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(( 3tf)e tifrnHttfon of ®ncrj(aHfr 4ktt*<2JtlOW/' " Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law !"
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NEW WOOLLEN CLOTH AND TAILORS' TRIMMING ESTABLISHMENT , 37 , BHIGGATE , LEEDS , ACTD ZVIARKET PLACE , DABLINGTOK , TV / T H . DAVIS respectfully invites the attention of the Pulblic to his VALUABLE and EXTENSIVE STOCK OF WOOLLEN CLOTHS , Which he 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-MILLED WATERPROOF TWEEDS , BEAVERS , PILOTS , KERSEYS , CASSIMERES , SUPERFINE YORKSHIRE and WE 6 T OF ENGLAND CLOTHS WOOLLEN and COTTON CORDS , FUSTIANS , &o . &c . Waiatcoatings from Is . 6 d . upwards , in endless variety . ¦ , M . H . D . takes this opportunity to thank the numerous body of TAILORS , who have patronized him since he dissolved Partnership with Mr . Cullingwobth , and begs to assure them that no House in the Trade shall undersell him in auy 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 Alade Clothes Selling Monopolists , " who get rioh at the ezpeuoe of the Working Man , by paying him one half for a Garment that other Masters give .
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Ht Pbiesis , —I don't know that I wa 3 ever e&Eed npon to discharge a more pleasing or jpateful dnty than drawing for yon a short sketch of the < a » racter , the hearing , the appearance , the conduct sad thankfulness of the ex Colliers who were liberated by that able lawyer and Consitntional Jndge , Mr . Justice Patteson , on Sunday morning last . The Star has so thoroughly riddled the whole case , and has sol > oldly commsnted uponihe condnct of all the parties concerned , thai 1 shall confine myself to the ample narration of what I saw and heard on the day of labour ' s greatest triumph . Mi . Boberts , afler a week ' s nnremittiiig toil , slavery and anxiety , andafter three night ' s travelling out
_ © fax , arrived ,-withhismen , at ax o ' clock on Saturdaymorning . He was shortly after , half a sleep , ialf awake , at my bed Bide , hallooing out » I've brought 4 hem—I ' ve brought them , and aowfortfie « w ' " , ° s may be sure that I was anxious to hear of the result , when about half-past eleven , Sit , Koberte walked into my sitting-room , and pointing to the street , said » There they aJl right . " Whereupon 1 invited them as my guest * , and ret ftem 4 own to a good breakfast . As sooa as every thing was prepared the cbthjsals S 3 t round the table , and desired the most respected-of their comr ades to ask a blessing before they ccmmenced .
This done they ate heartily—one poor fellow , however , being seized with a shiTtriBg fit . Their thanksgivings for their liberation were humble , zealous , and ^ incessant , while not a word of denunciation of either ' masters , viewers , or magistrates escaped their lips ; their greatest pride appearing to be the manner in which 2 slr . Boberts ias advocated iheir cause before the Durham Justices , and the difference between the mildness of Mr . Justice Patte = on and the anger of the Durkam Justices . They frequently exclaimed one to the other , ** Well , friends , there ' s nothing like the law ; let ns always now stand by Ged and the law , * nd well be safe , ¦^ bethel we tae in prison or « ni of it . "
When they tad done breakfast , they returned ihai&s with becoming gratitude , when one of the yonngest , pointings to an old man , raid to me , " Lock , Sir , there's a man that sot 3 * d . for three day ' s work . " Is that so , " said L "Y « s , Sir , " he replied , it ' s irne . " " And hew old ara job , " * aid I . " I am Sfty-foar . says he , and lay name is Sicglewood , and I never was before Judge ot Magistrate in all that time , till this last turn , but although I shivered like & child when I went before the Jndge , I took great heart when 3 heard his Toice and saw our General there , aniKrg , " pcicticg to Mr . Hoberrs . Thomas Southern Eaid that he was firty-fonr too , and was forty-six years wobkjsg is a pit , and never was before Judge or Jury bsfore . " Well , " said
BarwoDd , " you eee , friends , that good character never does & man any harm , for ibcugn I ' m not BO old , there ' s mj character ( handing me a written documentor six jaare , and when I showed it to Major Wemyss , when 3 was sent to prison he gave me iilf-a-crown . " Kothing could be better than the character this man produced . As our acquaintance Increased one of the men , after considerable whispering and hesitation , asked mt if they might be allowed to have a Emoke . 3 told them ihat it was a thing that I never permitted , but in order that their tsomiort should uoi be abridged in anything , I gave them permissicn , and was very Epetdily enveloped in a dense clovd oi smoke . I should state that upon questioning them asto the treatment they received
from the governor of Durham Gaol , thy all jointd in iheir expressmen of thankfulness to that efficer . They said that while he shewed them no favsar which was rot sanctioned by the mles of the prison , yet he 2 dminist € red them with go ranch humanity , forbearance , aid apparent reluctance , as convinced them thai if in his power le -would mate a distinction between them and common felon 3 . They further told me that he had done everything in l 3 s power to make them comfortable on the road , by providing them with good great coats , and otherwise taking care of them . Although the Colliery to vrbich they Were bound had struck work , with what they considered just aEd sufficient cause , they nevertheless appeared very much frightened at the idea of a general strike .
