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Biecctioh at _LrvaBrooL , —The _cxtrema penalty ai tlie law wai inflioted on Satarday last npon James K « lly _eonvlct-d al the _aiiire * t ' . _Llrerpwl for the awder of E : _t » _Fsikmer , at Heaton _Nojrls . There _waEanlmmsnse _namb-r tt persons present on the ooeeibn . Theerittiaal was only la his twen _= y-fcnrth jaar . HU v ' ctlm , is will ba _renwuhsrea _, was a . yonug woman with whon he ba * an _inll _xaej . Her friends , from some causa , were Opposed to ths oonn « x' . oB ind compelled her to dtscent ' nne it . He was io _exasp-rated that he _Bougit an _Intirviow , aud deliberately cut her throat with a knife . Tbe criminal was _tmplojed as a mill winder , the it c ased as o parcel pUcer . Frem the moment of the murder be seems to lave Vera _staitten with tbe _deepes * remorse , a feeling whieh _ttntinued up to the moment of bis execution !
ExrcorioB at Toik — On Saturday lait the lad Jfalkin was hanged at York , for the murder of Esther Ionian at L ? eds . The InSns of strangers from _Hansiet , _Iieo-f s , end other parts « f the West Biding , was _verj feat , _% _na these consisted for tbe most part of _ptrseBs who tal b & en evidently walking duting tbe _niun * , and who sutured ths city at an cBrly hour , etiocing unmistakable _sigoB of the eff : ct which thc _s'veritj of tbe weather had had upon thew . _L-ng before tte prescrlbid time groups of persons wero to b * seen wending their way to the pises of _Execu-ion , _n' bj- twelve « . * dock thtre
coald cot be le « _s than 11 . 000 people _ftsstmbled at the Spot . At tbat hour tie youthful criminal ( his age was onl y serrate ?!;) , accompanied by the R = v . J . H . Ssttes , was two i ' 't on to the plaiform over the drop , and he there tn » l do _^ _vn and prayed with great fervour , which be _evicr-d to ths end of tha awful _gcrne . The rev . g' » -. _leman _bsviDj * performed bis last sad _officf-B , be shook tbe lad by the batd _, and ia a few moments the culprit ' s _thtrt bnt unfortunate career _wzi closed . After banging the usual time the body wss removed , and will be interred within the _prtcine' . s of tha gaol .
_Dbats fk . k _Excesjite _Dbiskisg . —A cb-cnmstcsce _ocenrrad at thB _Masbrongh station on Tuesday week _, which has resulted in the _death _of-ne man , snd s second Hea in a v < -ry dangerous state . A ca ; . k of gin fearing been sent by rallwBy was about to be put into a waggon , wh ' . _u it un-xp « tedly roll ' d from the truck acd one end of ths cask was broken . Joseph Austin snd a msn of the name o * Longden , two _plate-layers , instantly fell to work , not to save but to drink _tha gin , end they were joined by _another man _aanj-.-. d Scott . Austin irank eo freely thst he dici the same night , aui _LoBgden was with gr _. at difficulty saved from tho same fate . On thc following dsy en inquest was held on the body of Austin , when th * jary returned a verdiet of 'Died from apep _' exv , produced by drinking ardent spirits . ' Scott was taken before the magistrates at _Boiherham and fined £ 5 for negltct of duty , and _Loagden remains almost withou _. hnpe of _surviving the effects of his _debauch ; but should he ri cover _, lie wiil moit likely he prosecuted and fined for neglect of duty .
Dokallt , the receiver of stolen goods , who was appre hend .-d at Manchester a few _dsjB since , charged with fcavin _.: Ik his possession a sot of stolen oil _pointings worth £ 105 ' for which _« o : _ordisg to hs 9 wn account he bad givf _n only £ 2 153 ,, haB bten tried at the Manchester borough sessions , fouad zuilty , and _Benteaced to seren years ' transportation . The proceeds of no less thsn eighteen robberies were fonnd ia bis _pisses-l-m . A S 30 D Sigh . —The walls are placarded ia Manchester for poser . lora weavers . Sorbet . —Attempted Hoxdeb asd Highway fieri . 8 SBT . —Mr _Lsvelaud was at the Naw Inn , _Warplesdon , _OQ Tuesday week , where he remained until about halfpast seven o ' clock , ln company with a person _nsraed _Ghtxle- _H'pbarn _, whom he kne = ? perfectly we'l by sight , and ss s _visitor of tbe inn . After the prosecutor l _. nii left the inn , sad was proceeding alone tbe road to _l > i » own _bonsa , bo wm pursued _r-nd overtaken by _Hepburn ,
who , without saying a word to bim , gave bim a _blow at t *~ _e _OEck of the head , which knocked him down . Ifthen knelt on his breast , and after trying to strangle turn , struck him seven or tight times over tbe bead , Ee cried out' murder , ' aud by tbe light of tbe moon be distinctly saw tbat the party wss Hepburn . He caiUd Bim by nam a , and _begged of h m to spare bis life , and he might bave all hs had , Tbs villsiu then _riflad bis pockets of all they contained ( 3 i . 61 . only ) , and gavo bim tbree more _blaws on the head , Bavin ; at tha _tfcae , There you —— , you won ' t tell any teles now . ' Mr Love ! aad pretending to be dead , tbe fellow made off , sad returning again to thc Ntw Inn , called for eome more drink . Mr _Lovelasd , _ a well as be w _* a able , Bawled home and gave information to tbe police , end _Hepburn was apprehended , and oa the following _Tfn-j . day was examined before the magistrates , and _fal'y _cenr-mittD * . to take fels trial for at'emptiog to murder , s \ nd for having robbed Hr LoveUnd .
_EXTEKEIVB BoSBnff OF BlLLS OF ExCHAKGE FtOH TBE _Rotbebhau Railway . Static ** . —On Tuesday _evening week , a woosen box containing a large number of bills of _exchaege _, to tbe amount of _between twelve and tkirtces hundred pounds , was stolen from the Midland _Hsl'ivrayStellon , at _RotbtrhEin . The property belonged to the Siif ffield Banking Company , It i « customary for _cwtiio account bocks to be transmitted by railway in an _oskes box from tke braneh office of tbe _Sheffi-l-i Banking Company , at Rotherham , to the principal establishment in G'orge Street , _Sheffield . Ou Tuesday week , lu _eppositioB to the praotice , thirty-seven bills of exchange for various lams were deposited in tbe box long with the books , aod having been properly fastened , it w & 3 carried in tbe _evenim * by a junior clerk te tbe railway station , to he forwarded as usual by train to
_gh . ffield . The ol rk _, ir would seem , was ignorant of ihe fact that the hex contained aught of greater value tban tba bosks ; for , on entering the station , and finding thai tba manager , Mr Bishop , waa absent , he placed the box on tbe counter in ibe corner of tbe room wbere tickets are issued , and left it there , relying on Mr Bishop finding tbe box tbere oa his return , aud forward ng it St _U'Ual . It did net se turn ont , however , Tbe circtzsutaccA of tbe non-arrival of the box at the Sheffield office was not of a nature to excite apprehension , and probably it was never thought of again till tha _following _Tkarsday morning , when tidings were conveyed to the manager cf the Rotherham branch that the _identxil
box had shortly before been found in the river , hy _eoa ' . e men who hai occasi m to drag the _streem some _distance _belosr the Rotherham station . It wbb tied up with a oord , the eame aa when despatched from tke bask . On being opened , the looks were _fcuod in their place , but the bills had all been abstracted . On inquiries being seade et the Rotherham Btation , ii transpired that the box hsd not been seen there at all oa the Tuesday . It was clear , therefore , that it had been stolen and carried _eway in tba Interval _between the clerk leaving it at the ¦ tation aud the rs urn thither ef the station manager . The bank is in _psi-ei-ion cf every particular respecting the bills .
A Widow _bobbzd bt iieb _Bbothsb ik law . _~ -A man Based Gregson , approbended at Burnley , on a charge of stealing 280 _eoTcreigos _btquembed by a _decerned " Brother to his _widqw , was brought before tbe Manchester magistrates on Satarday lass , aad committed for trial et tte- next sessions . Chab < je of Hcbdebthg a Wife —David Wise-nan , a coachman , iu the service of Dr _CnarltB Bell , ol Mossley Street , Manchester , accused of murdering his wifo , the particulars of wbicb have a ' ready appeared , was dis . _charged on Wednesday week last from _custody , tbe eoreuer _' s jury having acgu ' _utad him of the _supposed Ct . ms .
