairs . Lord Hill—He is an unconscionable liar ; that ' s what I say . Mr . Porter—Let me tell you , Lord Hill , that is very improper language to use towards a tree subject on his oath , and such as should not be used in the presence of three magistrates . He has a right to be heard on oath , and you can controvert his evidence by other evidence , if you have such ; if not , we are bound to believe him . You can make any statement you please . Lord Hill—I have nothing to say , only that I did not strike him . His Lordship was fined £ 3 and £ 1 costs .
Value of Pbachcal Illustration . — On . re-entering the room , Charles's mother found him sobbing and crying with great violence . She expostulated with him , and represented that , though he confessed he loved Frank very much for saving him from punishment , it was evident he lovod himself better . Charles by degrees became more tranquil , but kept looking over the playthings with eager curiosity ; at length , he selected a miniature compass , which he pronounced the prettiest of all . His mother briffly explained its uses , and told him after mering it about , to notice it attentively , and he would find the needle , when the compass wa 9 at rest , always pointed one way ; namely , to the north . This much surprised Charles . It would turn its own way , he said , do what he would . She then proceeded to show the little boy , that he was just as obstinate as
the compass ; do what she would with him , he would still turn his own way , the difference consisting in one thing only—that the compass would always go the right way while he always went the wrong . So true was that needle , she said , that whatever circumstances might from time to time occasion it to deviate , or vary , it would continually return to the same point ; and skill ' al navigators could calculate upon those little deviations with such nicety that they could find their way over trackless oceans to the most remoie parts of the world , by the aid of that instrument . She then expressed a hope that she might in fnture calculate as correctly upon hie departure from errer , and resumption of noble and generous feeling—such as that which iuflueaeed his school fellow when he magnanimously seorned tc allow aaotber to suffer for a fault in wkieh he had the largest share . —Parley's Penny Library * .
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General Bankruptcy in Europe and Amebica . —The principal state governments of this republic , south and north , are in debt for 200 , 000 , 000 dollars , and all bat two or three will be unable to pay the interest , ana thus will be bankrupt in two years . In oouth America every government is in debt—probably the aggregate is equal to 100 , 000 , 000 dollarsnot a cent of which will ever be paid . In Europe , all the governments , Christian and Turk , are in debt , to ihe amount of 3 , 000 , 000 , 000 dollars or more . ( Nearly as many dollars as there have been minutes since the creation of the world . ) TheBe debts are increasing , and will lay the foundation of revolutions . Tto ' . only government in the world out of debt ( we count the late loan temporary only ) 1 b the federal government of the United States , and this was dene by the obstinacy of old Jackson . N . B . Perhaps the Chinese government may be out of debtbut we don't know certainly . —New York Herald .
Catanagh , the "fasting impostor , " is not yet anmciently recovered from the effects of his nine or ten days' partial abstinence from food in Reading gaol to undergo the exercise of the wheel ; nor has he yet been allowed by the medical oflBcers of the prison , in consequence of the weak state of his stomach at present , to take any animal food . He is , however , allowed two pints of gruel and four rounds of toast daily , with the addition , every alternate day , of a pint of soup . The whole of these allowances he regularly consumes . Cavanagh admits that he managed to deceive the public pretty well outside of the gaol , but that as soon as he got inside he expected to be "bowled out . " His hopes were , that it' he could have contrived to keep up the deception for a week , the Magistrates would have been impressed with the belief that he was not an impostor , and have therefore liberated him .
