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• f _ti-m * _Mnmctfii _Ewcnoss-At Oxford there a ft _ftis Mof _"'*^ -. •« jre « r .---At _Basboby tha _^ _" _^ SSS S & S twofonner success-V j _^ _% _toZ * Vt ~ _lte _* <* the _polU-At _Davos-^! _Tti 1 S . " _^ agvntt th e Liberal interest aa _!^ n _« _wl with _thepravioos election . —At Shkmibid _SSSrfCh « r _^ ha « been elected .-Thecl (« e rtftfo Norwich polls show the result to be that the _ojooserrttivei will gain three . theWhiga lose two , ti ai the Ultra * gain one . — Chksikbkslu as lait _* rj » r . —At Pobtsh ) t * ih , oat of the fifteen vacancies , a la hare been supplied by persons oot in the Ust * n ** -meii , and all of them Liberals . —At Salisbury , _ in _ma-ueqnence ofthe alleged blundering of an official , B Is _Libsrala gained only oae out ot fonr in the _contfttfr— » t _Wikchkstkb the parties are equal , as
it at y ear ; and at _NaweoHi ( Isle of Wight ) a similar _mmft- _fnr—tts These eleotion * show tbe retnm of _BefeeCca-erntivaiandwen Liberals . _—LaircisnR _. fcete Tories o- _atarahet ei the Libetdi .-Psmoi , as _t-awsear . -At Bite there waa a gain of one to the ibuberal can § e .-At _SrocaroBT the Conservatives had _o majority in tte eonteat 3 , aud hence a majority in leaecoanciL—The retiring _cauncillors at Wabbikg-Hies where they offered themselves , were re-eleoted , adnd the candidates _atarted by the ' pub-Jeans' for _Hnj-nespeealolgect , defeated ; the _thu-ty-ux councillors ebdnz c * _-mso 9 ed of twelve ( _kmae-vat-vee and twentyi _t _^ _Kberafe _^ _AtGiotjcastaft _, the _ConservatiTC gam rawsoDe .-The Botbuh Liberals beat the Conservaivwts .-Shsrp contests took place atWiaAN _. when retrenchment e _** didate 8 were returned , and a
svevea * tvd ran far the ether three seats , —At Rust ax the hiid _coonciliow elected , with two exceptor's . —Bradusjbd shows a _CoBaerratwe gain on the elections of lute = o rotes . —There is a dispute at _Cutmwx , bnt E tf thB * L > w bbxf lists ©! voters are rejected , as a ** _.-i-Sapated _, there willbealaberalmajonty of four . —At a , 4 H » K- * jsDs » _-Lra- * , Conservative gain of two on _Uh < contests . Alleged intimidation on the part of thth _* _Tcriss . and _perwoation on both sides . —Boltoh bhows a . farther viatory on tha part of tha G \ _nserva-BfiT sin all the wards , with theexception of the east ¦ -- Yobk . _—TtsjlBB ia evidently on the decline io Hbis eity , _aserinced by the * _-vent 6 of Wednesday last .
_EJflaTueaday evening the Tories violated an _agreeonent entered into , and brought forward a candidate _bforCastleeateWard ( in his absence ) in conjunction nrfth & V 7 hie . Tho unholy allianee . ' faowaver , was r _* - * _-aapfly repudiated by the latter , and the Consem i _ n was triamphanUy defeated . The Liberals rata ¦ sated in Guildhall Ward , in consequence of the b & _r-ner _nnseedir-g , and _brioght forward and re-Bton _* d their candidates . The only other wards in ¦/ which there wera contests were Walmsgate aad Monk Wards , ia which bribery to a considerable intent is alleged to have prevailed , and the Tories in xcoa _^ eqienca _aehkvedateismph . —At Anbotbr , no _irantest , and consequently no iaterest .
_ApPSKHK-raON OT A MtJBDIBIR . —TWO _pollOO offi-* e * rs from KUmamock arrived in _Neweastle-upau _Efyneafewdavaago , ia search of a man named Edward Stewart Dili , whom they succeeded in _captttring at Harlow Hill , about ten miles west of Newcastle , charged with being an accomplice , with JJamesM _Qiillan . inthe murder of a lad named Barnes Young Thecrime for whioh the prisoner ¦ was apprehended was committed in the month of May last . The lad was a farm servant at Forty Hates , m the parish of _Dundonnel , in Ayrshire , and iit would appear that he had been attacked on the _IB ' ackhiil road , aad murdered . M'QuiUan being Hupeeted of the murder was apprehended , tried , ( foand eufltv . and suffered the extreme penalty ofthe
Slaw at Ayr . Frerioas , hewever , ti his execution , U » confessed t & at he had beea guilty of ( tie orime for which ha » a 3 about to suffer , bat that the prisoner now in enstody was an accomplice Inquiries were ltb » irirtitot _^ concerning Hill , when it was discovered that at the time of the murder ha resided at KUmarcook , aboat three milea from the scene of the crime , and that he bad taken his departure almost ¦ _aoalianeoasly with tbe apprehension of M _Qoillan . It was soon discovered that he had come ia the directs---, of _Ni-ac * > Ua , and _theoffioets having arrived _fijera , and being asristed by ths police , _joon traoed mm to Harlow Hill , whither , in company with _Substtpect-r Grieves , tbe officers proceeded , and approlanded him , as above stated .
Ths AiiKsm _Bz-vrasD Mobdkh . — _-Itisstrongly a _* -speoted that Foster , tte prisoner charged with the ta order of Robert Slater , is not in a sane state _efrainJ . Ths M 0 BDK « _Sibood . —Pending the adjourn-Bent of the inquest in this case , the magistrates have undertaken thorsngh ' y to investigate tbe _Batter , aad with thia view , after an interview with Superintendent Taff , in order to ascertain what were tbe faots with which he had become acquainted in the courts of hia researcher ., tuey met at the Guild h » U , _Rochester oa Saturday morning , and again in tbe evening , continuing in consultation until nearly
sine o ' clock , having previously issued a warrant for the apprehension of M'G ' iU , the husband of the _itmale prisoner , who , it will be remembered waa the ¦ any who discovered the body of the murdered woman . Both prisoners were present daring the examination of the several witnesses , bnt aa the _inejairy wss conducted * itu closed doors the nature of Be evidence _diiclosed cannot at present be known ; _bat-unoBgtho _« examined were three of M'Gill * _* * h 2 dren and Mrs Jarrett , landlady of the BlackBoj _nnbiic _hoose , ia Rochester . The prisoner * , who uem to treat the nutter with tbe utmost _nnco 4-• em . were again remored in enstody , and the inquiry *« as adjourned .
Fms at a Railwat _Stahos—A fire , whioh had mearly been attended with great loss of property , kake _ontoa Friday week , at the Darby Railway Ration , in this town . It appears that about six a _' _ekek the clerks kft the trains manager ' s office for fie sight , and in abeat two hoars afterwards the Si _tentioa of ihe persona engaeed in the adjoining afi * e was arrested by a smell of fire . They _immedietely entered the manager ' s office , and found it ia _Sunes . ad alarm was given , and by means of a food supply of water the fire wa * soon extinguished , fcavinz bean fortunately confined to the room in which originated . The damage done is comparativel y t Sing . The cause of the accident is not known . IaECKST _EiraAoaBHABT—A trne bill has been foand at the sessions against Mr H . AdamB , attorney , _tiTotness , for larceny , the learned _gentleman being charged with illegally retaining the rate books ot
Paignton . We have not hewd the particulars of the care , bat it has excited seme observations and to sti * _htinoonvanienea tothe accused ; inasmuch as , fiom the form of the proceedings taken , we hear that he conld hare beea apprehended , taken before a magistrate , refased bail , and committed to prison . The consequence hasbeen that tha learned gentleman has , we hear , kept oat of the way till his advisers tan move the cue into the Conrt of Qieen ' a Bench . — Western Time * . _CoaTLAssAimx—Loss to Tb . ovbb . t- ' —Oa Friday week , a fire broke eat in Mr Caadwick _' s wool mill , at Villafield , Aberdeen . From some unaccountable _-arsmanajement _, intelligence ef the faot did not _leaoh the police _offise till half-past one on Saturday _norning . Two engines were immediately despatched They arrived to see four huge , smouldering walls , where , oa the previous day , thera wss a busy and thriving worsted mill .