Tttrr reason for sauctJoiuDg ibe strike of the TLornley Colliery was very siiuple , plain and Teasccable . They said that it was much better to lemaJn idle without earning anything , than to beheld responsible for more than they tantd v * hile at work After the ceremony of eaiing -wa = over , and having Stressed ice case again and a ^ sin , ibt-y proposed ' -o see the curiosities of London , kid 1 ? cnt my Secretary to escort them . They visited the " Queen ' s Palace , and said that it was larger than » 1 J- the Coliiers houses of "fhornley put together , but that ytt it would be but a coM place wiihout ccals . Thf y H 2 b « € qaertJy visited all that was wonh setiaE , and at liie o ' clock took their departure for Durham . The generous masters having impesed upon four of them , two of whem ti ere 54 ytars of age , iheiardsLip of rraTefliEg a Jaige portion of Friday , ail Friday night , and all Satuidsv right , together with the
nnijf cesary expense . 1 should like to know whether the masters and jhe magistrates felt KJisfscrion or sorrow ihat these pcor fellows were tisbifd to eat iieii iBmble dxistjEas fare "with fteir vnves , instead of taxing " ekiljy" in tn _ dungicn . J know that for my pan I so heartily r * joice at iheir success , that I look a whole holiday on Saturday , 3 thing that has not fallen to my 3 ot ior itsdj yesrs . I trust list lie valne of iheir xrhucph -nH ' i Eti : ter te l&st or under-rated , and that the Coliiers geneTaily will see the necessity of doing that which for eight years 2 lave been endeavouring to force open the Chartist body , ranely . the establishment cf a De 5 ence PnDd , "irhich- will enable them to take sdTaaisge - of tb « 2 a-w , whieb tiey may rest assured , whtu coming from the right sonrce , will protect thtm against the tyranny of the masters , and the igcoracce of magistrates .
1 see that ihe organs of the masters are endea-TGUncg to fore * the men into a premature strike . I ^ ew I tell tbtm that it is their duty and their interest to resist all raci . atkmpts . One of the objects in vie-w is , in order to weasen the case which Mr Dcnccmce will be prepared to snlmit to the House of Ccmmone , in little more than a month from this time ; and the answer to ¦ srhieb , should tie mtn be-on Strike , would be . the Bcu = e caEDOt interfTe as the Colors * ACTING V ^ DIJL THE ALV 1 CE OP ARTFUL Ah"D DESIGXIKG MEN" have
abai . dontd- « oTk and violated ail those * obligations byTTLjchihey -were bound to tbeir employ erF . Let the men Srst leTurn to wort ; , and ihcn the House will be prepared to Entertain their complaints . 3 Bay , ihtrefore , that in justice to themselves—in justice to _ their le ^ al adviser—who has-urgtdEe to iffiprrss it upon the men , and in justice to their friend and parliamentary ad-rcc&te , Mr . Daneoicbe , who j . aid them the compliment to go amongst them and hear their complaints , they must guard against any act which would tend to weaken his hands whOe ccEteudiEg for iheir rights .
The Chartists are only bow beginning to recover from tit strike of 2842 , and I trust that their sufferings will be a warning to their brethren the Colliers . 1 remain jour faithful friend , Feabgi : s O'Coxnob .
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NrWCASTLE . —2 &t . Beesley delivered an aflflias m Mr . Jude ' a long room , Three Tans Inn , Manor Ghsie , on Sunday evening last , ov tfce preaent si&te of political partle * in Spain ; after "wfeicb a "sote ef tb ^ pi " iru tendered to ilr . Beealey for Ms address . A Ptblic XEEXI 5 G of the Chsrlista of Newcastle and < Js . tej £ fcsifl -Kaa held ; in Mt Jaea ' B Boom , Three Tuns , ManoT Chare , on Monday evening , for the purpose of Dominating £ t and proper persons to become Candidates for lhe membership of the General Conndl of the Kational Chaner Association of Great BritaiD ; Sir . Cony in tfce chair . The folio-wing gentlemen ^ ere declared dnly noxninated : Messrs . James Frazer ,
Join Armstrong , jun ., -waver , Pflgrim-Etreet ; John AmifcroEf , geiL , glass-cntter , Pilgrim-street j Thomas Jiey , tamer , Prcdfcoe-streetj George TTaher , taDor , ^ ean Court ; lYiiiiyn Smith , baiket manufactnrer , 5 , -Bdward-atrtet , Arthur ' s Hill , Westgate , ^ ub-Treaarer j tEd Balph Currie , joiner , 5 , Churchill-street , mi > -Seeret&ry _ Sereral rama were paid into the KabonaLTribnte Pnnd , -when it m agreed that all the ambers then present form themselves into a corp-™« e to procure contribntiens to that laudable object it -na annotmced tfeat a public lecture wonld 2 Mt
it- ^ T ™ ^ de ' a long room , on Snnfi 3 y eTeniDg , w , Kven odoek ; and a deputation was appointed to wm upon certain gentlemen , reqner ting them to effioate on ttat occasion . A vote of thanks ^ tendered k » me chairman , and the meeting adjourned . ¦ rJS ^ T'T ^ Ci ^ rtists of this town held * tea JjESLfL *** ^ orkiBg Men ' s Hail , Garden-street , lhe room was tastefully decorated with flags , ban-£ ?» TS ^ f ^^^ s , wreaths , * c , which S » t * , J ^ W tBeet . The tables having been Chared of the tea . ecrairaee , a . worVinP tca-n of the upon presTd
^^^ called to eT The Chair-ShL II followiD S sentiments from the chair , te £ e ^ Z f ' * to kj irking men , but it 32 to 3 ^ v we arriTed in Bury we are not »^» ffTe Jhe ir names . " The people thelegiti-5 i ? h £ S « f all power- " niTtharter , t » d fS , ^ f ^ tecoHi e the law of itelana . » M The SSfSl !?* ' T * ChairmMi then gave » The SJ ™ to iheir native country of Frost , JfflSofalife ^ ^ 5 » 4 « » P& yleliT » - vi * S ? S ? 2 1 e » Pa » . " - « n * calledfc % pon Mr . Kfcfof ^ SfJ ? * ^^ rwuid 8 ^ » ppi » n »; Ss ^ i ^^^ oflfo fedui in MBunal eloquent ¦^ B w . " ^ * * * * appeal ; on behalf of ffi ^ f ^ ' ^ ^ not soon be forgotten ^ £ E 2 S !? & * ' Ttc Chairman then |^ e--Bk ^ tgte * % P . O'Connor , Esq ., and ^ . P .
