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HISCELLAKEOUS . ' The Cokvicm Salb akd MCoi .- These two Trretched mgD , who are ordered for execution on next Monday , had , bs far as M'Coy was concerned , Hearty presented a different termination , in c onseqaen . ee ot a mast murderous attack having been made on him by his equally gu-Ity companion . "" " M'Coy , it will be recollected , made a conteesion , and which it appears created * deep feeling of revenge in the tamd of the otner . From what ha ? transp ired , it appears that a few dayssinee , and previously to the execution being fired on , Sale , on leaving his cell , had by . immense exertion forced out of the place in whieh he was locked UP a portion of an irosa ba . r , which he secreted about his person , iud with this deadly weapon he
vent to the day-room . Shortly after M'Coy was broug ht is , and while be was in the act of washing him self , Sale west behind him and struckhiscompanion a terrific blswon the head , which instantly felie-1 him , arid before the turnkey could render tiie slightest aid he was knoeked down . Fortunately the turnkey was enabled to cry out murder , and ring the belJ , which brought some of the other turnkeys to his aid . Sale swore that he Would murder the first that attempted to seize him , and that he was determined to hare M'Coy ' s life . - The men , however , rushed ob him , and after a short but severe struggle
they bTerpuwered Sale , and he was placed under control ; on examining his cell , to ascertain how ke had obtained the piece of iron , it wa 3 discovered that he had , ia the course of the nisht , forced it out of the wall near the cupboard , and had succeeded in removing some of the brick ? , no donbt , under the impression that he should have been enabled to effect his escape . Since the time of the order to carry the law into effect they had been placed in different rooms , sad" six men—namely , one in the day and two of a night , —ate in constant attendance . aud will continue 80 until they are delivered up by the governor into the hinds of the sheriffs on Monday morning next . .
Roebeht of PiATE at Me Faeres ' s . —On Saturday information was given that the residence of Mr I ?! Farren . the comedian , in Brompttra-streeC , Bromptm , had on the previous evenina been robbed ef a basket of plate of the value of £ 50 , consisting of silver spoogs and forks , sauce ladles , a silver teapot , and cream-jug , &a . The Bervant had carelessly left the area gate and kitchen-door open , and the robbery appeare to have been committed by twe young . men , who were calling at the house on pretesce of purchasing hare-skinB .
A TH 1 EP SILLED WHILE CMM 1 TTI . VG A RoBBEKT . — On Saturday morniuc , the body of a . man about thirty years of age , was found in the basement story of a new building in Upper East Smith field , in the parish . of Aldgate . He appeared to have been dead several hours , and the body was quite cold . The biek and neck of the deceased were breken . and he had received several confusions . Oe the body being discovered an investigation was made by the police , and it seems that he was in the act of stripping some lead off the roof of the buildimj , which is only partially covered in , and while doing E 9 the rafters gave way , and ke was precipitated to the ground , a height of fifty feet , and must have been killed in the sonf .
MrsTawell . —Messrs Bevan and Goodeve received en Saturday a letter from the Solicitor of the Treasury , to the effect that the grant restoring the property ef her late hasbaod , the murderer , Joha Tawell , which had " baea confiscated to the Crown trustees , is now signed . Iscrea'eof Mobtilittis the MErR 0 P 3 Li 3 . —The lopes excited by the registrar ' s return for the week , which ended on Christmas-day ( when the deaths numbered no more than 201 above the average ) , have not be ^ h supported by tha subsequent
statementthai for-tbe week which terminated oh Saturday last . The total casualties during the past week were 1 , 599 . or 553 above the average of the corresponding reason daring the last five years . In the column of ' Catnes of death . ' we find the greatest number of fatalities recorded against'diseases of the lungs and the other organs of respiration , 'being 407 , oi 164 above the average . The influenz * hag been fat * l in 127 cases ; while the average deaths from this eause daring the past five years have been only three :
IROjJBSTBi Starvation . —In the committee-room of Lambeth workhotjs ? , before Mr William Carter , touching the death of Mary Joyce , aged four years and a half , who died from want and exposure . Upon the return ef the jurv to the inquest-room , from viewing the bndy , Dunn , the officer , informed the coroner of the death of another child belonging to the same family . —Caroline Jonningsstattd thatshe was in the employ of the guardians as a paid nurse to the sick ward for females . The deceased when admitted was literally starving for want of nourishment . She was rauch attenuated and weak of bady . Witness con-Teyed the deceased , with the mother and two smaller children , to the ward , where the former was placed in
bed , beia . sr previously washed by the mother . When tie mi-her applied for a night ' s shelter , she had the three chiidreu at her back , fastened to her by means ofa leathern gtraD-r-Mr Dnke . the surgcon , ordered the deceased beef tea , wine , and new milk . The deceased was seen twice on the foll-. wing day , when she died—The Coroner : What condition vas the mother and other two children in when first admitted S—¦ Wi tness : They were Terr emaciated and dirty . Their e ! o » hes were scanty aad thin . —Mary Joyce stated that she was the wife of JVhn Joyce , a labourer . The two dece&sed children were her daughters . Her husband left her six weeks since to seek work in Chsitenbam onthe railways . When he left London , witness was living in a lodging-house at Garret-lane , Wacds-wTth , which she was compelled to leave owing to her distress . Oa Tuesday night last witness came
to the wurkhon 3 a for relief , a 3 fcha and her three children were starving with hunger and cold . —The Coroner : Where hare you slept during thetirseyonr husband was atra ? ? Witness : I have not been in a bed fur six weeks , but I and my children have been eleeping under the hedges and in sheds at night , and fogginz by day . Our chief support was a little dry bread : sometimes we had water , and afc others we managed to getsome tea from a benevolent individual Kin happened to take compassion on us . I gave my children as much as my means would allow me under my disire ^ in ;; conditioa . —Other witnesses were examine . ! , whose testimony was merely confirmatory , when the learned coroner having summed up , the jury , nftcr a few minutes' consultation , reinrntd the following verdict— ' Thnt the deceased died a natural deith , arising from the want of nourishment and expssare to the cold . ' of
^ uic ; db a Tradeshas axd his Wife . —On Saturday it was d scovered that Mr A . T , Williams , litiflg in Cleveland-street , Fitzroy-square , and Mrs "Williams his wife , had Committed suicide , the former b ? hanging himself , and the latter by cutting her tlroat with a rszsr . Mr Williams was at one period a ser ; e » nt in a foot regiment , and was subsequently a constable in the E division of police , and was eons : dered a meritorious officer ; about ten xa »> Bihs ago he quitted the lorce , and with his wife , a yoan ^ woman of respectable f . imily , entered upon the occupancy of the Star Coffee-shop at the above address , in which they seemed to have every prospect of soc-kbs ; it does not appear that at any time the pan ie 3 had been known t » quarrel , but for some
time p ast u illiaras bad been bsen m ire depressed In spiuts than usual , and his friends had mademany remarks upon his altered 3 nd dejected appearance ; the house was kept open as usual until twelve o ' clock on Saturday ni ^ ht , and at half-past twelve Mr Williams retired to his bedrosm . A quarter of an hiur afterwards , his wife went up , and after knocking srveral times and receiving no answer , she barst oaen the door , and found her husband suspended from the bedstead ; she screamed out loudly , and Mr Matthews , a lodger , hastened to the room and cut down the body , which was then warm , fie then went in search of Mrs Williams , whoon
dis-, caverin ? the deed committed by her husband , had made her way down stairs in a state of mind bordering upon madness . After some search he fonnd Ler with her throat cut , lying with her head oa a mat in the coffee-room below . He ilattfield , oi C eelaEd-3 treet , sooa arrived , when he pronounced the man t 3 be dead ; the woman had inflicted a large and dee ? wound in her throat , which completely £ erered the windpipa and gullst , and expired in less than half an hour . A razar was found by her side . No reason whatever cap , as yet , be assigned for the OJrBmksion of the suicide of Williams , the discovery of which no doabt caused that of his wife .
