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lismsa o » ihc Chudres the Sins . of thb ather . —Sbfpbsshok of PHOsrmmoB . —It baring een ascertained that a large number of bouses into rluchjoTing andinexperienoedfemalesare inTeigled , re kept by persona of the Jewish nation , the present Bgb . Priest or Chief Rabbi ( Mr Alder ) has , within he last week or two caused it to be intimated that 10 member of the Jewish persuasion who is the weeper of sae-h places , either directly or indirectly , rill be permitted to attend the synagogue , nor b » icknowlciged as one of the people ; that neither heir sons nor tkeir dau ghters shall be allowed to be parried according to ihe Jewish riteal , nor will any tf the religion * rites be performed at the birth of a fluid ; and should the party die at the time of keepng such a house , be will be refused the right of epultBre ; no pwyere will be read , nor will they be nterred amongit their forefathers , bat be buried beland what aretarmed the boards , the same as if the uirtv had died accurst .
The Mabikbosb Mbbdeb . —Maty Ann Hani , rho was convicted at the last sessions of murdering a old woman named Stowell , still remains in Newpte , awaiting the decision of government , as to whehertheseitenceof death is to be carried into effect r not . It was proved at the trial that the wretched riminal wasla the family-way , and , as thereappears o be no doubt that she will eventually become a notber , the sentence , of course , cannot be carried nto effect until after she ia delivered . It will be a atisfaction to the jury , who felt themselves comjelled to return a verdict the effect of whkh , in all Kimanprobability , would beto consign a fellow create to death up . a thescaffold , to know that&eiinlappy culprit dm . within the last few dave . in dear
and undisguised terns , admitted her guilt . Immediately after she retired from the dock , sentence having beeu pronounced , she appeared to recover ker self-pcssession , and said to one of the officials who was aoeempanjing her , ' Theydon't yet know how It was done ; ' She denied that it was premeditated On the trial it was proved that on the Monday prev £ 008 to the fatal occurrence the culprit and the deceased had a violent quarrel , and that the former made use such terms towards the old woman as to induce he other lodgers ia send for the landlord of the hoHse , and this was adduced as a proof that the crime was premidiUted by the prisoner . She . however , eclares that at this time she had no intention to hart her , and that her threateniag to 'do for her
merely referred to her intention te prevent her from continuing to receive assistance from the family of Colonel Wyndham , by informing them that she was not a worthy object of charity . The prisoner states that at this time she was in great distress of mend , owing to pecuniary difficulties , and her inability , from want of funds , to get t « Brighton , where , as she was well knows , she expected to have been able immediately to obtain a situation , and for several days before the fatal occurrence she states that she was hardly aware of what she was doing , ft transpired accidentally in the course ef the trial that the prisoner had been connected with a constable of the detective lorce , wb « . it appears , is the father of the child of which she is encdnta , and he . it seemed , had
promised to send her some money , but failing toio bo , it increased her distress , and , as she says , almost drove her beside herself . It was evident from the letters produced at the trial , but which Mr Justice Erie , whotriad the case , considered wa 3 not legally admissible as evidence , that the prisoner was in very greatpecuniary distress , and the repeated , demands fthepoorold woman fer the rent , about 9 a , which she owed her , created great excitement in her mind , and in all probability occasioned the fatal result . On the day of the murder the prisoner states that she was again pressed by the deeeased for payment , and in the course of a violent quarrel deceased attempted to strike her . This excited her , and induced hert « strike the old woman in returnshe
; fell to the ground insensible , and she then threw herself upon her , and did not desist from violence until she was no more . It then occurred to her that the deceased bad a hoard of money in her drawers , and Bhe opened the one in which she believed it was kept , andwassarprised to find that there was no more than one or two and twenty shillings , which she possessed herself of , and then went out to make her way to Brighton , but , finding that the last traia had stalled , she returned to the house , and stayed in the room with the deceased until the following morning , when , on her attempting te depart ; the was arrested , he unhappy prisoner appears qaite resigned , and does not seem to expect any-commutation of her sen . fence .
Re-opekikoof ms Beihsh Muskum . —This national museem , which has been closed for the usual period , is now re-opened to the public . The hoars will be from 10 to 4 , tratH the 7 th of May next . The lite Eiiciioh fob ihe Cot « f Lohdoh —In consequence of deHbts which have been raised with regard to Baron de Rothschild ' s eligibility to take us seat in the House of Commons , some parties eeling interested in the matter , laid a case before tfrC . Egan the Chancery barrister , and the view taken by the learned counsel h highly favourable to ihe honourable member ' s return . It is to the followkg effect :-fFirst , I am of opinion that Baron de Rothschild , having been duly elected one of the Members of Parliamentfor the city of London isnot
by reason of hi 3 being a member of the Jewish persuasion , debarred from taking his seat in the Honse of Commons . Secondly , I am ef opinion thatBaron de Rothschild may lawfully be permitted to take the oath oF abjuration , according to the nsoal manner of Jews , v . K ., on the Old Testament . Tairdly , I am of opinion that the oath of abjuration may be lawally administered to Baron de Rothschild , omitting the latter words contained in etat . Cth Geo ' III eap . 53— ' apoa the true faith of a Christian . ' " The learned counsel supports his opinioa by a most erudite argument , and cites various ancient charters and legal decisions to show ( notwithstanding what some writers infer to the contrary ) that for upwards Of 700 years the manners , customs , and religious principles of the Jews have been respeeted and
admitted in judicial matters ; that whenever a member or the Jewish persuasion has had occasion to make affirmation , he has been allowed to do so ' on Sis book , ' * . « . the Old Testament ; that thia ri"ht existed se early asthe reign of King John ( a . b . 1200 . ) and that there does not appear to be any ordinance statue , or legal decision to the contrary . ' Decat ot Luerart Issnninoss . — Two of the largest of these establishments ia the metropolis — the Western Literary Institution , Leicester-square and the Eastern , in the Hackney-road , have been noken up during the past week , and their extensive libraries , museums , and collect ions of philosophical apparatus , are to be sold by public auction . To this may be added the British and Forei gn Institute , George-street , Hanover-square .
