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uu . _ e _ ^ CCIDKSrB , 0 W 8 HCB 8 , KC . htaArtMiH A 8 D Skcbkct . —On Sunday morning a King in * man and two or three females were out In ; a aatt sWl akiff on the river : when off Mr Chandler / a aam-tam-Matpier , owing to the strong breeze , and it Megilleged , want of skill in the parties in the boat , s s ve « vasel ettddftriy ' turned overboard , and the whole tthetthem were immersed . The cries of the people- in bb was water brought several persons to their assistance , tt . net . notwithstanding that every exertion was matte , ee yoa young man who had charge of the stott was car-« d aid alengwtth the tide , and dtap peared . ifle nmalenales were saved , and refused to tell the name or tddreadress of the yonng man whose life has been lost . SSbvSbverk Casinos AccrpKnv-On Sunday afternoon .. an * an omnibus , belonging to the MetropoWan ^ Coniwaniranea Comnanv . wa * proceeding on its journey to } SSSSSSS 3 ^ Ak twelve inside ^ engers ,, ^ U « j „ b nnbido . when opposite Percy-street ,
Totinhaiihain-conrfcroad , ttelim ^ ^ innibjnibns tamed completely oyer en its side , throwing [ . leoneontade passengersmthestreet . Onegentleman iid hid hisleg broken , and another hia shoulder disloiktedited ; they were p laced in cabs and conveyed to [ iliddliddlesex Hospital as quickly as possible ; the ¦ meriverand the rest of the outside passengers were core ore or leas injured , bat not so mach as to prevent i em em from reaching ' their own homes ; the inside iJissewsengers were thrown together in a heap , bnt irtmrttmaiely escaped without any farther injury than ; feafew cuts frem the broken glass , excepting one tdv , dv , who was so eat and braised , that she was carted ted to a surgeon ' s in the neighbourhood to have her 9 ramunds dressed , and was then sent in a cab to her i ra m residence . On examination , after the accident . , e ae axle-tree was found to be composed of -very bad jateaferial , the iron at the fractured part appearing , ! tteitten . and full of flaws .
ntftOESis . DsBBSirnmos . --Before Mr W . Payne , at the West loncbndon union workhouse , West-street , Smithfield , ] i th the body of Stephea Wackett . aged 55 . a labourer . ¦ W . W . Pym . 276 , City-police , said that on Tuesday i renrening last he was called by one ofthe porters of I fcBBartholemew ' a Hospital to a man in the waiting i K > n ) om , brought in by two strangers , who had picked i mum up in the street . He had been seen by the surcobob , who said he required no medicine ; all he wanted was food and rest . The deceased was removed to file workhouse . Ee was quite unable to ttDslk or stand without assistance- He shook like a eneraon suffering frsm the ague * . He said he had ha A otJothingto eat that day bnt a small piece of dry reread , and he had jnst come out of the country from ryiryin ? logetemploymentathaymaking . G . Borrow , hehe night porter at the workhouse , said that headlitiitted the deceased abmfc eight o ' clock on Tuesday
iglght , and seeing him very weak he asked him if he isnshed to see the doctor . The deceased replied * No , e ee only wanted rest , and he should be better ia the loaorning . ' On beine pressed he drank a little tea . utat ate nothing . The witness took him into the efefuge , and gave him two woollen rags , which he wrapped around him . He , visited the ward several inimes during the night without observing anything awttcolar ; bat on visiting it about half-past five no Wednesday morning , he found the deceased esnseless , and breathing very hard . ' Mr Hutchinson , h < he surgeon to the union , was sent for immediately , rhrhohad the deceased removed to the infirmary , rtvhere mustard poultices were applied to his chest , rami he never recovered his senses , and died at ten iVclock the same morning . —Mr F . Hutchinson , surgeon , said that he found the deceased was labouring innaer all the symptoms of serious appoplexy , pre-Wuced in this case , by low living and exposure to She cold . Verdict : 'Natural death '
Ausosb Bans fbou Iupbopeb Emms . —At tthe London Hospital , before Mr W . Baker , upon a nman named Richard Dean , who died from injuries rreeeived by being run over by a cart , alleged to have bbeen occasioned by the improper driving of a young rman named Christopher Lucking , a eeueral dealer , maiding io Ceningfaam , Essex . On Thursday evening , aboat six o ' clock , deceased was talking with csome friends , and standius in the Commercial-road lEast , when a cart driven by Lucking came by ; the laear wheel knocked deceased down . Lucking still Kept driving on . The deceased was removed to the liospital , where . he expired shortly afterwards . . It mas said that blame attached to Lucking in conseunence of his having passed on the off side , when tthere « as sufficient room on the near side , which nvas his proper side . The jury said it was a very improper place for men to converse together in the icentre ofa public road , and returned a verdict of 'Accidental death . '
Suspicions Death of a Female . —Before Mr Wakley , M . P ., at the Elephant and Castle , King ' sroad , Camden Town , on the body of a female unknown , apparently about 25 years of age . now lying in the dead house of St Pancras Workhouse . Consor . a groom in the service of a gentleman residing is Gower street , said that on Sunday night last , about twelve o ' clock , he , together with another young man , were in Tottenham-court-road in a state ofintoiicatign . whea they met deceased , who was slightly known to them . They gave her something to drink and then prevailed on her to accompany them to where he ( Connor ) resided , which is a loft over some stables in Chinese mews . They were se drunk that they ootid not tell what happened after
their arrival , bnt on the following morning they fonnd the deceased on the floor apparently lifeless , which , on medical aid being procured , proved to be the case . Information was then given to the police , and as the deceased was not known , the body was removed io the workhouse . The coroner observed that under the very singular circumstances connected with the case , he must adjourn the inquiry , not only if possible that the body might be owned , but for a post mortem examination' Mr Robinson , the surgeon of StPancras workhouse , was instructed to perform this operation . The deceased , who is of fur complexion , about 5 feet 4 inches in height , was ¦ very well dressed , in a green lavender and white striped and Stored moufseline de laine dress
flounced , blue cardinal cloak , white silk drawn bonnet with wreaths of green flowers , a pair of while ' oik knitted gloves , one of which had a green glass button , and the other , one blue and one green ; in her pocket was a smallpocket-book and some tablets ; on one leaf is written , « E . Collins , 7 , King ' s Headcourt , Broadway , Westminster ;* on the opposite leaf is some poetry , concluding with the quotation , 'She never told her love . ' and appended , the name * Jane Sarah Usher . ' Another name in the book is 'William Brown , Percy-square , Basnigge-wells . ' There was also a paper headed , * A eure for love . ' The inquest was adjourned . Death by Fxbe . —Before Mr Baker , at the Harrow pubb ' c-hbuse , High-street , Poplar , on view of the
body of Eluabeth Passmore , 71 , of No . 5 , Harrowlane , Poplar . John Passmore , night watchman in the employ ofthe East India Dock Company , stated that on Saturday night last he left his wife in bed . and went to his work as usual . He returned home about eight o ' clock on the following morning , and discovered the deceased lying in the passage quite dead . She was most frightfully disfigured , and the whole of the upper part of her body was completely burnt to a cinder . A candle was found lying under her body . Itis supposed that during the night ihe deceased had an occasion to go down stairs , when , on returning up stairs , she slipped and fell down . Her clothes canght fire from the candle , and , being very feeble , she was unable to move . Thejuryreturned an open verdict of' Found dead . '
FIRES . Firs is the Wxsr Isdia Dgcks —On Mwday night , between seven and eight o ' clock , information was received at the London fire-stations of a fire having broken out in the West India Docks , Poplar . The firemen fonnd that the shi p Helena , of Dublin laying in the Import Dock , had taken fire about an heur previously . The flames originated from some unexplained cause , in what is termed the aft-deck . or steerage , containing a quantity of sails and ships ' stores . The flames ' having obtained a strong held ofthe underpart of the deck , the water pumped down could not touch that compartment , consequently the
work of destruction was still going on . Mr Fogo , the foreman of the brigade , on reaching tbe place , suggested that a ladder should be procured and lowered into the store . That baring been done , the brigade men wentjbelow , and by taking the branches ofthe engines they were enabled to scatter the water in the right direction , which had the desired effect of getting the fire entirely subdued . The damage done , however , to the ship , is very considerable , for such was tbe violence of the games that tome of the beams arenearly buraed through , and the aft-deck is very seriously injured . Independent of which a number of sails and general stores are consumed .