The inquest was held before Mr Waklej , in the Fitcroy Anns , Clipstone street . The deceased lived on themost affectionate terms . It appeared that the husband had beensabject to headache since his return from India , where he served sftme time in the army . He was about to advertise his business fprsaJe this week , ia consequence , as a witness said , of the hardness of the times . The ho « 33 wa 3 closed at twelve o ' clock on Saturday night , and nothing was , up to that time , observed peculiar in his manner . At a quarter to one , Henry Matthews , a carpenter , who lodged in the house , was attracted to the bedroamof the deceased by the screams of the wife , and seeing the . body of a man hinging , ho made aD alarm , which brought a policeman and others to his assistance . The body was
tiken down- , and whilst Mr Hatfuld , the surgeon , ¦ wish Matthews and the policeman , were engaged in end : avor . riHg to resuscitate the still warm body , other psrsoa 3 found Mre Williams ia ths shop with her throat cut , and a bloody razor 'l ying near her . Sba was still living , and seemed to possess her senses . She made agnrglingnoise , attempting to speak , and strolled up on herfeet . when she instantly fell forward and expired . Mr HatSeld left the husband's fa 3 dy when he heard of her case , and proceeded to b *™ up the gash , whenhe found that life was ' extinct . T ^ ejurj found that Alexander Williams committed suicide , but that there was no evidences to the state of his mind at the time . That Susarins Williams eomsitted suicide , being aVthe time in a state of i *» mm , occasioned by the shock which she received oapeiBg ^ tnebodyofber husband Sasfsafed iu tee
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iBngtenu * . COUBEBLAVD . Mysterious Affair . —Some short time ago , a daring attempt was made to « et fire to the new hotel at St Bees , which , was at that time in process of building . As this was n . ot tlie tho first malicious act towards Mr Tyson , the proprietor and builder of the hotel , he offered a reward ' of £ 20 .. but was unable to obtain sufficient information to lead to a conyictioc . A short time previous ; to this attempt to destroy , the hotel some malicious persons bo far injured and undermined the shed under which the workmen puwued their labours , that ; it suddenly fell with 6 tremendous crash ; but it fortunately hap-Dened that the workmen were all absent at the time ,
otherwise the most fatal consequences must have ensued . Malignant , however , as the conduct of the nerpetrators of these injuries was . it bears no comparison to the attempt made on Tuesday tiight week to effect the entire destruction of the above named hotel . It appears that on Tuesday evening , about nine o ' clock , a violent knocking was heaid about the hotel by a person who lives near it , of which , hon-ever , no notice was takea afc the time . About eleven o ' clock the hotel w » s discovered to be on fire by a gentleman who lives in Lonsdale-ter : race , aud who was about retiring to bed . This person immediately gave an alarm , when a great number of the villagers were presently on the . spot , and exerted themselves with laudable zeal to extinguish the fire . The lower part of the hoaee and staircase .
which is completely destroyed , were both enveloped in fUmes , and the heat became so intense that the gl&ss in the lower windowsbrokc , when a free current of air was admitted , and the flames were ascending by the Btaircase to the Supper part ef the building with fearful rapidity . By perseverance and great exertion , the fire was subdued ; after whick several persons proceeded up stairs to ascertain whether any damage had been done to the rooms above , when a sceae of almost indescribable villany presented itself to the terrified inhabitants who had laboured so laudably in extinguishing the flames . From the saloon , to which the flames had already reached at the time of their extinction , to the breakfast room , as immense train of blasting powder had been laid , connecting as it were , the two rooms , in each
of which , at the two ends of the tram , a quantity of blasting powder , to the extent of two or three pounds was deposited , independent of that portion which composed the connecting train . Had this powder become ignited , and it must have been within a hair's breadth of doiagso—the whole bfiilding would have been blown to atoms , and the unsuspecting persons who were so nobly engaged in extinguishing the flames would have been buried in the ruins . This fearful calamity , however , was most providentially averted , and the diabolical intentions of those who fired the building have been in a great measure frustrated , if injuring Mr Tyson was their object , aa the loss sustained , which is estimated at £ 60 . to £ 100 ., is fully covered by an insarance effected short ' y after the previous attempt had been made to destroy the building . It appears that the villains bad effected an entrance into the buillding by breaking through the
outward wall , where a door case had been left , and having got into the house , they had collected together all the combustibles they oonld find in the place , upon which they poured about four or five gallons of turpentine , belonging to the painters who were at work in the house , and had then eeCtbe whole on fire . It is generally believed that the incendiaries had not left the house at tho time when the people of the village entered it , as they had evidently made their escape from the front door , which could only be opened on the inside , and from which three men were observed to make their escape in , the direction of the road leading to the village . Mr Goodman , superintendent of police , has been on the spot , and every exertion is making to discover the villanous perpetrators of this infamous act ; and we are happy to learn that hope 3 are entertained that the villains will he bronght to justica .
LAKCASHIRE . Liverpool . —More Highway Robberies . —On Monday evening last two gentlemen wen robbed by seven highwaymen on the West Derby road , very near the scene of the former robbery . All the money they had was taken from them . On the same evening a gentleman was robbed of £ 7 . by three footpads on the Old Swan road , on his way home from town . Oldbau . —Accident from Fike-abms . —On Sui > day , a young man named Seville , lodged at a public house near Oidhatn , kept by D . Chadwick , finding a loaded pistol in his chamber , was apwebenaive that
a boy residing in the bouse might get hold of it and thereby do some mischief . To prevent this he fired it through the window , when the contents lodged in the body ofa girl twelve years of age , who was passing along the main road at a distance of about thirty yards . Tue sufferer was immediately removed to her parents' house , when Messrs Fawsitt a , nd Nield , surgeons , succeeded in extracting the ball . The girl is still in a very dangerous state . The young man who unintentionally caused the accident was taken before the Oldbam Magistrates , when he was remanded to await the issue of the girl ' s illacfs . —Bail
was refused . Bort . —A Manufacturer Committed for obsteuctisq k Railway . —Mr Thomas Parkinson , a cotton manufacturer , and John Pilling , a railway porter , have been committed for trial at the next Salford sessions by the magistrates of this town , for an obstruction of the East Lancashire Railway , and for having' done certain acts whereOy the lives and limbs of persons passing along the said railway were endangered . " Mr Parkinson has a mill at Ewoodbridge ( a part of the railway where there is enly one I ne of rails ) and on the mornirg ^ of the 1 7 th ult . had
four waggons centaining goods belonging to him removed from a siding , upon the main line , between five and sis o'clock in the morning , and drawn by horseshalf a mile along the main line . He had no light attached to the waggons , and they were left standing on the line till eight o'clock , when the first pa ? Benger train from Rawtenstall came up , and the points being still unlocked the train ran into the siding . The train was fortunately going slow , and nothing serious occurred from the course taken . After a lengthened examination a committal against the defendants was made out .