Ths _AiLEGED Loss at the _Eh'shito Ship Thetis . —The repart of an _aceoont having been received at Lloyd ' s ofthe loss of the emigrant ship Thetis , is incorrect . Glasbow —On Friday sight last , aa old woman Barbed M'Donald , in a fit of drunkenness , attempted to pnt so end to her existence by _swallowiag a quantity of laudanum . She was saved by a prompt application of the stomach pomp ; Attemphs 'A « 8 assd-axh » a * _o > _Stoobb . —An investigation has taken place before the magistrates of Ra-a , dQcidatmgth « _foto _** _ingfactfc Samuel _Garras , a discharged servant , occasionall y lodged in the Fall Moon public hoose , whieh he had been forced to leave ty the landlady , Mrs Phillips , who conceived a _dis-Ike to hira on account of hia leaving hia wife and two children in distressed circumstances a few miles _frota tbe town . He _snbseaaently , _however , went
there sad demanded a pint of beer on credit , whioh wae refused . On the list ] _oecasioa the told him he was drank , andthat he only eame there to annoy her . upon which he palled a pistol from 4 is pocket and fired it at her . -She fell to the ground and it was _thought she was wessded ; but . however , the ball had missed her . He then discharged the second pistol in bis moath , ths ball passing _horksntaUy along the roof nf the mouth aad lodging ia the back of the neck . He was removed nnder the care of the police , tn < i the latest accounts announce hira to be still _Kvinj _* . A You 5 & MotHxs . —A few days ago , at Coventry , Julia Amelia Sprayaon was confined of aeon . The mo'her is only twelve years and seven months old , and the father of the child , who was convicted at the bet Coventry Assises , of a _criminal assault-upon the _4 _f rL is now mideTgainj his sentence of two years ' impri onment .
Lamentable _Occdbbxhcb . —Archibald Fisher , Esq . lace manufacturer , Exchange Square , Glasgow , was thrown oat of a gig , on the road from LarkhaU to _Hsmiicen , on Saturday afternoen last , and expired an Monday morning , from the effete of the injuries herce-ived . Thb Hals-has _Mbbdibw—On Monday last , the _iedy of the female lately murdered in this _neighbeurho A was disinterred , in the presence of the police _auth- _^ ities and the clergyman ofthe distriot . A number ( of persons gave evidence , whioh went-to prove the identity of the murdered woman ; on the _wearing apparel in tha possession of the police being scodaced _, the witnesses swearing to having seen certain articles of the apparel worn by the deceased . A mm named Daan , who stated that he had cohabited with the deceased , identified the body . The woman ' s name waa Margaret Thompson . A reward af £ oO has been offered for the apprehension of the ¦ uderers . Great excitement pervades the
neightenrhood . A _So-Kcrcn _MuKnjRiB . —It will ba inthe recol-BMtion of onr readers , that on the night of Monday , tte Uth ef January , 1847 , aboat twelve o ' clook , as
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Mr John Riley , tobacconist , of Waingate , was proceeding to hia residence in Occupation Road , he was attacked by some men , robbed of hia watch and money , and beaten bo severely that he died ofthe _woaeds on the following Saturday morning , at two o ' clook For some time no cine oould be obtained as to who had perpetrated the outrage ; but at length _SHspicion fell npon three men , named George Bradley . James Bradley , and William Challinor , all of Grimeithorpe ; and , on the 13 th of April following they were brought up before tbe magistrate * , at the Sheffield Town flail . After the evidence had been heard against them , they were remanded till , the following Friday , on the ground that tbe magistrates didnot feel justified in committing Challinor for trial with the two other ? . On the Friday the two Brad
lejs were committed for trial at the York aasires , and Challinor was diecbarged on his own recognisances of £ 20 and two sureties of £ 10 to appear again if required , the magistrates observing that there was not sufficient evidence upon which to _ounmU him for tria , although there was certainly sufficient to fix suspicion npon him . At the Yorkshire summer assises , in 1847 , the two Bradleys ' -fere tried fo- the murder of Mr Riley ; but the jury returned a verdict of not guilty . On the followingday they wereobarged with the highway robbery , npon whioh count they were fonnd guilty , and sentenced to be tranaporttd for fifteen years . The evidence winch seemed to implicate William Challinor was , that , according to his own admission , aB well as tbe evidence of several witnessesabont twelve o ' clock on the night in qaei .
, tion he was with James Bradley at a publio house in the Wicker , from which place they went up Occupa , tion Road , past the top ot Spital Hill , and past the Tery spot where the deed was perpetrated , George Bradley acknowledged that be saw a man lying on the road , and that he picked np bis money ; but Mr Riley before his death several times stated that he waa attacked by tliree men , ahd that he knew the voioe of one ef the men who spoke , and who he believed lived at _Grimesthorpe . Since the trial of the Bradleys , William Challinor , who is by trade a fotk maker , has never , to nse a oommon but significant expression , 'held up his head ; ' tuYhealthdeclined , his body wasted away , and he breathed his last on Taesday night , between mee snd ten o ' clock , at his
parents' home ia Grimesthorpe . It was generally rumoured *{ hat daring his _illnesshs had made a confession of hia guilt in reference te the murder of Mr Riley ; bat as far as we have been able to learn , from those who were with him during his last moments _, it does not appear thit he ever made a disclosure of that character , though he expressed himself as exceedingly penitent for the general misdeeds of his life . It was also rumoured that his friends had exe . ci * ed great precautions not to let bim be alone with any visitors , and that be had acknowledged bin guilt to those with whom he was most intimately _acquainted , bat who woald be careful not to cemmanicate it to others . The unfortunate young man was abont twenty-four years of age .
_Snieisa or Loan _Uiddubtsh . —Lord Uldaleton , a man in tha prime of Ufa , had been for soma time rather eccsnirlcin his manners , arising , it was _oadtrscood , from fa-ally matters . Ha bas latterly resided almost alone ia the mansion ia Fapperharrow . park _, a short _dUtanesftom Q odalmins . On the _mo-nlncof _Wednss day week , tba OU servant of hia lordship feeling nneasy at not seeing his muter np at tbe usual rime , went to his bed-room lo see if he was UI , bat oa _ehtsria- ; he found that his lordship waa not thera . He searched the house , and oa entering a small room he found hit matter _lylag on the ground , and an appearance , of blood Issuing from hi * montb . He Instantly dispatched tae steward on horseback for the medical aid of Mr Steadman _, tho
family surgeon , bat oa his arrival he foand that Lord _Hiadleton , had bten dead tome hours , and that death bad boen caused try the noxious _facaea of charcoal _. His lordship ' s will wat lying on a table n « ar , at weU at a ring which he asaslly wore , and a pillow fetched from tha deceased nobleman ' s bedroom waa lyinfr near the brasier , and on it hit lordship ' s head was reclined . Litttrt were alto foand ladicatlveof hit lordship ' s intention te destroy his life . The afflicted lady of the deceased arrived at Pepperharrow Park the following day , and it ia stated that sbe waa la the act of writing to his lordship stating her intention of returning home , when tha messenger arrived with the _dreadfal news . His lordship dies without Issue , aad ia succeeded by Charles _Brodrioke , son of tha late Archbishop af Cashel .