Fibs is Bbhmosdskt-sieeet . —On Tuesdav night , about 11 o ' clock , a fire broke out in Great Be ' rmondsey-street . In the coarse ofa fer minutes the entire district was illuminated to such an extent , tbat , from London-bridge , it appeared as if the greater part of the houses in the street were on fire . ( Numerous engines soon reached the spot , when it was found that tbe premises belonging to MrHodgkins , rope and rag merchant , were wrapped in one immense sheet of flame , the fire from which was ascending high , into the air , threatening destruction to the
surrounding buildings . Fortunately , an abundant supply of water was immediately obtained , and a powerful stream was thrown by the engines into the midst ef the flames , but they continued to increase until the whole of the stock in trade was on fire ; and it was with no little difficulty that tbe size manufactory belonging to Mr Mills was saved from destruction , and also an adjoining yeast warehoo . se . The firemen succeeded , by 12 o clock , in getting the complete mastery over the conflagration , but not Until the entire range of premises in which it comment together with their contents , were reduced to ashes .
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tha recover y of tenements in , a aammarj manner : — And be it enacted , that when and so soon a * ^ the term and interest of the tenant of any bou » , land , or other cor poreal hereditament where the value of the mwnises for the rent payable in respect of such tenancy , did not exceed the sum of £ 59 by the year , and upon which no fine shall have been paid , " shall have ended , or shall have been duly determined by a leg al notice to quit , and suoh tenant , or if such tenant do not actually occapy the premises , or occupy only a part thereof , any person by whom the same or any part thereof shall be then actually occupied , shall neglect or refuse to quit and deliver up possession of the premises , or of such part thereof respectively , it shall be lawful for the landlord or his agent to enter , a plaint iu this court , and thereupon a
summons shall issue to the person so neg lecting or refusing ; and if the tenant or occupier shall not thereupon appear at the time and place appointed and show cause to the contrary , and shall still neglect or refuse to deliver up possession bt the premises or of such part thereof of which he is then in possession to the said landlord or his agent , it shall be lawful for such landlord or agent to give to the court proof of the holding , and of the end or other determination of the tenancy , with the time or manner thereof , and where the title has accrued since the letting of the premises , the right by which he claims the possession ; and upon proof of the service of the summons , and of the neglect or refusal of the tenant or occupier , as tbe case may be , it . ' shall be lawful for the judge to issue a warrant under the seal of the court to any bailiff of the court , requiring and authorising him within a period to be therein
named , not less than seven , or more than ten days from the date of such warrant , to give possession of the premises to such landlord or agent , and such warrant shall be a sufficient warrant to the said bailiff to enter upon the premises , with such assistants as ho shall deem necessary , and . to give possession accordingly ; provided always that entry upon such warrant shall not be made on a Sunday , Good Friday , or Christmas-day , or at any time except between the hours of 9 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon ; provided also ( hat nothing herein contained shall be deemed to protect any person by whom any such warrant shall be sued ' out of the court from any action which may be bronght ' against him by any such tenant or oecujjier for or in respect ef such entry and taking possession , where such person had not at the time of suing out the same as aforesaid , lawful right to the possession of the same premises . '
AitEGED Dbskcbajion ct thb Dead . —Inconsequence ofthe reports recently circulated concerning the alleged desecration of the dead buried in the vaults of Elim Chapel , Fetter-lane , Fleet-street , Sir James Duke , Bart , M . P ., alderman of the ward of Farringdon Without , accompanied by Charles Pearson , Esq ., M . P .. City solicitor ; Messrs Batchelor and Golk , churchwardens of St Dunstan ' s-in-the-West ; the Rev . Mr Cowan , curate of the parish ; Mr Comfort , the foreman , and other members of tbo inquest ; G . A . Walker , Esq ., surgeon ; Dra Ross aadFarqubar ; Messrs Fowler . Dunn , etc ., attended on Monday to inspect those vaults , with the view of ulterior proceedings . Messrs Church , Frisken , Peaty , Gardner , Westwood , Preston , and Hutchens attended as trustees of the chapel , and produced
maps of the vaults , which were inspected by Sir James Duke and the jury , who afterwards proceeded to examine the vaults , the entrance to which is by a double trap-door in the body ofthe chapel . The vaults presented a most frightful spectacle . A large pit had been recently excavated to the depth' of several feet , whence a vast number of human remaiss had been removed , and oa tbe right hand side was an accumulation , ta the height of several feet , of toman bodies and broken coffins , while on the opposite side was piled together heaps of old coffins . The jury and several other gentlemen having expressed their disapprobation of the disrespectful treatment to which the dead were subjected iu the vaults , Sir James Duke , who had minutely examined every portion of them , said that the present
proprietors were not to blame for the confused manner in which the dead were heaped together . On the contrary , tbey were doing all in their power to remedy the evil , and the alterations which they were making were necessarily imposed upon them , and were done with every possible respect for the . dead . Still he called upon them to lose no time in completing their work , and thereby securing to the dead respect , and to the living security from disease . Dr Farquhar assured the worthy alderman and the inquest tbat since he had visited the vaults during the previous week many of the abominations which he had then visited were removed . Mr Pearson said that on two previous occasions similar complaints had been made against Elim Chapel , oace fourteen years , and again seven years age . But he was confident that
the present would be the last . Sir James Duke having again pledged the trustees to Jose no time in properly securing the vault ? against further sacrilegious intrusion , the inquiry concluded . ThbPooemSsPascras . —Pc ticulIsveshoation . —On Tuesday a numerously attended meeting of the directors of the poor of St Pancras took place in the new board room adjoining the workhouse , King'sroad , Camden-tewn ; Mr Churchwarden Howarth in tbe chair . Mr Pitt , the agent of the board , brought up aud read a lengthened report as to the overcrowded state of the workhouse , from which it appeared , that on the 5 th inst . there were 1 , 530 inmates , for the accommodation of which number 43 . 911 feet f house-room existed . The dimensions of unoccupied ground in the rear of the workhouse was 320 feet