Bury . —A 'Ladts Morality . —The gossips ef this town have had their suspicions greatly excited by the mjBterioua birth and burial of an illegitimate child , the offspring ofa lady of fortune , named Miss Mosely , residing afc No . 45 , Westgafce-street . At length the rumours of foul play , which were rife in every direction , reached the ears of the coroner ( H . Wayman , Esq . ) . and the body being exhumed , an inquest wa « held on Friday , at the Coach and Horses Inn . Uenry Loraax , the gravedigger , deposed that on the night of the 8 th of November , a woman named Clary brought a box , which she said contained a still-born child , and the fee being Is . 6 d ., gave 5 s ., in order that nothing might be said about it . Witness ' s family had held the office of eravedigger for upwards of a hundred years , and still-born children
had always been burried in that way without inquiry or certificate . Mr James Clary confirmed this statement and said : — 'My daughter and my son are now living in the Bcrvice of Miss Moseley—the latter in the capacity of page—my daughter as servant . I was requested by Miss Moseley to get the child buried , who said , 'Don't spare any expense , but have it laid comfortably . * She gave me a sovereign , and said if the gravedigger required more than 5 s . give it to him , I was not in the house when the child was born ; no one was . On the morning after the birth , about eiftht o ' clock , I went and satv Miss Moseley , who was very bad , and she said she thought she should die . She said that she had been confined three or four hours , nnd that the child was still-born . In the afternooa she gave me directions abou $ the
burial . My gob , who lives with Mies Mosely , ib dressed in livery . He is now in mourning for Miss Moseley ' s father , who died from an accident in this town about twelve months since . Mrs Josiah Clary deposed—I have known Miss Moseley ever Bince 8 he first came to Bury . Some time last spring she removed to her present residence in "Westgate-street . Before she was confined I fancied she was in the family way , and often joked her about it and a gen * tleraan who used to pay frequent visits to the house . She never either admitted «> r denied the imputation . On the morning of the 8 th of November I went as UBual to the house , when Miss Moseley called to me , and inquired if I were alone ? I said ' Yes . ' She replied , It ' s all over . ' I said I dare not go vp . Ske said , ' That ' s very silly , and you are very unkind ;
there ' s nothing to see , for the baby is dead . ' She said she was taken before she could send for any one . Mrs Calfe , a nurse , stated that Miss Moseley had informed her she had had two children before thif , and that with one she was confined in a house of ill-i ' ame in London ; and had taken enough stuff to kill a herse , which bad been given her by the father . The surgical evidence went to show that the child was not born alive , but « died in transits , just at the moment of its entering the world . ' If was very much congested , but whether that aro 6 e from suffocation or decomposition was uncertain . The coroner said , with this evidence it wasjneedless to attempt to carry the case any further , as it was quite evident the child was still-born . There were so many circumstances of grave suspicion about the ease that he felt he should not be discharging bis duty had he not held
an inquiry into the case . Addressing Miss Mosely he said— 'The evidence which has been disclosed to ' - day is sufficient to convince any one of a most frightful history of crime , debauchery ; and immorality committed by yourself . You came to this town with a highly respectable parent , who , as far as I had the means of judging , was' respected in both bis public and private capacities . It ie , therefore , the more painful to me , and I am sure it is to the jury , to see his daughter sunk to the lowest depths of crime ; indeed , yotz are , by the evidence given to-day , no better than , a murderer . There is every suspicion attached to you thatyou have been tbemothei ? of thre " e illegitimate-children . [ Miss Moseley : That I deny . ] All of whom have been still-born . This circumstance , combined with what we have heard io-daji leadsto the irife « Bce that they were put oat of the way .
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Thefeot ofypur partner in thU-last . affair being a married man does nob lessen your etime , ftUuougtt it sadly reflects en him . I tope this public exposure before a jury of married and single men may shame voh into a batter oourse of life . There is no stain so deep but St may be wiped away , both here and here-1 after . ' Go and sin no more , Ieat a wore" evil come ' unto thee . " ========== ^ ======= r =
: LINCOLNSHIRE . ' Food for Superstition . —A very remarkable circumstance has just come to light conneoted with the late : horrible tragedy , which we should certainly have felfc inolined to discredit , were it not proved moat indisputably to be true . It appears that a person named Whelpton , well acquainted with the murdered man ( Copeman ) had , some weeks ago , a most remarkable dream , in wSiich he thought he saw Mr Copeman returning from Kirton , late at night , and tha between Kirten and Grayingham he was attacked and murdered . Tbe dream made a great impression on his mind , and he , therefore mentioned it to a friend , who strongly urged him to go to Mr Copeman pnd tell him of it . After much persuasion he did so , but Mr Copeman only laughed at him for his
fears . Not long after Mr Whelpton had the same dream again , and he again consulted the same party as before . It had so taken hold of his mind as to render him rery unhappy , and he again after much prugsine , waited upon Mr Copeman , to inform him of it . The repetition of the dream evidently affected the unfortunate gentleman , and he solemnly proraised his kind raenitor never to be again so late in returning home from Kirton as had been his practice . That promise he faithfully kept until the day when the dream was fnlfilled , and he met with the awfu fate with which the country is familiar . [ We trust coincidences which are euro fometiraes to occur among the millions of events taking place every moment , will not encourage feelings of superstitions on our readers . When a dream cornea true , we hear of it : we never hear of those which do not come true . ]
CAMBRIDGESHIRE . WisBEAcn . —Robbbbt . —In a lane leading from Wisbeack to Peterborough , near to ThorBley toll-bar , in Wisbeaoh Fen , there is situated a retail beer house , tho sign of Speed tho Plough , occupied by William Foster and his aged partner , and this houBo was early on the morning of Sunday last the scene of a daring robbery . About two o ' clock on that morning , the inmates were aroused by a leud knocking at the door . Thinking that it was a neighbour , the old man descended by a ladder from a trap-door in the floor of the bed-chamber , and on bis opening the door , three excavators rushed in , and immediately commenced an attack on Foster , forcing him up into the chamber , where they secured tho aged couple by tying them to tha bedstead with ropes . After aecuring the trap-door above alluded to , thieves ransacked the premises , taking possession of £ 7 . a silver watch , and a large hoard of farthingB . Iregaled themselves with the viands in the house , and then decamped .