The _MmniB of _JoNiTHiH mat . —Many cf oar readers must recolUct the murder of Mr Jonathan May . Bear _M-jreton _, about fifteen y _^ _-ars since , and for the _eomaiission cf which crime Buckingham J-: e _nifiertu tke _eiaeme penalty of tbe law . Amfecr man , _niratd Tit-pin , was convicted _as an accomplice , but iu consequence of certain representations made after the trial , tut sentence wa 3 commuted to _trasepc . _rtstion for life . Buckingham Joe , before be was hanged , declared that be nad an accomplice , sut that it wss not _Turpia ; and _sltboafh every p _^ r « _U 3 _sion was u-. ee * _, nothing could induce bim to _coafeis wbo was the _partner of his gutit . T ? e have heard that a rain named Avery , who waa 8 celebrated _wrestler in this couoty and who wat transported in 1 S 3 S , for Tabbing _Ras-eU end Co . ' 8 wggun , bu since died , bur upon bis deB . ih . bed _oenfaued that he bad assisted in the murder . — Woolmer ' s Eze ' _. er Gazette .
Death bv Boawso . —On Sunday _af'trnosn a widow , _ssmed Franoe * Exley , 82 _; _enr _? o < d , who _resided _e . ! oa *> in a cellar in Leeds , a as found burnt ta _ceath in h-r _doiai-llo Boon afctr foar o ' clock . Sba had been seen al te by some of 'he _neighbours after _disner . but no one * se ird any _al-xm , and no trace could be _foc-. id as to how the _burning has beea caused- The coroner ' s jury _accordingly returned 3 Tcrdict of _"Baraed to deat *; , b- t by » h 3 t means no _eridtnee ap _.-eara rotbe jurors . ' Tsade ih KiLH & RHi . C 5 . —Ai it the iiiviriabio case at tbit se ison of tho year , matters have been ratber at a » ts . ad for the past fe . vdsya ; _prospecw , hywever , are of S most cheering ch & _rae er . It is anticipated tbat an _txteaaiva and decldsd _Imp-oreoieut wiil speedily tak , place in the _printfitdds ; _aloialtmeously with wbich & _change for ' . he better wlil be exp _riencsd by weavers , who , although executing the casio & sry amount of woik for © : _» Bgow and Paisley _hoases , arc not bo bnsiiy e : npioyed by the local _aannfacturers . A _cont ' . _dcreble cmount of _bn _Iu 683 Ib bsing dona in our earpe : _feoofies . —Ayr Advertiser .
DaEADFBX _Occoxbesce . —A fearful _accident took plaoe on Snnday , io Chingfurd _Mar « h < e , by which o _»^ person lost his life . It _appear * _tt . at three brothers , th ¦ obs cf a _respecsarlo _< jry _» _ttlter _rcsiuiDg in HoitoD / h & i left town by the first train for t _'^ e purpose of _shooting Bmall birds , and about twelve o ' clock , _having to cross a ditch two of the par y goi over safely , _haviug handed tbeir guns to eaoh other to _prersnt accidents . Tte third however did not do so , and imprm _* eot ! y held his __ u \ n _sucb _u manner that the muzria poin rd directly to bis heart . _Oamekin _^ the _spriag lt wosld _eppear that the _csck oaugbt la a twi _^ or branch , end < 5 _iicharg = d tbe e-mtmtt through Ae heart , the whole charge _panin _, torough mth sn orifi 3 J _notH _^ r tban a _UuUing . Mr Btdole _. _ofBdiasmoa , wax _imtntdisui y etc- for > . _hzi-ire he _arrivsd life was _qaitv f . XTinct * * The _BiasBsHBiD Docks —Tho con : r _.-et for these works is no _» compute , and Wore tho ; . nd * cf thc month , if tbe w _« _aih . r _psrau _, they win j _, 3 in fcl , operation .
_Fatai , Occ . _tbsekce ur Fkshwates Bat —An ' _apptiiine _acei-ient occurred ia _Preshwa _^ r Bay on th * 29 th ultimo , _wherry tbree _uBefui be __„ and h _^ t _laearuweresuddtal y hurritd iaf _eiernUv , _' _r-m , t effects of one of _Awe _uaaccouucable Htingi of the sea c * led _seagrouBds , or rollers , wbich . br-. ikir . rnnT Ir _^ ound coast _witk _*_* a _, ealfol _' rs _^ _g _^
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who are upon them in _laevltable dtttruction , although at the same time the water in the oSng , and at a very short distance , Is comparatively _cslm and smooth . The bodies , which were aeon after _recoverid and identified bffore the coroner and jury , upoi » n _itqw' ne _> d on the 1 st instant , at the Albion Hotel , Freshwater Gate , Ly in the stables of the hotel . _Thslr face * were dreadfully disfigured , and tbe ! r whole appearance folly bore eut tbe idea cf tbe witness of their struggles , that tbey were _kUted rather thae dro « n-d by the avalanche of wains which fell _ipn _«^ ° * ' Tne J ? " « " " _»«» William Xorris . E , q „ coroner , and prooeeded to view the _bodieB ; and on their return the following evidenoe was given : —Emanuel Motk : I live at _Cowei I am a seaman , but net a pilot . On the 29 th ultimo we had b «* n ot sea . and about tan miles S . W . ot the Needles we
saw the _Enpbrocyd barque , bound for Calcutta . We took her pilot out of her at hit rf quest , to land bim at Freshwater . He was a _Nwrth S * a and Channel Island pilot , and stated hU name to ba Je . eph Johnstone . We took him out and brought him into Freshwater Bsy is onr vessel , and thsn we put him in onr small boat , a fourteeo feet boat to put him on shore * Captain Jacobs and William Barton got Into the boat with him . Burton Is a first-class pilot , and Jacobs was the master of the veuel , the Hero . I watched tbem as long as I could tea thsm , and then lost tight of tbem . I could see the coast , and peop ' o running about in confusion , bat the _B * a ran so high tbat I could not seo them land , and I was afraid something had happened . I was tho only person left on board , and I could not get in further , owing to tbs ground swell . I bave identified the bodies . Burton bas a wife and six children . Jacobs hat a wife
ani _srven children , and _Jjhnstene is a married man , J _^ _ut I do no-. Ieqow bow many children he has . _—WiHiam Lan _^ _mrad examined : 1 am _ek-lef boatman oi the Coast Guard station at Freshwater , I web ou the shore on the 29 th ultimo at Freshwater , between two and tbree o ' clock , p 3 i _CIsec by there I saw a _tmall boat leave tire pilot _vesstl Nj . 4 , and approaoh the _shere . When I saw tbem near thn ( here , I waved to tbem to come nearer tbe _watcb-bouBe , and land at an ether place , _whtrct boats generally attempt to come . They appeared to take no _nntics , bn : pulled further to the westward . In fact , two of the mon were steading up and pulling ; I ran abreast of them . At tbis time tbe water was very xmootb , aud t ** ey la ; upon thtir osrs _, as if considering , I hallooed and told them to come ie as fust as they
con'd , aa there waa no timo to go rcund tben . They lay about half a minute or the bar , as if appointing where _: o _lan . 1 _, and there was quite sufficient time to have _accompllshrii it if tbey had cotio right ob ; bnt by end by one of those trrmendoui swells rose up ln the distance , and I said to tbe eoy , * Thoy must be drowsed . ' Tbey evidently eaw their danger , and pulled tbe boat rouad « v ith her head to sea , in a proper manner to meet It ; 'at on , on it csme—a roller as high as this hotel broke und fall right down on tke top of them . I saw their hats 9 / off in the wind , and the bout turned over like a cockle shell . I ran to the hotel fcr assistance , and sent tba hoy fcr tbe Coast Guard men . We launched a boat by tbe help ef the women directly , but we could not even succeed ia keeping her in tha water . The sea rag-d to that degree , that we had a job to ke < p hold oi tbe boat , and we should most certainly have been
• _imwn-d if we bad got eff within five minutes after the last man sunk . I saw all three of them in the water , and I bare no _dru _* _3 t but they were kiUed by the _raasB of waUre that fell upon them . The bar where the mea _trere is about two bundred yards from the shore . The ee * . raged a long whiU afterwards . We launched eur bo » t again after this to go out , but could not succeed . We tried to go to Moth in the vessel . We picked up _Jo'metoae about five o ' olock , and found a namber of _certtfio & teB In bi & pocket , informing u * . who hB was , and that he _bolonccd ti Deal . He bad a ' _so a _packet of b _' . p letters , which I posted . Ha hod eleven sovereigns in his pocket , and two shillings in eilver , and a Bilver rlnc oa his _person . He appears to be about fifty years of ate . The evldenc * feting bo thoroughly conclusive thejury bat no difficulty in returning a unan ' _mous ver diet of ' Accidental Death *
The Mdedbb ih Wales . —There _i * evtry _raason to _bel'eve tbat tbo _perpMrator ef _Bmos * . _atrociou- murder in Wales ts now in our county _gaol upon a _chargo ef larceny , committed at _Stowmarket _, Tbe particulars aro as fellows : —On the morning of the 17 ' . h of November , Thomas Edwards , farm _srrvant to Mr Powell , ef Cwmgsydy , near Brecknock , was _murdewd , by having his braiei _beatcnoat with an axe , by his fellow-servant , Thorn w Williams , wbo immediately _abecond-d , since which tim * the Lord Lku ' enant , and the magistrates , have uced every means iu thtir power to apprehend tho _dslirqueut . In addition to this the _Secretary of State has -ene a _sergeant of ths detective police to the place of t _* _ie murder _lasi weik . with foil Instructions to apprehend the _accused . Whilst he was miking inquiries on the gpotalettrr was received frem Mr Johnson , tke governor ot our _coaaty gaol , stating that be had a peraon ln custody nn > v . ering tho _drecription of Thomas Williams , echo had bem committed by the magistrates in
Stowmark it , by the name of James Griffiths , together witb an » : her persoc named George Mlddleton , charged with hsTirg _e-olfi a plum cake frem . he shop of Robert Tricker , of Stovnnarket , They were tramping the country _tr-gethir . Oa the receipt of this letter , Mr J . Wicher , of the London detective police , aod Mr Powell , tbe _farnur with whom tho _unfortunsto victim aad the pT ? n charged with the murder lived bb servantb , im mediately started for Ipswich , and arrived on Saturday latt . at noon . Mr Powell was immediately introduced to the _prisoner , end at once , without the slightest hesitation _recognised tbe prisener as his former servant . Ur Powili was so mnoh affected at the circumgtsnee . that he was some seconds before he could give utterance to his conviction . The prisoner changed oolour , hung down his h > _-ai and waa perfectly silent . Many persons ba -a been it ken on Butpieion for thiB murder , and one untsmto man . from his remarkable _resomblacce to the accused , has been apprehended five times . He at last applied to tbe magistrates , and obtained _aroteetien .