by 212 feet . In the first floor , to accommodate 780 persons and 6 children , there were but 524 beds ; rooms between the new vestry room and boys' school , 54 beds to 13 persons ; infirmary ( men ' s side ) , beds U , persons 46 ; infirmary ( women ' s side ) , beds 126 , persons 165—total 170 beds , and 211 persons ; boys ' school 83 beds , and 165 persons ; girls' school 136 beds , and 296 persons . On the motion of Mr Douglas , this report was referred to the committee appointed to inquire into the condition of the poor , with reference to better classification and accommodation . Mr Clarke then called the attention of the board to the charges which had been made in the public prints with reference to the treatment of the poor . More particularly the letter cf a blind and paralysed pauper , named George Whitfield , which centaineil
such seriouschargesagainst the masterand the board , that he considered an immediate investigation necessary . After discussion it was resolved to call in the master and the inmate , Whitfield , and enter into the inquiry forthwith . George Whitfield , on being examined , said he was totally blind and paralysed , and had been in the workhouse 12 years . On the first Friday in August be applied to the master for permission to visit his mother , 80 years of age , at Camberwell . He asked for two or three days and was refused , unles he discharged himself . He applied to the committee ef the board and they confirmed the master ' s decision . He . thought this very bar ah and oppressive , seeing that he had no means of getting a living . He did not write the letter which appeared in the paper of Saturday , but he acknowledged that it was done by his dictation . He must be excused telling who did write it . Had a card in his possession , which gave him the privilege of going out on Sundays , but went out for a few hours on the
Tuesday following his application by the master ' s permission . It was not true that his bed had been kept by the master for a week ; never was out of the house a single night since the appointment of the new master ; considered tbe master treated him harshly . Mr Eaton , the master , dented the allegations altogether , lie declared that be never gave Whitfield the permission to go oat on Tuesday , and that he never saw him from the time he went before the board on the Friday , until the following Friday , and that his bed was empty the whole time . Whitfield said he could prove by the inmates of his ward tbat he was never out as described . Mr Wright then moved and Mr Marks seconded a resolution , ' That in the opinion of the board , the allegations against the master were unfounded . ' The motion was carried unanimously ; and a resolution having also been adopted , ordering the issue of the new uniform clothing to the inmates , and that it be taken from them and their clothes returned on their dicharge , tho board broke up .
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West Losdon Cbxibal Anh-Enclostjee Association .-. At the last weekly meeting of thb Association , at the Princess Boyal , Circus-street , Newroad , September 13 th , Mr Baston in the chair . A communication from Richard Oastlerwas read , respecting the proposal of that gentleman to write a public letter in aid of the Anti Enclosure question . Mr Oastler states tbat it was a mistake to suppose tbat he ever intended writing such letter , for though he had stated that if a public letter from his pen would be of any service he would write one , yet he wished it to be distinctly understood tbat it would not be of any service , public patriotism being at so low an ebb , that he had . been forced to lay down his
pen , and retire at once into private life . Mr Oastler's explanations were deemed satisfactory by the meeting . A resolution in support o f HowMt Journal was unanimously adopted . The meeting then adjourned till Monday evening next at eight o ' clock . More books were received for the library . ' Ibish Democratic Cobfedebation . —At a meeting of this body held at Cartwrigbt ' s Coffee House , on Sunday evening , September 5 th , several new members were enrolled . The following gentlemen were elected as the managing committee for the nexl three months - . —Messrs Martin , Tucker , Joice , Bezer , and Dwain . Mr Claucey was elected secretary , and Mr Cartwright , treasurer ;
Eaiikg Bask or Exoiaot Notes for a Waobb . — - Two privates of the Royal Marines just paid off from her Majesty ' s steam vessel Pluto , Lieutenant . Commander Low , at Woolwich , for a trifling wsger commenced eating several £ 5 Bank of England notes , with bread , cheese , and onions , but were stop ped by some of their more sensible comrades , who came up at the time , and compelled them to desist . Fortunately the numbers of the notes remained unmutilated . The Prometheus , Commander Hay , and the Vbwnix , Commander Dennis , have just been paid off , and the seamen have been playing similar absurd tricks . Most of the sailers bare received nearly £ lWewbi
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an area of partially unenclosed ground , to the extent of its chain , on which to move . The deceased , in company with an old man named Gass . onthe day already mentioned , went to see the bear ( as he had ottea done before , bnt flood where he thought himse ° « tof the bear ' s reach . He was there feeding it with bread crumbs from the palm of his hand , when the bear , sprang at him , knocked him down , and dragged him within Us area of ground . Notwith * standing the intrepid exertions ofthe poor old man , Gass , and Mr Cowen , the bear commenced to worry the man , and eventually seised him in the neck below the left ear , and continued to draw tho blood from the wound which it had made there . It was
not until several men , one of whom had a pitch-fork and another a coal-rake , had beaten the brute that the unfortunate man was released . Although all the other persons were within the bear ' s reach , it did not attempt to injure any , but its victim . The unfortunate man , who was dreadfully torn about the neck and tbe head , was soon afterwards taken to the infirmary . where he received every attention , notwithstanding which he died on Sunday morning . Mr Cowen , who was absent when the accident occurred , informed the Coroner and the . Jury , when they went to see the animal's habitation , that he had never known the bear guilty of attacking any person before . He shot it early on Saturday , morning .