Oraciu , Ixquiby os the tATE ExpMsoy— The official inquiry respecting the late explosion on bosrd the Cricket steamer now taking place has been ordered by the Board of Trade under the provisions of the act which came into force on the 1 st of January last ( 3 and 10 Victoria , c . 100 ) , entitled 'An Act for the Regulation of Steam Navigation and to compel Seagoing Vessels to carry Boats . ' There are lour sections in the act on the subject of aaoffieial investigation , requiring a report to be made to the Board of Trade of all accidents of a serioia oharac ter , empowering the Board to appoint inspectors to make _ a report , with authority to examine witnesses , < fec it is the first time the act has been enforced on an accident , and from its provisions much aood mat
be enected in steam navigation . II is probable that government will appoint p ^ rmanent inipectors as some superintending power is much nesdad for the protection of all parties . Sibaxoe Stobt . —Before Mr Wakley , M . P ., at the Feathers , Warren-street , Fitiroy ^ quare , en the body of the male infant of JaneHinch . an unmarried woman , who earns her bread as a needlewoman . The body of the infant , which was Bodecompostd that itwasdifficult todistingmsb . its sex , was brought into the inquest room in a box . Sarah Cutler , landlady of 59 , Warren-street , where deceased ' s mother
resided , stated that she had been her lodger upwards et . three yean . During that period a most intolerable stench iuoed from the worn , of which she « omplained , and the mother promised to adapt measires to do away with the cause of thestench . At length witness had her boxes removed aud examined , when she found tha skeleton produced . Constable Ring , 108 C , took the mother into custody , whea shtac Imowledged that the child was bom about three jeare ago , but that the body had so wasted away he . eBald not pronounce whether it was bora alive or ?§*; A verdict ia accordance with the surgeon ' s evidence was given . 6
_ ACCIDENTS , OrPESOBS , IN .. . StEAM-BOAT Couasiojr . —On Sunday mornwB last asenouscollBion occurrd off Blackball betweln the iSefatorand the Earl of Liverpool ( steamers ) . It appeared that the Senator was on her way outwards ; toDabhn , and when just below Blaekwall , on turnto&A ^ ?? - ein "jfctfwMi great violence TTjihtheEarlof Liverpool from Yarmouth , which Vessel was making her way towards the Pool , carryto ^ away the bowsprit and figure-head of the la tter vessel , and creating the greatest confusion and alarm 'tattle passengers . The Earl of Liverpool , after a , dibit ' delay , proceeded to the Custom-house . " 'StSAU-BOAi Accident . —On Monday afternoon ! sbWt half-past 4 o ' oJock , an accident occurred on
bqarabnfr of the iron steam-boats—the Lady of the Eike-SJrSieh caused an alarm to the passengers , in' orai&fil by-the circumstance of the late explosion . Whan the boat had reached within a short distance f Battersea ' -brfdge , a noise was heard , and immediately the off paddle-box was broken / end pieces of •» w « ow « refffl « eed up , at which much anxiety was expressed , and some on board seemed as if they expected . an explosion to follow . It was , however , soon aaertained thatone of the floats of the paddle- . : wheel . nad gHren way , and coming in contact with kthe wheel , tie paddle-box was broken in several r &fh , *» - •»»» was towed by another until OB * tf th « . < f m any ' ? boats teek the passengers abolii ^^ . Isaded'tteni at Cadogaa-pierVTIie ye anchored to be Rpaired before another
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isttgiatnu WiamOEELABB . Thb Lakes . —The railway from Kendal is » ow open within one mile and a quarter of Bowness . and for conveying passengers that distance the uwibusdriver charges 81 To those who have not Been Bowness for these last ten or twelvo years there is a pat change in the place , both in erectiig « ew baildtngand beautif ying th *» thflt were built . There are now two steamers on the lake ( WUdemere ) , although there ia only one at work , while the other
phesueeless at Bowness . This steamer plies between Newbybridge to Ambleside , calling at Bowness and Lowwood to put tff and take on passengers . There is a band of music on board , which has a charming effest to those en shore as well as those on the water . The charge from Bowness to Ambleside is is . 64 J , which will produce something handsome tor the owner of the vessel . Bowness , as well as Ambleside , is full ef visitors , and it is difficult to obtain a bed at the inns . Notwithstanding this , they take in considerably more than they can find beds for , and send them out to the neighbouring cottages to sleep . The opening of tha railway to' The Queen of the Lakes ' has caused this year a great influx of visitora .
LAKCASHIBB . \ ¦ Mawjhbstbb . —A Clebotmix is TROBBtE . —A disgusting sight was witnessed at the Borough Court on Thursday morning . A clergyman , a curate of the establishment , was , on that morning , placed in the dock before Mr Maude on a charge ot drunken and disorderly conduct . The misguided man in question arrived in Manchester from the scene of his ministerial labours , on Tuesday evening , and was fitajing , we believe , at the Crooked Billet , in New Brown street . Whilst there his conduct was of so singular a kind ( as though induaed by delirium tr * nuns ) , that the landlord found it neoeBsary to eject him . Where he went thence we cannot say ,: but he
was next heard of early on Wednesday morning , annoying and challenging to fight . gentlemen at the Pest-office . From here , however , tie was driven by Haslam , the police-officer usually stationed there , and he marched into the Commercial Inn .:, Whilst there , he betame quite outrageous , stripping offJiia coat te fight the landlord , when a policemaujK sent for , and he was given into custody ; After w [ H ing the evidence , Mr Maude was evidently convinced that the prisoner had , lost ¦ tke us * of his reason through drink , and , after expressing hi 3 regret that any one occupying euoh a position should so far forget himself , he told him that he must be detained in custody until his friends oeuld' be comminieakd with .
Y . 0 BKBHIBB . Fatal Accideht to a Railway Pointsuax . —On Tuesday , a pointsman , named Morrishby , met with a fatal accident near the station in Tork , by an engine running over his legs and one of his arms . An engine was coming into the station , when Morrishby , whose placets near the arch of the bar-walls , gave a signal to the engineer to stop . At that moment another eagine was going in a contrary direction , which knocked him dowa , and the wheels passed over his limbs . lie was conveyed to the hospital , where he expired the following night . .
DEKDTSHIEE . Vehohotjb Ssakbs . —A few daye since a gentleman staying at Matlock Bath , who is partial to entonologioal pursuits , was pursuing his fav « nrite amusement on the Ttnslsy Moors , when he captured a large viper believing it to be only a common harmless snake . The reptile did not attempt to bite ai the time it was taken ; but some time afterwards , on the box containing it being opened , it bit him severely on the finger . His band instaitly commenced swelling , and he felt sick and faint , and was : at length most fortunately discovered ( lying under a wall in a state of great prostration of strength , ) by Mr Nuttall , and Mr Esle , overseer » f Matlock . The former gentleman erdered his gie immediately , and
conveyed the sufferer home , where , under medical attendance , the patient in a few days recovered . A correspoident of the Derby paper , who for years was in the habit of catching these dangerous reptiles , and who has himselfj been bitten by one , says that , en the moars and other places where they are commonly met with , the safest way is hot on any aeconnt to attempt to meddle sith them , as , on being discovered , they will invariably glide off harmlessly into some retreat , if permitted to do so . The viper , when the skin has been recently sloughed , is frequently—as in the case above related—mistaken for the common snake , but there is one distinguishing mark which is infallibk , viz ,, that tha hotmltst reptile has invariably abroad well defined yellow or
orange-coloured ring round the throat , and in the viper thia ia wanting . The latter named reptile is seldom seen more than eighteen ar twenty inches long , and is nearly of a thickness from the head to theveat , from whence it suddenly tapers off to a poin * . while the common snake will attaiu ; the length of four or even five feet , and is of a beautifully tapering form throughout . It may be added , that the viper is most commonly met with in elevated and dry situations , while th » snake generally chonses low marshy ground near water for its habitation ; but , notwithstanding the marks and localities named , it is possible to take the one species for the other , especially when seen , a 3 they often are , in rapid motion .
