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Mt Fbteeds , —I don't know that I was ever called upon to discharge a more pleasing or grateful fluty than drawing for yon -S short sketch of the character , the bearing , the appearance , the conduct , » d thankfulness of the six Colliers who -were liberated by thai able lawyer -and Consitniional Jn d ^ e , Mr . Justice Patteson , on Snnday nornins last . The Star has so thoroughly riddled the whole ease , and has so boldly commented npon the condact of all the paniea concerned , lhat I shall eonfirie myself to the ample narration of what I saw and beard on the day of labour ' s greatest triumph , Mr . Roberts , after a week ' s unremitting toil , slaTery , and anxiety , and after three night ' s travelling out
pf srsj arrrred , with his men , at six o ' clock on Saturday morning . He was shortly after , half a sleep , half awake , at my ted side , hallooing out * I've brought them—Prebronght them , and nowfwthe law . You may be sure that I -was anxious to hear or the result , -when abont half-past eleven , Mr . Roberts walked into tej sitting-room » nd „ pointing to the street , said » There they ?« ZTPSk ° Ut Hdd I ? " Yes , " he replied , " aJl nght . " WherenponI invited them as my guest ? , and set pern down to a good breakfast . As boob as BTery thiBgwas prepared the CBrHiirjo ^ sat round th « sable , and desired the most respected of their comrades to ask a blessing before they commenced .
This done they ate heartily—one poor fellow , however , being seized with & shivering fit . Their thanksgivings for their liberation were-humble , zsalona , and Incessant , while not a Ti-ord of denunciation of either masters , -viewers , or " magistrates escaped their lips j their greatest pride appearing to be the manner in which Mr . Roberts has advocated their cause before the Durham Justices , and the Difference between the mildness of Mr . Jnstice Patteson and the anger of ihe Thirstim Justices They frequently exclaimed one to the other , " Well , friends , there ' s nothing like the law ; let us always cow stand by God and the law , and well be safe , whether we are in prison or our of it . "
"hen they haddone breakfast , they returned thanks With becoming gratirnde , when one of the youngest , pointing to an old man , said to me , " Look , Sir , there ' s a man that got Sid . for three day ' s work . " "Is that so , " said I . "Y- e * , Sir , "hereplird , ifs true . " " And hew old are you , " taid" I . "lam Bfty-foHr , says he , and my name is Singlewood , and I nerer . was before Judge or 3 Iagistrate in all that time , till this last turn , bnt although 3 shivered like a chDd when I went before the Jndge , I took great heart when I heard his voiee and saw our General there , smilin g ^ ' pointing to Mr . Roberts . Thomas Sonthern said iiat he tras iL ? iy-Jbnr too , and was forty-fix years tfobkisg is . a pit . and never was before Judge or Jury before . u We ll , " said Harwood , "you see , friends , that good character never does a man any harm , for though Tm not so old , there ' s m > character ( handing me a written ¦ docnfo six
^ r 3 ears , and when I showed it to Major Wemyss , when I was sent to priscn he gave me half-a-crowny" Nothing could be better than the character this man produced . As our acquaintance increased one of the men , after considerable whispering and hesitation , asked me if they might be allowed to haTe a smoke . I told them that it was a thing that I nerer permitted , hut in order that their comfort should not be abridged in anything , 3 gave them permission , and was very speedily enveloped in a dense cloud of smoke . I should state that upon questioning ihcm asto the treatment they rrceived from lie . governor of Durham Gaol , ih--y all joined in their expressien of thankfulness to that officer .
They said that while he shewed them no favsar which was cot sanctioned by ihe rnles of the prison , yet he administered them with so nan eh bmsanity , forbearance , aid apparent rdnctance , as convinced them that if in his power he would make a distinction between them andcommon felons . They funber told me that he had done everything in his power to make them comfortable on the road , by providing them vnih good great coats , and otherwise taking care of ihem . AUhougb the Colliery to which they were bopnd had struck work , with "whai they considered jn ? i ard sufficient cause , they nevertheless appeared very much frighteaed at the idea of a general strike .
Their reason for sanctioning the strike of the Thornifj Colliery was very simple , plain and reasonable . They said that it -was much better to remain idle without earning anything , ihan to be held responsible for more than they earned while at work . After the ceremony of eating vr&s over , and haTing discocstd the case again and again , shey propostd -o see the curlcsitzts oi London , acd 1 sent icy Secretary to escort them . Thty visited the Qsten ' s Palace , £ id said that it was larger than ail the Coliiers bouses of Jioralty pnt together , but that yet it tobM be but a cold place without coal ? . Thf y EnbMqatEtly visited all that was worth seeing , and at lire o ' clock tcok their departure for Durham . The generous m&sierehavhig imposed upon Jcnr of them , two of whem "n ere 54 ytaisof a . ee , theiaTQEiip of travelling a large poruen cf Friday . all Tnday night , and all Saturday nipbt , tcteiter with the
unnecessary expense . 1 should like to know whether the masters and the magistrates felt Eatirfsciion or Borrow ihai these poor fellows were \_ nabltd to-eat theii humble Christmas fare with iberr wires , instead of ealing "^ sMUy * in ibe dcrgMJB . 3 ijiow that fcr my par ? I so htardly x * joire at ihtir succes ? , that 3 took a whole holiday on Saturday , a tting that has not fallen to my lot lor maty years . I tju . * t that the value of their triumph will ntr . ber be lost . or under-rated , and that the Colliers generally will see the nefessity of doing that which for eight yeaTS 3 have bf en endeavouring to force upon the Chsititt bocy . namely , the £ stabKshment of a 3 > eSenee Fund , which will enable them to take advantage of the law , which tiey may rest assured , when coming from tie light senrce , will protect tbtm against the tyrarny of the maEteiE , and tie ignorance of magistrates .
3 see that the organs of the masters are endea-Tourirg to force ihe men into a premainre Etrike . yow 3 tell them that it is their cn : y and their interest to resist all EBch attempts . One oi the objects in "new is , in order to weaken the case which Mr . IhiEccmbe will be prepared to submit to the Hon * e of Cf ttXEOB ? , in little more than a month from " this time ; and the answer to which , efconld the men be on strike , wonld be . the Bcuse cannot int ^ rfpre as the CVjH .: r ..= ~ AC ! II ?>< 3 TJMDZB TRE ADTICE OF JlRTTTTL A 2 iB BISIGXISG MEN" haTe
abardoiied work and Tiolated all those obligations by which they were bound to their employers , l ^ ei the tteu Srst reiura to work , and then the House will be prepared to entertain their ccmpIaiBts . 3 say , therefore , that in justice to thenaselres- ' -in justice to their legal ad-riser—who hasnrged jEe to iffipress it tipon the men , and in justice to their friend and parliamentary adyocate . Mr Dnncombe , wio paid them the compliment to go amongst them aid hear their complaints , they iuusi guard against any act which would tend to wtaktn his hands while contending for their rights .