of theE ^» " other « Btuis » tthed advocates « S 5 dS £ riT 5 ttd ^^ T > P «» Mr . Dixon who ^ w ^ th ™ ^ 5611 ^^^ » brief s peech . Thanks itSbSj ^}* Quinntt , andtbebuEineES \ S » Sl l ^ ib ^ 1 eiiliffi ai 5 Ty € re coEtribnted toAe
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IRISH LANDLORDS—INFAMOUS CASE—THE NOTORIOUS CDR 1 SC 0 LL AGAIN ! The Cork Reporter of Deo : 19 th refers the commissioners to the following most disgracefnl csse , which came on ltte on Friday night at Macroom sessions , after tfee arms' registry bad terminated : —
Before Mr . J . MOODT , Assistant Barrister . Matthew Sullivan and Cornelias Sullivan were placed at the bar , charged with having rescued a cow dlstrained for rent dne to Mr . Alexander T . T . O'DriscolI , Stibbereen , justice of the peace Mr . Gallwey , Crown prosecutor , Mr . Pilzsjanrice , and Mr . T . O'Connell conducted the prosecution , and Mr . P . © Connell the defence . John Hnrley , Mi . O'Driscoll ' s driver , waB called and examined by Mr . Gallwey . —Is driver to Mr . O'DriscolL Distrained a cow in October last on the lands of Sbreelane for rent . The prisoners vrould not allow him to impound the cow , and took her sT ^ ay .
CrosB-txaBiined by Mr . P . O'ConnelL—Was not assaulted , injured , or abused , exctpt by sayiDg , " The devil a one of yon stall tale the cow . " Knowa the tenants are in the habit of signing bills in the bank for the rent due , and thinks they ara a £ ke 3 to doso before the rent f&lls due ; heard prisoners had signed a bill for rent , and believes Mr . O'DriEcolI put the bill in the bank and got money upoD it . There was rent dne besides ; there were three half-years' rent dne ; the time foi payirg the note in thB bank hao not arrived Tfhen I distrained the coir . ( Stssation . ) -Mr . O'Connell ( with veberutnee }—Did you leave the unfortunate wretches a potato * for their starring children ?
Witn «*—They stole seme . I only took sway * G lo ^ ds ; I toti thim to Skibbsreen ard pnt them in a £ arden rear Mr . O Drjscoll ' s hensa Did cant them ; cant tell the day ; himself acd two or three more attended the cant Witness was auctioneer and bid also . Was rot the buyer , but afterwards got the potatoeB himBelf . Sold every Bix "weigbls for Sd . —( Great Bensation , during ¦ which two highly leipectuble . members of tit Ccnrt left the bench ) , 2 > lr . O'Connell—And , gracious God ; did yon not also tale the straw upon -which the "wretched families slept ! Witness—I did rot t&ie the straw npon which they slept , bnt 1 took % sack of straw which was outride—( sensation ) . * And did they not offer up the farm to Mr . O'DriscolI ¦ when he j-mctd ' ihtm ?
Witnes—They one morning offered it —( Great sensation . ) J was not imprisoned by Mr O Drfscoll for not shearing in bis oira case . It iras Dinneeri was incarcerated . Mr . Galway—Yon said that you distrained potatoes and straw before the bill became dne ; -why did you do so ? Witness—Because I heard tiat Ifce prisoners were top-dressing tfceir com . Mr . Galvrey—Exactly bo . Mr . O'Connell—Was it cot by the poduce of the corn they were to meet the bin ? WitDhss—To be rare ; 2 suppose so , Sir . o Ccnceil . —Exactly so . ( Lanebtfr . )
Mr . Gecrge Bkd . txamiiied by Mr . Fitamsurice . —Is agent to Mr . ODriscoll . The ytariy rent of the prisoners is £ 22 . Directed the last witness to distrain because be beard thty vete ttp-dieEavg their cern , and because they owed a gale of rent not included in their bill . They owed , including bill and all , twelve months rent Is sure of that . CroES-txtmined by Mr . O'ConnelL—When Hurly swore tfcai the prisoners ovrtd three gsles of rent , he s-wore that -stes -untrue . 2 tii- O DriEcoll 1 b in tbe habit of raiting money on his tenants bills , bec £ BEe . bepajs laree btsd-ienta . In tbe note passed by the prisoners several other tenants tad jovntd , and of course the amount wss mccn larger is this bill than the amount ¦ B hich they owed . Did pass tbe bill intc tbe provincial bark . BarristfeT . —Had Mr . O'Dibcoll the moiiey of this bill in his picket when the distitss was made?—Tes Sir . iGif&t Fecsation-i
Barrister . —Aud this bill was cot then diu ?—No , Sir . ( Sensation . ) ill . O'Cornell—And these pcor "wretches , ycur worship , liable at tbe tatk fcr the whole tn . ount . B » rri £ i < r . —Certainly . Mr . O'CcEBeli—Ten may go down . Mr . O'Diiuoll . 'who Eat finrirg the trial -with b 5 t agents , htreccmninnicated wilt Mr . Gallwey , wboasked the witness if it was by Mr . O'Dmcoli ' a directions be distraintd ? WitneES . —Ceitainly not 3 * r . O'Diisccll allcwsme to act as 1 please . Tbe -wr . nusa then left tte table , ard
Mr . O'Cor-ntll said— Gentlemen of the Jury , the last qmtticn pnt by the Crown prosecutor tbows you the nature cf the case , ll is so diigjaufnl lb ^ t the odium is tougbt to be placed on tbe agent , to Bbtltei the p-rijicips ] . I conld nBderstsnd and ctnld credit the excuse if , inthii Ccurt , MtO'DrifColl had ( upon hearing tbe facts sworn to to-day ) said , " I was ignorant of tbe real facts of this case until now , and 1 now give up the prosecntioB . " He had not done eo , and eo between principal , agent , and dn-yer , 1 st tie diEgrace and tbe cdiuK be shared . O ! gentlemen of the jnry , you have often beard the fine sentences of fine gentlemen respecting the mutual and reciprocal kind feeling which ibonld exist between the landlord and tenant ; atd to-dBy you have demonstrated btfore yen the means by which that desirable cMect ia io be iiicnicattd on the part of the
landlords , by first procuring tbe note of the tenant , then taking his lait potato and bis ted of straw , and then taking him from his wretched family a distance of tbirty-flvfc miles , to te prosecultd ly landlord , agent , and driver . Goed Gtd ! is there ne sympathy for the wretched , or where is this system toesd ? 0 ! we have a ccicmU'Eion sitting in Dublin , "with Lord Devon at its head ; fcut the men who could give infoimation , who could describe cestB like the present , "will not be eiamiEed , and the commission will not effect » Dy good . GtutieHifeB , I am afraid to tmet myself in going « ver a rtcibJ ^> f the persecution of these -wretched meD , and wonld be unwilling totay anj thing disrespectful of Mr . O'DriscolI . Bnt , geLtleiiifen , do you co what is in your power ; let them itturn home to their wives and children , -wretched , destitute , and miserable as they are . The Jury immediattly acquitted the prisoners .