xorraGaAusniRg . . Newabs . —Temublb Exptosiojr . —On Sunday last an inquest was held in this borough , by Mr Burnaby , coroner , on the bodies of George Fax , Timothy Hervey , and William Otter , who died on the preceding day , in consequence of injuries received from an explosion which toofe place at Mr Hervey ' s steam cornmill on Thursday . Jas , Hervey ofNewarfe-upon-Trent Baid—I havelatelybeen erecting a Bteam-engine at my windmill , at tke Sjiitals , in this town . The engine was furnished by Messrs Carter and Wharton , of Gainsborough . It was to be of 10 horse power . I had told them that I wanted to work two pairs of stone and a machine . The price was to be £ 300 , including the making of the engine houseand they
, ware to keep it in ordar for a twelvemonth . We commenced working the engine for the purposes of the mills with one pair of stones , on Thursday last . Messrs Carter and Wharton , with two of their men , were at the engine all the day whilst it was working . I went down to the mill about two o ' clock , and found Messrs Carter and Wharton and their two men , and my nephew , there . The engine was then atwerk , and the mill grinding . I heard a remark that there was something wrong in the pump , and the engine was stopped . At this time the three deceased , Messrs Carter and Wharton , and myself , were in the engine house . The two mea of Messrs Carter and Wharton were taking some refreshment , and my nephew was looking on . I and Messrs Carter and Wharton
came out and stood near the fireplace outside . The engine house door was wide open . I was looking at the boiler , and whilst I was looking , it seemed to me that the front of the boiler gave away . I was just pointing out to Messrs Carter and Wharton that ! thought something was going wrong , nnd an explosion iaatintly took place . I heard the door of the engine house bang to , and after some difficulty it was forced open , and oaa of the men ran out . I saw my nephew brought put . They all seemed as if they had been in boiling water , and were dreadfully scalded ; thty were alive and sensible . My nephew was taken to my houEe , and lived until'about five o ' clock the following morning , when he died . Other corroborative and explanatory evidence , having been adduced , the jury , after a short consultation , returned a verdict of' Accidental death , ' but
recoramendei the parties erecting engin * noises to have tho door to open from the outside , so that in case « f an accident the door may blow open , and sot shut tointteinBide , as it did in this case . The bodies of George Fox aid Timoth y Hervey were interred in Newark Church burial-ground on Sunday morning , athalf-past ten o ' clock , in the presence of hundreds of spectators . Fox resided in Nottingham , urn haslafta wife and aeroachildren , all unprovided for . Otter was a young man ; nineteen years of age , and catn » from Oxton , to which place his remains were removed on Saturday night . Hcrvoy was a boy , only twelve years and a half of age . Messrs Carter and Wharton paid all the expenses « f the funerals of the sufferers . Fox and Otter only ssrvived twelve hours after the accident ; they died in the hospital at Newark .
STAFFORDSHIRE . Dbsab ? ol Accideh : A » D Loss o » Life , —One of those frightful catastrophes which are almost diurnally reoqrdei in the colunuw of « r provinaial contemporaries diffused terror and dismay in the vicinity of Newcastle-nnder-LynB , in Staffordshire . 'An elderly lady of larje property , Mrs Hassells , who resided with her sen , the Bar . C . S . Hassells , at Foxatrtli , near Laneer . d , in the Potteries , was retuning from the adjacent village of Leek in a pony carriage , accompanied by a female friend , and driven by a ser vant-boy , whilst descending the steep hill , near the entrance of Cheadleton , the pony , a high-spirited aaimal . took fright , and galloped down the declivity with the most alarming velocity . All the driver ' s efforts to retard the pony's perilous progress wera
impotent and vain , and immediately after crossing the bridge ob the canal , Mrs Hestells , her friend , and servant , were all three simultaneously ejected from their seats , by a sudden jerk of the vehicle , and hurled to the ground with such violence as , fn » m the fonous momentum which the carriage had acfluired , may be readily imagined . Mrs Hasseus received a coooussion of the brain , of which death was fh&inataHtaneous consequence . The other lady , a Mrs Wright , on a visit- at Fox-earth , sustained severe contusions , bat was not dangerously hurt , although the shock and the concomitant catastrophe have-naturally been productive of serious indisposition at the time . The grief of the Rev . Mr flassells when apprised of the distressing intelligence may be easily imagined . . "
SHROPSHIRE . Supposed Mimosa is Pa « shclv-0 * Sunday the body of a nan , identified to be that tf John Larkin , anllrish labourer , was found drewned in a oral in Patehall Park , dose to the Park Farm . It wasfirst seen floating iatbe water by a cfeUd , and wm shortly
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afterwards t&MMfrof the ptel by tfardinttioh of Mr Asheby , lonse-steward to Sir Robert V ' mWa seat , atPatehilUiind ^ was DlB ^ ta ar MfcEiM . Frsoi th « putrid state - in whieh the body was found , it i « smppwed it had been in tht ' water a weak , and from various circumstariees whick have eoma to light it is luspwted that the deceased met kis death by unfair means . It appears that about two inenths ago the deceased came to this country , frem the otunty ef Mayo , to work , and his brother and sevan other Irishmen , from the same part of the country , arrived in the neighbourhood of Patbhull » b « ut six weeks ago . On the 6 th of Aagust , Peter Larkin the brother at the deceased , took the cutting of twenty-six acres of wheat from Sir Rebert'Pigott ' s
land-bailiff at Patslinll . They commenced their work the . week following , and'during ' the week the deceased became unwell / and he was removed by the directions of Sir Robert Pigott to the Shiffnall union warkhouse . He remained there only four days , and then retumod to Patshull . On Sunday , the 22 nd ult , thetwifa of the bailiff asked one of the eight men how Larkin , thesick wan , was , aa she had not seenhim during the day . The man replied that he was verypoorly , and was lying in the out-houso . On the following Wednesday , tho 25 th when the work had been completed . Peter Larkin and onei . fthe men went to the bailiff for the money which was due . The bailiff asked Larkiu how his brother was , and whether he would take the money which was due to
him . Peter Larkin replied , ' ' My brother is very poorly indeed , and is lying abeve in the barn . ' The bailiff then paid all that was due . On the same day about five o ' clock in the afternoon , Peter Larkin , and tha man who had accompanied him to the land bailiff at Patehull , called on Mr Till of Oaken , and asked for a balance due to his brother , John Larkin , he having on a previous occasion received .-62 , without the knowledge or sanction of the deceased . Nethiig more was heard of the deceased until Sunday last , when hia body was found , aa before stated , ia thepeoj . In his right band was firmly grasped a jug , which had been borrowed by one of the men from Huselby , wife of the land bailiff , on Sunday , the 22 nd , when Jobn Larkin was first missed ., The only article of clothing found on the body was a shirt , and do clothea have since been discovered in
the neighbourhood . On Monday night last an inquiry into the cause of the death of the deceased was commenced at the Park Farm , Patshull , before G . Ilincliffe , Esq ., A post mortem examination of the body . took place on Tuesday , by Dr . Bidwell , of Albrighton , assisted by kh rather , Mr .-Bidwell , surgeon , ' of that town . We hear tbat marks of a Bcvere blow or blows were found on the left side of th « head and face of the deceased ; and we believe it is the opinion of Dr Bidwell and his father , that although the deceased came by hit death from drowning , yet he must previously have received the blows referred to ; that those blows must have stunned him , and that while in that state ; hewas put into the water . We also hear that it is the opinion of the medical gentlemen , from the state of decomposition in which the body now is , that it must have been hi the pond At least five or six days . , -. .