TORKSHIRK . . A 'PtiHET RTJLTO . ' —^ TiPERflTITION IN 1847 . — Last week , a child of E . Mitchell ' s , bobbin-maker , near Todmorden , got severely burnt by falling against the oven door . A neighbouring woman happened to go into the house soon after the accident , and assured Mitchell ' s wife that an old planet-ruler and fortune-teller , resident at a secluded and solitary place called Frield Hunt , near Todmorden , could cure the child instantly by cabalistic art , for , continued the woman , he can stop bleeding , kill witches
and wizards , by means of ruling the planets . The mother of the child went to the fortune-teller , whose name is said to bellolgut ah ' euHoIgate , and after she had told her story about the accident and paid him the usual fee , he told her that she might go home , for she was completely cured . The woman returned , but found the child crying and much worse . On Sunday , Mr Hardman , surgeon , of Todmorden , was called to see it , and under his care , the child is in a fair way of recovery . It is stated that the planet-ruler of Frield Burst obtains an excellent living by his bad fortune-telling , chiefly by young
women . MuRDKB AT SWINTON HEAR DONCASTKR . —The doceased , Caleb Barker , aged 47 , warehouseman to Mr Barker , of Don Pottery , left his house between seven and eight o ' clock last Saturday evening , and went to the Ship , kept by a widow named Simpson , at Swinton-bridge , w hich is distant only a few hundred yards from his residence , and immediately opposite the railway station . On arriving he paid some club money , and had some ale . He left the house in good health about half-past nine , ' taking with him a quart of ale , his custom every Saturday
night , for his wife to partake of , and also a few pipes which he had purchased . Hia wife , having waited some time longer than usual , sent a person to inquire respecting him ; and about half-past ten an alarm was given , and some persons came to her house for alight . On going out with lights > he vias liunrar struck at finding her husband quite insensible , he having just been found in that condition by a person named Thomas Gore . The poor man was at once removed to the house , and medical aid was immediately obtained , but he never spoke afterwards , and died early the next morning . An inquest was held , but no positive proof of the guilty obtained .
Tub Sheffield Frea-Trade Association have sent an address to Col . Thompson , M . P ., whom they have appointed one of their representatives at the Free-trade Congress at Brussels .
WARWICKSHIRE . Birmingham . —Supposed Murder . —Three persons ( a man and two boys ) are now in the custody ofthe police of this town , charged with being concerned in , or having a knowledge of , the murder of a man named Brown , in a hut at the Crescent , on Friday night last .. It appears that the deceased , who had been out all the day at Tamworth , thatching , asked permission of a number of boatmen ( the prisoners being of the party ) to rest himself in their hut , situated on the banks of the canal . This favour was granted to him , when one of the boatmen proceeded to quarrel with ihe deceased ; tbe fellow seized Brown ' s stick , and beat him so violently about the
head and neck that he lay insenble upon the floor , when his brutal assailant lifted him upon a bench , and he was found to bo dead . The whole ofthe party who were participators in , or witnesses of , the murder , then made their escape . The deceased was supposed to be possessed ofa watch and some money , but nothing was found upon his person . In the course ofthe the week police apprehended the parties now in custody , but the principal offender , whom they state struck the blows by which the deceased was killed , has for the present succeeded in eluding the vigilance of the officers in pursuit . The men in confinement refuse to give any information as to the watch and money .
SUFFOLK . A Peer ' s Opimok op Farm leases . —At the annual meeting of the East Suffolk Agricultural Association on Saturday , Lord Stradbroke said : in some districts we see farms in tbe highest state of cultivation ; this is , no doubt , ascribable to the aids of science applicable to husbandry operations ; in such plact-s there must have Been a considerable outlay of money , with a proportionate amount of labour . This state of things is most gratifying to the spectator ; it notonly reflects credit on tbe occupier of the soil , but is attended by inestimable advantage to the poor . But we cannot deny that a less cheering prospect meets the eye in other districts . We see vast tracts of land imperfectly cultivated , the farm
buildings dilapidated , the tenantry in an obviously impoverished condition ; in short , all betokening neglect . In such places , it it painful to reflect upon the amount of suffering to which the poor are vm happily subjected . Are we not bound to ask what is the cause of all this ? Now , then , I maintain that these evils spring from the bad system of farming pursued . If the land does not yield more than half tbe crop that it is capable of producing , the system of cultivation must be wrong . The question then naturally arises , who is to blame ? This is delicate ground , ' but , however unpopular , I shrink net from stating my opinion fearlessly—I trust not . offensively . I say , then , that the landlords are tbe chief culprits ; it is the landlords' fault if farms be not better
cultivated . ( Great cheering . ) We may call upon the occupier to improve the land , but can we expect men of sense to expend their capital without some guarantee—without the certainty of such continued occupation as may secure both principal and interest to the full extent of the sum expended ? ( Renewed cheers . ) The next question that arises is as to the mode in which that object may be best attained . My answer is , by granting leases to deserving tenants . That is the only way ia which the land can be extensively improved . I am aware that heretofore there has existed considerable difference of opinion upon the subject of farm leases , but we should bear in mind tbat the pursuit of agriculture is placed upon a very different basis . We must henceforth adapt our
system to those altered circumstances , and tbe hrst step will be that of giving the occupying tenant a distinct and permanent interest in his holding . ( Cheers . ) Indeed , the question in future should not be whether the tenant be desirous ofa lease , but rather whether he should be permitted to enter upon the occupation of a farm without it . For my own part , I conceive that leases are essential to the wellbeing both of the landlord and ofthe tenant—I mean such form of lease as may render it imperative on the occupier to adhere to a prescribed rotation of crops , and which should likewise provide for the employment of suoh an amount of labour as would in the end prove advantageous to the tenant , secure the rights of the landlord , and be beneficial te tbe labourer .
CAMBRIDGESHIRE . Conflagrations and Loss of Life . —Near Cambridge , last week , a tremendous fire laid in ruins the greater part of Cottenham , a village noted for the manufacture of cheese . When discovered ( about twelve o ' clock ) , it appeared to have commenced in a cooper ' s shop , occupied by Mr Moore , situated at the Cambridge end . The Cottenham engines were brought immediately into requisition , and those of Willingham and Cambridge were sent for , but before the latter reached the scene , the flames had advanced with giant strides , throwing a lurid glare over the country for many hours . In less than two
hours , a row of dwelling houses , with twenty or thirtv barns , granaries , outhouses , and upwards of twenty sacks of wheat , hay , and straw , were in a blaze . As a spectacle , the scene was almost sublime , and the utmost consternation and dismay naturall y prevailed amongst the inhabitants . The conflagration raged furiously till nearly six o ' clock , before it was checked . By that hour three parts of the -village had fallen a sacrifice . No fewer than fifty buildings , and as many sacks of wheat , etc ., have been consumed . It has been stated that the losses exceeded £ 30 , 000 . The amount of tttsuraBe . ea ate not meriUoued . How the calamity originated no accurate information could be obtained . Lato on Wednesday night , twelve dwelling houses , tenanted by latowang families , at
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Sidmonfch , at a p lace called Mi kross , were burned S . It was cauwd-by thedriw of the Northern Scart going into a stable with a naked candte . Klip hihorses for the night , when a spark fell Sme straw wh cu speed ly ignited . One man . named BulUo ' sfhis life , in the names . His , body was dW out the following morning , a blackened m MBNBA , near Elt . -Morb mvstbbiovs PoisoitiRO r -A female named Ann Barnes , who for som etime past had been residing at Ely , but latterly had been staying at her son's , at Parlorbridge , near , this village , had been , in the habit of taking a number of young children to nurse during the daytime , while their parents were engaged in gathering in the barvest . Amongst the children in her care were four whoso ages averaged from seven to fifteen months . The first of these four children , a daughter of a . labourer , named Benjamin Hartley ,, was taken ill a short time back , and after a few days '* severe suffering itrecovered , having been taken home , and placed under the care of its mother . Immediately after-, . ,, , , . .. > :. '
wards the child belonging to John Hartley , another labourer , was taken ill , and a third was seized with similar symptoms , aboutthe same period ; and the fourth , the infant child of" John Yoange ; Mrs Barnes ' d son was also laid up with illness . After a few dsys of excruciating agony the children died . The fact of so many children having died . under such mysterious circumstances haying come to the knowledge of the police , an inquiry , was forthwith set on foot , the result of which showed that each case was fraught with suspicion . Mr * Peate , the coroner , at once issued , his warrant for holding ah inquest on the body of Mary Ann Young , the only one not interred . Mr Dean , surgeon , made a post mortem examination ofthe body , and said he was prepared to say that tho deceased had been poisoned with arsenic . Several witnesses were examined , and after an arrangement was made for the exhumation of the other bodies .