WILTSHIRE . Landlohdb and Fabmbbs . —Tho Hon . Sidney Her . bert , M . P ., has agreed to advance to his tenants money on interest ( after the plan of Sir R . Peel ) , to enable them to improve their farms by way of drainage . He allows them also to destroy a great portion of the games . This example he is getting in Weshferd , South KewtoD , and Chilbampton , where he is also ^ improving the habitations of ; the laborersnot before it was wanted—the old cottages being a discrace to the county , they being only worthy of the name of hovels . The new cottages are abgut fifty yards from the turnpike roadside , so as to allow of good gardens in front . Two cottages are built together , each cottage having three pood bedrooms , two down-stairs rooms , with a wasbhouse ; there is an extra building fitted tip as a bakehouse , with an excellent oven , " which is to serve two families ; there is alse every other convenience , with good water
supplied from pumps . The gardens are more than a quarter of an aero m size , besides a considerable piece of land at the back of each dwelling . The plan seems to be similar to thafc adopted by C . B . wall , " Esq .. of Norman Court , at East and West Titherly , and Broughton . Besides this desire to improve the condition of the agricultural labourers on the Pembroke estates , the lion , gentleman is adding to the number of allotments at Wilten , where that plan has been found to work so well ; be is also increas ing the number of labourers in Wilton Park ; there are now more than sixty hands constantly employed , aad &U of them m rseeipi of wages irom ten shillings to fourteen shillings far week . This , at a Beason like the present , and when the Wilts , Somerset , and Weymouth Railway works are completely stopped , is of great benefit to the poor around . Mr Herbert has also a model farm near Wilton Park , called the Hare Warren , after the plan of theUev Mr fluxtable , of Sutton Waldron , near Shaftesbury .
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. _ Srslmts ....,. " -- ¦ ..- - THE HWrW-iflWW M-Mr ' MMBaa ' -Tlil AWAKBNING flf PBA BANTBT-AtLBOBD ORANGE CONBPIRACY-THK BHWltt C 0 MMIB 9 I 0 N-IHB DOBMH ELECTION—D 0 INGJ 9 IN DUBLIH . ( Frm m om Correspondent *) Dvjsux , JiX . 3 rd , 18 i 3 . How happy would I be , were it in my power to congratulate my unfortunate . countrymen on the arrival of another' new . year , ' or . cheer them wjtn a promise < tf ' be # e ' dayfl' than those whlc ? e departed -irith that me-noratye yean now for _ aver buriedin the devouring grave of time . What a == ~~ J ..,, la « ai : '
, delightful task' were mine , could I announce , to tho people of Great Britain , that the gloom which sat on my ill-fated country , was at length beginning to banish , and that with . the Jyihg winter Ireland ' s woes wore growing leas—that with the coming . Bpring time , Ireland ' s hope and happiness would reausoitate and that the green and glorious summer wouli find us ence more a joyous , a tranquil , and contented people Happy indeed wou'd I be in making tkia announcement- delishted-enraptured would I feel to be the herald of even the faintest whisper , of consolation at the chill hearth-stone of the poor Irish peasant ; and ah ! how lightly would I trip over his festering threshold , could . I , without feeing ay words a' mockery and a delusion ' -say to the shiver , ing inmates- ' Cheer W fnende J be merrywith the
, ; new-born . year ; your trials have been bitter and without number , but the worst is pastyou ; a . brighter day is dawning ; your sufferings are nearly terminated ; rejoice , and , with bounding spirits , welcome the advent of 18481 ' But alas , and again alas i I cannot bring tbese soundsof blessing and of jif . I could not utter these words without doing violence to my judgment and to the convictions of mj heart-therefore , I wll not join in any effort to delude ray wretched fellowcountrymen by holding out hopes which cannot be realised , or mock their misery by endeavouring to heal their bleeding wound * with a balm which has no existence , ar lull their frenzied passions with a sedativeunknown and undiscovered . I see no
hope—, no chance for the immediate relief of my exhausted eountrymen . Our rulers have no sympathy for us . Like the tiger in the jungle , yelling with savage joy over his writhing victim , our Saxon oppressors and their hireling abettors clap their hands with exultation at our proatrafce condition , our poverty , our perseoutions , our dissensions , and—oh ! must I say it ? —our national treacheryjand hereditary cowardice . And can we reasanably blame them ? We cannotfor ourselves are our worst foes ! To be sure , the parent- | is ' - 'bound to see that his children do not want , and the ' rulora of states and empires are also bound to minis ' ter fairly and impartially to tho welfare of all the subjects of that state—batjwhen the narent is too neglectful or too vicious to perform his
duty , the child is bound to look to himself—and when kings and rulers are like unto the bad parent , the people of those mis-governed states are the veriest dolts and cowards in creation , if they do not 1 come to the rescue , ' and fling off the trammels of slavery , and persecution and degradation . We have not done this . And yet we might have doneit .- But four short years ago , and we were the mightiest power in the IBritish empire-ay , perhaps- | in Europe . Four "< ycars ago . and we were eight millions—vigorous , hardy , aotiye , full of hope and spirits , and dashing enthusiasm—all of one mind ,
combined for tho attainment of the noblest prize beneath tha heavens-the redemption from bondage of our fatherland , the resoue oi eight millions of a fine people from the horrors of tyranny and misgovernraent . We had thesjmpathy andrespect of Europe —the world sat watching our mdtions with admlrat'on , and with their best blessings France would rejoice at our success , and America would aid us to the last drop of hec heart ' s blood . But the tempter came . ' The Whig displayed his gold and his patronage ;_ the bait was glorious to behold—it was snapped at with avidity , swallowed greedily—Ireland was sold—and now LOOK AT HER ! 1 ! ¦ ¦
Aj , 'look ad her , —the spectacle ia a hanwing one , yet we must gaze on it , though we madden at the sight . Look at Ireland , and look with rueful eyes at the situation of her ill-starred children , trampled on , insulted , derided—and look againbehold us robbed , stripped of every earthly goodcold , perishing , pining with want , dying with hunger , destitution , and disease . Aad , take another view — see the wealth and property of the country botne away by the English steamers
and packets—our ' leaders and brawlers and patriot tra . itor 8 look . ing smilingly on , whilst the angel of destruction is sweeping their native land from shore to shore . But I sicken . I must not dwell on this revolting theme , lest I impugn the justice of Providence or give way to maledictions against those who have now proved more fatal enemies ¦ to Ireland than Saxon or Cromwellian , or Whig or Tory , or any other foe , ; who have raised their hand against us since the day that the first British helmet glittered on the shores of the Bag-and-Bun .