Coal Pit Expmswh—An inquest was held on Tuesday last , before T . Badger , Esq ., at the Masons ' Arms , Worsbro ' ^ Dale , on the bodies of John Cawthorne and Daniel beeves , miners , who died in consequence of an explosion of fire-damp at the Darley Maine Pits on Friday morning week . The two unfortanate men , in company with another , had descended on tho morning in question , and when at the bottom their safety lamps indicated the presence of foul air in the pit . Cawthorne endeavoured to extinguish his lamp . The current of air thus propelled drove the flame outside the gauz * frame , and an explosion was the consequence . Thedeceasod were both severely burnt , the other escaping comparatively scatheless . Cawthorne died on Sunday , and Beeves on Monday . Verdict' Accidental death . '
- KENT . : ¦¦ ¦ - •• '¦ ' ROCHESIBR . —MySIBBIODS DbAWT BY DbOWNIKQ . An inquest has been held at the Dredging Boat publie-house , Strood , before Mr James Lewis , on the body of a young female found drowned in the Medway on Saturday night . Deceased was apppavently about twenty-five years of- ' age , and was respectably dressed . ; Mr George" Westbver , a hair-dresser , of Strood , stated that on Saturday night he observed a bonnet lying near the landing at the back of the
Dredging Boat , and saw the body of a female floating down . A man put off and took the body but of the water , and exertions were used to restore animation without success . Deceased was alive at the time she was first seen , and was obaevved to move her head . G . R . Braddy , constable , said he had ascertained that deceased was in Strood on Saturday afternoon , that she engaged a lodging tor that night , but left shortly after nine o ' clock , saying she would return in a few minuteB . The jury returned a verdict of' Found drowned . '
Mibaob—On Tuesday last , when . Mr Gale made his ascent from Rosherville , he met with ah occurrence which is , we believe , unparalleled in the annals of any other aeronaut . There was a stiff breeze below when he rose , from the ground , but on ascend-, ing some height the balloon was completely becalmed and remained stationary for a quarter of an hour over one field . Mr Gale was mukin * preparations to lower thftkalloon , and get into the cuvrentjof aw below , when Mr Goldstone exclaimed , ' There is the balloon ! ' and there sure enough was a perfect ' couterleit presentment' of themselves and their machine depicted on the clouds to the southward . This appearance continued for about four minutes , when the balloon descended into a lower region , and the image gradually faded away .
WILTS . Destructive Fibbs . —A few days ago , a fire broke out en the farm buildings , belonging to the Governors of the Charter . House , in tho occupation of Mrs Pavy , at Elcombe , in the parish of Wroughton , near the road leading from Swindon to Devizes . So rapidly did the flames envelope the buildings that in a very short period the whole became a heap of ruins . Several stacks of corn were in the farm-yard close to the buildings ; fortunately they were saved , but not without the greatest exertions having been made . One of the wheat stacks stood within a few ftet ot the blazing barn , and had at one time become ignited , batalabourer named Gray , at great personal risk , suceeeded in stifling the flames . We understand that the Gevcrnsrs of the Charter Douse are fully insured from their loss in the Reyal Exchange office . It is supposed the fire originated frem Borne children of a labourer having obtained lucifer matches , and , in play , Bet fire to some straw .
LEVONSHIBEi Arnra of nojjooB at BarnstapiiB . —Information having been given on oath to the Mayor that a breach of the peace was contemplated by Mr Cbarles Newell Cutcliffe , of Pilton , in this borough , surgeon , and Mr Henry Victor Martin , of Beaufort-street , a warrant was issued and placed in the hands of the police superintendent , who apprehended both gentlemen , and brought them before the magistrates , by whom theyjwerorequiredtoenter into recognizances , themselves in £ 100 each , and two sureties for each of JE 50 . to keep the peace for six months , which was dene , and they were liberated . It was understsod that the parties had differed the night before , and that a hostile meeting was then arranged to take place the next morning at eleven o ' clock in Rawleigh Park' which , however , the interposition of the magistrates prevented . — — - - ^ — - -r ^ — -r wnn
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' - ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ " fivelftMBV " fHE RBtlE * fAXATMK- ? 8 TAIB « P THH COUKtRT . _ The provincial journals are crowded with repewa of the proceedings at the poor law unions on ; the subject of the repayment ef an instalment . of the advances . DRder the Temporary Relief Act , and j the levying of rates for the eurrent expenditure under the Poor-law Act . . <¦ - ' ' ¦ ' . ¦ . Oa the 12 th instant the present relief system is to cease altogether , and the duty of providing support fcr the poor , whether as out-door relief or in the workhouses , is to devolve entirely on the boards of guardians , ' most of whom , "it is manifest , have no idea at all of the tremendous responsibility they are
about to incur .,, ¦ ¦¦ . .. ; . In all the reports of the boards of . ' guardians I have scarcely met with an instance where means appear to * be available for the re-payment ot any portion of tho debt incurred tinder the Temporary Relief Act . Many are seeking for a ' long day / on the ground that it is impossibleat present to enforce heavy rates , ' but there are various instances , where repudiation ia openly broached . In general , however , an extension of time , in order that the advances may be defrayed by easy instalments . ! '' ' ... '
At the Tralee union , on Tuesday , a memorial to the government , proposed . by John Lynch , Esq ., and seconded by Robert Conway Hickson , Esq ., was unanimously adopted ; it was to the effect , that' As the Legislative Union professes to connect Great Britain and Ireland in coramos fortune , memorialists most respectfully submit that advances made under the Temporary Labour Rate and . 'Temporary Relief Acts byan Imperial Parliament , out of arilraperial Treasury to save a people co < subjects of the same Crown from famine , should bs an imperial debit , and ought not to be charged exclusively to Ireland . That , in
the present embarrassed state of the'country , repayment even of Ireland ' s legitimate proportion of such advances , if sought to be immediately enforced , would not only fail to be effected , but would most assuredly as immediately lead to the total destruction of the tenant ratepayer as a class , and the pauperisation of the entire people , r Memorialists , therefore , moat humbly hope that Ireland may be altogether released from payment of . such advances ; or , in aceordance with the seventh article ef the Union , be only charged with her own fair proportion thereof , repayable by moderate annual instalments from and after the 1 st January , 1850 . '
Stub op thb"Kbnmabb Union . —With tha union deeply in debt , and no small pressure for relief at the workhouse , no persons could be found to come forward at tho meeting . of the board on Saturday and undertake the collection of the rates , such is the state et destitution in ' the district , and the impracticability , it is stated , of getting in the rates ... The guardians of the five unions comprised in South Tipperary met on Wednesday , by arrange , ment , in Clonmel , aad the tenor of their deliberations seems to have been sufficiently gloomy . They
say they are unable to afford adequate employment , becaHse of the non-payment of rents ; that the rates in very many instances amount to 7 a , 6 d . in the pound on the valuation ; ' that they expect in Tipperary union 12 , 000 , claima ' ntB for relief—and finally , that if the county , rates for works undertaken in 1846 , for the temporary relief , and . the poor-rate for out-door relief be collected in the present year , the whole produce of the land will be swept away ,: and the owners and occupiers totally ineapacitated from employing labourers ., ' - ;
Kilkenny . —At a meeting of the guardians a letter was read from , the poor-law commissioners , dated September 1 st , refusing to allow any reduction of the rates for temporary advances already declared , the highest of which is Is . 8 d ., but in most electoral . divisions not exceeding 5 d . in the pound . : ¦ . . ; . . ; ;¦ , , ¦ " . Feruot Union . —Lord Mounteashel , at a meeting « f this union , proposed a series , of resolutions , 'in which it was affirmed that the effect of enforcing the law would be-f- First . : To destroy all credit , to in crease bankruptcy , and to ^ add to pauperism . Secondly . To throw land out of cultivation , to diminish tho produce of food , and te promote famine and disease next year . Thirdly . To cause general discontent and dissatisfactioD , to demoralise the people , to encourage outrage and crime , and to render life and property in this union insecure . ' :
EnniskilIiEn . —The guardians of this union were convened for Tuesday , to hear a communication from thp commissioners on the refusal of the board to include the amount for out-door relief on the rate struck for the ordinary expenses of the workhouse . The commissioners had previously threatened to appoint paid guardians ., ' Nothing , however , was done , in consequence , as the local paper says , of the absence of a number of the guardians at tbe Lopgh Erne Regatta , ¦ v . Clogheek . —At the meeting on Monday , one of the guardians ( Mr O'BrienJ openly repudiated , on
the ground that 'England draws annually out of the country £ 1 G . OOO , OOO . ' The chairman , Mr Barton , Mr J . A . Rutter , and other guardians , de olared that suoh conduct would be dishonest . They recommended that the proper rate should be struck , and then that the government shonld be asked to give titho for re-paymeHt . , Lord Kingston said / 'The government think the people have plenty of money . ' Mr Archer Duller replied , 'They / never , were more mistaken in their lives . ' Ultimately a resolution , declaring a rate of 3 s . in the pound , was adopted by a majority of 12 to 4 .