At the resumed examination , the bodies of the children of Aubery and Hartley having been exhumed on Friday last , Mr James Dean , surgeon , of Chatteris , was called : Exhumed the bodies on the 10 th . That ' of WhitwelJ Aubery presented no . unusual external appearance , but internally , the small intestines were suffused with a bright yellow colour . The lungs and liver appeared healthy . Removed the alimentary canal , put it in a sealed bottle , and delivered it ; to Captain Hampton . The next day examined it with Mr O'Connor , and discovered the presence of crystals . Mr Dean then entered into minute details of the tests he had applied to ascertain whether any poison was in the body of the child . ' The result is , * he concluded , ' that there is no doubt on n , y mind that the child Aubery died of arsenic ' Mr Dean next described the process by which he arrived at an opinion in regard to the death of Eliza
Hartley . That opinion was that the child had died of arsenical poison . As regards Youn g / s child , Mr Dean had ho doubt that it had an additional dose of areenio just before death . The other two children had but one dose , and nearly got rid of it before death . This accounted for the crystals resulting from the tests in the case of Young ' s child and not in the others . Captain Hampton , superintendent of the Ely police , said he had caused every inquiry to be made , but the procuration of the poison could not be traced . No poison or trace of it had been found in the house of Young , although a minute search had been made . Other not very material evidence having been adduced , Captain / Hamilton , applied for a further adjournment , and after some discussion as to the probability of the obtaining of : further evidence , the coroner having fully explained the importance of the inquiry , it wis adjourned to the 15 th of September , the jury being bound over to appear en that day .
ESSEX . Sooth Essex Registration . — On Monday Sir W . Riddle and E . Bcsanquet , Esq ,, the barristers appointed to revise tbe list of voters for the county of Essex , gave notice that they will commence the revision ofthe division of it on Wednesday next at Romford . On the following day the court will sit at Stratford . The number of claims and objections are much greater than , usual . itlDDMBBX . Elopement ix Middle Life . —The quiet little village of Acton has been furnished with a bit of fruitful gossip by an elopement . The young lady is the daughter of a tradesman at Cliaring-croos , and possesses considerable attractions . The young lady
has been very fond of taking short morning rides by the London and Wycombe coach , which she was permitted to do by her parents , in consequence of her health appearing much , to improve therefrom , and not the slightest suspicion was entertained by any of the members . ofthe family that she was forming a secret attachment . The other morning she was missing at breakfast time , and it was afterwards ascertained that the usual morning ride had been varied by a drive in a ' fly , ' with the driver and pro prietor of the Wycombe coach , who is some years her senior , her age being 20 . This excursion ended at a metropolitan church , where the parties were duly married .
SURREY . Two Gamekeepers Stabbed by Poachers . —On the morning of Saturday last , a murderous affray took place at West Horley , near Guildford , between a keeper and ah assistant keeper , in the joint employ of Mr It . A . Frogley ^ and Mr Currie , M . P ., and a party , of poachers , in which the two keepers were stabbed , and are now lying in a dangerous state . Guildford . —The Game Laws . —The excitement created throughout this portion of tbe county of Surrey by . thelate frightful affray between a party of poachers and the gamekeepers of Messrs R . A . Forgley . and E . Currie , Esq ., M . P ., on the morning of Saturday last , is beyond description , and has only been equalled by the similar affr » y which took place a few j ears since , between , another party of poachers and the gamekeepers of Mr Bryce Combe , at Church
Cobham , when one of the gamekeepers met bis death . The names of the two keepers who have in the recent , conflict been stabbed are George Targett and James Martin ; the former , who is head keeper , is about 40 years of age , and has a wife and two children ; and the latter , who is a single man , is 21 years of age , and is an assistant keeper . Tho wounded men were not discovered for nearly three hours after tbey had received the injury ; and at thai time Targett appeared to be completely lifeless . They were found by a person who was accidentally passing through the wood in which the affray took place , from whence , as soon as assistance was procured , they were conveyed in a spring cart , each to his own cottage , on Mr Forgley ' s property , at East Horsier .. Both men are in a very dangerous state .
FBiahrFiTL Occurrence at the New Cross Railwat STA « 0 N . —On Tuesday afternoon an accident occurred at tbe New Cross Station of the London and Brighton Railway toa man named William Wadley , which , it is feared , will prove fatal . Wadley was in the employ of tho company in the carriage department , and while removing some trucks , he by some means became jammed between the buffers of two of the carriages , which came together with such violence as to crush the upper part of his person in the most awful manner . His cries soon brought several men to his aid , and after a little difficulty he was released in an insensible state , lie was taken to Guy's Hospital , where it was discovered tbat he had received dislocations of the collarbone , and fracture of tbe sternum , and that the ribs had sustained groat injury , several being broken and forced in .
. REST . Fire ai Woolwich . —At half-past twelve on Tues . day , a person in the employ of Mr Griffin , carrier , on his return from London , at that time discovered a fire on the . premises of Mr Hill- furniture-broker , opposite the Dockyard wall , a short distance eastward of the main gate . An alarm was immediately given , and the Dockyard ; police , with two of the fire-engines , were promptly on the spot , but could not , for some time , render efficient assistance , owing to tho want of water . The pslicemen exerted themselves in a most praiseworthy manner , and by joining seventeen lengths of hose , of forty feet each , succeeded in obtaining a supply from tho Dockyard main , which enabled them to play upon the house and shop so as to confine the fire to the building in which it originated , although the fire had obtained such ascendancy tbat the whole of tho contents and flooring were consumed . Mr Hill is said to be injured , but it is not known to what amount .