The Chartists are only now beginning to recover &om tit strike ot 1842 , and 3 trnst that their sufferings will be a warning to their brethren the Colliers . I remain yonr faithful friend , pEAP . GrS O'COIOTOB .
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« EWCASTLE . —Mr . Beealey deliTered an sd-Aiiis in Mr . Jndt ' B long room , Three Tuns Inn , Hanoi Chare , on SuEday eTening last , on tie present state of political parties in Spain ; after which a vote ef thanka ira * teudtrtd to 2 ai . Beeslfey for Mb address . A PcBtic MKETirG cf the Chartists of Newcastle end Gaieiheaa - » r * s held , in Mr . June ' s Boom , Three Xum , Manor Ctare , on Monday *? 6 Ding , for the purpose of nominating fit and pToper ptrsons to become candidate * for the membership of the General Council of the National Cnarter Association of Great Britain ; Mr . Cnrxy in the chair . The following gentlemen Were declared duly nominated : —Messrs . James Erazerj Bboemaker , II'Ford ' s Entry , Iforthumberland-Etreet ; John Armstrong , jun ., weaTer , Pilgrim-street ; John
Armstrong , sen-, glass-cutter , Pilgrim-street ; Thomaa Hey , tanner , Prudhoe-stzeet ; George 1 J 6 ber , tailci , Dan Court ; WiiiiEm Smith , b&iket manufacturer , 5 j Edward-Etreet , Artbur ' B Hill , Wertgste , sob-Trea-Barer ; tnd Bslph Cnrrie , joiner , 5 , Cflurdiill-street , ittb-Stcrfetary . Several xums were paid JEto thi National Tribute Pnnd , tfhen it "was agreed that all the atmbers tben present form themselves into a committee to procure contribntiens to that laudable object it -was announced tbat a public lecture would be gi ^ en in _ Mr . Jude ' s long room , on SnnoBy evening , at eeTcn o ' ekiek ; and a depntstion -wax appointed to vaitnpon certain gentlemen , requesting them to tindate on that occasion . A Tote of thanks was-tendered to the chairman , and the meeting adjourned .
Btjbt . —The Chartists of this town held a tea party in the Working Men ' s Hail , Garden-street . The room was tastefully decorated with flags , banners , festoons of evergreens , wreaths , Ac , which had a beautiful effect . The tables having been cleared of the tea egnipage , a working man of the light sort was called upon to preside . The Chairmaii gxre the following sentiments from the chair , which was responded to by working men , but it being l » te before we armed in Bnry we are -not able to give their names . ' The people the legitimate source of all power . " " The Charter , and = ay it speedily become the law of the land . " The democratic presB . " The Chairman then gare" The SPSfcdj return to their native eanntrv of ErOst .
mlhimi , Jones , * nd Ellis ; and % speedy deliTer-» ee of all political captires , " and called upon Mr . West , from ShtfieM , to T * sj > ond . Mr . West opoa »« b « wm ireeud withrep » ted xwmds « f » ppl * ose ; » e spoke for * pwardB of » nionr in his nsaal eloquent ¦ Winer , and concluded by an appeal . on behalf of KntenBghnminity , which will not soon be forgotten ? mT irllol « ifi him . The Cbaiiican then K * ye—¦ RTi ^^^ E sq ., F . O'Connor , E 5 q . and W . P . itobtrts , Esq ^ and all other disiin ^* ifched " adTOcates 01 tbe parter , " and called npon Mr . Dixon who responded to the sentiment in a brief speech . Thanks * ISf- n ^ Znx Xo the Qiaimasn , and the business SSS ^ ri ? WelTe ^ iirfflgB were wntribcted toihe
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IRISH LANDLORDS—INFAMOTJ 3 CASE—THE NOTORIOUS O'DBISCOLL AGAIN I The Cork Reporter of Dec . 19 lh refers the commissioners to the following most disgraceful case , which came on l&te on Pritiay night at Macroom sessions , after tke arms * registry toad terminated : —•
Before Mr . J . Moodt , Assistant Barrister . Matthew Sullivan and Comelins Sullivan were placed at the bar , charged with having rescued a cow distrained for rent due to Mr . Alexander T . T . ODriscoll , Skibbereen . justice of the peace Mr . GrJlvrey , Crown prosecutor , Mr . Fi'zmanrice , and Mr . T . O'Connell conducted tee prosecution , and Mr . P . OConnell the deft nee . John Hnriey , Mr . O'Djiseoll ' s driver , was called and examined by Mr . Gallwey . —Is driver to Mr . O'Diiscoll . Biitrained a cow in October last on the lands of Sbreelane for rent . The prisoners Vfould not allow him to impound the cow , and took her away .
Cross-txamined by Mr . P . O'Connell . — "Was not assaulted , injcied , or abused , except by saying . " The devil a one of you sl-all take the cow . " Knows the tenants are in the habit of signing bills in the bank for the rent dee , and thinks thej are aske-l to fioso btfore the rent ftllB eue ; heaTd prisoners had signed a bill fot rent , ana belitvea Mr ODriscoll pnt the bill in the bank and got Honey upon it- There "was Tent due besides ; there were three half-years' rent due ; the time for payir > g tie note in the bank bad not arrived when I distrained the coir . ( Stssation . ) Mr . O'Connell { with vehcjEtnee )—Did . you leave the -unfortunate wretches a potatoe for theii starving children ?
Witness—They stole seme . 1 only tock away 46 loads ; 1 tock tbun to SfcitbErew and put tbtxu in a f £ Brdeu new Mr . O Dm coll a fcousa Did cant tbf m ; cant tell the day j himself and two or three n-ore attended the cant . "Witness was aucticceer and bid also . "Was not the buyer , but afterwards got the potatoes himself . Sold every b : x vreigtts fcr Sd . —( Gieat sensation , dnring which two highly re £ ptct » b ) e . membfcrs of Ihe Court left the bench ) , Mr . O'Connell—And , gracious Godi did you not also take the straw upon which the wretched families slept ! Witness—I did r . ot take the straw upon which Ibev slept , but l took a Back of straw which was outside—( sensation ) . And did they not offer up the farm to Mr . OT 3 riscoll ¦ when he mined ihtm ?