BRS 1 STAHCE ie P 06 K BATE 3 . I AtameetiBgoftheCarlow guardians on Thursday werk * the chairman stated that there had been resistance to the collection of the rate for out-door relief in Graigue , Simile , aed Aries ; that the Rev Mi- llickey , on Sunday last , told hia flock not to pay for out-door relief , and that he would write immediately to'Congiliation Hall for instructions how to act . The result was , that a rescue had been made on the property seized for poor rate . It was resolved to communicate with the commissioners on thesubjeofc . The chairman remarked upon ' the universal disposition not to pay the rate . ;
f he Limerick Reporter gives an account of resistance , to the collection of the new poor-rate in the parish of Emly , county of Tipperary . LonlGlengall presided on Thursday week at a meeting of the rate-payers of five unions in the county of Tipperary , held in Clorirael , to ' consider tho enormous burden ef taxation with which the country was oppressed . ' : Emplo ^ emest portbb People . —A 3 the temporarj relief system has now come to an end , employment or the poor-rate is the . only resource . Some few landlords are bestirring themselves , and the Irake Chronicle gives the following instance of aelfaeliauce by way of example : — ' Robert Conway Hickson has directed his agent to facilitate the collection of the Temparary Relief Act , by announcing to his tenantry
that he will take the collector ' s receipt as so much rent paid , and this without deducting the proportion for which ho is liable as a . landlord . Mr Hkkson ' s application for a loan for drainage and other reproductive works , to be extended over an area of 12 , 600 acres , and the expenditure on which will exceed iH iOOO , has been gassUed . Accordin gly , without waiting for the first advance fram the Board of Works , Mr Ilickson has commenced operations with his own money , allocating for that purpose aconsiderable sum . We hope we shall see his example , " and that of Mr Crosbie , of Ar dfe . rt , imitated by other propriatars ; for it is a fact , self-evident to all but the blind and aptahetic , that nothing but reproductive employment can save the landlords as well as the eccupiers of the soil in this country from utter and irretrievable ruin . ' '
CosnREs Fisheby ASSOCIATION . —A few gentlemen of this city have formed themselves into an ' association for the' purpose of placing upon a permanent basis the fishery and curing establishment which has been set so ably on foot by Captain Thomas , in the harbour of Skull , as lately detailed in tho communication of acarrespondent . Major Beamish has con : sented to act as chairman and treasurer , Captain Thomns as managing director , and Mr William Connellas seeretary . They do notproposeto risk any very , large sum—say £ 1 , 000 or Je 2 , 000 byway of
experiment , feeling satisfied that , should their efforts be attended with success , af which there can bo little doubt , there will be no diffictlty in farming a regular company upon a more extended scale . Three nots , two large seins , and various other gear have been already added to Captain Thoms ' s little fleet ; a hooker will shortly be secured , and then tke appalling seenes of last winter , ' and spring will be averted from one of the moat distressed districts of the western coast , by the only essential means of relief for our labouring poor—remunerative
employment . . • ; :: . . Drainage is Kerry . —Oar excellent high sheriff and his- brother , Mr John Croniw , are making arrangements for drainage ; over 1 , 400 acres of their property adjoining the Blackwater . Mr Shine Lawloris also about draining several hundred acres on that part of his property cont ^ uoua to the above lands . These operations , it is calculated , will save the whole of the poor-iates of Nohoval Daly . " , . .. ; - , , ;;' ; Drainaob is Galwat . —The only Galway landlords— according to the schedule just publishedwho have applied for loans under the recent statute , are John Lambert , Esq ., for a sum of £ 1 , 200 , for improvements on the lands ol Ballinahinch , and John Augustus O'Neill , Esq ., for £ 0 , 400 or thereabouts , for drainage of his estate of a similar denomi . nation .
Decrsase of Fever in Shoo . —We are happy we can state that this dreadful epidemic is upon the deV cnanjn Sligo . Unquestionably the reduction in the price of food has tended to check the progress of intectious distempers—Dysentery has entirely dis dSe ^ ' tyPhU 8 fmr ¦¦ " greatly upon the The Repeal Association' ^ The nsual wMltlv SSrlS 8 b 0 d M y m ?}*\ on MoSSy . aTcS cuiation Hall . Mr John Revnolds MP nr « . itt J ^ jrw * *« fl * * w&& ttl eu Rlgl 10 Uev - ¦** bating , R . C . Bishop et PernB ,-kan 3 mittedje 28 , the subscriptions ot the same numbe ? of his olergy , in addition to £ 21 seut trom otftef jnembera of the same body ai « w
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weeks since . The repeal rent for the week amounted ; toov . er £ 70 . : ' - . ¦ - '"• ¦'¦ - ¦• • ¦ ¦'¦• ¦ ¦"¦ - •• • . - The mortality in Galway workhouse for the past year over-tepped 1 , 000 . In the aeighbonriug divirfens of Oranmore and Ballina county there have been not less than 907 ia the same time . DKATH OF BX-CHIBF JUSTIOK PFNSKPATHER . ' The Right Hon . Edward Pennefather , late Chief-JuBtice of tho Queen ' s Bench , which office he held during the memorable State trials , expired after a long illness on Monday , at his residence in Fitzwilliaru-Hquare . By his death , a pension ef £ 3 , 000 per annum reverts to the Crown .