STATE OP THE COTJJiTBT . FebmaIUGH- — " On Tuesday se " imight , the 12 th in * ta t » a thieattniBg notice ( dated the 10 th ) vtes reeeivad throngh SuniskmeB post-fffice by Mr . James Lucny , of theBi ^ g , on tbe Marquis of Ely ' s estate , Uneattning him with death on that night if be did not give up to William Lunny a portion of tbe land that bad been taken from William by the ogent , Mr . Hare , and given to James . The threatener , true to bis word , about twelve or one o ' clock , entered the avenue on horseback , off which bo fired tbrcngb James LunBy ' s bedroom -window , and tbe ball lodged near tbe bead of Mr Campbell , Primitive WtBleyanMethodto prtacber , uho slept that night in Lujny ' s . Lately at Shankii . 1 near Mcnea , a man named Ferguson -was also fired at in his bed . His -wife narrowly escaped being ifcot , the tall baving paaed -within six inches of her bead , "
MUBDEB AT LOWTHEBSTOWN . Our -worst fears are confirmed respecting tbe murder at Lowtnewto-ro , noticed in w » 1 «* . » f «* f fatiguing and continued inquest , which lasted from Sunday , the 10 th , until Thursday momiDg , tbe 14 th instant , -dun n * which Mr . W . Trotter , coroner , ( assisted by Mr . W . D'Arcy , Captain M'Leod , B M ., and otber local magistrates , } examined lorry-one wrtnesK * . amongst whom were snrgeona Beatty and Irvine , Mt . Wm . Crummer , soUcitor , was retained by tbe accused , and cross-examlBea * ucb witoesses as in their direct examination gave evidence tending to criminate his client , and was not absent from the commencement of the investigation until the finding of tbe Jury was delivered . On the verdict , which we anntx , the magitrato committed William Bieakey to prison for trial . at out Thursday evening . — " yve
He arrived gaol on a-r . 'airs ssssm is s ^ i ^^ aa rl « S that drain er by etangulation , and afterwaida was thrown into said drain . by wme peraon or persons ifprSentS unknown , having B ^ ks of valence on bei mKffl but sucb marks were not sufficient to ZLfbZte * ™ And we also find that the deceased mmmmm SS 2 : Sif * w !« «« astrs ? otba drcnia « tBntial eTidrace , it appears to w ttet he , Si ? ffsasss ^ AWsas Sta ! LlSl ^? Sr- «««« « murdarsr * -JV ~~
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village of Catbel , they fcund that tbe mest part of the houses were closed , the cattle having been all driyen into tbtm . Some few of the people paid tbe rate , and others promised to do eo as soon as they could . While the collector was in tbe act of seizing some oats in stack , in order to have them removed in carts provided for the impose , the parish priest , the Sev . Mr . . Henry , came up and required to know from the collector why , or for whose debt , be attempted to take away the oats . The celkctor replied that he did not know the name of the person to whom the oats belonged , but the occupiers of all the surrounding houses owed rate . This would not satisfy bis revereDce . He got very Bugry at the attempt which , ho
said , was made to destroy a poor rean ' s property , and be called upon the stipendiary magistrate to protect it—to Bave jt from the ruthless hands of the collector . The magistrate Btated 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 he required in tbe discharge of what be considered to be his duty . This answer did nofc please bis reverence at all , for be warntd tbe magistrates and the officers in command of the force that there would be proceedings taken against thtm for an illegal distress or trespass . Seeing that tbis threat had no effect , bis reverence addressed himself to the collector , and ¦ wit h him he was rooru success , ful , ferafter some conversation with him aside . hedeclined
to take away the oats of " the poor man . " The carmen , too , were st i&cd with the same humane compunction , and they said they would not carry away any goods se ' sed . 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 tbe country «(? ainst them for all they could get as wages . " The people abent , seeing tbe favourable turn that affairs took after bis reverence ' s arrival , many of them now declared their deterroinstioD not to pay , and all tbe doors were at once closed , the cattle fceiDg secured . What was to be done dow ? NotbiDg , tut to march nwsy the military and police , which was done ; the collector having , after the day ' a campaign , succeeded in getting some 13 s or lis of the rate .