VVltresi—They one morning tffered it —( Great Eerssaiioii . ) 1 was not imprisoned by Sir . O Dmeoll for not swearing in his own ctse . It waa Dinneen vsaa incarcerated . Mr . Galw&y—Ton said that you distrained potatoes and stxsvf tefore the bill became due ; why did yen do so ? Witnesa—Because I heard that the priEcntrs v » ere top-dressing their com . Mr . GalTFtj—Exactly so . Mr . O'Connell—Was it not ly the produce of the corn they -were to mttt the till ? Witness—To fcesuie ; I suppose so . Mr . O ConrelL—Exactly j . o . ilsucbter . )
Mr . George Bird , txumined by Mr . Fitzmaurice . —Is agent to 3 Jt . ODrbcolL The ytwly itnt of the priioners is £ 22 . pirected the last witness to distrain t < tcansete fctard ttey -weie ttp-diessing their cern , and btcEHEe they otred a gale cf rent not included in tfcfcir bilL They owed , including bill and ail , twelve Biontbs itnt . Is snTe of tkat . Cross-txamiDtd by Mr . O'CennelL—When Hnrly swore that the prisoners ovrtd three gtlta of rett , he s-wcre that was untrue . Sir . O Driecoll is in the habit of raising money on his tenants biila , btr&use he pays large hcad-ients . In the note passed by the prisoners several other tenants had joined , snd of conrse the ansennt wsb much larger jh this bill than the amount ¦ which they o-vied . Did pass U-e bill into the provincial bark . Banister . —Bad Mr . O'DrJJcol ) the money of this bill in his prcket vfben the fiisfctHB was mtde?— Tes Sir . ( Great sensation- )
Barrister . —And this bill vras lot then cue ?—No , Sir . ( Serration . ) Mi . O'Connell—And these poor vn-etefces , yonr worship , liable at the bat > k fcr the whole amount . Barrister . —Certainly . Mt O'CunaelL—Ton may go down . Mr . ODriEcoll . who sst dcrirg the trial with b : e cgecti , iifciecennnnDicaled niibMr . Gailvfty , vhaaiked tie ¦ witnt ^ s if it vr&s by Mr . O'Driecoirs directions he distrain * d ? Witness . —Certainty rot . Mr . ODriwoll allows me to act . as I ple& £ & TLe -witEfcSB then left the table , ard
Mr . O'Cocnell said— Gentltmen of the Jwy , the last qrtstitn put by the Crotrn prostcntor shows jcu the natmeof the case , li is to difgrauful thit the odium is tonght to be placed on thfc agtnt , to shelter the principal . I could understand and could credit the excuse if , in thiB d-ort , Mr . ODrbcoll had ( upon hearing the facts sworn to to-day ; laid . '' 1 was igncrant of the real facts of this case until now , and I now give op the prosecution . " He had not dene so , and so between principal , agent , and driver , let the disgrace and the cdina be shared . 0 ! j . tEtlemen of the jmy , you have often heard the fine sentences of fine gentlemen respecting the jcntssl and reciprocal kind feeling ¦ which J-hou )( 3 exist between the landlord and tenant ; and to-day you have demonstrated btfore you the means by which that desirable object is lo be inculcated on the part of the
landlords , by first procuricg the note of the tenant , then taking his last potato and his bed of straw , and then taking him from bis wretched family & distance of tbirty-flve miles , to be piosecnttd by landlord , agent , aid driver . Gosd G * d ' . is there n « sympathy for the wretched , or -where is this system to end ? O ! we have a commission sitting in Dublin , with Lord Devon at its bead ; bnt the men v # bo could give information , who could describe castB like the present , will not be examined , and the commission will not effect any good . G < -BtlfcH ) en , I em afraid to trust myself in going ever a reciUl of the persecution cf these wretched men , and wonld be nnvrilling to say apj thing disrespectful of Mr . ODriEcoll . Bnt , gentlemen , do you do what is in ytur power ; let tfctm return home to their wives and children , wretchtd , destitute , and miserable as they are . The Jury immediately at quitted the prisoners ^
STATE OP THE COUXT-BY . J " . E £ Ma > " . aGB . — "On Tnesday ee * nn 5 gbt , the 22 : h insta t , a threatening notice ( dated the 10 th ) -was received through Enniskillen post-office by Mr . James Lunny , of the Bigg , on the Maiqeis of Ely's estate , threatening him uith death on that night if he did not give up to William Xunny a portion of the land that hid been taken from William by the Bgent , Mr . Hare , and given to James . The threatener , true to his word , about twelve or one o ' clock , entered the avenue on horseback , off which he fired throngh James Lncry ' s bedroom window , and the ball Jooged near the head of Mi . Campbell , Primitive WesleysnMethodist prt&cbei , - * bo slept that night in Lu ; ny ' e . Lately at Sbankhi . 1 , near Mcnea , a man named Perguson was blso fired at in his bed . His v » ife narrowly escaped being tbot , the ball havirg passed within eix inches of her head . "
MCKDXB AT lOWTHERSTOWN . Our worst fears are confirmed respecting the murder st Lowtherstovm , noticed in eur last , after a most fati . sjning tnd continned inquest , ¦ which lasted fn-ni Sunday , the 10 th , until Thursday morning , the 1-4 ih instant , dnring which Mr . W . Trotter , coroner , ( assisted by Mr . W . D'Arcy , Captain M'Leod , RM ., and other local magistrates , ) examined forty-one witnesses , amongst whom were surgeons Beatty and Irvine . Mr . Wm- Crammer , solicitor , -was retained by the accused , and cToss-examinfcd such witnesses as in theii direct examination gave evidence tending to criminate his client , and was not absent from the commencement of the investigatien until the finding of the Jury was delivered . Oa the verdict , which -we anntx , the magistrates committed William Bleakey to prison for trial . He arrived at our gaol on Thursday evening : — " We
find that the deceased , Mary M'Donach , was fonnd dead in a drain in the to-wnland of Townhill , on the morning of Sunday , the loth day of December instant , and that she came to her death either by drowntDg in that drain er by strangulation , and afterwards was thrown into said drain by some person or persons at present to ns unknown , having maikB of violence on her person , bni snch marks -were not sufficient to cause her death . And we also find that the deceased was seen on the evening of Friday , the 8 th instant , at about the hour of eight or nine o ' clock , in company with Wm- Bleakley , of Lovnhentown { now in custody ) and that the said deceased was not Been since alive , » s by evidence appears , vrhicb , together vntb ether circumstantial evidence , it appears to ns that He , the said William Bleafcley , was leu or more implieated . " The GoverwnM * cave offered £ 80 reward for the convictloa of tbe » ord « r # r or moraeiers . —Frrwia