Singular Cask of Elopement . —On Wednesday last , an application was made for the interference of the police of Reading , under the following circumstances : —A respectable man , living oa ' his own property in the neighbourhood of Basingstoke , observed some time ago , that there appeared to be a better understanding between his only daughter and his groom than was proper in their relative positions , the young lady having the expectation of succeeding to a fortune of from £ 15 , 000 to £ 20 , 0 . 00 . The groom was therefore discharged . Last Wednesday morning , however , the young lady was missing ; and an alarm being given , it was found that the groom , his brother , and the inamorata had iied about four o ' clock in the morning in a cart . The parents proceeded in their
chaise to Reading , and on the Bath road , about a mile and a half from the town , they met the trio returning in the humble vehiole . The father seized the horse , and , though told by the ex-groom that the lady was his wife , he insisted on their go . ng with him to Reading . Upon their arrival at the Horse and Jockey the police were sent for , and there ensued a most tremendous row . The brother tried to escape , the groom claimed his bride , the mother scolded hjr daughter , and the daughter very undutifully slapped her face . At length the contending parties adjourned to the police-office , the fugitives being consigned to durance . At first it was thought that the case was one of abduction , but it turned out that the lady was one month over the age of sixteen , which took the cause so far out of court . It had
previously been ascertained that the parties were married on Wednesday morning , at St . Giles ' s church , by bans , but as these had not been proclaimed in the bride ' s parish , and onl y in a feigned name , the marriage is invalid . The lady declared herself to be of full age , ( which her appearance warrants ) , which is another informality . There were , however , two prodigious bundles of wearing apparel , linen , &c , found in the cart , which had been taken by the young lady and given to her swain , and the two men were detained on a suspicion of stealing . On Thursday , there being no proof of a guiity knowledge , they were discharged from custody , the bridegroom repenting of his matrimonial adventure , and deolaring ho had done with it , and the lady returning in deBpair to her friends .
Something Like an Eye to Business . —Old Twas well known several years since on the Yazoo River , no less for his peculiar stutter than as a skilful player at "old sledge . " He once managed to iaduoe a gentleman to play with him , who , on Bitting down , pulled out 200 dollars . It was not long before T was the owner of half of them , when his adversary rose for the purpose of leaving off . " Oh , don ' t g-g-gggo , " said T , " g-g-give me a c-e-chance . ' " Chaune , the devil !'' shouted the gentleman , " Haven't you won a hundred dollars of me ! " ? * Y-y-y-yes , ' replied T , " but I want a ch-ch-ch-chance for t-t-t-t ' other hundred . "—Sporting Review .
Equal Justice . —The sentences of seven years ' transportation for stealing a sovereign from a letter , and transportation for life for stealing a penny , have struck the public as rather irreconcilable with common notions of justice . The penny theft was as bad as the pound theft , and deserved the same punishment , but certainly no more . Chief Justice Denman was , however , the Judge in the penny case , and he has signally shewn that the indulgence charged against him in the Waldegrave affair is not always his disposition . In his rigour to the miserable letter carrier he has amply made up for his leniency to the lord . The sentence of seven years' transportation for the theft of the sovereign was passed by Mr . Baron Parke , one of the firmest and steadiest admimstrator 8 of justice . Tho judicial merits of Lord
Denman and Baron Parke are , indeed , pretty fairly represented by the two cases in question , Lord Den man ' a being to tho other as a penny is to a sovereign . For stealing a penny from a letter the carrier i * transported for life . For the Exchequer Bill fraud Mr . B . Smith is transported for life . Things that are equal to the same thing are equal to each other ; therefore the Exchequer Bill fraud and the robbery of the penny are , in the eye of the law , equal . Here the foot-rule fits both to a hair ; but it is quite at fault when applied to the theft of the sovereign with the seven years' transportation . The lesson to carriers , according to Lord Denman , seems to be , that if they have set their minds on stealing , they should take care to steal gold at least . A little stealing is a dangerous thing . Steal much , or filch not . —Examiner .