Fatal Accident . —On Friday week Mr E . C . Qalcke , S n _* or Second F-llow of Njw College , Oxford , died at hU _chomtxro . Hr Qauk j mtt wltb an _accident on St Thomas ' s Day , on the Somers Town road . Whilst driving in bit usual steady manner , he saw a _horsa ln a dog _Cirt earning at full speed , and tbat tbe driver bad no control over the aaimal . He turned hit carriage quite oa tbe outside of the road to allow the comiog vehicle to pass , but by some mrnns a collision took _pluc * , nnd Mr Qalcke and bis Bervant , as well as tbe two persons iu thu dog cart were thrown out . Mr Qaicke _wes found t _? be severely injured about the bead . He waB r . moved to his chambers , and , under medical care , progr ; _ssed ao _fnTourablj , that a week ago he was allowed to take au airing in a fly , and consequently the mott ssDguius _hot-es of bis complete reoovery were looked for , until a few dEys ago , wh _> n a _change to _? k place which _termia & _ted fatally . Mr Qaicke wbb in his _fitiy-eigbth year , and had besn a Fell * w of New College between thirty and forty years .
_ruaiic Health cv Glasgow : _—Cobioub Fact . — At the _aBu-ip . l mee-Jag of the _Glasgow Royal Infirmary on Monday last , _PrtfoBBor _Tbomaen , in reply to a question lr : m th ? D - > m of Guild , stated that if th _< y were to compare tbe number of deatbs in tbe oi'y and neighbourhood during the past week witb the _Ci-ncepondiDg wetk of last year , tbey would find that they were double last year to what tbey wer * laat wotk . A Sign , f ma Times . —A recent Newcastle newspaper _contains _advertisements of _feriy-fivij farms to be let , cont _& _i' -in ; upwards of 11 , 000 acres , io be entered on at Liriy Day next _.
_Emighitmn . —The number of persona who have _emlgrattd from _ttiis part _during tbe year 1848 . is as follow ' : —T . Uai . tcS' . _ates , 127 , 501 ; North _American Colonies , 2 , 006 ; W : s ; Indies , 19 D ; Australia , 268 ; Hong King , 14 ; _F-fkiand Wands , 12 . To _= al , 132121 L ° st year ibe namh r « ho emigrate ! to Canada was 30 , 000 , this year oniy 2 000 , The _Canadian ? , tn tbeir wisdom , _impas . d a duty , and though _sibbU , wo see its extraordinary 'five * —Mve > p 6 ol Memiry . The Ten Hour ? Act . —On _Tue-doy nt the Manchester _Bu-osg _* * . Court , before Messrs M » ude , Walker , and Sharps , toe _Messrs W . P . Clarke and Co . were _sumtsoneo for _» viola : ion of the Tea Hours Act , by aUowing a _number of females over the age of eighteen years to work in their mill mora than tea hours per day . Thero were four i & _formations exhibited against tbe Messrs
C erke , Tbe first was tor having _sliowed Sarah and Mar ; _Wclia to work more than ten hnnr- on the 22 d of _Drferubtr _Ii « _t . Mr Cjbbet . wbo appeered to prosecute , bri . fl ) ' stated the facts cf the case . Oa the 22 d of _December tbe two Wells ' * commenced working at half-past five o ' clock in the morning , and continued to work until _balf-past tight o'clock in the evening , without _asy intermission , except an hour and forty minutes allowed for _mca's , They were therefore worked for upwards of thirteen hour" and twenty minu ' . es , John Percival , whe _ata-ed that be worked in the mill of tbe Messrs Clarke , proved tha chargo , and his testimony was corroborated bv otber _wiizesscB , Three other _casfB of a similar natore wer- » proved _egainsttbeHrssr * C . _' arke , and _ap _. nalsj of 50 s , In 6 & ch case was _inflicted , with coats . The penalties and _costfuvill amount to £ 25 .
The TaphWbe Mubdeb . —There is every probability of thc _perpetrators of thia horrid murder being brought to _justice . Two men arc in custody , lut the principal , U- vin » - _enliptei in the 65 . h Regiment , has te be brought _finci Ireland , whithor an « fficer has been 8 ent for him ; it is Buid that hu had concerted the plan of entrance for wieki befo : e , and oaly waittd to induce some one to join fejm : n the c .-ml _atteak upon Mrs Holman . All inquiries' ! _y-. ate oonduoted very _a-eretly . Since the above was written , we have betn _enabled to learn tbat a man now ia cuetoiiy bat confessed to h & vii g bten present at the murder , whleh was _nctua'ly committed by the man who big en ! _iiu .: i . Tte cue who _confscses says tbat he held
the _1-gat _ttbilst the other searched the drawers , and that in one they found a erojk < _sd sixpence , which they did ao -. tako for frar cf ita being marked ; they also _t ' _euad a _cavils bank book , end en bis companion looking at it he _sa'd , ' D — n the bid —— , wc are come too late , she bas _y-.-.-ii in ali her mnney . ' Now it happens that when Mr B . Fulfoid searched tbe house _alttr the mnrler , be fcuai la a drawer a crooked sixpence whieh ho mentionsd & : _tie inquest ; bat he did not mention thit he alao t , aw there the _savicg _* b _^ nk book , which clearly _showg thai thc man onto sing has such o knowledge of facts se it woald be _impossible to ascertain , except thiou * h a personal _piriislpation in the crime . — Devon _, shire Chronicle .
Glasgow . —Fatal Accident —A few days ago while a number of juveniles were amusing themselves on tbe _Ciyde , which bad been partially frozen over for tome days , in the vicinity of tbe Humane Society ' s House , a o ttwuof _tiicicetuWenljgavo way , oa ubiou fom
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girls and a boy were standing , and all of them were precipitated into the water . Aa alarm bating [ instantly been given by parties who witnessed the « oourr ' » nce two of the boys were rescued _alaost Immediately , and the other two ia a few minutes afterwards , _Wh-n goi out animation seemed completely suspended , and it was aot nntil aotive means had been adopted at the Humane Soclety ' s House , to which tbey were at once conveyed , tbat the boys first referred to gave any signs of life . The _msasnreB used , however , proved eminently successful , and in a short time tbey were quite restored . In the case of tbe girl , death was the result of tbe unfortunate accident . After the ice _zave way she disappeared beneath the surface , and upwards of an hour and a half elapsed before her body wat recovered . The n » me of the _suffsrer is Margaret Arthur .