Ths _InftOKT . —An inquest wm opened on Friday week atPeppe-barrow , the seat of _theabor * nobleaan , for the purpose of investigating the circumstances attending hia death _. The evidence of two or tbree denestles examined on that occasion proved the deliberate manner in which the _nnfartauate man had arranged hit plans for cemmittiog suicide . On the day preceding his death be desired his man-servant to place a pan of Charcot ! In a brasier in an unoccupied room , for the -Jlegei . purpose of drying the paper , which In tome places was peaUngcff the nails , When missed oa tha following morning , search was made fur him in this apartment , on the floor of wbich he was foand with his head resting oa a pillow , and quite dead . The door of the room was shut , bat not bolted ; the oharcoal had been iked , and was burnt out , and the fames were even t nen so strong that the medical maa who waa ( called in , waa obliged
to ventilate the apartment in order to remain in it for a [ fewmoments . Tbe evidence further allowed that the deceased had been in alow and desponding state of mind for sometimepast ; a circumstance which wet accounted for by tha fsot of Lady _H'ddleton , having _lsftPcpperbsr . row a few months sinoe . The Jary desiring that a post mortem examination thonld be made of the deceased'a brain , the Inquiry was adjourned frora Friday until Monday , when the inquiry was again resumed . —Wm . Boas said that he had been fa his lordship ' s service twenty yeart . He had lately seen bim low-spirited , and he _complained of pains tn his bead . He was also very forgetful at times . —Ur J . Debenham , olark to Ur Henry Marshall , solicitor , said that he was frequently in his lordship's company—sometimes for a day tog > thar . Hs ef ten noticed that he waa very low-tpirlted , and he seemed to suffer much ia mind on account ot a law-salt he had with a Mr Seaden . The last time he was with him he
_watspeaUns of something he wanted completed ; for , in the eventof his death , he said , it woald be difficult to finish . He then burst oat crying . He left the room , and en his rttura he ( witness ) noticed tbat he had bean crying muoh . —Mr Parsons , the surgeon who had sinoe the last Court , made a _post-morUm examination cf the body described the cause of death , wbioh wat suffucation from oharcoal fames . —The Rev . Lawrence Elliott , ef _Pepp-rharrow , said that ha had known tke deceased for many years . In Jaly , 1817 , he came to him aad communicated the intelligence of her ladyship having left him , and added that it was all his own fault . He was then in snch a distressed stato of mind that witness did not like to leave him by hira self . He therefore tried to cheer him up . Two or three days afterwards he told witness that he was in
such a distressed state that he bad hardly been able te keep himself from laying violent hands en his person . He was then in a most unhappy state of mind , and witness thought it dangerous to leave him . He conld not attribute hit state of mind to anything else thaa the _seswattoa between himself and Lauy _Hiddleton , A _* teut themiddleot March , 18 * 8 , whilst converting with wit . _aess , ha said , * 0 b , my life it a hell on earth ; ' and added , tkat he had had such a nigkt that he wonld not have another Uko It for all tbe world , and he concluded by laying , that he had been on his knees all ths night . He was extremely violent in his languago , and seemed to suspect his best friends of wanting Lady Hiddleton to set bim at defiance . He often said he hopsd he should be seized with a fit of
apoplexy aud die . Boring tbe last two months he had spoken of how he had disposed of bis property , and what woald be tbe result after his death .. On the morning of Wedaesday ha attended at hia lordship's late residence . In the room where he waa lying were tome verses and letters , with a document headed , ' The last will snd testament . ' Several witnesses were examined , who merely corroborated the main features ofthe above evidence ; one , however , stated that his lordship felt mott _aoa-e ' y the death of lord George Benthwk , and said be himself had a fit of a similar character wben in France . There being no other witnesses t » examine the coroner proceeded to cbarge the jary , who , after twenty _mtnatas deliberation , decided that hit lordship had committed suicide , hat that he waa at tbe time in an unsound state of mind .
a . Fatal _Acctdxkt oa the Soath Western Railway occurred at tho *? arnborongh Statio n on Friday week . Agentlttkanwho hadbeen oatehootfng -j-tth a party of friends approached one of the trains , when he _tlippea sal fell headfonmett into the narrow space between the wheels and the wall of the platform . The unfortunate gentleman was _evantnaUy got oat , bat the iBJaries he had sustained were so severe , thathe had expired _befora-he waa extricated . Diana Bcsglaxt . —On Thursday week tbe dwelling hoose of Ur Nathaniel Heal , farmer , Stscfabary , near Brasklay , waa entered by six or seven men dressed as railway labourers , who demanded the money that was in the hoose . They took four £ S notes , eighteen sovereigns , and about £ i io silver . Tbere were some old oolns and silver spoons , bat they Intimated that tbey weald not have tbem , and thty were consequently left behind . They obtained an entrance by taking oat part of a window . The sates wtre found the next _inornlngaear Ur Bntte ' rfield'a farm at Halse .
Biuwat _AooiDxai . —Oa Thursday week theflh . 35 m . p . m . train left the Nottingham station with three csrriagesandpatseagera , for Rugby . On arriving at the Attanboroagh gates , fire mllee from Nottingham , the fire-box and fire-bars fell from the engine , the train being at the time In rapid motion , when the stoker , who , it teems , apprehended that the train woald be overtamed , _saddea ' y jutoped eff the engine , and tell headforemost apon the fire-box and bars . The _eaginedrlrer , to . whom great praite is doe for his presence of mlad , remained at his post , and Instaatly turning off the steam , _tuoceeded in stopping the train when only two of the engine-wheels had been thrown eff tbe line . Fortaaately all the passengers escaped unhurt . The stoker was taken up speechless , and hia -kail , forehead , aad temples being : dreadfully cat , he was conveyed te the Nottingham Iafinnuy , but death soon put a period to hls ' snfferings . The deceased was named Thomas Cook , he resided at Lenton , near Not . tintham , and has left a wife and two children to lament their lots . He wm 27 years of age .
Thb late Fatax _Accidmt at _Glassow . — The bodies of ths whole of the _indlvidoala who were deprived ef life by the falling of the sugar works in Alston
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Street , have been recovered from amongst the rains . Fourteen is the number killed , and . five dangerously iajared by tbe accident . A subscription for tbe relief of the families left destitute by this melancholy adcideat has been originated by the Glasgow Tows Council , and £ 3 * 10 s has bean given by the members . Tin BoaoLAai AT Siom . —At the County Magistrates' office , Rochester , on Friday week , George Basy , alios Sellis , a waterman , living at No 8 , Maiden Bow , Greenwioh , the ringleader in the oatrageous . attaok on the cottage of William Eastman , at Stoke , on the night of the 10 th of Ootober last , was _bronght before the magistrates to answer the cbarge . The prisoner was identified by Urt Eastman as the party she _struok with an iren barthe mark from wbicb wat still visible on
, bis forehead ; and Edwards , the constable' of Stoke , proved that the prisoner was at the Nag ' s Head public honse in that village , fa company with the six other offenders , who have already undergone examination , and been liberated ea bail . James _Psher , the labourer wbo pursued tbe party to Tantlett Creek , where they took to thiir boats , could not swear to tbe prisoner . _^ _WlL son said , from information he had received , he succeeded in apprehending the prisoner on board the Vesper steamer , alongside the pier at Greenhithe . . On telling him tbat he was his prisoner for being concerned ia tbe _csseatSloke _, he acknowledged tbat he was the party , and quietly surrendered . The prisoner applies to be admitted to ball , and the court consented , himself being bound in £ 180 , and two surttles of £ 80 eaoh .