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Shipwreck and Loss of Life . —In the evening of Saturday last , the 11 th inst ., during a heavy gale from the WS W „ in Carnarvon Bay , five persons met a premature death . Two vessels , one a yacht , the other a schooner , were seen on the afternoon of that day out in the bay . The yacht signalled for a pilot to cross the bar , and proved to be the Gem , the property of J . Flemine , Esq ., member of the Royal Yacht Squadron . In consequence of the distance from the station , she did not wait for the pilot ' s arrival , but exchanged one of her own hands for the mate of the other vessel , who was to act as her pilot . The schooner proved to be the Vine ,, of Pwllheli , bound with a cargo of coal fiom Lanelly , in South Wales , to Bangor . From some cause or other , perof
haps the darknes the evening , the schooner , in attempting to pass the bar . some time between five and seven o ' clock , into the Menai Straits , struck on the north bank , must have immediately capsized , filled and sunk with all on board . The pilots belonging to the station at Llanddwyn went out in the life boat , but owing to the extreme darkness , and the schooner showing no light , they were unable to find out her position until day-break on Sunday morning , when having discovered her , they pullou out for the purpose of boarding . She was on her beam-ends , with her masts inibeded in the sand . In the cabin tho dead body of a woman passenger was found , and on the bank the body of a man was . discovered ; and both were immediately taken to Carnarvon , there being signs of lite in tho man . Four other men , the remainder of tho-crew , perished . The Gem arrived sitfe over the . or with the . Yuw ' a mate o p board ,
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1 ; Ths ; Shipwbbok AXi . CABHABvoir :, Bar . —On Monday an inqaert was held at Carnarvon on the body of Mary Humphreys ; the woman found drowned in the cabin of the Vine schooherj wrecked on the bar on the nigb ' t ' pf iSaturday last . From ; thei evidence of one of the seamen who had been recovered , although found senseless , named W . Williams , it appeared that the schooner was on her ¦ passage from Portduillaen to Bangor ; that t hey had left' the above place about three or four o ' clock ; that nothing occurred . until about six o ' clock , when she struck on the sand-bank ; the captain , G . Griffiths , was at the helm at the time , and he was well acquainted with the navigation of the bar . They had , previously exchanged their mate with one of the '" m _ -. 0 . ™ , bi » i » ,, ir 1 * f ! t » MMnra > f' . Rut —fVn IvTnn .
hands of the yacht Gem . There were on board , when the vessel struck , the master , J , Owen , J . Jonas , the yachtman , and the female , who was a passenger to Bangor , The Vine was driven over the bank by the extreme violence of the waves : the crew took refuge in the rigging , with the exception of the female , who was in the cabin . The witness saw the Englishman washed from the riggiug , when he tried to swim . Did not see the others washed away . Did not make a signal for a pilot , as the captain knew the navigation well . Could see the shore for some time whilst in the rigging , and thinks that the wreck could be seen from the land . ' Is sure that the body is that of the woman who is in the cabin when the vessel struck . Verdict , * Fonnd drowned . '
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LANARKSHIRE . Ano thbr Detbrmined Attempt at Soicibe—A female , engaged in-a public work at Anderston , Glasgow , having been discharged from her employ , ment on account of some misconduct ; resolved npon destroying herself . The poor creature had set her mind upon death by poison , but in order to effect this , he found it necessary to have recourse to the pawnbroker , and she-actually pledged a portion of her clothes for threepence , with which she purchased first one pennyworth of laudanum , which she drank , then a second , and these dose s not proving immediately effectual , 'the last penny was expended on the drug in order to accelerate herdeath . She was fou < d in a dying state , and the cause of her illness having been Ascertained , the stomach pump was applied , and she is bow nearly recevered .
P R kT H 8 BIB * • Dotal Fbbs . —At a meeting of . the Perth town oouncil , Bailie Barias stated that heavy fees were exacted by the Duke of Atholl from every one who visited the Dunkeld grounds , and that the whole p f these fees went into the . duke ! s pocket .. He ( Baihe Barias ) was certain there was not another duke in Scotland did the like . 'These fees , * adds the Advertiser , 'are as follow : One person , 2 s . 6 d . ; two persons , 3 n ; and a shilling a head for any greater number , A gentleman told us on Monday , that he had lately paid 7 s . for tbo privilege accorded to the party with which he was connected .
. , < ; ,. ABERDEENSHIRE . Rioht of Wat ; . —A subscription has been set on foot , in aid of which the public are invited to come forward ; and to support their claim to a pathway on the south side of the River Don . Lord James Iiay has issued an interdict , prohibiting the public from using this pathway , which , he claims as private property . At a meeting of the town council of Old Aberdeen , on Friday last , a motion was made that the council should give £ 10 , to assist in defending the ' right of way through Seaton Park . The council , however , negatived the motion without a division .
aibshieb . . Determined Suicide . —A person named Teale , lately in the employ of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company , but dismissed a-few weeks ago , threw himself on the rails between Drybridge and Gatehead stations , at the moment the down train from Kilmarnock came in sight . The engine-man perceiving him , reversed the engine , and sounded the whistle , whilst the guard put on the drag , and both shouted to him to get off the line . In vain , however , for the unhappy man kept his position , and the train , before it could be stopped , went over him at a slow pace , mangling him in so shockingly that he died next day . Before the train came down , be inquired at Gatehead station if the up-train from Ayr was past , and , or being told that it was , he replied , ' Oh , it makes no odds ; I'll wait for the next ;' and went off to meet it . No one suspected his purpose . He was an Englishman , and has 4 eft a wife and five children .