Scicidb at Pltmouth — -Ontheafternoon of Saturday a gentleman engaged a waterman and a lad at Plymouth to row him to the breakwater ; they aoeordlugly landed him on the west end ; he tben stated it to be his Intention to walk to the eastern end , and directed them to take the boat there to meet him , bnt shorll- afterwards he waB observed t » tako off his hat and _ceat _, place thera en the breakwater and in Bight of half a dozen pir < _ons at last plunged into the 898 , the surf running very high at the time , and was never Been afterwards . Tbe waterman remained there for a long time , and then took possession of his great coat _aid hat , and , _accompanied _, by two ofthe harbour master ' s men , returned to _Tlymoatb _, and _proceeded to the police office , and gavu la . formation of what had occurred , depositing the articles at ths station . He appeared to be a perfect stranger , was about 55 years of _sge , and walked rather crippling , as if efflioted with tbe gout . Tbe great coat was made of brown clotb , and It had in one of its pockets part of a bottle of whiskey .
Beath bi _Fishtiko , —On Saturday an _inqueBt was held before the borough coroaer , at Liverpool , on view of the body of Robert Owens , who _dlr don the previous day , as was alleged , from lajuries received in a Sght With a young man named _Heatley Campbtfl , _Campbell hsd been taken into custody , and was present at tho in . _qneBt . On the prtvlous Saturday night , the _parties , along with _otfeers , were together at a public houBo is Pownail Square : a quarrel took place , and the deceased challenged the prisoner to settle tbe dispnte by a BtBfcdup fight , to eome off on the following Sunday morning . On Sunday morning the prisoner repeatedly expressed his unwllllBgness to go to tbe ground appointed for the fight ; but the deceased persisted in doing bo . _Slxrcunds were fought , the _reeult of which was that the deceased wae severely bruised . He was removed to the Northern Hospital , and died on the day before stated , of _infUm . mation ofthe brain , Tbe jury returned a verdiet of 'Manslaughter . '
Scene at the Pbeston Sessions —At tha Preston Sessions en Wednesday , an unusual sceao occurred , A woman , named Mary Richardson , was _charged with _dealing , at Cborley , a half-crown frra a labouring maa named _Norrls . Tbe prisoner was undefended . The facts of the oase were briefly these : —The prosecutor was drinking at a public-house called the Fos and _Goos _? , In Ctiorley , _WMIst there ( be prisoner and two other women came in , and ho treated them to some drink . After a time he went out ts the atone in front of the house , _beltjg somewhat' fresh . ' Before going out be had _half-a-crown in his left-hand pocket—ot this be was certain havlrg looked at It , Whilst at the stone he felt a hand put Into the pocket where the half crown wbb , and on putting his own band in immediately after be
missed the _half-crowu . The prisoner was the only person near him at the time , and she was on his left side . He took tbe woman into the public-house , and charged ber with _steallcg the money , but she denied tbe theft . However , be gave her into custody , A quarter of an hour afterwards the half crown was found in a passage at tbe end of the bouse , about two yards from tbe stone where the prosecutor was _standing . The prosecutor waa unable to say with certainty whetber he had been down the passage . He thought he bad not . — Thejury returned a verdiot of 'Not guilty , ' whereupon the following Bcene _occurred . —The Chairman ( T . B . Addison , Esq . ) , to thejury : Why , tbia woman has been convicted > _befere , and imprisoned in _Lancaster for two years , A set of stupid fellows like vou cannot see the evidence . ( Sensation in court . ) You ( speaking te the prisoner in an ironical _tsne ) bave had a wise jury . When you are tried again you may hope to havo such another .
Yau eet of stupids—how can yoa think of giving sucfe a verdict when you are upon your oaths ? ( Increased _eenaatloa _. ) Is there one man amongst you that is not at sure that she stole that half crown as yon are that you are _sittlag in that box ?—A Juror : I beg your pardon ; wt consider that tho man cannot Bwear to her hand in his pocket . Why , he says bo turned round . —Ths Chairman : Well , _doa'fc argue ; you are not fit , ( Great semBrttien . ) Tou ( the jury ) cannot pretend to have any doubt about the matter ; it was your duty to have given a verdiet according to your oatb . ( Expressions of disapprobation . ) Tho Viear : I beg to say that these observations don't proceed from tbo whole bench , ( Cries of Hear , hear , ' and applau * ein tbe _courf . )—The Chairman ( greatly agitated ) : Silence ! wbo iB that that dares The Tlcar ( a magistrate ) : I consider we have as much right at you . ( Applause . ) The court then _proceeded to the nest ease with tbe same jury .
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_Sreiantj . THE TMAL OF UB CBABLES O , DCPFI . The eourt pronounced judgment en tbe demurrer lo the Indictment againat Mr Duff / . Of the six counts In the bill four are declared unobjectionable , aud portions of two more are deemed valid , while the balance <> f theso two are , to use the words of the learned judges , ' repugnant and insensible . ' Tbo Dublin Wabdee supplies the following sum mary of the complicated and bewildering law proceedings in this protracted case : —
' The indiotment contained six counts ; in two of these tbe off nca was charged to bave been committed solely by the publication ef certain articles inthe Nation ; in the ether four it was charged to consist of an engagement in a treasonable movement with Mr Smith O'Brien , and tbe publieation of the articles with the express object of exciting the people to join in the rebellion carrying on by Mr Smith O'Brien at the time of their publieation , and for tbe purpose of promoting a previously arranged concert , 1 The latter oharges are obviously muoh the most serious—and not only bo , but they admit of evidence
varying entirely the character of the articles — and on the faitb ofthe admissibility of euch evidence an _enormousnumber of witnesses havo been kept In town for the last month at no inconsiderable expense to the public , to establish the facts of the Ballingary attempt at rebellion , with the objeot of fastening i Mr Duffy participation in its guilt . ' The judgment of the Court substantially i « , that tbo two counts wbich rely solely on tho publication are geod , but tbat the four whioh attempt te implicate Mr Duffy in the movements of Mr O'Brien are bad , and tbis owing to the grossest blunder in tbe drawing of the Indictment .
Tbe consequence will be , that in the event of a trial taking place the evidence of the Crown must be confined entirely to tho mere publication , and cannot be extended to any of tba matters connected with the treasonable movements by which they would have endeavoured to fasten e guilty oharaoter on three articles . ' The question , however , remains—whether the Court are to pass sentence on Mr Daffy on tho two counts ruled to be g 3 od _, or whether he is now to be tried on these f Tbe Attorney Ganeral bas asked for final judgment , end oalled on the Court to pass sentenoe on Mr Duffy , as if he had been convicted , Tbi * tbe Court has refused to do , but , appearing to ba _utterly perplexed as to tbo _cousb they should take , they suggested three
courses , any one of which would removo from _themselvea the onus of dealing on the point . Tho prisoner's _csunsel remained most perversely and obstinately silent —the Court looked to tho Attorney _Genrral—tbe Attorney General to the prisoner ' s counsel—¦ and after some time lost in tbis dumb sbow , and a very anxioup consultation between the Crown official " , tbe Attorney General begged for time to determine on the course they would pursue . The Court named Monday ; but on Monday ths Attorney General could not be readyan answer ( we opine the reasen to be ) could not be had from England before that clay — but any day alter Monday be would be ready . Ultimately the _cbbo wbb adjourned to Thursday , at eleven .
' We understand that the prisoner ' s eon as el regard the reeult at a most important advantage to him . They havo certainly succeeded ia _conriotirg the law officers of tbe Crown of the most Bho . mc . ful blundoring in the most essential parts et their _indictment—thoBe , iu fact , upon whioh they mainly relied to _tbttin a con . vlotlon , ' Thb Real Revolution . — The _socis revolution amongst tbe gentry continues to make way . A great _Mnnster landlord is _Btoggering under debts contracted forty years ago for a large country mansion , a church pro bono publico , and a demesne wall several miles lens .
TheBe have remained unsettled to this day . The _elfficulti's of a liberal peer in tbe seuth of Ireland , hitherto supposes to be very _wealthy , are now freely spoken of . Bat it Ib not alone the landlords who are breaking down ' . The failure of a very prudent and most respectable merchant iu a southern city within the last few days has caused much surprise , as he was a member of one of tbe firat commercial families ia Ireland , He was _connected with ' . he Irish homo trade , which has suffered dreadfully of late . The head of ono of our first firms recently stated that there wbb now ca much due ( o him from oris county in Ireland , as was formerly owed to bim from one of the four provinces under the old system of trade _.