_Poiso-uno bt WaoMo _Hsdicihe . — An adjourned inquiry into the circumstance * wbioh _oooaaloned ths death ot Mrs Serglson 8 myth was mumid at tbe White Horse Inn , in Ramie- - , on Friday week . —Ur Taylor , surgeon , who performed the pott mortem examination , deposed to the healthy ttate of the body , and that it was impossible te detect the camse ef death , stryohnine leaving no indication of its pretence . Assisted by Ur Randall , of Southampton , he had analysed the _aaUtare of whioh _MrsSsjjth took a part , being the contents of tke bottle delivered to him by the none , and the results by tbe various tests exhibited was to prove the presence of poison _samolent to destroy eight or nine perions . The latter portion of tha evidence of Ur Jones , tbe chemist , who mixed the medicine , using the strychaine bottle for that _contaioleg _salicine , was to the following effect : —
After , I had Wreakfaeted and gone np stalra to dress , I went into tbe shop as asast , My yoaog man laid , ' Did yoa seethe horse gallop into the town with Captain Smyth ' s serrant tbis morning *! ' I s ' aid , \ Nd ; what was the reason , do yoa know 1 ' He said , ' No ; bat I saw Mr Taylor go off directly afterwards . ' I said , 'I hope Urs 8 myth is not worse / and turning round towards my desk I then saw the bottle I had used the previous night . I took it up , and saw tbat it was labelled atrych . nine . I said , ' Oh , toj God , I have given this in mistake to Urs Smyth , ' I tben _rntbed and told Urs Jones , bat I was so agitated _thatthe did not at first understand me . I thea sent the yoang maa to Mr Taylor ' s surgery to know what waa tha . matter with Urt Smyth . He returned and tald he did not know what wat the matter aa Mr Taylor had aot returned . I has ) a partial hope that ahe had not taken the medicine . I then ordered a horse and chaise to be got ready immediately , and waited while it was getting ready . My wife seeing me so muoh
excited , met me et the White Horse gateway to go with me , fearing lest I should drive too rapidly and produce aaother acoident . I soon got to Jermyn ' s ; When on the grounds I met Mr Taylor . I asked Ur Taylor bow Urs Smyth was ? He said she was dsad . I cannot ex . presa what were my feelings . This is all I bave to say . At far as I can recollect , tbey are the principal facts . The reason I kept salicine in so small a bottle is because I want very little , and the same with stryohnine . That Is my reason for keeping those artlolts in an upper cor . ner cf the shop , because they are seldom ased , The jary deliberated for nearly two hours , and then returned a verdiet of' Manslaughter . ' Tbe coroner then informed Ur Jones ofthe result , and took the opportunity ot complimenting him upoa hit conduot since the melancholy misadventure , and ths frankness and readiness with wbioh he had dlioloaed all the _olrcamstsncei _connected with it . Ur Jones was committed under the coroner's warrant for trial , *
A Iiakcashisi _Caswisl . —Early on Sunday morning last a police officer of the C division observed a man , having tbe appearance of an excavator , busily engaged _searohteg in a field , off Store Street , for something which he appeared to have lost . The officer went op to and questioned the man , who at first seemed remarkably taciturn , and indisposed to answer questions , bat at last hegatktred thatthe fellow he was addressing bad tbat morning been engaged la an up-and-down fight , Lancashire fashion , aad that he was looking for one of bis ears , wbicb bfs antagonist had bit off ! Commiserating tha poor wretch , the polioemen assisted him to laok ior bis ear , whlob , after a while , he found , when the offloer strongly advised hia to appear at the Borough Court next morning , to apply for a warrant against tbe brnte whohad so maimed him . 'Noa , noa _, ' rejoined the fellow , coolly _depositing hia stray ear in his waistooat pocket , ' aw ' st do uon ' c . at sort ; it war a fair _gradoly stand-up battle , an aw want bother law aor warrant , '
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TBIAL AND AC <« m . TTAL 0 * UB WlXUAltS . Oa Thursday , Mr Williams , partner in the proprietorship and the _pub'isher of the _Tbibuhk , was tried for toe artides in that paper , on whioh Mr Doherty had been convioted . The trial was not olosed on that day , and was resumed on Friday . Judge rorrenssummed up , aud thejury retired at a quarter past two o ' olook , and at half-past four returned into the box , bringing the issue paper with them , which the foreman handed down to the Olerk of the Crown .
The names of the jury having been called over , The Clerk of the Crown said—Gentlemen ofthe jury have yen agreed te your verdiot ? Foreman . —We have . Clerk of the Grown ( reading the issne paper ) . — You say the prisoner is guilty ot being the publisher ofthe newspapers in qaestion , but not guilty ef the intents to depose the Queen or to lory war . Foreman . —That is our verdiot . Mr Ferguson . —That is a verdiot of not guilty .
Judge Torrena . —Gentlemen , the issue sent to you to try was as to the intentions ofthe prisoner , the faot of publication by bim ofthe articles in question having been already established . If yon are of opinion that the prisoner did not entertain the intentions so frequently pnt to you as inferences from the articles yon are to say 'Not guilty ; ' if yoa think otherwise , you are to say ' Guilty . ' Your present verdict is inconsistent in its members . Perhaps you had better retire .
A Juror . —If we believe that the artioles expressed the intentions of the prisoner we are to find a verdict of guilty , and if we do not we are to find a verdiot of not guilty . Il that what we are to do ? Judge Torrens . —Pretty muoh to that effeot . The issue paper was then handed np to the jury , who retired to their room . Shortly afterwards they oame out again , and The Foreman aaid . —Uy lord , the j ary cannot agree to any other verdiot than that which they have already brought in , Mr Ferguson . —Then I pray your lordship to receive that verdiet .
Judge Torrens . —The conrt will not receive that verdict . If the conrt has not thoroughly explained to thejury anything whioh it is necessary that they should understand , they will ba kind enough to say so . The oharge againBt the prisoner is , that he pub * lished those articles with the intentions ascribed to him in the indictment . If yon are of opinion that he published tbe newspapers in question without having these intentions , you ought to say' Not guilty . ' If you are of opinion that he published them with those intentions , you onght to say 'Guilty . ' It is late now , and we have had a very exhausting day , so ffA TA -CArtta * _u * ii * aT * _i * tB m * _-. J _«¦»*»•¦¦« _*•«&?>**¦ _** _A _*> _ali 4 _> ___ . / _ivuuh _returu _vcruiui
_ s » * " »«• _, auu yvur _uuu way or another . Sir Colman O'Loghlen submitted that the court was bonnd to take the verdict in the way in whioh the jary had brought it in . It was a clear principle of Jaw that a jary had a right to return a special verdict . Judge Torrens—That was no special verdiot . As at present advised , Sir Colman , we cannot reooive the verdiot . Sir Colman O'Loghlen . —We only ask your lordahip to take a note that a verdiot h » d been fonnd in those terms by the jury , Judge forrens . -Oh , certainly , we will do that . ¦ 1 * _& _* orney G ; 'M » l said , thatthe jury Bhould either find averdiotof gnilty or not gnilty _ShoiUafterwaTdsth
y e High Sheriff was sent into thejary-room to inquire if there was any probability mf _/ „ _wTld _5 Vn c ? n rt " _- . fiTe _-n-nutes . At five S ? fcS SJil * O 0 l 00 k _A _J " _/*» 8 « n _eamow _* . _« „ . n _« - fte foreo * tnen h » n < _* ed down the isbub _pspcra The _Xv _* rf ? _W _- y haTin ? _beea called over , ' Not _t-niRfl th _? roWn a ™?* ff 0 m the iMtt 8 PaPer ley ? IS ' ' ' inte 0 t 810 d 8 p 08 e A * Qaeen , or to TJSSSt _^ theothM ™ _Ck EPS ai _^^ cTI _& _S ! _8864 «'¦* """¦*»
_SsmeoftC- / A _^ i ' ywrIerd _' _* P leMet 0 weak out . _Sj !" m 6 entlei ? oannot hear yon . '• ¦ - » J * a _*?? » y whether the party ia euiltv _» _Ll" _tni _. _S " _.- l _* _wr _« pe « ial verdict youSt all that has been aaid on tKSt ? r Meif A _^^ _. rerZilV y _^^^ _sft _^ _sSfJW _* » n _^ the t £ S t _* cfe vS c "ar i _^ _m « £ _•*<• . Foreman—We have . \
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Olerk of the Crowh- * 'Ycu say not ' Not gnilty . ' ( Applause in the . gallery , which was immediately cheeked . ) Mr _Fergason applied that Mr Williams might be forthwith diioharged . „ Judge Torrens—In & moment , if you please , gentlemen—when the oourt comes to discharge the gaol . The correspondent of the Mobhiho Hkbaid says : — _« Mr William ; , when discharged from the dock in Green Street , walked deliberately away to pay his respects to several friends in the oheerfnl parts of the oity . and having discharged bio duty as far as the ciroumstances of the case enabled him , he returned te Newgate and knocked at the' hatch' with all the _ . „ . ... .