I was down in the interior of Ireland for two or three days in the last week . But how shall I describe the miseries whica I « aw and encountered during" my melancholy visit . ? My tala would be scarcely credible to Englishmen . Ruin is absolute mistre-B of the inland portions of Ireland . I thought that the poorer people of Dublin had arrived at the ne plus ultra of human misery , but their condition ia a happy one , when compared with that of the peasantry in the interior of this island . I travelled several miles of the country on an open oar . I entered , perhaps , a hundred cabins and hats during my peregrinations ! Wherever I cast my « ye , n « scene—ho object but of desolatian met my gazj , and not one of those to whom I spoke , but told the same
monotonous . jsoul-harrowing tale of misery and despair . Even the very fields , and hills , and meadows look as if stricken by some malignant influence , for they eocraed to me , at least , to have lost that cheerful , verdant , inspiring appearance , so peculiar to the rural landscapes of the greea isle . The people wander about like idiots , —idle , naked , careless , and shameless . They look like the denizens of some unknown land—savage and uncivilised . They do' not retain the features and contour of a people belonging to an European Btate—were it not for their language , and the whiteness of their skin , one might fancy
himself amongst the miserable beings , who tenant the frozen z me , or those neglected creatures who , travellers inform us , drag out a wretched exister . ee in some of the inner regions of Africa . There is no energy , no industry , no spirit , no exertion , to be found amongst the Irish peasantry at the present day . Pale , cadaverous , attenuated , —they roam listlessly about the fields and highways , perhaps with a gun on the arm , or a horse-pistol in the pocket , chewing a raw turnip , stolen from the field of a neighbouring farmer , cursing the ' thraitors who ( sould them in the house , ' or hatching the murder of some ' exterminathor' or ' rack-renther . ' I asked several of
the most intelligent-looking : of them what they though t about tho late proceedings in Parliament , and all unanimously pronounced curses' loud and deep' on ' the Judhases' who betrayed ' ould Ireland , 'for the 1 filthy goold of the Saxon . ' I asked them , did they hear of the magnanimous exertion of Feargas O'Connor in their behalf ? They replied in the affirmative , adding that they were the more astonished at that , as they had for many years been led to believe that ' Farghus O'Connor' was a' traithor to his country , and the leader of the Chartists , who were represented as worse than the devils in hell . I then inquired if they knew what Chartism waa , or if tbeji , would wish to be properly enlightened as to the cause why Daniel O'Connell and Feargus O'Connor were
politically hostile to each other for the last ten or fifteen years ? The reply was— ' That they knew nothing about Chartism , only tbat the Repeal Wardens and O'Connellite newspapers represented it as worsathat , here 3 y or infidelity , and Farghus , a worse thraithor than Jemmy O'Brien , and a greater monster than Sir Charles Coote , or Raw-head-and-bloody-bones . ' But / added they , ' we would hB happy to hear proper instruction , as to how we may be rescued from the ruin which surrounds us , and Mr O'Conpor ought to enlighten us on his views and principles , and vindicate his name with the Irish peasantry , by a full detail of the split between himself and O'Coniiell . ' I replied , that Ireland had not on earth a more faithful friend than O'Connoi '; that he was always the friend of Irishmen , and that ' through good report and evil report , ' through ' death and through
danger , ' ho would hght her battles without iear or emolument , without ' rent' or' tribute , '' and , I also took the liberty to state to thorn , that I felt convinced Mr O'Connor would avail himself of the earliest opportunity to instruct hh countrymen about the obiects and principles of Chartism , and , also , that he would be glad to set them right about the rapture with O'Connell , and the causes which led to liia long exile from his beloved native country . ' They appeared well-pleased with my discourse , and finally assured me that they were disgusted with the old Bystem of dodging agitation , that they had no confidence in either ' Young Ireland' or ' Conciliation Hall , ' and that they would be glad to be united with the working classes of Englishmen , in an earnest and practical and sensibly-cenducted struggle for their mutual benefit , and for fair laws and go > vermrent in both countries .
1 An eye for an eye , and a tooth for a tooth , ' said the Mosaic dogma— ' Blood for blood , and a priest ' s life for that of every Protestant landlord , tenant , or clergyman , ' ia the Shibboleth of the Irish Orangemen at the present moment . It appears that the villanous statement made by certain parties in Parliament , and re-echoed by the Orange press of Ireland and England , has had its due infiuenceon the bigotted , lnw . Oranse rabble in this country ; and that , impressed with the wicked idea . that Irish priests fo ment discord , and encourage the murder . of . ProtestantB , they are determined to retaljate , Tiot on the afc tual murderer * , but on 'the priest of the parish in which a murder of a Protestant will be in futuro committed . ' Tho letter , of which the following is a literal copy has been' posted a few days ago in Dublin , and addressed to the Catholic pastor of Mountratb , in . the Queen ' s County , It is on ? of tht «
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moat Tillaaeus documents which ever met the public ija . 19 !— ; December 16 th , 1847 . Rev . Sik , —I am directed to enclose a reiolutlon of a body of Protestants , : ' ;; J ' ¦ ¦ ¦'¦" Resolved , — ' That elnco we peraelve government io backward . in defending the livea of its present Protestant landlords , tenants , anddergymea , we do fona ourselviis into a body , and awaar by a cruelflad : Otir / st , tnat for the life of every Protestant landlord , tenant or clargy . man , wa will take the life of the paritk pries t where the deed was committed . And thU we swear to do by the truth of the 6 otpe 1 throughout the : counties of . IroUnd , we boinEfdetermltudtoee& . what effeot the having fl / ieto paritlM txxwn' will have . * < ¦ ¦ To Rev . P . Fiizpatbick , P . P . m » , t , iU » MiKd « nmeotaidiW » OTefBeHie public
N . B . ' We would request of you to make this known aUo to jour curate , the Rev . John U'Ushon . ' Weil , now , this is an atrocious document truly , but for my part lam not disposed to attach much importance to it . I know very well that in the . country districts of Ireland the Protestants of every grade are very much alarmed , and in hourly terror of assassination . ' They are taught to believe that the priests encourage the murder of Proteattmts for their own private ends , and they also believe that thej always absolve the murderer ofa Protestant on easier terms than they would the ; shooting of a wild duck . Hence some ignorant hair » brained young vagabond may think himself doing a piece -ot servica to Irish Protestantism , by coneocting such a letter as the foregoing . But certainly no right-minde . 3 , sensible Protestant would be guilty of it ; tot besides the outrage he would commit on God and man , be would
well know that such a system of fiendish retaliation could not , be carried on in Ireland , and that itit were attempted , every family in the more lonely districts of the island would be massacred indiscriminately and the whole country become one wide . scene of murder and disorganisation . I say , again , I attach no importance to this letter stall , . though the Dublin liberal press are ringing -the changes over the Orange priest-killing conspiracy * and trying to persuade people that the combination against the Catholic Church and Catholic Clergy is not the act of one or a few misguided fanatica , but widely spread and deeply ramified in every class and section of Irish Protestants ! This is all trash , however ,, and I will be ; bail that no matter what may be the creed of ' landlord , tenant , or clergyman' ffhe may happen to be murdered in Ireland , there ia not the slightest danger ofany'F . P . ' or'C . O . ' being immolated on the altapof Orange retaliation . . .