_Anotueb 'Bid' roa tub Leadership . — Mr Henry Grattan , as ' Senior Representative ' haB addrcBBtd a card to tho _Irirh members , r-commendicg a meeting of their body previous to the assembling of _Parliament , and with _gri at modeBty offering his own services * ' to contrihute to the public _gaed by assisting at it . _REFBxsEDcaTioi * of DjsEQi . i —Since the death of Co _' . onel _Conolly , whioh took place at Castletown , near Celbiidge , last _weok _, there has beon a rumour that Mr Ham . il-. on , of St _Brnanis ( whohas bo mueh _diaiogulBhtd _him-eif by bis _tflvrts to promote employment on bis es _tata in _Dontgai ) , would be ealled upon to start It has _olee _luenj stated that Mr Thomas Conolly , ] ate hi _.-h Bheriff , lntendB to offer hlmBelf , * g Woekihq or tbi _Ibish poob Law . -The machinery ol the poor law is sadly out of joint . No mechanic or _Sft . _« _TsTt ' ° T , y ' ° a < 1 a " " _^ ¦* or at all affected by ll aro _cttlUo-j out _plteousl y for _repalrg-
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_reconfltruction—deitruotion . Any ohange mutt be for the _betttr . If something be not speedily done , ev « ry board of guardians in Ireland will forgot tho business of Ub union , in the increasing din kept up at the meetings about the hardships and _inconsUtencUs of this most obnoxious law , Already a widespread organisation against the payment of rate * exists In the midland districts ; it is not looking boyond the natural course of events to say that universal opposition appears In tbe distance . At a meeting in Longford last week , the members for the coanty attended , and resolution * were passed to the tffeot that alt descriptions oil _propsrtj should ba rated for tbe relief of tha poor . If such meetings take plaoe In otber parts of Ireland , the Chancellor of the Exohiquer wiU appeal to them as evidence ef the necessity for an lnoeme tax
. . _ .. One of tbe questions wbich on tbo mooting of Parlla . ment will bo _BOBnestand most vigorously p ressed upon the _att-ntlon ef the legislature , will be the area of taxation for peor . law _rBtlng . The difficult pari of thit oomplicated _tubjeot will be to devise a good law of settlement , suitable to the exceptional state of this country . Whether government will leg islate _atteotly on this _snbject appears to be still uccermin , bb it Ib said there Ib much _iSisoordance of opinion on the point between _oertfiln mombers of the administration and a leading controller of tho whole poor-law system . Tha praotical -numbers amongst the Irish representatives are turning their _attcniian to It but as yet tbere is great _cruilooess in their
V 18 W 3 . County Cube —The coffia oontracter of the Euniitvmon Workhouse has supplied over two hundred and bbventy cofiinB within the last two months . The number in the bouse ia oot over one _thouBand _, se that more than ono-fourth of tho inmates died away ln that short epnee I Emiobation . —Sales of Govebnment Stock . —For ono weeks pi . it , ths sums of money drawn out of the _Bsnk of Ireland , by farmers emigrating to Amerioa , hive been very considerable in amount . However _straDgo it may appear , tbere have also been _sslss of government Btock by _tboa _« farmers , In _emcdl amounts , but in the aggregatotonlarge ' _sum . In _tbeceah offices of tha Bank of _Ireland , any day , you can see thoBe _friia _; . coated emigrants drawing out their savings , preparatory to a winter voyage across the Atlantic .
_JovrNILE Paopebs , — The enormous number of juvenile paupers now maintained in tbe workhouses is becoming a greBt evil . By soma persona it it proposed that government should establish depots in the chief seaports , and export _whslesale to the colonies cargoes ot pauper Irish boys and girls . _iNCKNDiAius't in _Ulsteb . — There have been farther fires . Tbe Ni > bt * _iebn Whio has the following : — 'Another Incendiary Fibe . —Oa Ttursday evening , tiboutfi * e o ' clock , _ahay . _Btack _. tbepropwty o'M-bBlair , of Wheatfield , was set on fire . Immediately on the alarm being given tbe _Billyslllan Churoh bell wbb rung , and a number of the _people In the district assembled , who succeeded in patting out tbe fire . There were , we understand , neveral stacks of wheat and oats contiguous to the fired _hoystcck , which fortunately escaped . We are glad to learn , that the farmers of both Diwn and An 9 _trlm are niw well armed , and are determined , should any incendiary come in thoir way , te give him something that he will not readily digest .
' _Anotheb Dabinq ; Aitempt at Bobnino . — We lately had occasion to direot the attention of our _readers to an attempt which was made to fire the flax mill ond corn kiln of Alexander Porter , o » _Billyknocken , parish of _Ssiaifieid . On Wednesday night another attempt was made to blow up and burn the corn mill of the same in * dividual , with gunpowder . Asocial evening party were met , aboat one hundred end fifty yards from tbe mill , and on _hearing an explosion _during tbe night , they ran to the spot , and founi that the explosion had broken a window , forced from the roof a f « w slates , and had dama'td the fane . The police were patrolling in the district during the night , but difl not , so far as we have learned , Bee _anylhlfg of tho _inotudiariej . '
The Limerick Chronicle of Saturday says : — 'Menday tnoruing next , fifty young women whoso ageB vary from fonneen to eighteen years respectively , inmates of tho Limerick workhouse , will proceed to Dublin by railway , in oare of tbe master , Mr R . Scott , who will deliver tbetn over lo tbe charge of Lieut , Henry , It . E , emigration agent . They go on direct to Plymouth , and emhork tbere in an pmigrant B jip for Australia , chartered by tho Colonial Office Tho orderly and respectablo op . p . arflneo of these young adventurers , mostly orphans , io highly gratifying , and _lluir ou _* fit by the guardians comprises everything essential for their comfort . '
RECLAMATION OF WASTE LANDS . At the meeting of the Cork Scientific ) Society , last week , Mr C . Coltburet , of Clonraoylo , J p ., attended to give any explanation tbat might be dettoed desirable to the society in respect to tbo plan he had adopted in reclaiming the land * of _Milleona . —Tho secretary having read the essay of Mr R . T . Hill , on " tbe reclamation of waste lands ln Ireland , Mr Colthurst enid that _nothing would bave induced htm to bave eome from bis home but the _n-cessity he saw of _inducing tht , employment of tbe people remuneratively to employers . He had been _succeasful in his endeavours to reclaim waste land . Having succeeded , and having data to go on , he wao now ready to give every explanation in his power . Any person could do wbat he bad done if ho availed himself
of common _industry , a little intelligence , and , of course , the requisite capital . If he endeafbured to show wbat he bad done , and what the result , it would be a mere _recapitulation of tho essay juet reed , tbe great work baying been _accomplished by the profits _erlsin * from twenty acres whioh he had previously reclaimed . These twenty acres were valued under the Tithe Composition Aot at 3 s , lid ,, when in the possession of a _farm-r named John Haly , wbo was ejected for non-payment of rent . That was in 1835 ; nnd in 1816 it had made for him £ 2 , 261 13 s . 2 d . He trusted it would not be _eupp « _sed that be was egotistical , or that he deBlrcd to blow hi ? own trumpet ; bis only anxiety be _' rg to impress on tbe publio _rnial tbat industry , skill , and capital , would overcome any obstacles if followed Bp with energy sad
uplrlt . He had been working in a wilderness ) from 1830 to 1818 , andthe result had been a profit of £ 10 , 000 : he expected by 18 S 1 to make £ 5 , 000 more . This bad been done in the middle of the MilleenB , wbere there was neither bouse nor berbBgH . Now , this showed that mnoh could be done in Ireland if the people would only attempt it , acd he hoped the day was not fir distant when all classes anil all creeds would cordially _eo-opernte for the banefil of the country , for there was no mincing the matter , this country was at present in a precarious position , though Its fertility waa beyond the knowledge of man . He had waited upon the Lord Lieutenant , and had detailed to bim the nature of _h's works , nn _4 he received his _Exceliency ' _s cordial approbation for the ingenious mode he bad adopted of reclaiming bo ? land , whioh wbb certainly
very novel , and originated witb bimseif . The plan was the fliodlng-on the essence of soils , wbich wss extracted hy the water from tbe alluvial deposits of the country over the land ho sought to manure . Now ho _estlmited that the wat ° r be flooded on tbe land was worth £ 1 an acre , which on the 250 acres reclaimed , was equal to £ 250 a year . Therefore , if the water whiob flowed over the 1 000 acres he held at _BaUyvoumey could he made worth £ 1 000 a year , bob the value of the water which idly flowed through the lands of Ireland . Thero was no doubt but water was the best pgent for the improvement of bog If they thoroughly drained a bog , the summer sun would dry it np and destroy its properties for veg-tntion . whlla if bog _wng allowou to bo saturated in wet weather , It would not glvo _vegetable food . To meet these defects he employed