authority of a lodger in legal possession . ' What do you wast here , sir ? ' asked the turnkey . To which Mr W . replied , ' I desire to spend this night in my room , and in the company of my friends—firstly , for the sake of their Booiety ; and secondly , because all my olothes and dressing materials are there . In the morning I shall leave . ' The request waa refused , and Mr Williams walked away apparently mnoh disappointed . ' This little anecdote it given u an answer to a rumour that Williams ran away from Dablin the moment he was discharged from the custody of the gaoler of Newgate , leaving his extra wearing apparel and dressing case still in his cell . It is quite olear the gentleman does not apprehend arrest nnder the Habeas Corpus Act .
BBNXEHOB UPON MB _KXV 1 N HOD 0 DOHERTY . Mr Kevin Izod O'Doherty wai then placed at the bar : Judge Craapton addressed tbe prisoner at some length , strongly reprobating what he considered a mischievous and wicked abuse of the press , concluding thus : —I muBt add , that I bave never read any publication more dangerously wioked and oleverly designed to excite rebellion and revolution than these which have emanated from yon , and of which you bave been ascertained by the verdiot of yonr jury to be the gnilty publisher . Under these circumstances , the Court is called on to pronounce on yoa the sentence of transportation for ten years . Mr O'Doherty said—May I be permitted to . say a few words , my lord ? Judge Crampton—We have no objection to your saying something , if it be not anything inconsistent with what it is our duty to listen to , considering the _oirotimstanees in which you are placed .
Mr O'Doherty—I have been plaoed in the dook for the third time , after two juries of my fellow citizens had refined to decide against me . I had hoped that my persecutors wonld have been more _scrnpnlonsi and that , in attempting to uphold their laws , tbey wonld not have violated every principle of justice-Judge Crampton—I mnst tell yon that we feel great difficulty in preventing yoa from saying anything ; but if you mean to cast imputations on the Government ard the law
Mr O'Doherty—I do not wish to cast any imputations . If yon hear me ont , my lord , ' you will find I do not . The Attorney General stated in the _contse of my trial tbat three Roman Catholics had been set aside from the Jury—- Judge Crampton—I cannot hear that . Mr _O'Doherty-Well , I will not _prew it ; bnt really I think it a very hard case that I oannot be permitted to refer to facte that I think have prejudiced me very muoh . Jndge Crampton : Yon may say anything that will be useful to yoa , but if you begin to cast obloquy , or to make complaints of the coarse which has been _pursufd , the Court will not hear you . Mr O'Dohertv : T do not desire to do so . but merel y
to mention a matter of faot . As the Attorney General mentioned the faot whioh I allude to , I had been desirous of putting the matter in its true light ; however , I will not make any further observations on the subjeot . I wonld feel obliged if I were _permitted to cay a few words as to my motives and feelings . Jadge Crampton : Certainly . Mr O'Doherty : I oan ' _say , with perfect troth , that I had hut one object in view .. I did feel deeply for _thesufferingsof my _felloir countrymen , and I desired , I confess , by all means consistent with a manly and honourable resistance to pnt an end to that suffering . It is very true , and I will confess it , that I desired an open resistance of the people to the government wbioh , in my judgment , entailed those sufferings on
them . Iuwdthe terms * honourable resistance , ' in order tbat I might refer in terms of the strongest disapproval to one of the articles brought forward against me ; in whioh the writer of it made a suggestion of throwing bnrning hoops on the soldiery . I never saw that article , nor did I know anything abont it until I read it in the paper ; and I did not bring the only person who could prove that faot on the table _, because he was the writer of the artiele ; and I knew tbat in doing so I wonld be only at yonr _conrt-honse doors handing him ovei to the law . With respeot to myself , I trust I shall be enabled to bear the sentenoe of the jary with all the forbearance due to what I believe to be the punishment of twelve conscientious enemies to me ; and to endure the wrath of the
government _, whose mouthpiece they were , with all due patience . But I never will oease to deplore the unhappy destiny whioh gave me birth in this wretched country , and compelled me . an Irishman , to take my stand in the dook , and receive at yonr hands a felon ' s doom for discharging what I conceived , and still conceive , to be my _dnty to my oountry . Here Mr O'Doherty was about to retire from the bar , when he stopped , and added—There were inquiries made by my Mends with respect to the matter of faot to whioh I before alluded , and in consequence I had felt it my duty to do justioe to myself as well aa to my Roman Catholio fellow countrymen . The names of the jurors who were _sttnok off are mentioned in this paper , and , instead of three , I find there
are—JrdgaCrampton : _ThisiBamatternnoonneotedwith tbe rrooeedirgs . The prisoner then withdrew from ihe dook . Judge Torrens ; Ii there any other oase to be dis * posed off The Attorney General : No , my lord . Judge Crampton : Mr Williams is to be discharged immediately . Mr Williams was accordingl y liberated forthwith . The commission was then adjourned until the 12 th of December , at eleven o ' olock . The sentence npon Mr O'Doherty was not expected to be so severe . He is an extremely young man , not
more than twenty-two , and his high- oharaoter for _humasityand the recommendation of thejury indaoed the publio to believe that though the sentence would be severe the punishment would not so nearly approach that of those who preceded him in his career . _MrDiiOTr . —Whilethejury weredeliberatingen the case of Mr Williams , Mr Butt made an application on behalf of Mr Duffy for an order as to his custody , wbioh was rendered necessary by the postponement of his trial ; The Attorney Genera ] , however , refused to interfere , and Mr Duffy was left in his old quarters .