Lord . Chief [ Justice Blackbut ' ne and Chief Baron Pigott are leaving Dublin on this day to open the Special Commission in Limerick to-morrow . They are to travel by the Great Southern and Western Railway as far aa the Roscrea Station , at Bally brophy , and thence escorted with a military guard , from town to town until they reach Limerick . . They will have a pretty good job of it , as the calendar of that unhappy county presents along and revolting array of crime and insubordination * However , their lordships having to visit other favoured localities , will ., lose no time unnecessarily at Limerick ; they do not intend to ' nurse the jobs , ' but acting on the suggestion contained in the old proverb , — ' Many hands make light work , ' both will sit at the same time in . separate portions of the court horn and do their business as cxpediously aa possible . The following calendar , however , will show that their office ia Limerick wili . be bo sinecure . FOE TBIAl . Males is Females , Wilful murder ,.. ... ,,, ... 21 Harbouring murderers ... ... ... 3 Abduction ... ... ... ... 6 For various offences , bat particularly for shooting ; at the person , burglaries , robbery of arms , murderous attacks on houeo and person ... . ... ... .,, 89 Total 119
In my Ia 3 t I mentioned a rumour being afloat that Mr Fagan , the member for Cork , was about to resign- his seat in parliament . Since that , I- have learned that such is . not his intention . ¦ However , it appears that , though the hon . gentleman 13 resolved once more to' brave the battle and the breeze' on the stormy atmosphere of St Stephen's , he is tired of journalism , < aa I see hia paper , the Southern Rkforteb , of which he is the proprietor , advertised for the ' beat bidder in . Iho Dublin journals . There is 'no mistake here , ' , as the showman says , at all
events . I believe poor John Reynolds will have a ' walk out'from tho representation of this city , after ' all . His friends had ai ° h hopes , latterly , that , on account ofsorae fancied informality in the petition of his rival , the matter would be'dropped without the fatiguing and expensive process of parliamentary scrutiny . However , it oeems such is not the case , and honest John must trust the issue of a trial by committee . This will involve hinrii ? enormous expenses , bat his constituents : appear determined to support him scathless , and it is even said that they will seek the aid of every corporation in the kingdom for his support against his enemies . Mr Reynolds , indeed , enjoys the confidence of Ireland , and if he be unfortunately ouBtedfrom his chivalrously-won seat , itwil be a national calamity .
Christmas day and'New Tear ' s day were observed here with the accustomed honours . The bells of all the different cathedrals and Catholic churches rang forth their joyful anthems , and the religions ceremonies of the soason were performed with increased pomp and magnificence . The Lord Lieutenant gave an ox and 200 loaves of bread to the mendicity , and Mr Staunton , our late Lord Mayor , munificently sent large supplies of bread and meat to all the various Protestant and Catholic Charitable Institutions of the City .
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The Clonmel papers contain an account of a murder in the south riding of Tipperary . The Tipperary Thug is not to be intimidated by milk-and-water acts of Parliament . Themurder . was perpetrated on Tuesday night last , between the hours of eight and nine o ' clock , at Ballydine , within four or five mile 3 of Cashel . The victim was a small farmer of the name of Thomas Brown . He was shot dead within a few yards of his own house , on the highroad . He received five pellets inthe breast , and his death was instantaneous . The causes assigned are— 'That some few months ago Brown got married , to the discomfiture of some rivals , and with his wife obtained a sum of money and a few acres of land . Suspicion has fallen on some of the rejected lovers , but we have not learned that any person has been arrested for this diabolical crime . '
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. GUILDHALL ,-A HlHT 10 THS Lov « B 8 OP Bajjiiqu —On Monday two officers of the City police made the following application to Sir Chapman Barahall t ^ Q Trew stated thai while h » and his brother officer were oa daty in Smltbfiald market , about half-past five o ' clock / that morning they observed a oart driving to Cow . m « , It w » b driven by a man named Andrews , who was ia tho employ ofa parson lirlng In BlghoffStoriford . They fol . lowed the cart until It arrived at the gate of a Mr Lang , downe , 8 « usage-maker , In Sharp ' s-alloy , when the driver knocked at the goto , at tbe same time calling to tomo one . It was oponad by i £ f Littsdaw&e , Jun ,, and the c » rt wa * entoring , whin they walked forward to inspect the meat or whatever it contained , upon which Mr Lang , down , juu ., told the man that the earcasea ( twe cows
and a hotae , in a moat dreadful state , bo much s » tbat tbe stench was fllmoit unbearablo ) were not for him , and that he must bate made a mistake . They to ok the carcases to the green-ynrd , and the prisoner Andrews be . fore the magistrate at Clerkenwell , who remanded thft vase till Thursday , at the same time telling the officui to have the asimalj examinsd by some slaughterer in the meantime . Now , they wished to know , as they ha 4 called on several parties who appeared to be reluctant tc come forward , as they were friends to Mr Lansdfowne , and who , if compelled , might give such favourable evi . dense as to defeat the ends « f justice—whether the worthy alderman would make an order for the City veterinary targeon , Mr Naas , to see tbe cattle , and give evidence on Thursday next before the magistrate at Clerkenwell . —Sir C , Marshall said that he would grant tbe order , although thg county ought to Save gone to tbe
expense , WESTMINSTER . — The Mvsdzz of Mb Bkiiob&u . bebi . —Eliza Bastings , the sitter ef George M'Ooy , who U at present in Kewgaie , under tha sentence of death for the murder of Mr Bellchacobars , ' wns charged with attempting to commit suicide . —J . Buchanan , a policeman of the B division , stated that between two end three tba $ morning he taw the defendant , who was intoxicated , attempting to get on the parapet of WoBtminster-bridge . He desired her to go eway , when , she went a few paces and then made a second attempt to get to tke water * . She bad thrown a portion of her clotliinj into tke Thames , ' when he secured her and took ber totheattu tioo . —Mr Donagan , an inspector of tbe B division , having informed the magistrate that she was Ii'Coy ' s sister , and "appeared to ba in a very distressed state of miaa—Mr Broderfp observed that he should remand tbe unfortunate creature for a day , and directed tbe police to endeavour to ascertain whether ine bad any friends woo would take charge of ber .
THAMES . —SMtJoouso . —T . Fraaer , a seaman belonging to the Now York packet-ship Frinoe Albert , ia the London Bock , wan charged with smuggling on board that vetiel 66 lbi . of Cavenuiah tobacco . —R . Keefe , a tldeTSurveyor , went on board the Prince Albert soon after her arrival in the dock on Saturday evening , aad saw the prisoner with his band on a bag in the act of fastening it . The prisoner , supposing- the officer to be a confederate , exclaimed , 'Ii it all right V The officer said It wns , and at the game time . seized the bag , which contained 6 Slbs . of Cavendish tobacco , and told Fraaer h « was his prisoner . The same officer found 201 bs . more of tobacco in the poisessien of another teaman , who has absconded . —MrTardley sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of £ 100 , and in default committed him to the House of Corrsction for six moaths .
Striking a Mothbe . — George Fielder waB charged with striking and otherwise ill-using his own mother , Elizabeth Fielder . For man ; years tbe defendant , who lived with her , had been constantly in the habit of grossly {([• using her , and ke had evon been brought before tufa court on two occasions , and bound over to keep the peace . On Wednesday last , he knocked her down several times , and on Friday evening he struck her a . violent blow in the face , which almost stunned her . He also kicked her severely , and she was otlll gqffering severely from the injuries she had r « coi ? ed . —Mr Yardley said his conduct was ofa most gross and disgusting nature in striking a woman , and Ihat woman bis own mother . He should punish him with some severity , and ordered him to pay a fine of £ 5 , or be imprisoned for sis weeks . —He was locked up in default .