** & refer- HI 1 XXUUBU M 1 ASUM . " The progress of the poor-rate campaign in the far wwt la thus chronicled is the Ifayo CoiulitatUm : — n Thursday last a company of the C 9 tb Regiment , nnaer the command of Captain M'Kirdy , and a party of the constabulary , wider the command of Sub-Inspector Jackson , accompanied by Hears Barron and Cruise , stipendiary magistrates , proceeded to that part of the parish of lslandeady which lies in the wflon of Westport , for the purpose of protectiug tbe rate-collector in the execitftn of kia duty . On anrnng at the
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vill&Re of Caihel , they foram tbat the meat part of tbe bouses vme closed , the cattle having been all driven into thtm . Some few of the people pEid the rate , and others promised to do so as soon aa they could . While the collector waB in the act of seizing some oats in Btact , in order to have tfeem removed in carts provided for tbe purpose , the parish priest , the Bev . Mr . H # nry , came up and required to know from the collector why , or for whose debt , he attempted to take away the oats . The collector replied that be did not knov * the name of the person to vrbom the oata belonged , but the cccupiera of all the surrounding honEes owed rate . This wcnld not fatisfy his reverence . He got very angry at the attempt -which , he Eaid , was made to destroy a poor dan ' s property ,
and be called upon the stipendiary magistrate to protect it—to save it from the ruthless hands of the collector . The magistrate stated in reply , that he had nothing to do with that part of the business—that his duty was merely to see that the collector got all the protection be ri quired in the discharge of what fee considered to be bis duty . This answer tf : d not please his reverence at all , for he w&rnfd tbe magistrates and the officers in command of the force that there would be proceedings taken against Ihcm for an illegal distress or trespass . Seeing that this threat had no tffect , his reverence addressed himself to the collector , and with him be was more successful , fer after some conversation withhimaBide . bedeclined
to take away the oata of " tbe poor man . " The carmen , too , werese ' ard witbthesamehumanecompunction , and they said they -would not carry away any goods ee ' zed . The magistrates told them that if they did not they -would not be paid . They replied that they did not care , and " would not put the country against them fo » all they conld get as wages . " The people abont , seeing the favourable tum that affairs took after bis rev » rtnce " s arrival , many of them now declared tbeir determination not to pay , and all the doors were at once clostd , the cattle teicg secured . What was to be done now ? KmbiDg , but to murch away tbe military and police , which was done ; the collector having , after tbe day ' s campaign , succeeded in getting some 13 a or 1 is of the nle .
ABJIIKO rjf THE NORTH . A Locgbbrickiacd correspondent states that a large quantity pf aims had bten collected in Tanderagee Cat-tie , the seat . of the Duke of HJarcheitter , from ¦ whence they have been distributed amengfat the Orangemen of icnie Deijhhcnring districts . Anotbtr crmspontki . t mentions that Lord Roden has rtotivtd a larpt tuppiy of arms at Tolly more Paik , v » hich have not yet been distributed . — Evening Post . - In the Orangeorgan of that county , tbe Fermanagh Heporltr . ve&nd the following : —
Pkotistaki Obgamzation . —We understand that a large BLd iLfluti . tinl meeting of the gentry and most respectable cf the Protestant yeomanry of the barony of Maghtraboy , was held in the large echool room at LFVtUy , on Thursday last , for the purpose of forming a Protestant crgar zation in subservience to thr existing laws , that to , by their nr'ion , tbi-y might more effectually support the connex ion between these kingdoms , and at the same time affurd protection and confidence to individuals ) esiding at a distance from military succour , should lueh at any time be requisite- We understand that amoi : p thote present t > ere were Lord Loftus ( who presided ) , Thomas Nixon , Esq ., Kev . L . Rea « ie , Messrs . A . Trotter , Gtorge Roaers , ; john Nixon , R . Weir , Them as Elliott , bkelton , &c , cEd almost evtry person who was formerly connectid with the late OiKDge BDciet ) as iffiters in the district .
The Btmcit unanimity prevailed on the occasion , and one and all txptttttO tbtir stem rtfolve to preserve at any hfZird the coimtxiun between this country and Great Britain . Several most exctllei . t speeches were made on tSe occasion , all breathing tbo most devoted loyalty to tbe Sovereign , and & determination never to surrender , but with ibeir lives , tbe blessings which trey , in ccmnicn , enjoyed nnder the British constitution . Resolutions were aiso adopted to cany out the object of the meeting . FORMIDABLE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PEASANTRY AND 1 UE B 1 BB 0 NMEN . The " Billy Smiths , " tb * new designation of the Ribbon confederacy , denounced in Mr . O'Connell ' s recent address , have become very daring in their operations . In tbe Roscommon Journal | b Repeal paper ) of Saturday last , we find the foll « wing account of a severe cotfiict between a small party of countrymen , whose booses were attacked , and an armed gang of
Ribbonmen : — : " On Monday nigbt iast , an armed party of about forty ruffians attacked tbe dwellings cf an industrious set of men of the name of Gibbonses , at Fairymount , for tbe purpose of swearing them to reduce the rent © f some conacre which they bad set a few days previous . Having heard some shots , and suspecting that a visit would be paid tht . ni , the gallant little band ( consisting of seven men ) aimed themselves with pitchforks and met ibe maraucerB who , it appears , had fire-arms . A desperate coi fT'ct ensued , and tbe Gibbonses were obliged tosbelttr themselves in one of thu houses , which
they barricaded , and defended till every one of them were desperately wounded . They then betook themselves to the lort , where they also fought gallantly . The Bibbonmen demolished every article in the honse after they obtained an entrance . Three or four of the leaders of the KibboDmeu were dangerously wounded with pitchforkB whilst forcing the door . Upwards of fourteen of them have been arrested and fully identified . Tbe brave little party were taken into this town , where the best surgical a > tendance is given to them . This portion of Fidrymount is tbe locality where tbe ctlebrattd Billy bmith" domiciled himself for some time previous to his arrtst . "
This determined and successful resistance , by the galant family of the Oibbonses , will have an amazing effect in paraljzing tbe new Ribbon confederacy . The Fobtifications . —It ia stated that Govern-» ent has given directions to an officer of engineers to inspect the Castle of Leighlin-bridge , with a view , if practicable and necestary , of putting it in a state ef repair suitable for the accommodation of a military party . General Coubt-Mabtial . —A general courtmartial , of which Major-General Wyndbam is to be president , is ordered to assemble at Newry , on Thursday next , for the trial ot three officers of the 63 rd Regiment . THE FlNNOE OutbaSE . — Mrs . Waller contfajnes in very delicate health at Fmnoe House , and is unable to be removed to Kyle-park , the seat of her son-in-law , Mr . Stoney . Laikin , tbe butler , is still suffering from his wounds .