ARM ISO IN THE K 0 B . TH . A Longbbricfcland correspondent states that a large quantity of aims had been collected in Tanderagee Catitle , tbe st&t of Ibe Duke of Manchester , from whence they bave been distribute * nmongst tht Orangemen of seme neifbbrcrirg districts . Another crrmpondei-t mentions that Lord Roden has rece ' md a larpe supply of aims at Tollymore Park , Which have not yet fcetn distributed . — Evening Post . lu the Orange organ of that county , the Fermanagh Rcj . ortir , * e find the following : —
Protisiant Obgamzaticn . —We understuDd that a large and itfluti-tial mteiing of tbe gentiy and roust respectable cf the Protestsnt yeomanry of the barony of Msgbtratcy , "was held in the large school room at Levelly , on TLursday last , for the purpose of forming a Protestant organization in subservience to the existing laws , that so , by their union , thiy might more effectually support tbe connexion Htween these kingdoms , and at the s&m ' e time sflbid protection and confidence to individuals lebidiBg at a distance from military succour , should tush at any time be nqTiisite , We understand that amo ; r tbc * e prtsent tKtie were Lord Loftus ( who presided ) , Tbcmaa Tiixon , Etq ., Rev . L . Reatle , Messrs . A . Trotttr , Gtoigie Kottrs , JJ . chn Nixon , R , Weir , Thomas Elliott , —— Skclton , &c ncd almost every person who was formerly connecttd with the late Oiance society sb ifikers in the district .
The utmost unanimity prevailed on the occasion , and one and all txpm&ed tbeir stern resolve to preserve at any bi-zird tbe connexion between tbiB country and Gieat Britain . Several most excelle >< t speeches were made on the occasion , all breathing the most devoted loyalty to tbe Sovereign , and a determination never to surrender , but with ibeli li-seB , tte blessings which tley , in common , eDJoyed nnder tbe British constitution . Resolutions were al&o adopted to carry out tbe object of the meeting .
F 0 BM 1 DABLE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PEASANTRY AXD THE R 1 BB 0 KMEN . The " Billy Smiths , " the new designation of the Ribbon confederacy , denounced in Mr . O'Conuell ' recent addreEs , have become very daring in their operations . In tbe Bfscommon Journal ( a Repeal paper ) of Saturday last , we End the following account of a severe coiflict between a small party of csuntrymen , whose houses were attacked , and an aimed gang of Ribbonmen : —
" On Monday night last , an armed party of about forty ruffians attacked the dwellings of an industrious set of men of the name of Gibbonses , at Fairymount , for tbe purpose of swearing them to reduce tbe rent ef some conacre which they bad set a few days previous . H ; iving htard some shots , and suspecting that a visit ¦ would be paid tbtm , the gBllant liUle band ( consisting of seven men ) aimed themselves with pitchforks and Biet the marauders who , it appears , bad fire-arm * . A dtspei&te coifi'ct ensued , and tbe Gibbonses were obliged tosbtlttr themselves in one of the houses , which they barricaded , and defended till every one of them
were desperately wounded . They then betook themselveB to the loft , where they also foHght gallantly . The Ribbonxnen demolished every article in the house after they obtained an entrance . Three or four of the loaders of the Ribbonmen were dangerously wounded with pitchforks whilst forcing the door . ( Jpwards of fourteen of them have been arrested and fully identified . Tbe brave little party were taken into this town , where tbe best surgical attendance iB given to them . This portion of Fuirymount is the locality where the celebrated " Billy broith * domiciled himself for some time previous to his arrest " resistance the
Ttiis determined and successful , by gailnnt family of the Gibbonses , will have an amazing tffect in paialjzng the new Ribbon confederacy . The Fortifications . —It is stated that Government has givtn directions to an officer of engineers to inspect the Castle of Leighlin-bridge , with a view , if practicable and necessary , of putting it in a 6 tute ef repair suitable for the accommodation of a military party . GenehaT . Codrt-Mabtial . —A general courtmartial , of which Msjor-General Wyndhaffi is to be president , 1 « ordered to assemble at Newry , on Thursday next , for the trial ot three officers of the 63 rd Regiment . The Fiknoe Otjtka « E . —Mrs . Waller continues in very delicate health at Fjnnoe Honse ,. and is unable to be removed to Kyle-park , the seat of her aon-in-law , Mr . Stoney . Larkin , the butler , is still suffering from
bis wounds . The . Cokk Gcab . dia > s have resolved upon sending out 166 paupers from the workhouse , as emigrants to Australia , the greater number young women . The cost to the TJuion will be 47 a-bead , while their maintenance in the workhouBe averages £ 8 a-year . In the West of Clabe apprehensiona are felt for the potato crop . It was short of an average crop thia year , and the continued wet weather . has damaged tbe potatoes in pit . _ . . ..
The Weather . —To those who place faith in the proverb respecting tte consequences attendant npdn a " green Cnristmaa , " it may be of some interest to learn , that within tbe recollection of the pnblic ' a old frieDd , the " oldest inbAbttant , " there b » B nwex'been witnessed such glorious , although unseasonable weather as that which has marked the moBtb now nearly put , and which for warmth and frequent bursts of sunshine more resembled an nnwually genial September than the cold and cheerless Decembers of other year * .
THB STATB P 10 SKWTJ 0 BS . Mr . O'Conaell and the other travelers has been served with notlee to appear fox trial on Monday tke Utfa of January , 1 ( 44 . MELANCH 0 I . T A . KD FATAL AtCIDKKI . ( From Vie Dublin Evening PaekttJ Bbai , Fbjdat , Die . 22 . —I have agai » to record a most melancholy and fatal accident off tbia shore . A boat belonging 16 Mia . Cnthbert , of Bray , manned by two biotherB of tbe name of Archer and Green , and John Whelan Lynch , returning from Kingstown , where they had been fishing for heningB , wm upiset about o&e mile from the shore , opposite No . 2 , Tower . It is HippcEed she was under ft preaa of aajL ^ WiUiain
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Callaghon , boatman of the Coast Guard , was on the look out at tbe Tower , and immediately on BceiDg the catastrophe , with most praiseworthy alacrity , ran down to the sbore , and , in conjunction with Archer , a . brother of the unfortunate man ia the vessel , succeeded ib launching a shore boat , in which , at the imminent risk of their lives , they pushed off and succeded in rescuing Green . The other four poor follows were consigned to a watery grave . Tbe Coast Guard galley also shove off shortly afterwards , manned by Edward Kimberley , William Roose , William , Cutfeeard , Giles Sullivan , and Jeremiah Nagle , in tbe earnest hope of saving some more of the poor sufferers , but their efforts were unavailing . It is supposed that the men muat have heen entangled in
the nets . That their efforts were not unaccompanied with dancer may be imagined from the 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 tbftt be and his comrades were not also consigned to a watery grave . We ate happy to hear he has escaped with some contusion on the back . Every one present bore Icud testimons to tbe courage , daring , and humanity of the Coast Guard , by which , under Providence , is to be ascribed to life of one of their fellow-creatures . They have added another to the many proofs of their-zeal , and have increased the debt of gratitude due alike to the officers and m * n by the people of this vicinity , and I trust tbeir exertions will be favourably received by the heads of tkeir department .