Death ov an Old Fiddler . —Died at Peeblesstreet , Newton-on-Ayr , on Monday ; morning , Matthew Hall , aged eighty-seven years . The deceased was a well-known character , in tbe West country . He surpassed as a bass fiddler . The old worthy used to mention that ho was forty-five years in the habit of frequenting Coilsfield and Eglmtoun Castle , in his capacity as a musician .- His ehiefooadjutor was James M'Laohlan , an Highlander , who came to Ayrshire in a fencible regiment , and was patronised by Lord Eglintbun . At concerts , at the castle the late Earl of Eglintoun generally tcok a part on tbe violincello or tbe harp , and amongst other professional players on the violin , blind Gilmour from Stevenston was usually present . ' O thae war the
days for music ' . ' involuntarily exclaimed old Hall , as he proceeded witb bis reminiscences . Hal ) and M'Laohlan played over the whole county at all the gentlemen ' s residences , and even in Edinburgh and Glasgow , on great ^ occasions .- In one week to use his own words , they ' passed twenty-six parish kirks , and returned to Ayr on Friday to a ball , never setting to bed till Saturday night . ' They obtained snatches of sleep , a * they best | could , during the intervals of playing and travelling . At one time Hall and M'L ? chIan were at the Duke of Argyll's for six months together . M'Lachlan had been there before as footman to Lord John Campbell . It was a time
of much festivity ; a blind Irish harper , of the tamo of O'Kane , was also among the party of musicians . The harper , conceiving himself to be eclipsed by the violin players , or fancying an insult from the Duke of Argyll , left the party , and bribing some boys ! < o procure materials , actuall y set fire to the lower part of Iaverary Castle , which would soon have been in flames , bat for the timely discovery of the act . The incendiary was taken to Inverary gaol , and no doubt met the punishment he deserved . Mr Hall ' s bass fiddle was a present from the late Countess of Eglintoun . It is , perhaps , worth mentioning that he was the first mason ever made by the poet Burns .
MID-LOTHIAS . Leigh . —Fall of a Granary . —Between nine and ten o ' clock on Tuesday night the front wall ofa granary , situated in Lawriestreet , Leigh , suddenly fell into the street , throwing out about 200 tons weight of grain . The building was three stories in heisht , and the floors , we understand , were laden with grain to the depth of about seven feet each , which overloading appears to have been the cause of the unfortunate eccunence . The inhabitants in tho
neighbourhood were , of course , dreadfully alarmed by the fearful crash , but so far as we have been able to learn no personal injury was sustained . Fortunately , Lawrie-street is not a great thoroughfare , except on Sundays , during divine service , when it leads from Kirkgate to Mr Smart ' s church ; and had the fall taken place two hours sooner , tbe consequences might have been highly calamitous . The amount of damage to the property must have been great . The back wall seems to be all that remains standing of the building .
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fication Kgiving . insertion to the following ^ T ^ nication : — "'"« c » a « iu » ' - ¦ : XheBev M ^¦ Croke , Vt P . ot CharlerUIe , ft , aol ' lodging , with the deepest sense of ob'igation ' th .. " ** £ 50 from his Eminence Cardinal Pransonl forth ! " of his parish , most fervently unites with ' his Zu" ^ offering the homage of grateful heart * to the n , Father for hit generous sympath y and prloceW m 7 flcenee to mitigate the sufferings and « ave from su tion the afflicted people of this unhappy country . Auction at Mn O'Conkbll ' s—On Thn « fJa » sale by auction took place at the residence of tC \ J Mr O'Connell , in Merrion-fqoare , of ? varitft articles of household furniture . The rooms I crowded during the course of the day , and everv nT ? ofthe spacious residence examined ; but of the bit distinguished occupant there was little or nnti ! : fl / istlnn ?«„ : _ . '__ si '' ., . .. •• ... . " ! ^~ - * C 5
in the property sold to suggest a memento . Th furniture was solid , but plain . Neither books nn pictures were put under the hammer of Mr LawW In the hall there were large trunks , directed for Darrynano Abbey , marked Law Books , ' ^ vacant places on the walls showed where picture had formerly been ; but the articles actually 80 u were of too every day aiiature to excite peculiar at tention . They were not suggestive ofthe decea i as the contents of a library would have been , or of I study . The property disposed of by che auctioneer realised very good prices ; but from the circum , stances already alluded to , the details of the sale do not call for any especial notice . —Saunders ' s News Letter .
8 PREAD OF FEVER . Fever is becoming more prevalent and more fatal in Dublin as well as in the provinces . The state of tho Castlerea poor-house is described as awful . The master and matron have resigned ; the latter is very ill of fever . On Friday none of the guardians would take the chair , lest he would subject himself to any of the liabilities . An assistant has been at work to try to regulate the accounts of the former clerk , which , indeed , appear complicated . Where such matters will end God only knows .
FOOD RIOTS AT BAVTBY . A letter dated Bantry , September 8 , and published in the Cork Examiner , says : — Tbii ill-fated and almost depopulated town became this day tbo scene of inditcribable confusion . The witb , drawal ef the rations , coupled with the frightful prog , pect of an approaching winter , bas blighted all hopes of existence , and goaded the enraged multitude to desperation . Tbe consequences were painfully exhibited this day . The wretcbed and famished inhabitants of the neighbouring parishes proceeded to town , and thence t o tbe workhouse , where they demanded admission , and , as might be expected , were refused . They were not
long supplicating , when a large party of military awl police were on the ground , commanded by a captain and sub-inspector of constabulary , all under the control of Mr Hutchinson , Justice of tbe Peace . At this stage of the proceedings , tbe hungry and disappointed applicants commenced uprooting a plot of potatoe ground attached to the workhouse , but tbe military obliged them to retreat as quickly as their exhausted strength would per * mitthem . Some ot tbe dispersed people plucked up some turnips and ate them whilst retiring . Still nothing serious occurred . Three only were captured for the very clamorous manner in which they sought to obtain food .
It is rumoured here that the melancholy scenes of this day are to be renewed to-morrow and each succeeding day , until tbe people find a refuge in the workhouse . The Tipperary Vindicator contains a long report ofa meeting of tenant farmers , held at Borrisoleigh , on Thursday last , on the same subject of tenant right . There appears to be considerable excitement on the matter in Tipperary . The Evening Mail denounces the movement as revolutionary , and as directed against the payment of rents ; but as yet , there is nothing in the proceedings to warrant this imputation . POOR BELIEF TAXATION . The Enniskillen board of guardians , yielding to the demand of the poor-law commissioners ( who threaten to dissolve the board and appoint paid guardians ) have made the rate , including a portion of the temporary relief expenditure , as required by the commissioners .
The Kilkenny board of guardians have in part complied with the demand of the commissioners , by making a rate of 3 s l $ d , which will be entirely devoted to the ordinary expenditure ; but they have ty a majority passed a string of resolutions , declaring that they are not fairly liable for more thnn one-half ofthe loans tor temporary relief . The Marquis of Ormond and the Hon W . Wandesford dissented from the resolutions . In Carlow union the resistance to the rate for outdoor relief appears to have ceased , M 0 K 8 T 2 R JIEBTINO 07 FARMERS AND UBOUBERS IX TIPPEBARV . A movement of a very extraordinary kind , with the professed objected of promoting a settlement of the Land-tenure question , is now in progress of the county of Tipperary , in which a notification , of which the following is a copy , has been extensively circulated : —
A public meeting ( convened by requisition numerously signed ) of the tenant-farmers , labourers , and people at large , of the county of Tipperary , will be bolden at Holy Cross , on Sunday , the Wth of September , 1817 , for the purpose of establishing a league of tenantfanners , and of taking such o : her measures as may be thought necessary and effective to prevent themselves from the general ej ctment intended by the landlords ; to provide and secure themselves and their families against the danger ef another famine , and to obtain a fixed and firm right of property and possession in their f arms , on suoh conditions as will enable them to lire in independence aud comfort .