Progress of Sabbatism . —More Persecution . — The old eaying , that " those whom the sods would destroy they first make mad , " is strikingly exempli * fied in the present conduct of the Agnewites . Under the pretext of preventing Sabbath desecration , a new act of tyranny has been perpetrated ; a man named George Key and his wife having been deprived of Church privilege by the Kirk Session of Barry , for the heinous offence of burying one of their children on a Sunday ! They eelectea that day , as of all others the most suitable ; and , in bis appeal to the Presbytery at Arbroath , Key mentions that those who attended the funeral afterwards repaired to the Church . Scarcely , however , had the sorrowing parents laid their child in the grave , when , in place of receiving consolation , they were subjected to a series of cruel annoyances from the parish minister and his satellites ; and , because , forsooth , they would not submit to be rebuked before the session , not
believing they had been guilty ot any crime , they were refused "tokens" to the communion , or , in plain language , excommunicated . A more arbitrary proceeding could hardly be conceived . Sunday burying has , from time immemorial , been common ail over Scotland , and the Kirk Session of Barry has won for itself the inevitable distinction of being the first to punish it as a crime . This , however , is not all . On the matter being brought before the Presbytery , that Teverend body determined to conduct the case With closed doors ! The public were ordered to withdraw , but so disgusted were they with the conduct of the clerical inquisitors , that scarcely a man would stir ; The Provost , who was called in , recommended the audience to separate , but , d isapproving , as he did , of the resolution of the Presbytery , he refused to interfere in his official capacity ; and , after a scene of indescribable wrangling , the holy Presb y ters were compelled to adjourn to a tavern . This case is full of instruction . It
demonstrates , in the first place , the lengths to which the z ? alotsof the church are prepared to go ; and , in the second place , it shows the contempt in which they are beginning to be held by the people . Conduct more wildly insane than that of the Sabbath tyrants in this case it is impossible to imagine . Had their object been to incur general indignation and obloquy , tbey could not have chosen better means . Under the plea of promoting Sabbath observance , tbey have sought to establish a piece of despotism unheard of since the days of inquisitions and starchambers ; and yet these are the men who , at this very moment , are clamouring for unrestricted power God forbid that the religious liberties of the country should ever be entrusted to such hands !
Secret Orders . —There are at present in this country , societies appertaining to thirty , or more , of these institutions , viz : —United Ancient Order of Druids—Ancient Free and Accepted Masons—Independent Order of Odd Fellows , Manchester Unity-Ancient Order of Foresters—Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds , Aehtoa Uaity—Anaient Free Gardeners —Loyal Order of Orangemen—UnUed Order of Odd Fellows , Sheffield Unity—Ancient Noble Order of Odd Fellows , Bplton Unitv—Independent Order of Odd Fellow ? , Yorkshire Unity—Independent Reformed Order of Odd Fellows—Leeds United Order of Odd Fellows—Grand United Order of Odd Fellows , No . 3 . —Independent Order of OddFellowa , Paddock Unity—Modern Order of Druids—ln ^ e-
pendent Order of Druids—Loyal and Independent Order of Shepherds , Hull Unity—Independent Gvder of Freemasons—Independent Order of Free Gardeners—Royal Foresters—Independent Royrl Foresters—Ancient Order of Romans—Ancient Order of Britons—Loyal Free Mechanics—Britier . Mariners—Independent British Mariners—Unit * . d Order of Artists—Honourable Order of the Peacr ; ful Dove —Leeds United Order of the Ark—Leed ? Independent Order of the Ark—Grand Frotestar , t Confederacy—Unied Order of the Golden Fie ece , B . U . — Independent Order of tho Golden Flew 6 , Bradford Unity—Roval Order of Fishers—Most Noble Order of the Knights of Malta— United Or l 6 r of Philanthropists— Independent Order of Rec habites—Free and Independent Order of Ancient Q reeks . <
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Seasonable Hint . —Persona in the middle and upper ranks of life would do well to look over their wardrobes at the present inclement season , and see if anything can be found which might be spared for the use of the poor . Rathsb Eably . —The young Prince It seems has already commenced patronizing the barbers . On a shop window in Drury-lane a paper is exhibited , bearing the announcement that within is sold " The Genuine New Prince of Wales * Shaving Powder . " On another , "The Duke of Cornwall ' s Genuine 1
Sausages . * Iff the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Thursday se ' nnight , Mr . Ofeur , captain of the brig Leile , in the Levant Trade , obtained a verdict , damages £ 20 , against a person named Watkins for orimcon . On the plaintiff ' s return from a long absence his wife presented him with a liviag proof of criminal familiarities—she was old enough to be the defendant ' s mother . In thb Court of Common Pleas last week damages to the amount of £ 100 were recovered against Mr . Hawking , of Paternoster-row , Spitalfields , for having kicked a child named Nathan , whilst sitting on the steps of the defendant ' s door , with snob , violence as to render him a cripple for life .
A Glass Coffin . —We are informed that one of the workmen employed at the New Glasa House , Mezbro ' , has made for himself a coffin of dear glass , not so much with the design of looking out himself , as that others may look in . It apoears that he has a relative , holding a situation in Guy ' s Hospital , London , and his will is , that after death bis body be enclosed in the coffin and sent to his relative , in order that he may have the > opportunity to mark the process of decomposition . —Sheffield Independent .