Half-past Three . —Green is quite recovered . Dr . Hefferman bled him , and used effectual remedies to revive him . There are no tidings of the bodies of the other men as yet
REPEAL ASSOCIATION— TOESDAY . The usual weekly meeting , which was thinly attended , was held to-day , at one o ' oleck , 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 Commission as a mockery . Mr . O'Neill , of Bunowen Castle , and Mr . O'Neill Daunt , addressed the meeting .
Mr . John O'Connell said he had been reminded that those wes-e Christmas times , and for that reason their proceedings were shorter than usual . He would not delay the Association with any further remark than this , and from that Fpot 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 adjournment from that day would be to the Tuesday in the following week , on which day his father would bo there again . He now begged to announce that tho Repeal rent for the week amounted to £ 474 ' is . 3 J . Death op Mr . Valentine Maher , M , P . —This gentlemen , one of the representatives of the county of Tipperary , died quite suddenly on Christina ? moxning at hid residence , Turtulla , in that county .
MORE OURTAGES . 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 . The victim , a respectable man named Sherlock , holding a snug farm , was on his return from Naven With bis wife , where they had been marketing . He complained of being cold and got doWHoff his car to walk , when a man came up and Bhot him . lie survived about five hours . Had ho been fired at on the car , it ia , more than probable that two lives would hare been sacrificed instead of one .
Ribbonigm has spread to a fearful extent through this county . : jg-The reason alleged for shooting Sherlock is for dispossessing some tenants on the estate of Lord Trimblestown . "—Evenina Packet .
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Wl * ' ¦ ' II I I I ^^^^ II IIII I | * II I WALES . The Statf . op South Wales . —On the night of Monday last , about half-past ten o ' clock , as the family of the Rev ; J . VV . James , of Robeston Wathan , near Narberth , were retiring to rest , Mr . James , according to his usual custom , went into his dressing-room , which communicates with his bedroom by a passage , and faces the back part of the premises . Mr . James was in the act of opening the window-shutters , for the purpose of ascertaining the state of the 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 rjoom ; the other charge was small shot ^ which took effect upon the shutters only ; and , at the same instant , a third charge , consisting of small shot , was fired into the front bed-room . The Rev . Mr . Janes is a magistrate , and has not only publicly " pronounced" against the popular views entertained in tne 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 the destruction of turnpike gates . — Welshman ,
Allegkd Rebeccaism" in Anglesey . —We have received iau anonymous communication , dated Llanddausant , December 20 , which states , that at one o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday last , about forty nativo " Rebeccaites" assembled in the peaceful village of Llanddausant , 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 chattel : ? , under execution from the North and South Wales Bank , of Holyhead : that having entered ihe house oy bursting
open ' tbe 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 fire minutes , under penalty of a severe drubbing ; that ready obedience having been yielded , tbe men were merely driven forth , under the jmrveillance 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 oi not returning . This is the Bubstance of tbe account sent us ; but , for the honour of North Wales , we hope the affair is a fiotion altogether . —Carnarvon Herald .
MiLiTAivr Outrage at Kilgebnam , near Cardigan . —a . sergeant ' s guard of marines has lately been stationed in the village of Ktlgernan , as a measure of precaution against the Rebeccaites , On Friday last the men had been drinking all day and part of the 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 ou 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-house , 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-examination ^ to Havetford gaol . Brown is ia a precarious state .
Death o » aw Imformeb . —Considerable excitement has been cauied in this count ; by the circumstance of the finding of the bod ; of Mr . Thomas Thomas , of Panty-cerrig , in the river Brechfaedd , near Breehfa . It will be remembered , that some time since Mr . Thomas gave information against some neighbouring farmers' sons for a riot and assault upon him wHle under the guise of Rabeooaites . On that occasion Mr . Thomas attended Carmarthen in order to give his evidence , and on hia return , to bis home he found it in a blaze . On Tuesday mom-
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ing Mr . Thomas's corpse Was found in the river Brechfaedd , which is Ja very smaH Btream , having a rocky bed . His body wa 3 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 ia the water at all . 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 ( he 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 havo falleu from it , as he had been walking over a muddy soil j 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 the other 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 he resided in Bugsworth within the same union ; that his object ia 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 he had never seen her in his life , but that he had some thoughts of going to Australia ; that he had been married before ; and he was told no could not at bvs age go out as an
emigrant , and take his family with him , unless he got married again ; 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 be could prevail upon her to accompauyfhim on his destined journey . The clerk granted the order , and it seems that the man succeeded as well as the most ardeut lover could expect , fox the young woman gave her consent co 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 , Ho be paid as soon as they ware on ship-board . The minister ( who had very kindly offered to forego ! his fees ) was called iu ; they were made man and wile the same day , and the " happy pair" are nowj on their way to Australia . — Derby Reporter . [
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( Continued from our Sixth Page . ) FRANCE . —The Censeur de Lyons states that the Legitamist party had succeeded in exciting such a feeling in favour of : the the Duke de Bordeaux , among the population ] of several districts in the south of France , that , betweeu Avignon and Orange , the inscription ; of " Henry T ., or Death !" was written on many of the heuses of the villages situate along the road .