The Coek Guabdia > 'S have resolved npon sending out 166 paupetB from the workhouse , aa emigrants to Australia , the greater number young women . The cost to tbe Union will be £ 7 a-head , while their maintenance in tbe workhouse averages £ 9 a-year . In the Wesi op Clabe apprehensions are felt for tbe potato crop . It was short oi an average crop this year , and the continued wet weather has damaged the potatoes in pit The Weatheb . —To those who plaee faith in tbe proverb respecting tie consequences attendant upon a ' green Christmas , " it may be of some interest to learn , that within the recollection of the public's old friend , the " oldest inhabitant , " there has never been witnessed such glorious , althongh unseasonable weather , as that which has marked the mouth now nearly past , and which for warmth and frequent bnrstfl of sunshine more resembled an nnutually genial September than tbe cold and cheerless Decembers of other years .
THE STATS PBOBSWTIONS . Mr . O'Connell and the other travezsers has been served with notice to appear for trial oa Monday the lith of January , lUt . MELANCHOLT AMD FATAL AfCIDBNT . ( From ihe Dublin Evening Tatkd . ) Bbai , Fbidat , Dec 22 . —I haxe again to record a most melancholy and fatal accident off thifl shore . A boat belonging to Mra Cuthbert , of Bray , manned by two brothers , of tbe same of Archer and Green , and John Whelan Lynch , returning from Kingstown , where they had been fishing for herrings , was upset Bbout one mile from the shore , opposite No . 2 , Tower . It is supposed she v ? afl under a crew of sail .,. William
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Callaghon , boatman of the Coast Guard , was on the look out at the Tower , and immediately on seeing the catastrophe , with most praiseworthy alacrity , run down to tbe shore , and , in conjunction with Archer , a brother of the unfortunate man in tbe vessel , succeeded in launching a shore boat , in which , at the imminent risk of their lives , they pushed off and succtded in rescuing Green . The other four poor follows were consigned to a watery grave . The Coast Guard galley also shove off shortly afterwards , manned by Edward Kimberley , William Roose , I William Cut beard , Giles Sullivan , and Jeremiah Nagle , in the earnest hope of saving some more of the poor sufferers , but their efforts were unavailing . It is supposed that the men must have been entangled in the nets . That their efforts were not unaccompanied with danger may be imagined from tbe fact , that Lieutenant Dobine , R . N ., the chief officer of the Coast
Guard , in endeavouring to push off with some more of his men , was capsized , and to merciful God must be alone ascribed that he and his comrades were not also consigned to a watery grave . We are happy to bear he has escaped with some contusion on the back . Every one present bore loud testimons to the courage , daring , and humanity of the Coast Guard , by which , under Providence , Is to ho ascribed to life of one of their fellow-crtatutes . They have added another to the nany pfoofs of their zeal , and have increased the debt of gratitude due alike to tbe officers and ni"n by the people of this vicinity , and I truat their exertions will be favourably received by the heads of their department .
Hai . p-past Three . —Green is quite recovered . Vt . Htflerman bled him , and used effectual remedies to revive him . There are no tidings of the bodies of the other men as yet
REPEAL ASSOCIATION—TUESDAY . The usual weekly meeting , which was thinly attended , was held tO'day , at one o ' cleck , W . Magennis , Esq ., in tbe chair . Mr . John O'Connell read a correspondence between Lord Devon , Chairman of the Landlord and Tenant Inquiry Commission , and himself , on which he commented at some length , designating the CommiBsion as a mockery . Mr . O'Neill , of Bunowen Castle , and Mr . O'Neill Daunt , addressed the meeting .
Mr . John O'Conaell said he had been reminded that those were Chri-tmas times , and for that reason their procepdin «> 9 were shorter than usual . He would not delay tho Association with any further remark than this , and from that spot he called upon the Repeal Wardens of Ireland to recollect that the old year was out , and that they all owed a good new year ' s gift to their country in the shape of Repeal rent . He now moved that the Association should adjourn to that day week , and the adjourn ment from that day would bo tot-he Tuesday in tho following week , on which day his father would be there a ^ ain . He now begged to announce that the Repeal rent for the week amounted to £ 474 3 ^ . 31
Death of Mr . Valentine Maheb , M P . —This gentlemen , one of the representatives of the county of Tipperary , died quite suddenly on Chriatmae morning at his residence , Turtulla , in that county .
MORE OURTAGKS . A correspondent from Trim , writes , ' Yesterday , about six o ' clock , a cold blooded murder was committed at a place called Ratheam , about five miles from this town . Tho victim , a respectable man named Sherlock , holding a snug farm , was on his return from Naven with his wife , where they had beeu ( marketing . He complained of being cold and got dowR off his car to walk , when a man came up and shot him . He survived about five hours . Had he boon fired at on tbe- car , it is more than probable that two lives would have been sacrificed instead of one .
Ribbonism has spread to a fearful extent through this county . Sb The reason alleged for shooting Sherlock is for dispossessing some tenants on tho estate of Lord Trimblestown . "—Evening Packet .
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WALES . The State of Socih Wales . —On the night of Monday last , about half-past ten o ' clock , as tbe family of the Rev . J . W . James , of Robeston Wathan , near Narberth , were retiring to rest , Mr . James , according to his usuai custom , went into his dressing-room , whioh communicates with his bedroom by a passage , and faces tho back part of the premises . Mr . James was in the act of opening the window-shutters , for the purpose of ascertaining the state of tho weather , when two shots were fired at him , one a ball , whioh penetrated his right arm
and passed through the muscular part , between the elbow and shoulder , and was afterwards found in the room ; the other charge was small shot , which took efftct upon the shutters only ; and , at the same ins-tant , a third charge , consisting of small shot , was fired into the front bed-room . The Rev . Mr . James is a magistrate , and has not only publicly " pronounced" against the popular views entertained in the principality respecting the commutating of tithes , but has taken an active part by committing a great many of the persons who had been apprehended on suspicion of having been concerned in tho destruction of turnpike gates . —Welshman .
Alleged *• Rebeccaism" in Anglesey . —We have received an anonymous communication , dated Llanddausant , December 20 , which states , that at one o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday last , about forty riativa " Rebeccaites" assembled in the peaceful village of Llaaddausant , being summoned by the sound of horn and firing of guns ; that they then proceeded in good order and array , armed with bludgeons and branches of trees , to the house of D . W ., shopkeeper , where two bailiffs were in possession of the goods and chattels , under execution from the North and South Wales Bank , of Holyhead ; that having entered the house Dy bursting
open the back door , Dame Rebecca bolted up-stairs , followed by a few of her daughters , and ordered the bailiffs , who were snug in bed , to be up and trotting in five minutes , under penalty of a severe drubbing ; that ready obedience having been yielded , the men were merely driven forth , under the surveillance of a body guard , occasionally , however , pinched and pushed , and even ridden on , by the wanton daughters of Rebecca , and suffered to depart to their homes , on a sincere promise of not returning . This is the substance of the account eent us ; but , for the honour of North Wales , we hope the affair is a fiction altogether . —Carnarvon Herald .