Merthyr Ttdvil , Dec . 11 . —The vast extent of machfnery destroyed by the late dreadful explosion , at Penydarren Ironworks , has been completely repaired , and the works are carried on as efficiently as ever . The third reduction in wages , which has just taken place , presses most heavily on the workmen in general , and the undeeround workmeu , besides , cannot get nearly a sufficient number of trams to take out the ore . and consequently work
less time . All will feel the consequences . —Silurian . A Curious Law-Suit . —A passenger in an American steam-boat , a short time since , " brought a suit , " in St . Louis , against the captain of the vessel " for not starting at the hour he advertised , " thereby creating a loss to the said passenger through non-punctuality . The case went before a Jury , who were so convinced of the justice of the claim that they brought in a verdict of 190 dollars !—no trifling sum for the dilatory captain to pay , as the penalty of his not being a good time-keeper .
A Venerable Lover . —The Court of Queen ' s Bench , London , was occupied two day ' s last week in trying an action for breach of promise of marriage , brought by a Miss Darbon , aged twenty-seven years , against Mr . Rosser , a wealthy law—and love solicitor , aged eighty . The venerable swain had written 400 letters in the course of four years . The Jury gave a verdict for the young lady—Damages , £ 1 , 600 . Stoppage of the Tweed Bank . —The following notice was posted on the door of the Tweed Banking House , on Monday morning : — " Messrs . Batson , Berry , and Co ., beg to inform the public , that
owing to unavoidable circumstances , they are obliged to suspend payment . Berwick , December 6 th , 1841 . " Extract of a letter dated Berwick , Monday evening : — " The bank did not open to-day , and the above bill was issued about eleven o ' clock . The pup-He had the utmost confidence in their stability , and there is hardly an individual in busk ess but has suffered in consequence . Many have lost their ail , and the circumstance has caused a very great sensation . I have not heard any reason assigned for their failure ; but there are many heavy individual losses , and it will be a long time before the town recovers from the shook . "
Earl * Rising . —The late Chief Baron O'Grady ( Ireland ) , who , like matutine planets , was generally up before the sun , was always in the same predicament with reference to his own son , Dennis , whose slumbers were generally prolonged into the morning . Once when the Baron was on circuit , and knew that his son was engaged as barrister in the first cause , he hurried into his bedroom , and waking htm without much ceremony , exclaimed , ' Up with you , Dennis , Dennis ! remember it ' s the early bird that catches the worm ! " " Serve the worm right for being up still earlier than tho bird , " replied the sluggard , rubbing his eyes . —Colburn's New Monthly Magazine for December .
Irish Milestones . —A stranger ndmg along tbe road , observed that all the mile-stones were turned in a particular way , not facing the road , but rather averted from it . He called to a countryman , and inquired the reason . "Oh , bless you , Sir , " replied the man , " the wind is so strong sometimes in these i parts , that if we weren't to turn the backs of the | mile-stones to it , tbe figures would be blown off ( hem 1 clear and clean . 1 A Stack moved whole by the Wind . —A very
extraordinary circumstance occurred during the late severe gales which have prevailed . A wheat Btacfc , Of about sixty quarters , the property of Mr . Whitwell , at Little Potton Island , which had been placed on a nine-stone frame , was lifted up by the wind , and carried a distance of four feet from the stones , neither the thatch nor a sheaf being misplaced ; it now stands as perpendicular as when placed on the etones . —Essex Herald . —[ The next high wind may place the stack in its former position . ]
A Man Suffocated by Gas . —On Friday evening , an inquest was held at the Court House , Stockport , before Mr . C . Hudson , coroner , on view of the body of Henry Taylor , a gas fitter-up , who was suffocated by gas on the premises of Mr . Scott , ironfounder and gas-fitter , on the previons day . On ; Thursday , deceased went down a dry well , adjoining i a gasometer , to clear away some dirt from a main ! pipe , and in doing which he caused a leakage in a ! loint , and , the gas escaping , he was suffocated before ; he could leave the well . A young mau who went ! to his assistance was very near snaring the same : fate , he being insensible when taken out of tbe well , and it required the unremitting attention of three surgeons for some time before he was considered out of danger . The man Taylor , was quite dead before j taken out of the well . A verdict of " Accidental j death" was returned .