_LtBT-TUTiot- or Stub _PmseriB-a . —The Lords Justices held a meeting of the Privy Council last Saturday , whea leave was granted to take bail for the appearance of tbe following politioal prisoners , who are confined in Dublin and elsewhere for treasonable practices , viz .: Eugene O'Reilly , James _M'Kenna , John De Courcev Younz ; John Russell . James Russell , Patrick Corvan , James O'Donnell , Laurence _Gahagao , Patriok Conway , George Whelan , _Nioholas Nagle , | Miohael Doherty , Robert Cave , Richard DaltoD , Edward Egan , John Hiokey _, Patrick Dunne ,
_homas Hennessey , Anthony O'Ryan , Thomas Parker O'Flanagan , and Robert Lambkin . On Saturday morning an order was received at the oounty eaol ( Limeriok ) for the dieoharge of Mr Riohard Dalton , of Tipperary , one of the politieal offenders , on finding bail himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 eaob . An order is expeoted to admit to bail Mr Thomas _M'Namara , solioitor , of Rathkeale , and Mr William Hartnett , of Newcastle . The other politioal offenders remaining in ouBtedy are Mr Riohard O'Shanghuessy . of Rathkeale , grocer , and Miohael _O'Neil , stonemason ,
_Bankrotiw of Mr _Dupvt . —Mr Gavan _Doffy , in a letter to the Freeman's Jovmal , explains the circumstance of his bankruptcy , whiob was , he says , caused by a creditor who wonld not be satisfied with the arrangement vesting hia property in trustees , though these will pa ; all his debts in full . Thb Writs op Ebbor . —In the Conrt of Queen ' s Bench , on Monday , Mr Smyly _, _oounaelfor the orown , applied to have a writ cf habeas oorpus issued , to bring John Martin into conrt , for the purpose of assigning _erron _, the usual certificate having been lodged in the proper office . The conrt granted the application , and Thursday next w _& b fixed for the purpose . It is not yet known whether the arguments in the _csbb of Mr Smith O'Brien can be heard this terra . Nothing has yet been done in the matter . A PBI 1 SX _* 8 HORBB BOLD JOB B 0 _N-PATH 1 HI 07 POOR
RATXB . The poor rate collector of tho Longford Union had oooasion te lay a distress for non-payment of his rate on some stacks of oats , the property of a Mr Farrell , of Tarmonbarry . The coadjutor of the parish , the Rev . Mr Farrell , and brother to the defaulter , on hearing the affair , went to the lands to remonstrate with the collector . Having alighted irom his horse to visit the family , it was immediately seised upon by the colleotor , and sold for the poor rates . The reverend gentlemen endeavoured to prevent tho sale , but he was told that he had no redrew , as all property fonnd en the _premiBea was subject to the poor rates . —Westneath Guardian .
_^ _Dabino Mubdbr and Robbbrt . —On Thursday morning , between eight and nine o ' olock , as Major Phibb * , staff officer of pensioners , accompanied by Sergeant Grant ( who noted as hia clerk ) , were prooeeding en a oar from this town to Rosorea , for the purpose of iBauing out the monthly pay to the outpensioners in that distriot , they were attacked at _Clonkelly by a party of six or eight men . all of whom werearmed with blunderbusses and _piBtols . The party stopped the oar , presented arms , and demanded _"JTR"' _^ i , _** "' _having hesitated to comply , one of the ruffians fired ; the oontents entered his heart 8 nd J _?« P « ve <* him of life in a few moments . The mnditti then compelled Major Phibbs to give up his _* h _-kM ! 2 * _* ? ml mal "Ota * ind silver , j i 'th whioh they deoamped . The Major then had the I
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body of Grant placed on the ear and drove te the Military Barracks , whioh is utwte abont a milefrom the scene of the outrage . Information of the attack having reached this town , SaMnspebfor Duncan and a patty of polioe immediately proceeded in the direction whioh the _assssains had taken , and searched the oountry for several miles around . The Earl of _Rotse , with the local magistrates , and several of the respectable inhabitants , ale * soon followed , together with about 500 men of the 62 th and 89 th Regiments . A diligent , but as yet ineffectual , search was . made for the assassins , though it is reported that the police have obtained some clue to the murderers . _—Sink ' s County Chronicle . —Four nest ferooions looking fel-. , . „ _< . ,. _ .. _ ___ .. _4 . _A- „ i _ sha
lows , handcuffed aoro ! _Bjaantingcars , have been lodged in the _Bofris-in-Oatory bridewell . These four persons have bten _arresttd for shooting Sergeant Grant on Thursday morning . At the time of arrest , thty had their tares paid for Dablin at the Ballybrophy station . The sergeant fired one shot . After the robbery the eight men divided the booty between them . One of the four fellows has been already tried for shooting at Connors , steward to Mr White , ot Cbarleville , and also for conspiracy to murder Mr White himself , but escaped on account of thejury having disagreed three times . —Leinster Express . — The government has offered a reward of £ 100 to discover the offenders . .
Mordir of Ahothib _Bahjtf . —Denis _Cosgtave , driver to Mr Browne , agent and magistrate , of O'Brien ' s Bridge , waa fonnd dead near a ditch convenient to his _htiuse , aboat fonr o clock on Taesday , His head Was dreadfully shattered . He was pat into possession some time since of a farm from wbioh a man named Denis O'Brien was evicted by Mr Browne . Denis O'Brien and his two sons were arrested on suspicion by constable Moran , of the O'Brien ' s Bridge station . A coroner ' s inquest was held on Wednesday . —Limerick Examiner . Poor Law _—Nomeroos instances of tbe harsh operation of the law are coming to light ; Last week an inquest was held on the body ef a man who was said to have travelled _frem Ballingarry to Newcastle , county Limerick , three times , to obtain relief from the vice-guardians of the onion , bur . was unsuccessful . A verdict _inoalpating those gentlemen was returned
The Limeriok _papers contain a worse case—that , of a child starved to death , aad » corresponding verdict returned . It appeared in evidence that the grand _, mother of this child , in whose care it was , had gone two journeys to Newcastle—forty Irish milea going and returning—and also four _journejsto Ballingarry —twenty-four Irish miles—to attend the levees of the relieving officer of her distriot ; but was unsuccessful en each occasion in having her claim investigated . _Onreturning home from her last visit to this officer , the old woman waa overtaken by the storm whioh raged ou the 27 th ult , and to add to her misery , wts unable to approach any house for shelter , owing to the darkness and paucity of dwellings ia the distriot . Next morning an inhabitant found the old woman and the ohild in a field—the woman senseless from exhaustion , and the child ( six months old ) dead in hor arms .
Public Uraltb;—A clergyman of one of the moat extensive Roman Catholio unions of Dublin states , that the health of the poorer classes is this year more than ordinarily good . Not only is there , he _saya , less sickness than at the corresponding period of the last three yean , but he never , daring a considerable experience on this mission , remembers less . Above all , there seems to bean absence of those symptoms which are said to precede cholera among the poor . Thi Writ op Ebbor . —The initiatory proceedings upon the writ of error in the oase cf Jfr Smith O'Brien will be raised before the judges on Wednesday , the 15 th inst . It ia calculated that the argument will not occupy the oourt beyond the second day , The decision of their lordships , whatever it may be , will apply equally to all the prisoners capitally convicted at the Speoial Commission in Clonmel .