water gates , which enabled him to raise or lower the levol ofthe water in his sluices at pleasure . —Mr Corbott desired to know bow tbe farm was situate in respect to _limestone ?—Mr Colthurst _r-plicd that it was ten miles _remoted from it . He considered limestone absolutely necessary for tho _fiuiebing off of bog land , which cou . _talncd many impurities that lime removed . He had lately _brsugbt _undrr the notice of the publio tbe 10 . acres of bog from Kllcrea to Ircbegeelu . _tbrouph wblob limestone was abundant , and wbich possessed ten times the advantages that his property did . —Mr F , M . Jennings said that a few months since be was in tho neighbourhood of Mr ColthurBt'B proptrty , and be eould bear testimony to all that was said in refrrence to tbe i-aproveftient . _H-J WAS particularly struck with the
fertility of the Milleens Improvement , wbich exceeded all _descrip'ion—tho plan of improvement being vtry novel , in proof cf which he perceived the Society of Civil Engineers had _paesed a vote of thanks to Mr Colthurst , It was well kuown that bog stuff was good manure , _and tbe plan of Mr Goliburst brought toil gravel and Band to iho bog by means of flooding . He never eaw in any conntry gromer land than a portion of the bog where lime was strewn . H * tried the depth of the bog ° ' nff , ami bored to twelve feet without ooming at the subsoil . By systematic flooding Mr Colthuret had not only drawn off tbo bad matter but had infused all tbat was useful ; and if tbe system was carried out _extensive ' y _, the country would be peculiarly benefitted . Ih eomo places bog wag reclaimed by _drawing sand and
gravel by _horBOs , but this was too _expensive , and , not being periodically kept up , the bog fell bBck to its _ori . _ginal waBt _* . This was sow effected by flio _3 ing , which wbb produced witbout either coat or trouble . Mr Colthurst said that many persons , at vast expense , brought to bog land matter that was injurious ; but by his plan ? 11 that was injurious was separated by tbe operation of tho water much bettor than by any otber _proofss humna _ingenuity could dcvlso , and spread over the land the vry essence of tbe boII . The ground got all that wss good , and the _cnnal kept all that was bad , and which wbb _caried eff by the _floids . _Ers-ry flood brought «" onn top dressing for his laud , and the friction of the water prevented tbo grow h of moss . _—Alderman Dowden desired to know if one _srsom courBe _wna sufficientto drain a bog S—Mr Colthurst said he had one main drain and numerous email cp _? n _flrainB . When Irrigation was the
_objtct , covered draiDB were not only useless but _positively injurlouB . —Mr Ab . l heard farmers say that continuous irrigation produced few crops and wasted the b > tl . —Mr _Cjltburst did not aee bow this could be . He looked upon irrigation as the fif 8 t of tit improvements , for tbis _reaBon , that there wpb not a pint of water which did not contain ceri tin portions of manure . He admitted that If watrr were applied to land in a slobbering wayit would do more isjury than good , but If brought ou on a slope of one foot ia fifty , it had sufficient friction to remove ell that was injurious to the land , with sufficient steadiness to deposit all that was held in solution that was useful to tbe land . His father wbb the gentleman who first _introduced irrigation into _Muskerry . A portion of his lawn wat Irrigated in 1800 , end inthe oourBe Of every succeeding year he pledged his honour that it yielded to the average three tons of hay p 6 * aora for Ae _fortf-eight J ™" . _w < l got nothing * u \ rt irrigation . He
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[ would mention a _curlout fact ! -he had In his demesne ! a _Bprlng of tke purest water , which flowod ov-r a portion of the land , andthe Irrigation of this water gave much better results than that of the river wator . —Mr J _^ _n-, nlngs said there waa no doubt that the purest spring water contained very fertilising matter , When tbey con ., _slderad the way in which spring water was formed , _they I must be aware of its oarrying away the impurities ot * the j land . Water contained vast quantities of inorg * nio , matter for the _BUBtensnoe and developement of plants . He had sean Instances of very rioh spring _watsr which , had _oom » either from good ground or from _tqcbb iu a | state of decomposition , wbich Buppiled what tho ground j required for _fertility . Wben a bog was in a dry state J it was utterly impossible for vegetation to go on , neither ,
_esuid it whea in a wot state ; and , therefore , removing moisture ln one season and supplying it In another enabled plants to draw their constituents from water and air . They could by constant cropping make alluvial soils barren , but Mr Coltharst by bit plan supplied the land with fresh alluvial soil every year , and prevented _exhaus tion , _Lleblg , ia one of his works pointed out how a very few feet of _decomposed rock spread agon ground produced inorganic food for plants , and that bog _produced carbonaceous requisites , all ot which were brought into use by flooding tbe land . These who understood the subject regretted tbe quantity of alluvial mattor removed , by floods , and taken down tbe river , to the Injury ot the harbour , which . If collected and spread on Und would give an immenBe amonnt of the richest soil
for the growth 0 _/ tbe food of animals . —Mr Bergin said tbat tbe plan now under consideration was a mere adoption of tbe f . noient _tyttera— the inundatioiiB of the Nile . He wished to know if Mr Colthurst bad ever tried kelp as a _maasre for bog mould !—Mr Colthurst h 3 d ntsver _usei _anjtliing except limoi wat ?** , and ashes . —Mr B rgin found kelp on broken grass ground give eBormous crops , which showed that vegetable matter acted on by k _' llp produced _enormously . He used kolp on a piece of ground at the rate ef half a ton to the aero . Ha wiih ;? d to know the _ezpsasa per acre of keeplog the sluices and watercourses in working order , for it ibe oost were large it would be an obstacle io tbe use of the
plan by tbe farmers in general . —Mr Colthurst eaid that no rush of water ( iff * eted tbe peat banks , and therefore the oaly cost was in _respect to tbe sluice gates , whieh were perishable , Tbe most expensive part of tbese was tbe m ; tsl _, This , with proper cars , would last fer hall a csntury , while the wood wonld last at least twenty years . But he looked on these expenses as a mdro bagatelle , the profits were so enormous , for he had proved that land whioh was worth £ 1 an acre would not bs worth £ 1 by any other process of reclamation . His great _stopbatch cost £ 10 , aad the otber _twd £ 5 each , milking £ 20 . Ho could ssy , after thirty years' experience , any reasonable expense gone to hr irrigation would be more than repaid .
SrAM or Mato , _—Pobmc _Wobxs . — In a late nnmbir of thit journal ( _SBys the Ttbawlt _Bshald ) we stated that Mr Brett , the county surveyor , had assigned the sum of £ 23 , 600 as being neoessary to resume the public works in the barony of Tyrawly ; and from his being called npon to fix tbe turn whioh m _' ght be deemed requlilte , we drenr the conclusion tbat it was tbe intention of government to have the works brought iuto _opsratlon without delay . We do not , however , bear anything ot tbe matter at present , and we therefore fear the poer idle labourers will have to wait far em . ployment much longer than they expected ,
Mubdeb . and Robbebt . —The Luiericc and Clark _Examinzb omtan- tbe following : — ' On the mga % ol Uomlsy _. _the Itt inst ., four arratd men came lo fie bouse of a poor farmer named Kiileen , at _Ciahammore West . Tbey knocked at tht deor , and , on bis opening it , they presented their guns at bins , and _domauded _tbeprict ofa horse he sold a few days _previously . He denied having the money , and tferea of the party tben entered the house , and commanded Kiileen and his wife toga to bed and cover their faces , They tben _searcbod for the money , and found £ 3 10 * . in the bed , A brotherin-law of _Killee-i , named Ambony Murphy , _** a * iu tbe house , and they made bim He oa his face over some pots .
roes When they found tbe money they came to Murphy , and struck bim with their guns , and _eak'd him for money . He said the few 'hillings he had fell from him . They then asked Kiileen wbo the stranger was , and on his telling tbem tbat be was Ms brother-inlaw , one of the ruffnns pit his gun to Murphy ' s left side , and drove the bullet through the unfonuna'e man ' s body . An inquest was hrld on _Wednesday by Mr O'Donnell , coroner , aocompanied by Mr Little , R M _,, wben a verdict of wilful murder was returned _ni _/ alnat _sosie person or persons unknown , It is gent rally thought tbat a dispute about land , and no robbery was the cause of thit deliberate and atrocious murder . '
Thb _REr-AL Association . —The snake in tbe _trmss has again reared its but halftcrushed bead . The ' C immittee' have just issued their annual address , setting forth an abstract of the Bums of money Dwindled and ex . _pended since the last hopeful _balBBca Bluet wbb issued , Ths receipts , including £ 171 7 s . 8 d ., the proceeds of tbe sale of tbe library , amount to £ 1 , 145 10 a , IO 1 ,, nnd the expenditure to £ 1 . 120 13 * . 7 d ., leaving a baWnce towards liabilities of £ 21 7 s , 3 d . Tie debts , it appears , aro' practically * wiped away , aad there is now ne doubt tbat a daring attempt will be made by the 'happy family ' to revive the agitation aa boob as Lord Clarendon is deprived of the means now at his disposal for the Bum . mary suppression of all seditious assemblies .