Cbim . Con . —An action for criminal conversation was tried in the Court of Exchequer on Thursday week , before Lord Abinger , in wnich the plaintiff was Mr . Hayward , of the firm of Hayward and Moore , booksellers , in Paternoster Row , and tho defendant a Mr . Barlow , an engineer . In March last that firm became bankrupt , and the defendant ,
who , as in most similar cases , was an "intimate friend" of the plaintiff , and a constant visitor at his house , where the heedlessness or blindness of the plaintiff had given him frequent opportunities of prosecuting his guilty design , threw off the mask of friendship , and Mrs . Hayward eloped , and lived with her seducer as Mrs . Barlow . It was shewn in the evidence that the defendant had been in the habit of dining and visiting with the plaintiff ' s wife , while the latter was engaged in his business in the city , and also of accompanying her to the theatre . The husband was cognizant of all this . Other gentlemen , chiefly officers , had also accompanied her to the play , at > d visited her at her husband ' s house . It was also proved that the plaintiff had seduced Mrs .
Hayward , when a girl of 16 , at her mother ' s house , and had not married htr , till three years after that event , although a child was bom after it . The last circumstance had a very damaging effect upon the plaintiff ' s case . Lord Abinger , in summing up the case to the Jury , observed that the seduction of the wife by the husband must , undoubtedly , impair his claim for compensation , if she should afterwards desert him for another ; for if such a vf ife adopted a licentious course of life , perhaps it was not too much to say that she did but follow that example which her husband had taught her before marriage . The plaintiff , however , was entitled , tor all that , to the verdict from the Jury , as nothing could justify the conduct of the defendant . Verdict for the plaintiff , with £ 20 damages .
Noble Conduct of a Portland Man . —On the morning of the loss of the brig Amyntus on Portland Beach , a party of Portland men , were on the beach anxiously awaiting the unfortunate vessel coming on shore ; and all equally desirous of assisting in saving the lives of the crew . Shortly after she struck , these brave fellows were to bo seen in the midst of the foaming surf ( trusting only to a rope fastened round the waist , when was held by their companions )* throwing ropes on board for the crew to seoure themselves ; the ship was at this moment struck , by a most tremendeuB sea , so violently that the foremast Con which , six of the crew had sought safety > was carried away , arid broken in three places , and the whole was . precipitated into the midst of the surf . One lead shriek was heard from those who witnessed this awful 8 i $ it . All veie on the look out to offer assistance , and to Bave life ; and in an instant , J .
Haasferd , a Portlander , rushed into the sarf and was buried amongst the white foam . After the receding of the waves he was seen struggling with a nan in each band , and although he was unable to keep upon his legs , he firmly kept his hold of them , and was by his brave companions hauled up the beach bringing with him the two poor fellows , who with Hansfoid , were with difficulty restored . Such scenes redound to the credit of these brave islanders . The whole of the cargo , of this vessel , consisting of timber , belonging to Mr . Cornish , builder , ot Exeter , has been under the able direction and superintendence of George Arden , Esq ., agent to Lloyds , safely got out . The bodies of the master , Hallett , who has left a widow and two children , and John Harris , cook , were picked up on Wednesday last , eff Fleet . On Monday , the leg of a yonth was found en the beach , having bt en by the violence of the sea , torn from tho body : it is supposed to be thatof Robert Harris , the other sufferer .