DIBCHABGB OP _CLUBBISTfl . 'The . government , ' says the Morn-no Hkbaid correspondent , 'is discharging the _clabbists of the second order—as the orators and organisers are _uauaUy designated in contradistinction to the presidents , drillers , and avowed red republicans , againBt whom strong eases are alleged . Mr Eugene _O'Reily has been discharged on giving bail to appear * hen oalled npon . Mr Robert Lambkin was released from Cork gaol on Saturday , and several other clubbiBte in that city expect the benefit of the amnesty whioh is daily proclaimed at Dablin Castle . __ Ths Fuemv-e _Lbadibs . —The following incidents in connexion with the escape of Messrs Stephens and Doheny are furnished by the _Ldibrick _Exihinbr :
— 'WhenMr Stephens had taken his exit from the collieries , he directed bis wandering footsteps to Tipperary . suffering from a wound he had received in the side . He reached Tipperary early in the night , and , having _diegniaed himself , walked np and down the streets , thinking to meet with soma kind friend , who might assist him ia his misfortunes . He met with some . He called at the house of a respectable family in Tipperary , bnt they , of course , received him coldly , aware of the penalty of the law . Poor Stephens , however , made the best of bis way ont of town , accompanied by friends , who shared his _daggers and misfortunes for the night . They slept with him in a stack of hay . Next morning be disguised himself as & poor scholar , and made for the
Comnteragh mountains , where , peradventure , he met his old friend Mr Doheay , who had assumed the character of a schoolmaster . Both ' schoolmasters ' lived in the _Coraaaeragh mountains for some weeks , baffling the police . It is stated that a policeman once gave Mr Stephens a few pence , snoh was his forlorn appearance , being , of course quite ignorant ef his identity . The track of the fugitives was at last , however , found , and immediate separation was deemed the only alternative _ti . _seonrethe safety of both . They parted ; Mr Doheny for Cork , and Mr Stephens for Waterford . The his . tory of Mr Doheny's escape to Paris has already been _( _old-that of Mr Stephens remains to be narrated . It is said that he disguised himself in the eostume of a
woman ; he had a feminise appetranoe ; and , having lingered away some daya in Waterford , was met at last by a friend , who gave him money to travel to England or France . With great courage and clever _ness he crossed the channel , leaving hiB enemies behind ; and having travelled by railway to Dover took a passage ticket for Boulogne . There he wbb detained a prisoner by the English authorities in France , and was subsequently liberated by order of the Repablic It is said that he instituted an action against the English authorities for false imprisonment , and received £ 50 to compromise the proceeding . The end of all poor _Stephen ' s misfortues and dangers was his arrival in Pans , where he is now in the National Guards in the rank of an officer . '
IHB PBB 8 B 0 DM 0 K — ' SHAMROCK — _COHVICTIOH 01 O ' BOHBMT—MR 0 . _G . 9 UHT-IBK IBAITOR HUTCH .
INSON—SOOIAI . ANARCHY . ( From our own Correspondent . ) Dablin , 7 th November . For once in the campaign of forensic vengeance the Attorney-General has been unhorsed , and the prosecution of Richard Dalton Williams has failed . This is a source of great triumph to the people , for Mr Williams was deservedly a favourite , and in proportion to the satisfaction of the country so is the chagrin and vexation of the Whigs . Mr Williams was one of the conductors ofthe late _Tbibohr newspaper _, but bis popularity and literary reputation rests more
on his inimitable poetical contributions to the Nation , ' nnder the signature of * Shamrock . ' Theseparticularly the series entitled' Misadventures of a Medioal Student '—were rare things in their way . For wit , point , terseness , and genuine Irish frolic , they were deservedly esteemed , and 1 qaestion if there be , at present , any other man in Ireland capable of anything at all so good in the way of comic poetry . Mr Williams ia a credit to Ireland : kis loss would be a national one , and his triumph over dirty Monaban and the Whigs ia a cause of delight in every circle outside the Castle gates .
Poor Kevin Is id O'Doherty has not been so successful , though he fought the battle manfnlly to the last—he was worsted . His sentence is transportation for ten years , —a hard fat * indeed for one ao young , so gifted , so generous , and so confiding . His fate is moaned bj everybody , thoagh certainly he was far from being as well known , or as muoh a _favoarite as R . D . Williams . But , nevertheless , he has the sympathy of Ireland , and if the tears of a nation could wash oat his sentenoe he woald never cross the seas as a convict .
C . G . Duffy will not be tried until the sitting of the adjourned commission in Deoember . Mr Duffy has been badly treated on all hands . Even certain paltry parties here have made him a bankrupt , and assigned him a plaoe , — ' the 1-tat plaoe on earth , ' to use his own words , ' where an honest man would wish to see his name , '—in the records ofthe Court of Insolvency . Mr Duffy , however , is not virtually a bankrupt . He is well able and willing to meet all claims , and he has instructed his lawyers to take the necessary proceedings to annul the decree whioh
makeshimabarikrupt . The ease will oome on for investigation on next Saturday , when a- strange tale will be unfolded on the occasion . The treachery of Hutchinson , the policeman , who n _™™ discreditably ia the projeoted escape of Mr Duffy from Newgate , exceeds _\\ I eYer newd of treachery in this country . The newspapers will give a full history of this disgraceful business , but they do not come up to a tithe of the villany enaoted by this traitor . If any man ever doserved the oppro . bnum of a nation , it is certainly this monster Hutoh . inson . The conduct of Dobbins , or _M-Keever . was _anoehe when compared with his .
all _Sl _, _^ tt nt 9 _- T - * _5 " mtwi 0 r 0 f Irel » ' _- » d _WOMd S . ! _Sft * _ f K b fart _wwM-H- itself into its original disorder , chaos , and confusion . _Propjrty is disappearing as quickly as the mountain snow in Apni _s sunshine , and even what little still remains is t ° , j r \ T to l 4 ? P ? for » d » y I Suoh is Ire . 'ana . ihe people aro all paupers , and thoae paupers are all vegetating into robbers aad _asiasains ; and Plunder , and swindling , and murders , frequently for sake of pelf , are now becoming the main features ot society in Ireland . The people are determined to live the beet way tbey _w , ' whioh , in plaiu English , wans , that they will take ail they can -jet by hook gr t _fflok and thank nobody .
The Rev. J. Barker, We Last Week Receive...
THE REV . J . BARKER , We last week received a letter from Mr Barker almost as long as the great sea-serpent , in reply _(< J one from Mr Geo ; White , whioh appeared in thi , journal o f the . week previous . The letter is _priut _f , pally occupied with the author ' s views on the qnts . tions of' physical versus moral foroe ; the policy - / Chartist leaders , & o . ' We give saoh portions as seem to as to be confined to the question at issus be . tween Mr Barker and Mr White . Mr B . says _;_ George White says , 'That at ths _ooaolusion of ay address at Bradford , Ur Boberts preposed _thataDsfenoi and Yibtlm Oommittee _sheuld be _estaUlshsd , in aid of the families of the imprisoned Chartists , and that I ob . jeoted , and said , tbat tbe meeting was my meeting , and that I would not allow _mystlf to ba identified with tha Charttits . ' THR RRV . J . RARKRR
Here are stvaral false statements . It It trne that at the _conolnslon of my lecture some one proposed that a oommittee shonld be formed to raise funds far tht defence of tbs proseoated Chartists , and for the support of thelt families , bnt It is not true that I objeoted to tke formation ef saoh a oommittee . I _ntlther did _objsci nor had I tha least disposition to object to the formation of « ch a committee , Kor did I say that I wonld not allow myself to bs _Idsatffltd with ths Charttits . How conld 11 I han allowed mystlf te be identified with tht Chartists frora tbe beginning . I Identify myself with the Chartists every daj . I Identify myself with the Chartists in every pollt _* . eal _leatufs tb & t I Mint , and in every political traot I publish . I think It ao dlshonenr to he a Chartist , I think it bo dishonour to be a publio advooatc of Chu . ttim . And George White knows , as well as I do , that this charge , of objecting tobeldsntlflei with the Char . _tists , is utterly falsa .
Nor did I style the Chartists * physical force men . ' I did net tbiok them inch . I knew that _nlae-Unthi « f the Chartists in this district were moral-force man . * * What I did do wai this ; whtn some one _propoaid that a joint deftnoe fnnd should be formed for me , and a number of others wbo were pbyiloal force men , I pro . poied that they should form a _isparate committee for the physical force men , and leave my friends to form a separate committie for m « _, I made no _objtotion to till formation of a committee for the pbyiloal force prisoners , Wbat _lobjtcUd to wat , a joint commlttta for them and
me . George White reftra to the sale of my tracts at tht meeting ia _qasttlon . I would ask , ' Is there anything wrong in telling _traott at a meeting , provided the traits ba gocd , and true , and cheap t _Ooght not the loveri of trath and reform to endeavour to aid the causa io every way they can 1 ' The _Chartistt _^ n my Judgment , wool * have done more good , It they had dons more in the way of multiplying and circulating thorough . going democratio tracts - George White acknowledges in another part tf his letter , tbat I said , tha physical force men might act for themselves . I ask , what could I do more I I left them at liberty , _ths-oih the meeting was my own , to make dm of tht opportunity it afforded them of forming & committee for _thsasselrts .