Last year there was an extensive failure of the potato crop , tbe usual and sole source of subsistence to tbo farmer . An universal dearth end desolating general famine followed the failure . This year from want of seed , want of means , and general fear of another failure , tbe potato has not been plant- d to aay extent . The stock and means of the farmers have been greatly reduced , and in many cases taken ^ an-ayaltogether by the demands and deficiency of last year , and they are in consequence utterly unable to pay this year the ordinary rents and extraordinary taxes . In tbe face of this fact the landlords are determined to require and enforce full payment of the usual rents and if those rents be not paid to take the lands into their own hinds , or let it in large tracts . In public an J private , in Parliament , through ihe press , and at public meetings , tbey have declared that tbe til . lage farmers of Ireland must be cleared out and got rid of .
Under those circumstances , the tenant farmers mutt now determine how to act , and what course to follow . One and all , let them come to Holy Cross , on the 19 th of September , and then and there determine an-1 de * clare , by common agreement , in full meeting assetnb ' ed , what tbat course is to be , and in what manner they aro resolved to act . The question between landlord and tenant must now at last be fully and finally settled ; it shall be settled . It shall be settled at Holy Cross , on Sunday , the 19 th of September . The tenant-farmers and people of Tipperary have now , if they choose to use tbem , the power and oppor . tunity ia their own hands of settling that question for ever .
The laheurero also , as well as the farmers , are requested nnd bound to attend ; they have a direct personal interest in the matter as strong and clear as that of the farmers—the rate of wages and extent of employment , their future condition , their subsistence , indepeu . dence , and very Uves are all at stake , and all to bo determined on as well as those of the farmers ; for if , the farmers obtain security in their holdings at reduced and fair rents , which will enable them to make improvements , the employment of labour will increase , and rate of wages will rise- ; but if the formers lose their lauds , tho labourers will lose their lives , or sink into wretched paupers depending on the workhouse .
The Interest and prospect of the townsmen and trading classes are intimately bound up with those of the occupiers of land—the rate of wages and extent o £ business , the certainty of employment , the amount oS profits , whether of trade or professional practice , are all based on the amount of disposable nwansin the hands of the tenant farmers . And , finally , the future state and condition of Ireland * , her independence and very existence are staked oa tha preservation , security , and prosperity of those who occupy and cultivate her soil as farmers and labourers . All her help and hope is in them—they constitute hec people—her only people ; for the town population of Ireland is scanty in amount ; and th 8 landlords , with few exceptions , are uliens , enemies , or absentees
In direct furtherance , therefore , of the interests of every class of our people , in defence of their rights £ life and property , in defence of their country and all ber hopes , it is requested and expected that the entire population of Tipperary—tenant farmers , labourers , townsmen , and tradespeople—will attend at Holy Cross on tha day of meeting . It is earnestly requested tbat all means be used t « circulate this handbill as extensi » ely as possible , let M > be passed rapidly from hand to hand . let ae- ona keep it in his possession after reading it , but send it on through the country ; and let each man who reads 18 use all exertion to prevail oa at least fire or sis others ta accompany him to tho proposed meeting . This is tha way ta secure success . A great object is at stake—a great purpose is to be achieved , aud a great meeting la required . By order of the Preparatory Committee , __ _ ( Signed ) 3 ahB 3 . p , J-Atoa . '
Tbb Prelates in Pabuambnt . —The four Irish ) at ) representative prelates for the session 1847—8 , are- * - * The Archbishop of Armagh and Tuam , the Bishop op ol Killaloe and Clonfert , the Bishop of lulmore * re * Ardagh , and Elphin , and the Bishop of Clogher . A Fever Victim . —M » do Mnssy one ofthe physi * rsi * oians sent over to Ireland by the French govern * rn « ment , to report upon the epidemic now provailingi agt is ill of fever at his residence , in St Stephen ' sgreen . ' en . Tho fever is of the spotted type , and Dr de Mussyi ey , has been in a perilous state ; but his medical atten- ; endants now have strong hopes of bis recovery . Ha Ha caught the infection in the feversheds in the vicinitf litt of Dublin , where he had beea almost oositastly » » attendance , 1 fCwiifMKdfv-f SsmdiPgl -J J
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FLAX IMPROVEMENT SOCIETV . —THE LORD LIEUTENANT . Last week a deputation from the Royal Society for the Promotion and Improvement of the Growth of Flax in Ireland , composed of the Earl of Erne , Mestrs John Sharman Crawford , John Herdman , S . R . Mulholland , and James M'Adam , waited on his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant , at the Viceregal Lodge , to present an address of congratulation on his Excellency ' s appointment to the government of this country , and to solicit that his Excellency would be graciously pleased to accept of the office of vicepatron of tho society . His Excellency said tbat he accepted with great
satisfaction the mark of distinction tbey had conferred upon him by proposing to him to become tbe vice patron of the Flas Improvement Society of Ireland . He was aware of the efforts they had made , and the success which had attended their laudable exertions . He attached the greatest importance to the cultivation of flax , because it afforded the means ot creating and spreading a spirit Of industry in IreUnd , and ha felt the more interest in it on account of its being the particular branch of agriculture most closely connected with that particular branch of manufacture , the linen trade , for which Ireland had been famous as an exporting country . As a free trader , he thought that there should be no restriction placed on the produce of other countries , however remote from Great Britain , and tbe principle of which he approved was ,
that they should buy in the cheapest and sell in tbe dearest markets , but that did not prevent his desiring to see the produetions of his own country cheaper , better , and in ail resp cts superior to these of other countries . Under their auspices he hoped they should yet see the linen manufacture flourish throughout the country . Notwithstanding that their climate was highly favourable to the production of flax—that their peasantry were as laborious and their artisans at ingenious as those ef any other country—with ail these advantages , he saw , witb great regret , tbat the people of Great Britain and Ireland were tributaries to foreign countries in tbe
amount of five or six millions annually for an article which could be abundantly produced at home , the manufactuie of which would be a source of wealth to the country , and the consumption of which would confer tbe blessings of remunerative employment on our own artisans . He therefore looked upon tbe growth of flax , aud the manufacture of linens in Ireland , as of imperial importance , and there was nothing that the deputation could point out to him , either as vice-patron of the society , or in bis official capacity , by which their objects could be advanced , and tbe manufacture of linen premoted , in which they might not be assured of his cordial cooperation . THE POPS—1 W 8 H DBTBIS 3 . I The Evening fat says , ' We . t » T < 3 ttttfHft gtttl <
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18091847/page/6/
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