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At the Cbiminai , Court , on Saturday , a witneai described himself as s " penman ; " but , on being asked in what species of penmanship he was employed , he replied that bo " penned" sheep in Smithfield market . At a Shop Window in Holbora , a paper is exhibited on which is written ^ " A perfect blind painter wanted . " It is presumed that the blind painter must be able to see his way in the ** transpa rency line , " A Tbetotaibb iff Trouble . —On Wednesday , Henry Powell , a demure , methodistieal personag * whose face was moulded In "the pale cast of
thought , " was bronght up charged with being drank and disorderly in West-street . Saffron-hill , at tho commencement of the little hourp . The prisoner , it appeared , was holding forth from the text , "Drink abundantly , O , beloved ! " and his congregation , which was for the greater part composed of a sisterhood not "vowed to Vesta ' s temple , " exhibited strong signs of an a priori obedience to the injunction . Mr . Powell , who as it subsequently transpired , belonged to the stoical class of teetotalers , though op the present occasion fell into the trap set bv that cunning old epicure Horace , in the line—** Dolce est despere in loco , " which may be freely
translated" 'Tia sweet to drink and make love—but then Care should be taken as to where and when . " Mr . Powell said he had ho memory of the matter , nor was he aware of any thing connected with it until he fonnd himself in the station-house . He was not at all a disciple of the school which held that " A lass is good , And a glass is good , And a pipe to smoke in cold weather ?' on the contrary , he practised the Cavanagh doctrines of abstemiousness to the fullest extent to which they could be carried out . How he came in contact with the Cyprian votaries he could not tell , as his own peculiar worship was pledged to the tenets propounded from tbe temple of Diana , at Ephesus .
The magistrate having tested the case with the strictest accuracy which Hatton-garden measure affords as to the delicate and interesting adjudication of degrees of inebrity , pronounced that the drinking was not according unto the law , and that the soi-disant teetotaler should pay 55 . for being uproariously drunk . Not having the money about him , being duly cleared out , in accordance with the practice of the neighbourhood , Mr . Powell had to send to the teetotal-hall , Aldersgate-street , for the amount of his liberation . Whether the bill was duly honoured remains yet to be seen , aid it will be a curious subject for future inquiry to ascertain how the fact will be recorded in the temperance archives .
Messrs . Pickeobd & Co ., the well known carriers , in order to meet their very extensive and largely increasing business , have recently erected on a considerable scale , at a cost of about £ 20 , 000 ., premises adapted to their trade , in a close proximity to the London and Birmingham Railway , and connected therewith by a junction line at Camden Town . The-whole was designed by Lewis Cubitt , Esq ., and completed under his supervision . The arrangements are of the most perfect and unique character , and the building is more vast and extensive than any other in England . Our immediate object in noticing this off-shoot of the railway system is , to give publicity to the following interesting facts , connected with its formal opening on Wednesday last . A train of waggons arriving at half-past seven , p . m ., being im in and unloaded in the presence of Messrs . Pickibrd , and amidst the cheers of their large body of workmen ,
tte head gentlemen ( thirteen in all ) , of the several departments in the London establishment , which comprises altogether nearly 100 clerks , were invited by Messrs . Pickford to partake of a commemoration , dinner , at whioh the head of the house , Joseph Baxendale , Esq ., presided . The united servitude of the thirteen who partook of the hospitality of Messrs Pickford , equalled 28 ( J years , averaging twenty-two years each , two having been in their employment between forty and fifty years , five between twenty and thirty years , the ages of the whole exceeding 500 years . We need not say that , where such a party was collected , all was harmony and haopiness , that "the London and Birmingham Railway , " and " Success to the Railway System , " were among the many toasts drunk on the occasion . The lengthened services of the gentlemen so hospitably entertained by the worthy employers , speak most eloquently of good servants and kind masters . —Railway Tinies .
French Way of Tbeatino a Seducbb . —Dr . R— , One of the most eminent physicians of Paris , attended the wife of an avuo 6 ( attorney-at-law ) , near the Tuileries . The husband having been informed that the-Doctor was too attentive to his patient , took an opportunity of looking into his wife ' s secretaire during her absence , and there found several letters of this disciple of Galen . He immediately called on the Doctor , and telling him of the discovery , demanded that he should give up the letters which the lady had sent to him . This was at first refused , but the avou € being a man of spirit , resorted to threats , and obtained the letters . " This is not all , " said he , " I
do not think my wife worth fighting for , but if you do not instantly pay me 6 , 000 francs by way of indemnity , I will horse-whip you in public . ' The Doctor , after many grimaces , paid the money , which in less than an hour was handed over by the hushand to the Bureau de Bienfaisance , for the poor of the arrondisement . He then went home and quietly pat his wife out of doors , telling her that she might if she pleased , join her seducer . Either the lady was repentant , or the Doctor was unwilling to add tohia loss of 6 , 000 francs , the expense of supporting her , for she has gone into retirement , and the avoue is much admired for his magnificent donation to the poor of his district . —Paris Correspondent of Globe .