The charge tbat I am _dispoisd to hold op the _unfarta . nate Chartist prisoners so government as legitimate ob . jeots of persecution is both false aad oatrageous . So far from holding up the Chartist prisoners to government ae legitimate objects of persecution , I have done jast ths contrary . I bave denounced the oondaot of the govern ment in _persecating even tht physical font Chartists till they have oeased to provoke physical force by their tyrannical proceedings , I bars declared , over an * er « again , bath la my leotareB and publications , that ths government onght to be ashamed of _ptriscatfog any reformer , however imprudent or extravagant he may he . till they themselves have shown a disposition to do the people lattice .
Georgt White _sayi , ' He hopes the people will not allow a sicoad Stephens to swallow up tbeir snbscriptloni _, to the exclusion of others as wsll worthy their support . ' I answer , to ( ar from * _lshing to swallow up the aahicrip . tloas ot the Chartists , I have never so macb at ashed fn a subscription frota the Chartists , and I never _eapeot to ask for _« h « from them , On the contrary , 1 have _eairessly recommenatdthe Chtsttltte to employ tha whole of thtir _rttonroet in helping their own particular friends , or tht numbers of their owa association , and bave desired tbem te leave me to the support of others .
I may add that I shall do what I can to _iicnre _jmstlee even to the physical force Chartists . Instead ef holding tbem up te government as legitimate objects of peneci . tion , I shall hold np the government as a legitimate ob . _* et of reprobation and loathing . Instead of holding np the physioal force _Coartlsts as _legitimate objects for government persecution , tbe worst tbat I shall do towards them will be to sorrow over their distreti _, and to aid them in obtaining Juitloe . At far as I havs the means , I sball contribute towards their defenoe , and towards the support of tbeir wires and families . _Joisra _Biiaii ,
The Sea Serpent. The Following Has Appea...
THE SEA SERPENT . The following has appeared in the Tiuib : —• ' Sin , —Ai some interest has been exoited by the alleged appearance of a sea serpent , I venture to transmit a few remarks on the subject , which yoB may or may not think worthy of insertion in yew columns . There does not appear to be a single well authenticated instance of these monsters having bten seen in any southern latitudes ; but in the north of Europe , notwithstanding the fabulous character to long ascribed to Pontof & don _' s description , I am convinced that they both exist and are frequently seta _. During three summers spent in Norway I have repeatedly convened with the natives on this subject . A parish priest , residing on Romsdal Fiord , aboat two daya'journey south of Drontheim , an intelligent person , whose veracity I have no reason to doubt , gave me a circumstantial account of one which he had himself seen . It rose within thirty yards of tbe
boat in which he was , and swam parallel with it for a considerable time . Its head he described as equal ling a small cask in s se _, and its mouth , which it repeatedly opened and shnt , was furnished with formidable teeth ; its neck was smaller , but ita body--of whioh he supposed that he saw about half on the surface ofthe water—was not lets in girth than that of a moderate _sised hone . Another gentleman , ia whose honse I stayed , had alio * een one , and gave a _Bimilar acoount of it ; it also came near his boat npon the Fiord , when it was fired at , upon which it turned and purine J them to tbe shore , whioh wit luokily near , when it disappeared . They expressed great surprise at the general disbelief attaching to tbe existence of these animals amongst _naturaliets _, and assured me that there was scarcely a sailor accustomed to those inland lakes , who had not tees them at one time or another . I remain , Sir , yonr obedient servant , Oxford , Nov . 3 . _OzeniaNSU .
Diath Of A Gshciiti Cblt.—Died, On The 1...
_Diath Of A _GsHciiti Cblt . —Died , on the 12 th of August , at Seymour , Newcastle District , Upper Canada , at the advanced age of 75 . Mr Dugald Macooll , formerly " of Kenmore , Loohiyneside , _Argyleihiw-In addition to nobler and better qualities , Mr Maocoll was _po-se & aor of great strength and courage ; and he possessed a richer store of Highland song and tradition than perhaps any man of bis day . He was on * ot the last in _Argyleshire , of his condition of life , to give up the habitual wearing of the Highland garb . As a holiday dress he stack to it long after it had ceased to be worn by all others on _Loohfyneside . His strength of arm was remarkable . On one occasion he engaged a few men to load a cart with some
_halfdos ; n barrels ol cured herrings . Although uiing * plank , it seemed as if their _efferti would never succeed in getting the firat barrel in its place ; and , indignant at their puny efforts , Macooll _daBhed aside their plank , and with stentorian voice ordered thrift awkward sons of Sisyphus to give way . Without hesitation he lifted barrel after barrel breast big- * and flung them into the oart with as muoh ease _t > others might so many kegs of butter . One of the sons of the deoeased is Evan Macooll , the accomplished author of the 'Mountain Minstrel , 'and alM of ' Clareach nam Beann _, ' whieh last places him »' the head of our living Celtic bards . The post h _«* written some elegant and muoh quoted veraes on hi * father ' s _enigratiou to _Amnrin *
Thi _Woulo-bk-Emperos , —M . Buonaparte hsa a sad defect—he speaks French with a strong German accent . Your readers are no doubt afftfj that of all the barbarous mutilations of the Fren < u > language committed by foreigners that of the Germans is , without exception , the most _abominably The English , to do them justioe , murder Freno B ruthlessly ; but they are mild and merciful comp / rt _^ to the Germans . The German fellow has no pit / - " he makes you shudder and grineer les dentt ai . f speaks . He turns b _' s into p _' _s , p ' _s into b's , f ' s _v _* v ' _s , v ' s into f _*» , c _' s into g ' a , g ' _sinte o ' s , and so o _»* and then Bueh a vile accent withal ! And yet tn » Js the way M . Buonaparte speaks ! Really the cih _«» must be a bold man to be able to faoe the immens e ridicule whioh will assail him . Fancy him , _f" ' 7 stance , when President , addressing my Lord _I-JJ * _mwby , Che ret ? n _ _, _Mosien ta Nurmanpy , 1 » _^ te la raine Fioturia afeo le bins crant _blsiBir . -Oor respondent of the Britannia .
_Sioiuatt Nuas . —An establishment of Sicilian _nstfj have lately purchased tbo Park Hotel , with mgj than twenty aores of land , at Norwood , Surrey , w ? _J is about to bo _enolofed with a wall twelve feet W > Several Romish priests and listers of the order w * located near the spot , _j _Smouub _Cibosustanob . —Mr Mason , public _^ Park Gate , near _Rotherham , haB in his _posisssW _* _*" ewe Bheep , about two years old , which has utiuer _*[ of ita shoulders a fifth foot , prstty much corre 3 P <>» _° ing in airs _wivh its other feot . Tha ewe has b ° hub . 1 It u Beldom that tho sparkling diamond of a g " _*^ estate , is Bet in » he gold rin _^ * oi a _graniotiB licit" - _^ man may be great with Saul , and _graooleBB J _«* J with Dives , and miserable . The rioheat men ' ' oftentimes the poorest ; and the poorest _thsrioj }* Many threadbare souls may be found under B _gp ooats and purple robes . —Dyer . 1 Enlistment for the royal navy has been suspendc *"
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 11, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11111848/page/2/
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