Ah Ibish _Caiifobsia—Railways being somewhat out at the elbows , and iron consequently at a discount , tbo pensive Irish publio is about to be tickled with another high sounding epcculation , which seems to be admirably adapted to divert men ' s minds from the pursuit of such common-place objects as improvements in the art of husbandry , & c . The golden project is thus alluded to by tbe Railway Gazette : — We perceive that an assoclation has been formed to work the gold mines of Wicklowand Wexford , as the discov-rleB In California have turned attention towards geld seeking . It Is
announced that 'more thsn twenty trlalB , during three months' labour , have proved that the auriferous deposit In Ireland occupies an area of upwards of one hundred square milts ln the counties of Wioklow and Wexford . The gold ls found in quartz and black Iran sand , as on the western coast of America ; and it is said tbat by an improved method of working sixteen men and women can wash ene bundred tons of Band a day , at an outlay of 124 . ' The managing director of the association is Mr Wm . U , Colletr _, who bas taken a very aotive part ia the extension of tho railway system in IrelBnd . '
Donmanwat UsTow , C > bk —The reporter of the Cobb : Examiner writes as follows touching the Btate of this portion of the West riding : — ' The general _condition of the _Duumauway union contrasts very strongly tadeod witb tbat of the _adj > in ! ng unions of Bantry and Skibbereen , Tbis you will Instantly perceive by reading the state of the bouse of the former union , and the very healthy state ofits finances . The inmates of the _Dunmanwaj workhouse number . 1 . 051 . Of these there are of tbe able-bodied men but the very 8 ni-. ll figure ol 79 ; of able-bodied womeo , 23 G ; and of children , 691 , It will appear very singular , perhaps , that the proportion of able-bodied men in this end the Bantry union is ao small , wben contrasted with the same class of women ln each union ; bnt the cause la vtry palpable . Hundreds
of able-bodied men ia those districts have fled tbe poverty ani wretchedness wbich surrounded them on every Bide , aad have left their _wivesand children _drpendent on the poor law—many , probably , have gone with tbe Intention of sending for their wives or children , whan , iu a foreign _ceuntry , they win their independence , whieh was denied them at home : but there Ib scarcel y a doubt that tbe majority of those families will be left a permanent burden on the union . ' ' Out-door relief is _administered in tho Dunmanway union 10 between 8 , 000 and 4 , 000 persons , which will make the total number of persons relleved from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 . Now , when you remember that in _Sltibbereen , there are 12 , 000 paupers , ond in Bantry , 9 , 000 , you must admit that Dunmanway la comparatively prosperous . And yet it is vory difficult to account for tbis _prcsperi'y . The union is , I believe , Urger—at tho least , it is bb large ob Bantry , and its popu
lat' . OB , if not more , must ba qu _\"« as great . The valuation ofthe union is £ 43 , 827 12 * . 6 _J . j soma £ 5 , 000 or £ 6 , 000 more tban that of Bintry , The rate struck on this for the past twelve months amounted but to Si . In tbe peund , whllBt thoBe of Bantry and Skibbereen , you remember , amounted to between »> . and 7 s . j whilst _tfee Bantry union is _neck-and-ears in debt , and whilst the majority ef ratepayers of Skibbereen are on tbe verge of r « ln , the _Danmanwoy guardians have to their _owdit in _baak a Bum of £ 3 , 032 . Thia , to be sure , ought , and would , redound very much to their credit , did they give anything like rational diet to the unfortunate paupers nnder their care ; but aa long an the present system is continuod such fact must hava a contrary _tfLot , The farming _cIbbbob , like those ef _fesntry , are in very many _iostanees leaving their holdings , and emigrating to some more _fortunate country , '
The Rbtbbkob « nt Commission . —Tfae Evbkikq Hebald says : — < It is now , we beliove , pretty _confl . d 4 . ntly antici pated that tbe » jBtem of economy in the revision of the _government offices , decided upon by the Treasury , will not , so far as this country Ib concerned _, effeot the Chief _Secretary ' s department , end that of the Paymaster of Civil _SorviosB , alone . Tbe offi-e of the Poor Law Commissioners and that of the Board 01 Workt will , it is said , have to undergo the _infHctton of the pruning knife , to tke _extent-psrticularl y as regards the latter _establishment-of a curtailment of toe somewhat exorbitant _ealaries paid te _eundry swaggering _sneoutists' 6 l *
Thk Pbij-S Ts Versus Thb Pruetabians. —T...
Thk _Pbij-s ts versus thb Pruetabians . —The workins _: classes not unnaturall y believe , that the political causes which bent ruinously upon their in- teraUB . owe their vitality and activity to the fact tnat tne Mouse of _Commona is so constituted as to _represent tbe interests of property rather thaa of I men . As sub ject to the law , and large contributor ** to the _reveres of the _government , they claim ai right to a voice _mthe _aaking of law , and to a L _MttultonM expression ot judgment , as to tha mode OF raising and distributing those revenues . Thev _f-, 1 themselves at oiice degraded and despoiled bv bring ke t beyond the pale of political power . To thS claim nrs -p tn _statesmen anl far-famed 1 philanthro W )* hi - * set tha seal of their _lii _^ h authority But _sSa _^ K rt ¥° r _* * _comidewd _^»¦ Wr . have _Charif J » _w « oluded members for professing 1 UarbBt priuciples-ui someministers have
de-, n _^ fi , _tAose , P _«** ° _'P _* _<» a * positively sinfu ! -and in mm \ , _tbershgion ol Christ has rein practically at t torta _aaoondemnatory of ilm _^ _Nonconformist .
The Wreck Of Her Majesty's Sloop ; Mutin...
THE WRECK OF HER MAJESTY'S SLOOP ; _MUTINE . i Tho following particulars of the wreck of the Mu-1 tine , have _bwsn communicated by a young officer of that ill-fated bIoop to bis parents . — ' _Malancaco , Venice , Dee . 23 . Mr Dbar — * -, —¦ I must now relate what I know will at least interest you—vis ., the wreck and total loss of the poor _Jjttls Afutine . Ye *; she now lies about four _mile 3 from tbis place , a hopeless w : eck , little more tban one-half of ber symmetrical frame holding together . By the blessing of God , wa were all saved except five . But now for the full particuhrs .
• We sailed from Trieste , in a _denaa fog , on Friday , the 16 th . _Cslms and bafflng winds so detained ua that we did not anchor at Venice nntil Tuesday night . The _eiptain , with the surgeon and purrer , bad left the ship two nights previously , when about twenty miles off ( with despatches ) , aod the fog continuing , they were prevented from returning to tho vessel ; but on _Wednesday , the 20 . h . it cleared , when immediately a sale of wind _succseded ., Tha captain tried to come eff in his own boat , but was noarly swamped three times . He then offered £ 50 for any boat that would _canvey him on board hia ship , but all in vain ; no one was hatdy enough to accept it . The steamer * , too , tried to g _« t out , buS oould not .