Horrible Treatment op the Imprisoned Republicans . —The political convict , Hubert , whose health had been sadly ( impaired by his confinement at Mont St . Michel , and who had to be removed to Paris , whore he derived no benefit from the care bestowed upon him , passed on Saturday through Bloig , accompanied by a physician , and escorted by two police agents . The prison of Tours has been assigned to him as his future residence . The Courrier de Loir et Cher thus describes the state of the prisoner : — i
" This unfortunate man , " it say 9 , " who enjoyed a robust constitution , has lost the use of his limbs , and his moral faculties are entirely gone . His eye in haggard and his features impassable , like a man who has suffered lon ^ 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 . Tnis is a sad specimen of the mortal tortures of Mont St . Michel . " f SPAIN—According jto letters from Madrid , of the lb * h inst ., the Bravo Cabinet has as good as eeased to exist , and the ; process of negociation and i ntrigue is once more to be renewed . It is rumoured that Olozigi has fLd to Portugal , but the roport wants confirmation .
The belief gains ground that Prim is contemplating another " pronunciamento" against the ModeradO 3 . A band of Brigands- calling themselves Carlista , and who proclaim 'he sOvereignity of Charles V , are plundering in Catalonia . Hungary—Agitation is the order of the day here , the hatred towards Austria is rapidly increase ing . It is expected that the Emperor will dissolve the Diet . IISDIA iAND CHINA . By an extra India Mail , accounts from Calcutta to the 19 ch of November ; Madras , 16 th of Not vember : Singapore , 14 th of October ; Alexandria , I 3 ; 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 . EtfVptUS . !
China . —The journals of Victoria , Hong Kong , are to the 12 th of October , j The sickness in that Island had been such as to induce the officers of Government to remove for a time to Macao . The trade had been opened with ! the ports of Foochowloo , Awoy , Ningpo , and Shangbce , Messrs . Gribble , Thorn , and Balfour being appointed consuls to the thrre latter ports . \ The Punjab . —Although the news from the Punjab is not much later than that by the last mail , it
is still important , as contradicting the reports of Heura Singh ' s murder ; Lena Siugh also survived . And both these chiefs , though previously opposed to each other , were reconciled for the moment , and wielded joint sway over the Seikh empire , that is , over the 10 , 000 men collected ip the vicinity of Lahore . To keep these 10 , 000 men in obedience would , however , require the coming in of revenue from the provinces and tbeir chiefs , of which there seemed little prospect . ; Goolab Singh preserved his hostile attitnde . ¦
The whole Lushkur since the 26 th has been iu a state of riot , the Makaraja having again revolted , and the trops of the Grand Jinsee having joined . Scinde . —All ift tranquil in Upper and Lower Sciude . A few depredations are committed by the Belooches . j Disturbances continue in Schekawate , and are likely to prove very serious . Ram Nath Perohit has been forcibly ejected from his appointment , ( the Khamdar on behalf of the Minor Sovereign of Khetree , ) aud his place occupied by Dhabye , supported by a very large assemblage of insurgents . The accounts from Sukker are more distressing than ever . It appears that of the troops there 1 , 371 are in hospital , and only 153 well . Every officer but one ia each corps is inefficient from illness . of
The Delhi Gazette , of the 28 ^ October , announces the amva , on the 6 th of September , of a messenger from Col . Stoddart , at Hyderabad ( in Soinde ) , 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 Conoliy had been put to death , as we have before heard . j Gwailor—At Gwailor , the Khasgee has been seized by the troops without bloodshed , and his reign . is at an end . It is supposed that this event will render the advancejof an army unnecessary .
AFFGHANISTAN . —Mukder of Dost Mahomed—Dost Mahomed has been shot dead at Cabul by order of the Prince of Believers , the 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 auy effort on the part of the Afghans to occupy Peshawur . 1
FOREIGN MISCELLANY . SEVEN MEN EXECUTED AT HAVANNAH . CCorrespondence of [ the Louisiana Courier . J Ha yank ah , Nov . 14 . -f You will search in vain in the papers of the day j for the usual details of the arrest , trial , and condemnation , the private history and exaggerated anecdotes of the seven criminals executed thin morning—f not a word upon the subject . The official publication of the prooeedmgs will appear in three or four dayB . jl Bay seven were executed ^ but one of them had been dead twenty-four hourB . To avoid , as he supposed he could , the disgrace of a publio execution , he f oat his throat ; but the authorities were determined that ihe "spectacle' *
shomld not thss be curtailed of its original extent . HiBoorpM was brought out , tied to the stake , and shot with tkt oth « n . It is said , bnt I will not be sure that such is theexaot faet , that these men were part Of a regularly organised band of robbers that existed in the . mountains previous to the time of Taoon , and which he either dispersed or destroyed . Recently , some depredations Of the few remaining —andthey wera men of substance , having their little property and living decently—caused their arrest , trial , and condemnati on . We are told that fieven more will will shortly share the same fate , and that it i » suppQ « d tTnefibaud , m \\ be utterly exterminated . I
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As an instance of the prompt land severe justice of the pre £ tfft « day , take notice of the cffioial article in the Diario , < jf the 9 ; h , announcing the condemnation of two soldiery followed by a shorf but forciblo address of General O'Donnell to the troops . It appears that these soldiers encountered an English captain and another peraon . who were asking their way through the streets ; they decoyedkihem into » retired spot , and roobed them . Nexf ^ dray the captain 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 the perpetrators was execatcd , and the other put into chains and hard labour for ten years . It is said that the English captain and the consul , when they found how severe was to be tbe punishment , of the robbers , interceded for their lives , but the governor declined ameliorating their sentence in any way . Blood alone conld wipe out the stain uppa the character of the array , and give assurance to the peaceable citizens that protection , aud not oppression , was