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¦ GUILDHALL . —Heie-at-Law Sooiett . —Mr Gtorge Bosa , of the Heir-at-Law Society , attended to meet the charges , which bad been made against the' Society , and Sir . Peter Laurie not appearing by the time the night charges had been disposed of ,. Mr Rosa addressed the sitting magistrate , Mr Alderman Wood . Mr Ross said he addressed him on a subjeot very painful to his feelings . A charge had been made against him , and the hearing was eventually adjourned for a month . ThiB was the day for the further , hearing , but he was told the charge was abandoned . But he could hardly accept a discharge without explaining , and giving som » answer to the imputations which had been cast upon him nod the Society ; unless , Indeed , the Alderman was ready to say he left the court without the least imputation on his
character , A month had elapsed , and the whole world had been invited to come here and ' makt charges , and yet there were no complainants . He challenged the world to impeach him . Mr Aldermaa Wood » aid ho coald not allow him to go on . There wa 9 no charge against him , There wae nothing before the Court . Mrs Rowe , one of tbe witnesses , who was heard before Sir Peter Laurie , said she had not abandoned her charge . Her witnesses were' present , Mr Alderman Wood directed that she should be sworn ,. and . heard her state , ment ; She related , as before ; tbat seeing the next of kin of Charles Barber advertised for , she and her father , Joseph Parkin , and other , relations went . She saw £ 2 4 s . 6 d , paid for counsel ' s opfaion , nnd the opinion of Mr Boyle was afterwards produced . Her father , Joseph
ParWa , repeated his evidence that be contributed 10 s . towards £ 5 , to file a bill in Chancery , and in consequeuce oi what Mr Ross said he went dowa to 'Westrnmster Hall , on the 3 rd of November , to hear . the matter discussed , and found no bill had been filed . Mr Ross asked him whether he saw the clerk Williams sign the name of the counsel to the opinion ; Parkin said he should not answer that question . Mr Rois had already preferred an indictment for perjury against him in respect to that point , and the question ' had' ; nothing to do with the case now before the magistrate . " Mr ^ Alderman Wood did not see that it was irrelevant , and desired him to answer the ^ aestion . He then said ho saw Williams write the name ' J . Boyle , ' on an opinion . Mr Alderman Wood observed , that as the City Solicitor had been instructed to look into the ease he had . better , hear him upon the subject . Mr Martin , from the City Solicitor ' s office , said the matter was disposed of as respecting Parkin's charge of obtaining £ V It was dismissed hut the
matter was adjourned for a month to see whether other charges would not be preferred' There appeared to be no other charges : ' Mr Ross said it' would be very bard if he were refused permission to anBvrer the aspersions which bad been bast upon him , Mr Alderman Wood said there was nothing in the charge made by Parkin , and as there was no matter depending he conld not bear him , Sometimes magistrates had listened to extraneous matters , but he had never followed that course . As no charge was made out he could not call upon him fora defence , nor permit the public time to be so occupied , Mr Ross asked if tbe caie was adjourned again ? Mr Alderman Wood replied there was nothing to be adjourned . Mr Ross asked if there was none there who had . a charge to make ! and was amplifying this interrogation , when Mr Alderman Wood stopped him , and put the question from tha chair . No one responding to the call , Mr Ross exclaimed , ' Then none have I offended , ' and he and his friends left the Court .
. WORSHIP . STRBET . —Swaiaoyuhq H&li ? . « bot ? ns . — C . Thompson , ( Mas Townley , was charged with having in bis possession a large quantity of counterfeit coin , and also with assaulting a sergeant of police , who took him into custody . On Saturday evening as Sergeant Brannan , of the 6 division , was reconnoitring in plain clothes , with a constable , in the neighbourhood of Old . street , he saw the prisoner , in the company of two other men / whom he recognised as notorious' smashers . ' Or observing that they were watched , the whole of them made off , but tbe Bergeast overtook and seized the pri . soner , who drew from' his pocket a handful of half .
cr « wn pieces , which the sergeant endeavoured to wrest from him , when he was grappled by the ) prisoner ' and flung heavily on the pavement . The prisoner then commenced swallowing the counterfeit coin , four of which he had got rid of , and had transferred the last twotc bis mouth , when the . sergeant struck him a sharp blow under the jaw , which compelled him t » drop them into ths road . With the assistance of the other officer , the prisoner was then handcaffed and conveyed to the station-house , where , upon being searched , nine other spurious half-crowns and fire-shilling pieces were found in his possession . —Tho prisoner was lemarided for the attendance of the Mint authorities .
WANDS WORTH . —Robbing a ChiiD . —Eliza Brown , a showily dres 3 « d young woman , was charged with stealing five half-crowns from a girl only 12 years of age , under the following extraordinary circumstances : — Sarah Yates , an interesting child , and remarkably shrewd for her years , having been sworn , stated tbat she lived with her mother , who is a widow , at Rnhsmpton . On Priday last she went to tfee committee of a charitable society at Putney , and received five half-crowns for her mother , which she put in a little bng and carried in her hand , ks she was pasain ; the Coopers' Arms , between three and four •' clock , the prisoner accosted her and asked her if sho was not Mrs . Yates ' s little girl ? The witness said' she was ; and the prisoner then said she was going to take tea with her mother and her
grandmother , and she would walk with her . She afterwards asked the witness what she bad got in her hand , and up-, on being told , stie said she would wrap the bag up ia tho flaps of the witness ' s chemise and tie it in a knot ; and witness at the time believed she did so , as she put her haad to . her bosom and felt the knot , and , ns she thought , the money . Tho prisoner then said she had a person to meet at Wimbledon-park palings , who was to accompany her to tea at witness ' s mother ' * house , and she was inducod to go as far with the ' prisoner , who mado some ex . cuseabout . the woman not being there , and then proposed to look and ascertain if the money was safe ; she looked down witnsss ' s bosom , and said the money is not here . Witness began to ory , when prisoner said , « Hold your tongue , we' ll go back and find it . ' They went to Putney , aaa prisoner said she would go to her aunt and
borrow the money , andif she could not 1 st her have it she would go to her mother , at Ashburton House . Oh the way , witnesssaw her mother ' s baker , and iho was about to tell him of her loss , when the prisoner huddled her up in her arms and , « aid if she told him her mother would know it and beat her ., The prisoner then took her to the , Upper Richmond-road , and pointing to a house at which she said her aunt lived , told witness to run n little way up the road and slop there until she ( prisoner ) came to her with the money' Witness waited for a long time , but the prisoner never made her appearance . She was positive . the prisoner was the person who robbed her , although Bhe was now dresstd totally different . She was then dressed in n black velvet bonnet with blue satiaiibboas , a black shawl with coloured border , and a light gown with a flounce . —The prisoner , who declined making any defence , was remauded until Thursday
WESTMINSTER . —WoKKHocsEPatODsi-Fourstout healthy looking girls , all about seventeen years of age who gave their names Bolton , Pitzpatriek , Corrigan , and Norris , were charged with the following outrageous behaviour in Chelsea workhouse . ; Mr Sutton , the nws ter , said he was informed that morning that some of thefemale inmates were breaking the windows ef one of the wards , and on going to the place he found a number of panes ' of ' glass demolished , Bolton , Fitapatrick , and Corrigan at once admitted that they had done the mischief , and appeared to exult at it ; and whilst a consta . ble was being found they demolished several more making in all , 68 panes . ¦ Pitzpatriek Baid , ¦ We had no meat for dinner on Sunday , and we told them plainly enough if they did not give us some we'd break the windews ; and as we didn't get the meat we broke the windows . ' Corrigan and Bolton made nearl y similar statements . MrBroderip committed tbe three to hard labour for SI days . : . ,
vMARLBOROUGH-STREEr .-OMSiBDS Law —ThomaB Shouler , the conductor of a west-end omnibus was summoned before Mr Bingham for an assault on Mr Henry EWery , . Conduit-street , Boud-Rtreot . The complainant stated that on Wednesday night week he got into tbe defendant ' s omnibus near Temple-bar , with a lady , having previously asked the fare to Piccadilly , and been told by th « defendant that it was threepence each When he got down in Piccadilly he gave the defendant sixpence as tbe fare ef himself and the lad y . The defen . dant said his fare was sixpence each , and he would take no lesB . Complainant told him he happened to hare no more money in his posket , and handed his ad 4 m l \ ? , J de aant refu 8 ed t 0 ^ ke the address , and caught hold of him round the bod y and by his coaU collar . „ order to detain him . Complainant afterwid , went to the station-house with the defendant andTer gave hi . address , MissEpsley sai d she was witS 8
{ «« . complainant on the night in question .. She heard the ftj ? ^ tbat the fare ™ * 5 c . i Piccadilly The defendant said he did not tell the com ! plolnant that the f » re ; was threepence to Piccadill ,, The fate was threepence to Charing . cross , and it would be as much as his place was worth to charge threewnc * to persons going beyond tbat place . To corrobo Htebis defence , the defendant produced a board , which he sale was placed outsWe of the omnibus to inform MssenKers that the fare was threepence to Charing . cross . Mr Bingham said It would be bolter , in caseB of disputed feres , for persons , instead of entering into a wntcntion In ihe streets , to pay the demand , and to summon the oBender be / ore a magistrate . In tbo present instance , the defendant was undoubtedly wrong Inlaying hands on tha complainant . The defendant had been guilty ol an assault , and he must therefore pay a fine of 3 s , and coats .