• Meantime , finding it wa ? likely to blow hard , wo weighed , and leaving our anchorage off Lido , the north entrance to th « Li _^ c-on of Venice , ran down to that of Mahnioco . somo miles to the southward , try * ing to get a pilot to take us inside the Lagoon , where we should hava been all safe ; but it came on to blow so hard that no pilot cou'd reach us ; asd , the wind shifting a point or two , we were now on a dead lee shore , with a tremendous sea , and no _chanoo of being able to beat off , _eVcsn if we made sail . By eleven o chek that nignt , two out of ' our four cables _parted i an d as we wer « striking topmasts soon after , the third cable , a fourteen inch hempen one , snapped in twain . We were at the mercy of the _remaining anchor , with 150 fathoms of chain on it ; and that fast comin ? hum ? , thero was nothing fcr it but to cut away tho masts . Tha foremast went firat , but that falling to stop tho drifting , tho mainmast went too , and the little Mutine lay a hulk upon tho
troubled waters . I was of that middle watcb , ( though , of oour 3 c , sll hands were on deck ) , and I Bhall never forget the scene—a frightful sea and surf —the sea eurging and drifting fast , and a rocky coast astern of us . Wc now with some difficulty nova overboard our two shell _guos , weighing about four tons , with astron ? hawser bent on each , and , greatly to our satisfaction , we then , assisted by the streamanchor , with 100 fsthom * cable , held on for some time . We remained in thia awful position until four o ' clock on Thursday morniDg , when we began tiring minute guns of distress , and as soon as day broke we hoisted the _en . _iis'n jaek _downwards on the stump of ths mainmast . But , aias ! it was a forlorn hope ; for soen after thia she began again to drift , the sea making clean breaohes over us , and tbe cold so intense that the icicles from tho sea water bung on all the bows , _netting , and even on our clothes .
' At half-past four , sick , worn out with hard work and overcome with cold at d wet , I went down and turned into the firat lieutenant ' s bed , _takin-j eff my wet clothes , and rolling myself up in his blankets , I slept for about an hour , when the first lieutenant Bent down to say I had better come on deck . I immediately got up , but a » I could not get into my wet clothes , I slipped on a fhnnel , a shirt , a rair of drawers , and a large cloak , with an old pair of stocking" and _shces . When I arrived on duck , I found tha Bhip had drifted much closer in . aad the _fi'ft
lieutenant observed it would be a , miracle if any were saved . Al length , when about a mile from the shore , she struck ( about 12 30 p m ) , and we with all possible despatch hove _overbiard the remaining ten _guna , with the shot , water , die ., and about three o ' clock , finding all our efforts of no avail , and , as we all thought , certain death awaiting ua—weary , _frre : n , exhausted , we made one more , one last dying attempt to save ourselves ; so , sending all hands to the _forecastle to the wind , wo slipped our cables and contriving by this means to get her head before the gale , we ran rapidly in fur the shore .
' Being very light _frots tbe loss of gunB _, & e , the sea and wind ran us so rapidly over ths rocks that the ship struck with frightful violence ; but at last she was carried so close in that we were enabled to get a line on shore , and by means ef it a hawser ; not until , however , poor Whiting , one of our mates , Inst his life in attempting to land in the jolly boat ; which was pitched _ov- ; r the Bide ; fortunately , the rest of the boat ' s crew were saved , but the boat having been capsized they wera frightfully knocked about . I _niw went down , having previously thrown off my _cbak , and having strongly tied a handkerchief round my neck , fastened in one corner ofit all the stook of money I could at the moment reach , and by _imans of this hawser , a bowline knot round it , and a line from the shore , I assisted in landing the men , until finding that at last I oould not stand on my feet from the _intense wld , I wa 3 _myaelf put into the knot , and was hauled along the h » waer . By mere instinct , I must have held on , for I only
remember being dragged through the water head foremost , being terribly knocked about upon the rocks , nearly drowned , and baine then ae ' _zjd by half-a * dozmmen , _whoconreyed me tothe _neareit housethat of a cobbler— -and put me to bed , oue of them ( as recommended by the Royal Humane Sooiety ) turning in with me . After some time I returned to consciousness , when , ray attendants having _doBed mo with sundry tumblers of hot grog , and warmed my feet , which were very _Dainftil , and my fingers , which ara still frostbitten , Ibegau to feel something like myself . I must say I never experienced such kindness as from these people ; the w * aole family vied wiih each other as to who could do most—tucking me in , making me broth , bringing wine , _groe . « fco . Ofthe rest of my p _- _ior shipmates , thea 3 _sistant-Burgeon and one ofthe mates ( Charlton ) were Inzjn to deatb , as was also the marine . Tha carpenter got out ofthe bowline knot , and waa drowned _, bat the rest all got safely ashore , more or less injured by bruises .
• Next day ( Friday ) we were almost all removed onboard her Majesty ' s steam-vessel Ardent , lying nnder the _Lasoon , and I am eow writing this in bsd . with _frostbitten fingers , and my toes ao badly bitten , that the dec * or fears I sball lose one of my big toes , and perhaps one or two others . I think , however , I shall get over it . but 1 fear I shall not be able to leave my bad for _Bomatime 'There is D 0 chance of _Bftving anything from the brig . __ We have lost aU in her ; the only things I have in the world are one shirt , one flannel , and ono pair of drawers . ' God bless you all , i _" b the earneBt prayer of ' Yours , _dfi * _., « __
Rbprieve Of Radcliff K —In The Last Numb...
_Rbprieve of Radcliff k —In the last number of this journal we announced the reprieve of Radcliffe frem his unjust sentenoe . Since then the Manchkstbr Examinkr says , that ' Joseph Constantine ( who was sentenced to trAnsportation for life ) , haa made a confession , which throws considerable light upon the melancholy r , ff _.. ir . According to hia _Btatemeiit . Radcliffe was not _present when Bright waa attacked . _Cucntantf ns considers that the fatal deed wa 3 perpetrated by a publican or beer-house keeper who had
a grudge against _Bright , in oonsequenoe of some information whioh he had laid against him at a preceding period , asd who toek that o PPo-tunitv of revenging himself . On Tuesday a _deoutation f , ora Aahtoa waited upon Baron Alderson , " and also on Mr Waddington , at Ihe Home Secretary ' s office . On calling __ t tbat oftc _* on tho following day _thedeouta tion were infoimed by Mr _Waddin-jton that Sir George Grey h _« d th _ou ght fit to rnomiQfDd the pruoner to the merciful consideration of her Majesty , and that his hie would be spared . '
Country Bank N _^ _Es _.-Tradesmen cannot be to _:, much on their guard in taking the notes _« f provincial banks , o the charaoter of whioh they are ignorant . List week a _tradesnnniu Bristol _waa vieiimied by areBpeota ble _looking person , whodescribid himself to be a captain ot the port of Gloucester . He made _ItTnlISh _™ ' ? _° d _ente _« d into conversation on iree port matters with much ease and gentlemanly bearing , ultimatel y tendering _ £ i 0 note ? f the _Glooesier Oid _Bink , dated Hot ., _isfe , _agaUst whS _fenl _^ f U 5 ' iD ca 8 b ' The Gloucester Oid Bink stopped payment some 30 years since , and , upon subsequent examination , the date 1842 is evidently a forgery . Strange enough , thia very note afterwards _parsed through several hands without _suspicioH nor was its _wPrthleBsnes _^ discovered until paid into one of the local banks .
Public Health Act . —Upwards of 90 towns and Places having petitiontd the General Board of Health to send down a SuperintendiEg Inspector to make public inquiry , with the view to the application of Che Public Health Act , the board has been under the necessity of appointing two additional inspectors for the service from among the candidates who have Bent in papers setting forth their experience and qualification , in reply tothe board ' s letter . Upon the proposition of M . Victor Hugo , and as a mark of respeot to the memory of M . de Chateaubriand , the Academie _Francaise , at its Jast sitting decided that it would not hold on one and the erne day the elections of new members to replace AI . Chateaubriand and M . Yatout , and appointed Thursday the llth for the one , and Thuraday 18 _lh for tha other . _—Para Paper . HOW THK SOCCKSSOBS OF THE Ar O _tfLBS ABB
LoDasD —Urea' ; things were expected in the way of reform and _retrenchaent Irom the Ecclesiastical Commie ionere : hew these expectations have been _fulfillttd , 1 st the _follow ' mg amounts , of which the commission hos authorised the expenditure on episcopal residences show :-Palace at Ri pon _, £ 13 080 ; Purchase oi land and house for _Bishspof Gl > uc _**« ter , £ 11000 ; _altoratios of house for him , £ 11897 Purchase of eBtate and heuBe for Bishop of Linoo ' n £ 39 , 406 } alteration of house for him , £ 13 , 3 ' 2 Purchaai of estate and house fer the Bishop ol _Roch-Bt 3 r , _£ 35 , 6 o 7 . Alteration of re _* _iid . ence ol Bishop of Worcester , £ 7 ooo . Alteration of _residence '• f Bishop of Oxferd . £ &\ dC & -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 13, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13011849/page/6/
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