Militant Outrage at Kiloernan , near Cardigan . —A sergeant ' s guard of marines has lately beeu stationed iu the villago of Kilgernan , as a measure of precaution against the Rebeccaites , On Friday last the men had been drinking all day and part of tbe night , in a beer-shop , where they had a quarrel with some of the inhabitants , who threatened to send for Rebecca . The marines upon this fell into line : but on calling the muster-roll , one of their companions , who it was said was absent on leave at Cardigan , was found missing . The whole body ,
however , proceeded to the beer-shop where he lived , knocked up the family , and , although they Were informed that the man in question was at Cardigan , they insisted upon searching the house . This was resisted ; upon -which the marines went for their muskets , and one of them , by order it is said of the sergeant , fired , and shot Brown , the landlord of the public-houee , in the neck . A lieutenant ' s guard was sent for , and the marines were made prisoners . The man who fired , the sergeant , and another , have been committed for re-examinationjto Haverford gaol . Brown is ia a precarious stat « .
Death o t am Informbb . —Considerable excite * ment has been oanaed in this county by the circumstance of the finding of the body of Mr . Thomas Thomas , of Panty-cerriR , in the river Brechfaedd , near Brechfa . It will be remembered , that some time since Mr . Thomas gave information against some neighbouring farmers' sons for a riot and assault upon him while under the guise of Rebeccaites . On that occasion Mr . Thomas attended Carmarthen in order to give his evidence , and on his return to his home he found U in a blaie . Oa Tuesday morn-
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ing Mr . Thomas ' s corpse was found in the river Brechfaedd , which is a very small stream , having a rooky bed . His body was lying in the water , which at , no part was more than fourteen inches deep , while his head and one of his arms did not appear to have been in tho water atjall . There Was a severe contusion on the left side of his forehead , but this was the only mark of violence . Near the spot where he was found is the trunk of an ash tree thrown across the stream , at a height of about seven feet from its bed . Across this Mr ; Thomas must have passed , and he might have fallen ) from it , as he had been walking over a muddy soil , and the tree was a round one , and extremely difficult to walk upon .
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Romance in Humble Life . —The Clerk to the Board of Guardians of the Chapel-en-le-Frith Union was waited upon theiother day by a man desiring an order of admittance ] into the workhouse belonging to that union . When asked his name , circumstances , and to what township he belonged , he replied that his name was Ford , ] and that no resided in Bugsworth within the same union ; that his object in seeking admittance was not to become troublesome to the parish ; but that he wanted to see a young woman , who , he understood , was an inmate there . He was asked whether he knew the young woman , and what his object was in seeking an interview with her ; to which he replied , that ho had never seen her in his life , but that he had some thoughts of going to Australia ; that he bad been married before ; and he was told he could not at his age go out as an
emigrant , and take his family with him , unless he got married agaiu ; and that he had been informed that the young woman he was so anxious to see was very likely to make him a good wife , if he could prevail upon her to accompany him on his destined journey . The clerk granted th ; o order , and it seems that the man succeeded as we ]] as the most ardent lover could expect , for the young woman gave her consent to the proposal , and was allowed to go out of the workhouse . A public meeting of the rate-payers of the parish was called , at which it was agreed to allow the woman £ 10 , to be paid as foon as they were on ship-board ; The minister ( who had very kindly offered to forego his fees ) was called in ; they were made man and wife the same day , and the " happy pair" are now on their way to Australia . —^ Derby Reporter . '
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( Continued ] from our Sixth Page . ) FEANCE . —The Censeur de Lyons states that the Legitamist party had succeeded m exciting such a feeling iu favour jof the the Duke de Bordeaux arhODg the population of several districts in the south of France , i that , betweeu Avignon and Orange , the inscription of " Henry T ., or Death !" was written on many of the houses of the villages situate along the road .
Horrible Treatment op the Imprisoned Republicans . —Thelpolitioal convict , Hubert , whose health had been sadly impaired by his confinement at Mont St . Miche ! , and who had to be removed to Paris , where he derived no benefit from the care , bestowed upon him ; passed on Saturday through Blois , accompanied by a physician , and escorted by two police agents . 1 The prison of Tours has beeu assigned to him a ^ his future residence . The Courrier de Loir et Cher thus describes the state of tho prisoner : — ]
" This unfortunate man , " it says , " who enjoyed a robuHt constitution ,: has lost the use of his limbs , and his moral facultios aro entirely gone . His eye is haggard and his features impassable , like a man who has suffered long torture . In the steamer which conveyed him to Tours , he was an object of interest and pity for all the passengers . The physician and his guards paid him every attention . Tuis is a sad specimen of the mortal tortures of Mont St . Michel . " j SPAXW—According to letters from Madrid , of the 18 'h mst ., the Bravo Cabinet has as good as eeased to exist , and the process of negociation and i ntri ^ ue is once more to be renewed . It is rumoured that Olozigi has fljd to Portugal ' , but the report wants confirmation .
The belief gains ground that Prim is contemplating another " pronuncidmento" against the Moderadoa . ' A band of Brigands calling themselves Carlists , and who proclaim trie sovereignly of Charles V , are plundering in Catalonia . HOKGARY—Agitation is the order of the day here , the hatred towards Austria iti rapidly increasing . It is expected that the Emperor will dissolve the Diet . ! IND ^ A AND CHINA . By an extra India Mail , accounts from Calcutta to the l ° ch of November ; Madras , 16 th of November : Singapore ; 14 rh of October ; Alexandria , 13 ; h of December ; and Malta , 18 th of December . The mails arrived at Suez on the 10 th instant , and were despatched by the new . French steamer Egyptus . !