1 HAME 3 . —HEiiTU of Towns . —David Walton , the owner of three small tenements in Hayes . oourt , Glass . tooM-strect , Ro $ etaero « lane , was wwnnwnsd b » the
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trustees ot St . Mary , Wbiteckapel , befoT ^^ to show cause why k « , ho « li not Cc ? Mr ^ * ovea nnisweeofa most di . gu , £ ? , elle « t « % scr . ' ption , which as alleged has oa"Te T ^ & in lire above place , and the aeaih . 7 f , '*«»» flT MrSirfth , Te » UyOIW k < wliit « taJ » P * 5 a proCBBdlng under the 9 th and Wth V ^ tbi 'W abate a nuisance cau . ed b , ( ho ov , rflo « in ' ° ' - 98 , u privy In Hayes-cowt , which coatained f tail C three of them ware owned by tfae defenoW h ° C were all ocaupied by poor families . Th e nrl * H % ' covered and the sell bad overflowed into h *"«« and caused suchanau . < aous « fflUTia that feV ( . ? i . " ? e engendered and severAl deaiiio h . ^ .. i . r& sdw .
subject had already been made publi « j n J , , \ papers and reports of inquests held on the cod ! ' *»« sous who had died of fever in Hayss . court unl * ** ** * death had Itaken place there only that raotni "' 'w place in question was common to the tenant , r ' ^» hovses in the court , and was in a dilmw' 5 all * s The soil oozed through the boards Into the w , " ^ S air was tninted all over the nei ghbourhood ' # *« legality was as offensive to the eye as it J &U ^> sraell . Some of the filth had bsw removed !' *• service of the summons on Priday ; but the •*• was still so great , that It was prejudicial to tn Ul ! ail | : s health ; and he would put in two certific&tes f ^^ Anningson and Mr Liddle , two qualified meai , i ^ titioners , to that effect . Under thote cirenn , " ** the Trustees had directed him to ask for an n a ** ' compel tbe defendant to abate the nuisance to i *• the place , and to purify it by limei washing ' m ^ added , that Mr Baker , the coroner for Mlddlose *?* made very strong representations relating to the . » . ' eonsequence of the numerous inquests he h » Q j , i ! ' " persons who had died of fever in the vicinity , a place ought to be erected and covered properl y o ' » er S ?" owners of the tenements had the opportunity of com cicating with the common sewer , wliich is only t ! ' yards from ¦ tbe cesspool . The defendant That y be doDe , sir . Mr Yardley . —If you don ' t do it , „ . * subject yourself to an immense expence , for fte 5 a r | J officers , can call upon me for on order every wwjt ifcj you will have to pay this costs . '
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ME EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE CRICKR * STEAMER . ^ ADJOURNED INQUEST . The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the ptfg H , killed by the late explosion of the Cricket steamer was resumed Monday morning , at 11 o ' clock in the board room of St Martin ' s Workhouse , before M * Bedford , the Westminster coroner . ^ Oa the panel being called over one of the io » named Fry , said , that though he sat on the fi ^ t AuJ of the inquiry , he was not sworn and he could 3 therefore now take his place with the rest n »« allowed to withdraw , leaving a jury of 10 witW him . ' ' The Coroner said , on Saturday last Mam W- *?? -:, ' ? ?? es werenomi "aKontheBarf ot Her Majesty s Government , to raakeatLorS
examination m toe macninery of the Cricket Th source whence their nomination proceeded was a SHf flcient guarantee of their great practical knowledw and experience . Their i nvestigation will bo mf ducted in the presence of an engineer named on tha part of the proprietors of the steamer , and of Mr Joyce and MrC . Fox , on behalf of Mr Joyce himself ( the maker of the engines ) . The evidence he should take that day . was merely a completion of the med £ cal link in the chain of evidence as to the removal of one of the bodies to the hospital . He then should propose to adjourn the inquiry for a week , reservinr the remaining evidence tiJl tho oflUial inspection should have been made .
It was underwood that the engineer appointed to act with the gentlemen named by the government on behalf of the proprietors , is Mr Elijah Gallowa y ! . Witnesses were then examined as to the causes of death and nature of wounds of the deceased . The Oeroner then observed , that he thought it would be advi&able to defer receiving any fartlver evidence until after an examination of the b oiler and engines of the Cricket had been made . Tbat e > animation would probably not be completed in much less than a week ; and as the room in which they
were assembled would be required for the meeting of the board of guardians on Monday next , he would suggest the adjournment of the inquiry until to-mor . row ( Tuesday ) week . Mr M . Chambers said ; tbat , before the jury adjourned , he wished to make an application to the co . roner on behalf of the Cricket . From the situation in which the wreck had been placed , the machinery was now subjected , on the return of the tide , to the action of the water ; it was sustaining very considerable damage , and the longer it remained in the same situation , the more would its value bo depreciated .
Ihe Coroner considered that , after the engineers had completed their examination , there could be no reason for preventing the proprietors of the Cricket from resuming posstssion of the vessel and machinery . He was not aware that , after the examination had been made , he would have any further controul over the vessel . The inquiry waa then adjourned until Tuesday , the l'lthmst .. atllo ' clook .