. WAXDSWORTH . —Ohb Wit to cube Dbuhsen-NEss . —Police-constable us Y , accompanied by a woman named Burchell and her daughter , solicited the advice of MrBoadon under tbe following circumstances : —Last Friday fortnight ^ Charles Burcliell , son of the female applicant , with his sister Emma , the ' jrcjung woman present , onfl Tboraas Clifford , » , ftllowiroriman of Barehell ' s , were drlnkinj together at several public-housea , and they at last went into the Chelsea Pensioners , where Emma Burcbell became . very ill . Clifford , undertook to make her well , and procured what is believed to have been ammonia , of the use of which . drug be told the druggist he had perfect knowledge , as be had made tons of it . The druggist cautioned him that he must not administer mor * than twenty drops in a diluted state .
Clifford used the liquid in its gennina state , forced some ofituptbe girl's nostrils , and dropped some into her month and throat , causing an intense burning sensation nnd a feeling of strangulation , tbe blood flowing copionsJy frora the nose . Clifford still wished to administer mere of the drug , but was prevented , and the girl was taken home , where she continued in strong fits upwards of three bourfi . Clifford said she was overcome by drink , and wanted to apply Bome more of tho stuff , hut the mother would not let him . Clifford then said he would go and fetch Charles Burchell , whom he had left inthe Swan / Battersea-bridge . ' It appeared that Clifford purchased some more ammonia in the Bridge-road , and administered three or four doses to Burchell , whom he fotrac ! asleep . He forced B arch ell ' s head back , and poured
some of the liquid into his nostrils and mto bis tbroat , Tha yeung man appeared to suffer great pain , and foamed at the mouth . Clifford was remonstrated with by all parties present , but he said he knew what he was about , and he would curs him . Burehtll , it seemed , staggered home and went to bed , but could not sleep , and after being very restless for two or three days , he returned on tbe next Wednesday from a quarter of a day's work in an evidently deranged state of mind . Mr Shaw , a medical man , was sent for , and soon afterwards the man became raving mad , and he was removed , by Mr Shaw ' s direction * , to , Mr Tow ' s private lunatic
asvlum , where he at present remains a hopeless maniac . —MrBeadon said the circumstances detailed were most lamentable as regarded Burchell , but there appeared to bean absence of any criminal intent on tha part of Clifford . Whatever he had done was with an apparently good motive , and it was net feasible to presume that he tvould have sought to take another man ' s life in theprc * seuce of so many people . —Inspector Busain subsequently had a lengthened private interview with the magistrate , the result of which was uoderstood . to be , thatifBarchell died Clifford was to ba apprehended ; or , if the surgeon ' s certificate declared tho symptoms of a fatal character , a warrant might be applied for .
SOUTHWARK—Ftmious Duiving . —Mr W . J . Daley was charged with furious driving , and endangering the life of a young woman named Ilodnett . —Sergeant Rowles , L division , said that on Saturday evening he saw the defendant In a gig driving along the New-cut at the rate of fifteen or sixteen miles an hour . Appreheusiyc that somo accident would occur he proceeded ia thft direction , the defendant had taken , aad on arriving at the corner of Charlotte-street , Blackfriar 9 . ro <» d , he found a crowd round a young female , who was lying on the ground , } bleeding profusely from a wound on the head . She was taken to Guy ' s Hospital in a state of Utter insensibility , aad pronounced to h > va received a concussion of the brain , and still remained in that institution in a very precarious condition , the sergeant
added , that when the dfeadant first passed he was jerk , ing the reias , as if to urge on tbe horse . He was under tbe influence of liquor—Hannah Foster said she saw the ypung woman knocked down by the defendant ' s horao a 9 she wa ? crossing the Blackfriare-road . She observed that as the defendant approachcd tbat part of the road where the young woman was crossing he pulled back the reins of the horse , nnd did all he could to avert the accident . The animal , however , proceeded forward , and after the accident g , i Hoped along until out of sight . —J . Blackmore , a workman in a : i emery manufactory , stated that on the evening in question , as he was standin Union street the defendant pasBed in his gig at a gal .
lop , when the wheel caught a wheelbarrow close to where he was standing , and Knocked him down , severely injuring his legs . The prisoner ' s servant boy , who wag in tbe gig at the time , said that the horse started off , and his master had no control over him The ' priEoner denied the imputation of his boing at all intoxicated at the time of the accident . His horsa started off , and nltfaongh he used every exertion in his power' to pull him Kp . he failed . He deplored the accident , and felt sincerely for the misfortune that happened , but he was willing to render every pecuniary assistance that was considered just and fair , in order to alleviate the sorrows of those whom he had unintentionally " injured . — The prisoner waa remanded on bail .
SOUTHWARK . —Biq \ my . —T . Phelps , one of tbe porters of St Thorax's Hospital , was charged with bigamy . The prisoner ' s 6 econd wife said that in tho moBth of Aagmt last the prisoner introduced himself to her as a widower , alleging that his wife had been dead sis years . He afterward * paid hla addresses to h ? r , aud they were mnvried the latter end of August at St George ' s Church in the Borough of Southward Soon afterthe nuptials he began to illtreat her , and she as ; certained that he had another wife living at Gloucester , The pariah Clerk of Gloueaater church produced the Certificate of tho prisoner's first mrrriige , which took place in the month of August , 1825 , and stated that he saw his first wife at Gloucester that morning before ho
set out for London to attend the preseut examination . He added , that although he wan present at the solemnization of that marriage it had occurred so many years ago that he could not identify the prisoner a 9 the bridegroom . The prisoner sai . l that he aHd his first wife separated seven years ago by mutual consent , and not having heard any tidings of her , he believing she was dead . contracted tho marriage with the - second w ! fo thinking it w . is not illegal . He added , ttat in tbo agreement frawn up betn-etn him and his first wifd , it was expressly stipulated thnt either party was at liberty to act according to their inclinations as to whether or not they might get mutried . — The prisoner was committed . .