China . —The journals of Victoria , HoDg Kong , are to the l' 2 th of October . The sickness in that Island had been Buch as to induce the officers of GoveramenK to remove for ! a time to Macao . The trade had been opened with the ports of Foochowfoo , Arroy , Ningpe ,- and Shanghce , Messrs . Gribble , Thorn , and Balfour being appointed consuls to tbe three latter ports . ; The Puvjab . —Although the news from the Punjab is not much later than that by the last ms . il , it
is still important , as contradicting the reports of Heera Singh ' s murder ; Lena Singh also survived . And both these chiefs , though previously opposed to each other , were reconciled for tho moment , and wielded joint , sway jover the Seikh empire , that is , over the 10 , 000 men collected in the vicinity of Lahore . To keep these 10 , 000 men in obedience would , however , require the coming in of revenue from the provinces and their chiefs , of which there seemed . little prospect . Goolab Singh preserved his hostile atf . kndn . i
The whole Lushkur since the 26 th has been in a state of riot , the Makaraja having again revolted , and the trops of the Grand Jinsee having joined . Scinde . —All is tranquil iu Upper and Lower Scinde . A few depredations are committed by the Belooches . : Disturbances continue in Sohekawate , and are liktly to prove very Berious .. Ram Nath Perohit has been forcibly ejected from his appointment , ( . tho Khamdar on behalf of the Minor Sovereign of Khetree , ) and his place occupied by Dhabye , supported by a very large assemblage of insurgents . The accounts from Sukker are more distressing thau ever . It appears that of the troops there 1 , 371 are in hospital , and only 153 well . Every officer but one in each corps is inefficient from illness .
The Delhi Gazette , of the 28 th of October , announces the arma ' ion the 6 th of September , of a messenger from Col . Stoddart , at Hyderabad ( in Scinde ) , vho had left Bokhara eighty days previously , but whose papers had been taken from him in the Pisheen Valley , by Meer Delkhan . He declares to have left the Colonel alive , though a prisoner in the citadel of Bokhara ; but Captain Conolly had been put to death , as we have before heard . j Gwailor—At Gwailor , the Kbasgee has been seized by the troops without bloodshed , and his reign is at an end . lit is supposed that this event will render the advance of an army unnecessary .
AFFGHANISTAN .- Mukder OP D&ST Mahomed—Dost Mahomed has been shot dead at Cabul by order of the Prince of Believers , tho Khan of Bokhara . It is said that the Khan sent several papers with his own seal , to Cabul , stating that whoever should kill the Dost would go to heaven . This event will probably lead to a suspension of any effort on the part of the Affghans to occupy Peshawur .
FOREIGN MISCELLANY . SEVEN MKN EXECUTED AT HAYANNAH . ( Correspondence [ of the Louisiana Courier . ) Havannah , Nov . 14 . —You will search in vain in the papers of ihe day for the usual details of thearrest , trial , and condemnation , the private history and exaggerated anecdotes of the seven criminals executed this morning—not a word upon the subject . The official publication of the proceedings will appear ia three or four days . I Bay seven were executed , but one of them had been dead , twenty-four hoars . To avoid , as he supposed he could , the disgrace of a public execution , | he cat his throat ; but the authorities were determined that the " spectacle "
should not thus be curtailed of its original extent . His corps * wa » brought out , tied to the stake , and shot witk A * othmi . It is raid , but I will not ba sure that such is the exact fact , that these men were part of a regularly orgauiBed band of robbers that existed in the mountains previous to the time of Taeon , and whioh he either dispersed or destroyed . Recently , some depredations of the few remaining —and they were men of substance , haviDg their little property and living decently—caused their arrest , tn&l , and condemnation . We are told that seven more will will shortly share the same fate , and-that it is supposed t&ej band . will be . utterly exterminated , i
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/ yyir ^/ , y ^ MsO / V r < V- ' - lTW ^^ fa ** A ^ /^ ^^ y i /> . . . . > As an instance of th 9 prompt [ &hi severe justfed of the present day , take notice of the cfibsal article ? ra the Diurio , of the 9 : h , announcing t' » o condemnation ol two soldiers , followed by a ehort bat forcible address of General O'Dounell to the trooDS . It appears that these soldier 3 encountered an English captain and another person , who were asking their way through the streets ; they decoyed them into 3 retired spot , and robbed them ; Next day the capt
tain made known the case to the English consul , who made an official report , to the governor , who very soon caused the culprits to Be arrested . On the tenth day from the commission of the act , one of tho perpetrators was executed , and the other put into chains and hard labour for ten years . It ia said that the English captain and the consul , when they found how severe was to be the punishment of the robbers , interceded for their lives , but the governor declined smcJiorating their sentence in any way . Blood alone eould wipe out the stain upon the character of the army , and give assoranoe to the peaceable citizens that protection , aud not oppression , was its vocation . j l
Since the days of Tacon , not only are instances of robbery or other acts of violence of rare occurrence , but when the criminals are caught , their punishment is swift and sure . New Slave Tbabe in India . —The new slave trade , under the name of Coolie emigration to the West Indies , appears to be producing those fruits which its promoters all along calculated upon , and ita opponents predicted . The evil in become so flagrant as to call domi tbe condemnation of the Times . Tho writer says Numerous ca * es are mentioned in the Indian papers of Coolies having been inveigled from the interior under false pretences , of
their having beeu illegally detained at Calcutta , ( and of attempts having been made to compel their embarcatiou on board vessels bound for the Mauritius . * * Nobody can deny that Coolies have been inveigled from the interior , crowded into unhealthy ships ' , transported to the West Indies , and there consigned to an arbitrary and involuntary set vice * If these things be as we have stated them , what do they amount to but a renewal of the most odious and guilty traffic which the concurrent efforts of a people indignantly crushed ? What do they constitute but
a new slave trade i Grant thai the practice 13 not universal ; that only a few Coolies have been juggled or trepanned on board ship ; that with tbe majority it is—what it is supposed to be with all- ^ a bonufide voluntary engagement to perform free work in the West Indies , ysfc what does the exception to the uniformity of the cases prove ? What but that there iB already a disposition to foster a slave trade under the pretext of voluntary emigration , and "to continue thone horrible abuses which England laboured so honourably and so unceasingly to extinguish ?"
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MORE FIRES ! ( Continued from our Sixth page . ) Norfolk . —( "From the Norwich Mercury , )—One of those diabolical outrages on the peace of society occurred in Necton , on the night of the l&h ult ., on the premises of a little occupier of but a few acres of laud , and the produce of three acres of wheat , two of barley , and six of hay , were all destroyed . Two barley stacks , we understand , were burned on a farm at Eccles , last week . Suffolk . —On the morning of Wednesday last a fire broke out in the farm-buildings of Mr . Nunn , of Watdsfield , situated six miles from Ixworth and three from Bottesdale . It was discovered at four a . m ., and no doubt exists of its being wilfully ignited . The building 3 be ng of so inflammable a nature precluded the possibility of saving any portion , of them , or even four fat ho , us , which were consequently suffocated . Two stacks were also consumed . Mr . Nunn was not insured .