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT . AN EXECUTION 8 CBNB . On Wednesday week , Walsh , convicted ef the murder of a man also named Walsh , at Bishop ' s Hall , expiated the fearful crime by the Lands of the executioner . Since his participation with the unfortunate men Larking and Daniel in the daring Attempt to eacape from the prison on Monday week , theconduct of Walsh has been exemplary and penitent , and his attention to his religious duties Las been intense and unceasing . He has continually regretted his having identified himself in the matter , and blamed Larking for enticing him to do so . When he heard that the two unfortunate men were dead , on Wednesdayweek . be declared that his mind was then easy , and Miat he could tranquilly devote- himself , tor the time he had to live , to Uis religious concerns audtoniaking his peace with an offended Deity
. About half-past one on Wednesday the unfortunate criminal made his appearance in the corridor , preceded by the High and Under Sheriffs , and the governor of the prison . He joined with his two attending clergymen , the Rev Messrs Maher and Hennessey , in prayer with great fervency , though "' I knowledge of English was very imperfect . When told by the hangman to get up , he did so with great readiness , displaying no weakness whatever ; and he gave that functionary every facility in his power whilst pinioning his arras . He then walked forward boldly on the drop , having the usual white cap over his face ; and being placed in the proper position , alter standing a moment or two , the unhappy culprit turned Ins head half round to the press room and exclaimed , 'Will I be let tospeak a few words ¥ There was no answer , as his meaning was not at oace caught . He then repeated firmlv- 'Will I be let
sp . eak a tew words , gentlemen ? ' It was at once in > uraated tobim that he might do so ; when lie said , in a satisfied voice , That ' s right . ' After obtaining permission to speak , the prisoner remained tor some time beating his breast , and exclaiming in a low fiX" ^ ° id i } av f ? rcy u P ° - ' He then , in a loud and distinct voice , and leaning forward over the drop exclaimed jn Irish , Wilshiev-in shin ?' f « p T ? W Therebeingno answer , he said ™ h ~ Boys , areye all there ? ' More than man ^ h ? excl *) med We are , we are . ' The unhappy man then continued as follows- ' Now , I ' m gain' to mv ' mn K "T ?* an > J h ° P ° Ihavn' » lie in 2 niZr u " bet T oremy God , bringing my poor soul before Him . I wasn't there , nor badn't hand , act , or part m it . I came up after . If I had been nve mmutessooner I'd have saved his life and my own . I lorgive all that Bwore against me . ' Ilere ae mentioned various , persons hvinhrimiets . 'livine '
uesaui , ' inSlieve . rbu . ' And ' fatten and brotners he continued , 'don't have any revengo in your hearts aeaint them ; I forgive them all . An' boys , jet ye all kee p from bad company and drinkin ' -an ' iv I was said by my truo love I wouldn't be here toaay . _ Let ye all pray for my poor soul- ( murmurs outside ) -an ' God bo wid ye all now , neighbours . Here the fatal bolt was drawn , but from some mismanagement the peor culprit , instead of being thrown off fell on his back upon the board , so that the hangman was obliged to push him out from behind ; and irom the short and gradual fall tim » . Btnto j mun
2 $ ? ™ V - hard l 80 me momentB , appearing to nXiW P ° ? sn ant agony . During his strugg les hS . ? fc J br 0 tber 8 ' w « e on the green oeneatn the d rop , vented their griet in loudcries and exclamations .
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, A . C umberland farmer remarked , to a correspondent of the Edinburgh Register , that the disease was in the 'blood of the potato , ' and would be so for many crops to come . The mortality of LonJon , and indeed , ot' Kiv-lanil generally , shows a gradual annuul decrease , whilst it is well known the population increases considerably . , The rates or premium for Lifo Insuranco have been greatly reduced during the lust few years , yet the offices contiuue as iirosper « us as formerly . Tkeso facts clearly demonstrate that some cause , either unknown or unheeded , must hare produced such favourable results . Amongst these causes , the increased knowledge of anatomy and the many very valuablo discovories in medicine will stand most prominent . The small pox , tbnt annually carried off thousands , has bee » successfully combaUei by vaccination ; and Gout , thM used to claim its numerous victims , »» been thoroughly vanquished by Blair ' s Gout and Rneu * niatic Pills . We beg to direct the attention of our readers that are troubled with Piles , to tho follawiug tetter received oy the Proprietor , from John Jessard , Esq ., Uonkton , Is" * Thaiiet , Kent . Sib , —I feel it a duty I owe to you In expressing my g ' titude for the great benefit I have derived by usiiijf J " Ointment , hnvhig suffered upwards of thirty years fro » Piles , nnd having tried almost all internal meJicincs lot that complaint , but all to no purpose , L was pi'rsuau by a friend who hnd beeu cured by tour Ointment to purchase a pot of" Abernethy ' s Pile Diriment , " and before i had usei it all I was perfectly ourod . and have not ha d a return evor since . You are at liberty to malso mj caa known tor the benefit of otaec sufferers . February 3 rd . 13 U , Y < W *** ' §* % * & ,
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Scotianu , AYRBHIRB . Fatal Accident . —A . melancholy and fatal aecident occcured last Friday afternosi at a coal pit on the farm of West Wellwood , parish of Muirkirk . After the workmen had got up , a lad named James Shankland haying left a napkin in the pit , wished to descend for it , antther lad , named Angus , one of the workmen , who was standing at the pit mouth , volunteered to lower him , and was recklessly permitted to do so by the engine mau , named Oswald . On Shankland getting into the basket , Angus by some mismanagement reversed ¦ tue engine , when the former : was carried , over , the pully , and falling headlong into the pit , thirty-two fathoms deep , was literally smashed to atoms . Both Oswald and Angus were apprehended by Thomas Edie , criminal officer , on Monday , at Muirkirk , and committed to Ayr prison .
• tdurso . _ Mokb SHipwBKCKs . ' -Tliere has been a strong gale of wind here from the north , its mages hare again been fatal . Two vessels hare been driven ashoreone of them is a sch « oner called the Mary and Joseph of Derbyhaven , Isle of Man , Captain Lowry , with herrings from Peterhead , for Belfast . She lies a little west of the river . The other is aV sloop , with slates , from Easdale , named the N&nty , of and for DuHdee . The crews of both vessels have been B&ved , although that of the latter with considerable diffi-« fe , hia T r ? 5 S a little t 0 the eastward of the Old Castle . It- is feared that both will be total wrecks . A schooner was driven ashore near Isauld , on Thuwdaymorning , aad the crew nave all perished . Both masts went overboard immediately on her
striking . An American vessel is rolling very heavily in the roads , being anobored too far oub-theeeneral mi 8 ^ ke of captaias . . . If . he is well found , she may standout the gale . It is renorted that » -twoother vessels are ashore farther to the westward . ¦ ; Thb RspaBSBKTAlnvK Peers for Scotunb . —Bv an Mt passeo in the ^ Parliament ( 10 and 11 Vic . ' , sJSl . « W « f at at f ° ture elections for Scotch peers , the Utles of any peerages now standing S ^ i « &- " «*' J f » hl «\ w wte has been counted since 1800 , are not to be called over , nor are any per . sons claiming the same to be allowed to vote until -ffli ; Act for ^ the correction of-certain abuses wmch have frequently prevailed at the elections of the representative peers for Scotland . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1435/page/6/
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