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EXTRAORDINARY MURDER ; On Saturday last , an inquest wa * held at West Town , Somerset , on tbe body of John Wall , who was shot , apparently in sheer wantonness , on the 18 th of December , It appeared that the deceased lived in a cottage , eituatcd in the midst of some garden ground , and at about threequarters of a mile from the Nailsea-road station of . the Bristol and Exeter Railway , no other bouse : being neat it . On the day in question , the wife of deceasod was from home , end ho was superintending some food whiab wp a boiling forth pigs . Suddenly he heard one c £ the windows break , and , on turning bis bead , was alarmed by the sight of a gun-muzzlo pointed at him through a fractured pane , and within three or four feet of his per . son . He immediately jumped up . and almost instanth
tbe gun was fired , and ho received the charge in hiB thigh . He cried out and looked towards the window , irhen lie saw a mas , habited in dark clothes and wearing a cloth eap , looking through the glass-to see what effect the shot had taken . The features of the fellow were of a marked character , and It being daylight the wounded man was enabled to recognise them , and to obeerre a peculiar mark over tha right eye , which subsequently lad to a suspicion of the man . Wall , upon seeing him , called out , 4 Ah ! thee hasn ' t done it ; ' upon hearing which , and seeing him make for the door , the villain ran off , and , upon getting into his garden , Wall bivw him and some others making their way acfostrthe fields , in the direction of thOjBristol and Ereter Railway . Having no means of sending for surgical assistance , and as any at
tempt at raising an alarm would be futile , the poor fellow staunched the bleeding in the best way he could , and resolved upon making on effort to reach West Town , where bis usual medical attendant , Mr Marey , resided . In tho lanes he met with a farmer , with whose aid he reached , with much pain aad difficulty , Mr Maxey ' a . residence . That gentleman was unfortunately absent , but a surgeon named Brodie was found , vrho dressed the wound , and tbe injured man was sent back to his dwell . Ing , where Mr Maxey afterirnrds attended him . The description given by Wall led to suspicion of a young man named Charles Manfield , and tbe inquiries which were instituted confirmed the suspicion . It was found that at about the timo of the crime , Manfield , witb . a brother and a half . -Wothov , named Robert Jakeways ,
had been seengoln ? toward * Wall ' s cottage with a gun , and that some time afterwards they bad-been obBmed crossing the fi . Ids in a direction leading from the spot . A warrant was issued , ani Charles Manfield , ( all of them having decamped from the vllage , ) was captured by a Nailsea eonstable , who also found the gun , and traced it to his possession . Upon being tak * n into the preeoue *; of the dying mon , Manusld was at once identified as the one ivho had been neen by , him looking through the win dow ; and the attendance ofa magistrate being obtftnied , a sworn deposition to that effect waB taken . The prisoner did not ue » y that ho was one of the party who had shot Wall , butanid ho ought not to suffer alone , as It was Jakeways who said fo him , ' Let us go and shoot
the old follow , ' and'who afterwards fired the gnn . He ( Manfield ) looked through , the window , and , ns Jakeways could not van as fast ai he could , ho took the weapcm from him afterwards as they wero crossing the ground . His brother Anthony waenot present when the murder was perpetrated . In order to have the placo clear they sent him into an orchard to pick some mislatoe , telling him , Inordertbathemightnotbe alarmed at the firing of the gun , that , they were going down to a drain by Wall ' s house to try . andshoot a wild duck . Sooa after he had identified Manfield , tho wounded man was seized with lockjaw , and on Wednesday evenlug be breathed bla laBt . Anthony Manfield hnd Jakewajs were yet at large . The coroner adjourned the inquiry .
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gODtlatttr . Dmstrvciiye Tirs is Edisbueqh . —Last Friday , about half-past four o ' clock , a fire broke out in the engine-house in connexion with the extensive printing : establishment of Messrs A . Fullartou and Co ., publishers , Stead ' s-place , Leith-walk . In" anticipation of the new year , the whole of those employed in the establishment were granted a holiday in the afternoon , so that the premises were closed fully an hour and a half previous to the breaking out of the fire . At the outset it ; did not present a very alarming appearance , and it is said that it might easily hare been subdued had there been a sufficient quantity of water and persons numerous enough to assist
in its extinction . F' om the inflammable nature of the materials the fire soon , however , assumed such a mastery that all attempts to confine its ravages to the place in which it was first discovered became impracticable . The fire continued to wax stronger as it vrent upwards , until it reached the third story , which was used as a warehouse for the storage of printed books in a finished and unfinished state , when it burst forthwith great fierceness and intensity , illuminatitig the horizon for rnile 3 around . Through the energetic t Sorts of the fire-brigade , the fire was eventually subdued about eleven o ' clock , but not until the second and third stories of the extensive building were completely swept by its ravages . In the second story , which was used as a composing room , the fire progressed but slowly , 80 that time wag afforded for the removal of the greater quantity
of the cases and type ; and as the lower story escaped with comparatively little injury , the printing presses and machinery will be saved . In addition to the Ioas sustained by the destruction of books in a finished and unfinished state , a number of raloahle copper and steel plates have been destroyed . Altogether , the damage done must amount to several thousands , but the Messrs Fullarton are insured to an amount that will go far to cover tha most of it . It has not been ascertained how the firo originated . Scarcely had tho alarm created by tbe above conflagration subsided , until a report was communicated to the police that another fire had broke out in tbe workshop of Messrs Eay and Addis , plumbers and brass founders , Hillstreet-Iane ,. A large quantity ef lead and other materials have been destroyed , and as for the building : itself none of it remains except the bare walls .
Obkne ? . —Disastrous Shipwrecks . Great Loss op Life —On the night of the 9 th uH . the scbooner Willhra , of Newry , from Newcastle to Dublin , got embayed and came ashore abaut seven miles north of Iloy Sound , and through the exertions of the master , the ciew , with the exception of an apprentice , got on shore , much bruised . The vessel soon became a wreck , and tha remains were sold two days afterwards . Early on Sabbath , the 20 th ult ., during a tremendous gale , the brig Violet , of Belfast , Oapt . Holmes , came ashore at Gait , Shapinshay , a few miles from Kirkwall ; Before being driven ashore five of the men were washed overboard—the mate and four of the crew . Those saved were much exhausted , and were unable to manage the vessel . The
vessel is a wreck , and the part oi the crew that were saved , three in number , lost all their clothes , &o . Captain Holmes reports that a fleet of about 250 vessels left Elsinore five days previously ; and bad accounts from the North Isles- are looked * for , as many of them must have been off the Orkney coast at the time the storm broke out . On the same morning , about seven o ' clock , the brig Adela , from Marseilles , was driven in upon the rocks near Stewshead , on the south-east side of South Ronaldshay , and the wind blowing very strong at tha time inshore , with s , tremendous sea running , the vessel very soon became a total wreck . There were eleven of her crew on board , eight of whom were saved with great difficulty , and three drowned . The boy , when
picked up , was completely exhausted , but after being put into a warm bed , and rubbed for t , considerable time , he recovered . Several of those saved had nothing on them , with the exception of their shirts ; and before they reached the shore their legs and feet were a good deal bruised . One of the bodies of the drowned men has since been found . I am sorry to add , that the natives of South Ronaldshay acted on the occasion in a most disgraceful manner , stealing right and left , even in the very face of a justice of the peace and other respectable persona present . The captain lost his gold watch , a gun , and a bag of silver ( 800 francs )—all stolen in the moBt barefaced manner . The poor Frenchmen saw them stealing , but could not speak a word of English to make
themselves understood , and give information against them . Several persons , men as well as women , were detected in the act of carry ing off things , and their names handed to the procurator-fiscal , who has got a sheriff ' s warrant to search and prosecute immediately . On the same Sunday morning , the Henrietta , ef Suuderland , was driven ashoreat Start Point , Sauday , when she was entirely lost . The captain or some one respectably dressed , was found dead , in a sitting posture , mar the high water mark , a ? if he had swam ashora and died alter . Eight bodies were thrown ashore , besides tbe above . The vessel appears to be a barque , and was timber laden . She was a total wreck before anything was known of her , and there is none saved to tell themelanchol / tale .
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THE NORTHERN STAR Jakuarv B , 18 ^ 8 __ == =
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1452/page/6/
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