The heavens were again illuminated with a brilliant vermillioa light at nine in the evening of Friday , indicating that a destructive fire was raging in the parish of Thurston ; this was the farm buildings and one of the stack-yards belonging to , and in the occupation of Mr . Jennings . Having been ignited ia two places , the whole was in a few moments one mass of fire . There was only just sufficient time , after the discovery of the fire , to prevent twelve fat bullocks being destroyed in the £ Lme 3 . No stock was burnt , except the poultry , some of which flaw into the branches of the trees , which were afterwards burnt from the trunk , and fell , with the birds , into the flames . Mr . Jeanings was ksured in the Union-office . The farmers in tbe neighbourhood are becoming exceedingly alarmed—many of them never retiring till twelve , others having a regular nocturnal watch .
Essex . —( From the Essex Herald . )—We regret to find that two fires have occurred within tbe last few days , from which there is too much ground to conclude that the incendiary has been at his destructive work in our neighbourhood . The first broke out on Friday evening last , on the farm premises of Mr . James Speller , near High Roothing , in this county . A plentiful supply of water being at hand , the dwelling-house was saved , but the rest of the buildings were in the end utterly destroyed t partly owing to the mischievous act of some Euiscreant ; for while the engine was workin" successfully , about eleven o'clock , it was suddenly discovered that one of the hose had been cut transversely : subsequently it
was found that another bad been injured by the same diabolical method . Thus all that the constabulary , eight of whom had arrived from different points , could further do was to watch the flames , and endeavour by other m ^ ans to prevent further mischief . The property consumed consisted of two bays of wheat , two of barley , a considerable quantity of beans and other corn , all the farming implements on tbe premises , the brew-house , washinghouse , and their contents , and also a bow and nine ' pigs , and 100 head of poultry . As there is little doubt the fire was wilfully caused—it being impoaeib ' e to account for it in aDy other way—a painful feeling of excitement has naturally been created in the neighbourhood ..
The second fire occurred during divine service on Sunday afternoon , about a quarter past three o ' clock , on the farming premises of W . M . Bird , Esq ., of Pratt ' s , LitUe Wa . vham . The alarm was given to Mr . Bird in church , and such was the excitement it occasioned , that the congregation rushed out , leaving the service unfinished . Anold man , named Motfc , first observed smoke issuing from a hay stack , and the flames almost instantaneously communicated with a double-bayed barn , and to another bay stack opposite , and from thence to a wheat stack and a barley stack at a short distance , all which were quickly in a blaze .
The engines continued to play upon the stacks , bat it was some hours before the fire in them was entirely extinguished . The property consumed consists of the barn , which contained only loose straw and sawn timber ; a barley stack , the preduce of twelve acres ; a wheat stack , the produce of eight acres ; a hay stack containing ten loads , about twelve loada of tare hay , and a waggon ; the whole estimated at about £ 400 , which ia covered by insurance in the Essex Equitable . There is little doubt that the fire was the act of an incendiary , and a man named Moore is in custody on suspicion of being a party concernf . il .
The Honingham Fires . —Two prisoners , who had been several times remanded on suspicion of being the incendiaries , named Wright and Lincoln , have been committed for trial at the assizes . INCENDARY FIBES IN THE PAHISH OF lUTON . — The flies we noticed as occurring last week at Limbury and Caddington huve been followed by an act of incendiarism stitl more destructive in ita consequences . The scene of this deed is Wigmore Hall , an elevated spot , and about three miles from LuVon , on tbe road to Colman ' s-green . The farm is the property of Saml . Crawley , Esq ., and the tenant is Mr . Daniel Gutteridge , a highly respectable man , who has occupied it for many years . In consequence of the fires before noticed , Mr . Crawley had called on bis tenants , and recommended that men should watch all night , agreeing to bear half the expenses thus incurred . On the night of Thursday .
the 14 th instant , Mr . Thomas Gutteridge was watching bis father ' s yard aud premises , when , shortly before eleven o ' clock , be perceived fire banting from a hovel near tbe road , having a field behind it . He instantly gave an alarm , but there were very few persons near , and the flames spread with destructive rapidity , until every barn , shed , stable , and stye were consumed . The house was saved , and the ticks also escaped , although both were in imminent danger . Two horses refused to yield to all the efforts made to remove-them from the stable , and they perished in tbe flames ; a fat pig and nineteen sucking pigs suffered the same fate from the want of assistance to remove them in time . No acooont can be given of the origin of this calamity , except that it was clearly not accidental . It it difficult to describe the anxiety this third fire has spread in the town and neighbourhood . —Hert * Reformer .
Sxockpokx . —— About eleven o ' clock on Wednesday night last , a person residing on Stookport Great Moor , on looking throagh his chamber window , observed » fellow running xound a haystack , situated in a field near , with a firebrand , or lighted torch in his hand ; and , immediately the stack , which was the property of Peter Oldham , Tamer , burst into flames . An alarm being given , the ore was extinguished in a short time by the persona residing in the neighbourhood , and the damage doo «
was inconsiderable . WigaW . —On Friday night last , about eleven o ' clock , a fire was discovered in the outbuildings at Beloony Farm , Pimbo-lane , about two miles from Upholland , All available means were immediately taken to prevent the threatened destruction of the property * but all to little purpose , fer the flames spread through the range of building . A barn , stabling , and other out-houses , and grain , valued at about £ 500 , were entirely consumed . It ia fQ % Jfe 4 . \ b& £ the fire was the . work of an incendiary .
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NEW WOOLLEN CLOTH AND \ TAILORS' TRIMMING ESTABLISHMENT , 37 , BRIGGATE , LEEDS , AND MARKET PLACE , DARLINGTON . ~ Mf H . DAVJS respectfully inrites the attention of the Public to his VALUABLE and EXTENSIVE STOCK OP WOOLLEN CLOTHS , Which be has purchased for Cash , and is determined to seU for a very small amount of profit . The Goods are of first-rate : Manufacture , and not made for sale only , but will have the good properties of wearing well , and ensuring future orders . The Stock consists of DOUBLE-IHILLED WATERPROOF TWEEDS , JBEAVERS , PILOTS , KERSEYS , CASSIMERES , SUPERFINE YORKSHIRE and WEST OF ENGLAND CLOTHS , WOOLLEN and COTTON CORDS , FUSTIANS , &c . &o . Waistcoatinga from ls . 6 d . upwards , ia endless variety . : M . H . D . takes tins opportunity to thank the numerous body of TAILORS , who have patronized him since be dissolved Partnership with Mr . Cuu-ingworth , and bega to assure them , that no House in the Trade shall undersell him in any one Article . The Working Classes are invited to purchase Fustians , Cords , and Moleskins , at the above Establishment ; they will find it more advantageous to do so , and employ their own Tailors , than encourage the " Ready Made Clothes Selling Monopolists" who get rich at the expeuoe of the Working Man , by paying him oke half for a Garment that other Masters Rive . '¦ .
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