na vocation . Sinc 9 the days of Tacon , not only are instances of robbery or other acts of violence of rare occurrenoe , but when the criminals are caught , their punishment is swift and sure . New Slave Trade in Ihdia . —The new alave trade , under the name of Coolie emigration to the West Indies , appears to be producing those fraita which its promoters all along calculated upon , and it 3 opponents predicted . The evil is become so flagrant as to call down tbe condemnation of tb& Times . The writer says ** Nnmerous cases are mentioned in the Indian papers of Coolies having been inveigled from the interior under false pretences , pf their having been illegally detained at Calcutta , land of attempts having been made to compel their embarcation on board vessels bound for the Mauritius . * * Nobody can deny that Coolies have been inveigled
from the interior , crowded iato unhealthy ships ^ transported to the West Indies , and there consigned to an arbitrary and involuntary service . 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 1 What do they constitute but anew s ' avetrade ! Grant that the practice ia not universal ; that oniy a few Coolies have been justgledL or trepanned on board ship ; that with the majority it is—what , it is supposed to be with all—a bonafide voluntary engagement to perform free work in the West Indies , yet what does the exception to tho uniformity of the cases prove ? What but that there is already a disposition to foster a slave trade under the pretext of voluntary emigration , and 'to continue those 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 15 th ult ,, on the premises of a little occupier of but a few acres of land , 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 Eccks , last week . Suffolk . —On the morning of Wednesday last a fire broke out in the farm-buildings of Mr . Nuun , of Wattisfield , 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 * buildings being of so inflammable a nature precluded the possibility of saving any portion of them , or even four fat ho ^ js , which were consequently suffocated . Two stacks vrere also consumed . Mr Nunn was not insured .
The heavens were again illuminated with a brilliant vermillion 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 ia the occupation of Mr . Jenuiags . Having been ignited in 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 flimes . No stock was burnt , except the poultry , some of which flew into the branches of the trees , which were afterwards burnt from the trunk , and fell , with the birds , into the flames . Mr . Jennings was icgured in the Union-office . The farmers in the neighbourhood are becoming * exceedingly alarmed—many of them never retiring till twelve , others having a regular nocturnal watch .
Essex . —( From ( he Essex Herald . )—We regret to find that two fires have occurred within the last few liayF , from which thera ia too much ground to conclude that the incendiary has been at bis destructive work in our neighbourhood . Tne first broke out on Friday evening lust , on the farm premises of Mr . James Speller , near High Boothing , in this county . A plentiful supply of water being at hand , the dwelling-house was saved , but the rest of tho buildings were in the end utterly destroyed , parsly owing to the mischievous act of some lusacreant ; for while the engine was working successfully , about eleven o'clock , it was suddenly discovered that one of the hose had been cut transversely ; subsequently it
was found that another had been injured by the sarae diabolical method . Thus all that the constabulary , eight of whom had arrived from differ eat points , could further do was to watch the flames , and endeavour by other means 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 the premises , the brew-house , washinghouse , and their contents , and also a sow and nine pigs , and 100 head of poultry . As there is little doubt the fire was wilfully caused—it being impossible to account for it in any 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 fanning premises of W . M . Bird , Esq ., of Pratt ' s , Little Wakhaoi . The alarm was given to Mr . Bird in church , and such was the excitement it occasioned , that tho congregation rushed out , leaving the service unfinished . . An old man , named Mott , first observed smoke issuing from a hay stack , and the flames almost instantaneously communicated with & double-bayed barn , and to another hay 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 , bnt 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 loads of tare hay , aud a waggon ; the whole estimated at about £ 400 , which is 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 concerned .
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 . '
IflCENDARY FlBES IN THB PARISH OF LUTOtt . — The fires we noticed aa occurring last week at Limbury and Caddiugton bave been followed by an act of incendiarism still more destructive in its consequences . Tife scene of tbis deed iB Wigmore Hall » an elevated spot , and about thies miles from Luton , on the road to Colman ' e-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 far many years . In consequence of the fires before noticed , Mr . Crawley had cailed on his tenants , and recommended that mtn should watch all night , agreeing to bear half the expenses thus incurred . On tbe night of Thursday , the 14 ch instant , Mr . Thomas Gutteridge was watching hia father ' s yard and premises , when , shortly before .
eleven o ' clock , be perceived fire bunting from a hovel near the road , having a field behind it . He instantly gave an alarm , but there weie very few persona 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 reEnsad to yield to all the efforts made to . remove them from the stable , and they perished in the flames ; a fat pig and nineteen sucking pigs suffered the same fete from the want of assistance to remove tbem in time . No account can be given of the origin oft this calamity , except that it was clearly not accidental . It it difficult to describe the anxiety tbia . third fire has spread in the town and . neighbourhood . —Herts Reformer .
Stookpobt .- About -eleven o ' oloek on Wednesday night last , a jierson residing on Stookport Great Moor , on looking throngh his chamber window , observed a fellaw running round a haystack * situated in a field aear , with a firebrand , or lighted torch in his hand ; and , immediately the etac *^ which , was the pj » perty of Pet « OUha » » f « nacr , fcttMt into flames . An alarm being ^ giyen , the fi » was extinauishid in » short time hj . the pewon teriding in th& neighbourhoo 4 , and the damage don w » b inconsiderable .
Wigam , — On Friday sight last , about elereit o ' clock , a & * wa $ dwcov « red m the outbuildinga at Belconj Farm , TimfcoUane , about two miles from Upholland . All available means were immediately taken to prevent the threatened destruction of the . property , but all to little purpose , for the flames spread through the range of bnilding . A barn , stab-Jing « and other out-houses , and grain , valued at about £ 500 , were entirely consumed .. It is feared . tha ^ the fir « was the work , of au incendiary .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1843, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct961/page/1/
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