Appalling Murder at Daooheda . —One of the most daring and horrible murders that has occurred in this part of the country for several years , was perpetrated last Tuesday night on the person of a man named Peter Dolan . a weaver , who kept » buokstery in the midst of a populous neighbourhood of Poolboy , outside Sunday ' s Gate , in the suburbs of this town . The deceased , who was aged abont fifty years , was a man of singular and retired habits , and generally believed to be possessed of a considerable sum of money . He was supposed to be originally from the neighbourhood of Carlanstown , as ho sometime ago expressed a wish to be buried there after his death . He was singularly fearful for a long time back of an attack from robbers or murderers , and was prepared to defend himself bykeeping always in his bed-room a long iron spike made fast to a pole , and with a view of preventing
any attempt upon him , he industriously circulated » report that he kept fire-arms ia his possession . Although the father of two children he , at the time of his death had neither of them residing with . him . On Wednesday morning be was found lying dead in his bouse ; both sides of his skull were horribly disfigured from wounds apparently inflicted with & seven pound weight , which was found beside him covered with blood . On the left side of the forehead the weight had entered completely , and forced a large portion of the skull in upos the brain ; on the whole , the head presented a most horrible and appalling appearance . The pockets in which he usually kept his money were cut away , and a truss which he wore appeared to have been searched , The lid of a bo £ in his bed-room was also broken-The murder must have been committed early in the night as all his clothes were on when he was found dead .
Death fhom Machineky . —On Friday last , an inquest was held by Mr . C . Hudson , coroner , at the Boar ' s Head , Hyde , Cheshire , on view of the body of John Laver , aged 23 , a carder ,, late in the employ ef Mr . Thomas Ashton , a cotton manufacturer of Hyde , wbo died from injuries received by being caught by a strap on the 27 th of November last . It appeared from the evidence , that on the 27 tb nit . deceased was attempting to tie the end of a strap with a piece of band whilst it was revolving ronnd a drum , in doing which he got one of his fingers entangled in the buckle of the strap , and was taken several times round the shaft , by wh > eh his left ana was- broken and mangled in a . shoeking manner . Two-medical gentlemen immediately attended him
at the counting-house of the mill , and proposed taking away some of the splintered bone , but he refused to let them meddle with it , saying none should interfere with it but Mr .. T . Hague , a veterinary sucgeon , whom he had sent for . tTpon this the medical gentlemen left him , saying they would wipe their hands of the business . He was afterwards attended by Mr . Hague , the veterinary surgeon , wha informed the deceased that it was most likely be would lose his arm , upon whick the latter said he would rather die thaa . lose his asm , and he hoped he ( Mr . Hague ) would attend him and do his best . Mr . Hague then called a . surgeon , named Lowe , as he said , to attend to deceased ' s constitution , while he atteaded to the liab . The ana was set between
the » , and they afterwards attended deceased till a few days previous to his death , when another snrg « o& was called in , who found him labouring under teaanus , or lock-jaw ; and , notwithstanding every attention was paid to him , he expired on Thursday last . It was the opinion of a medical gentleman who made a post mortem examination of the body that death had been caused by lock-law , caused by the irritation of a splintered bone on the muscles of the arm . The coroner in summing up said that no blame could be attacked to the proprietors of the mill where the accident occurred ; that after the lamentable occurrence he had been provided with the best medical assistance , but that he had
preferred the assistance of a veterinary snrgeen , and it was . for the jury to say whether or not ne was criminally responsible as to the deceased ' s death , for the unskilful manner in which he had acted on the occasion . He considered that Messrs . William and Frederick Tinker , the gentlemen who were called in to the assistance of deceased in the first instance , had been too hasty in leaving the case in the hands of Mr . Hague If they had remained , and pointed out to Hague the necessity of the operation , and he had not atteaded to it , it would then have been clear that death had resulted from Mr . Hague ' s unskilful treatment . He left the case in the hands of the jury , who , after a short consultation , returned a . Terdiotof'AooideutaldeAtii . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct578/page/3/
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