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fectly tranquil , and seems fully prepared for her fate . Lucas also evinces much penitence ; he has made . no directconfession of his guiltralthongh Berepeateaiy says he deserves to : be hanged , and ; that ' -figr-has brought it ; all on himself . Itas a remarkable Met , that a relative of the female , flatted William Reeder , -was executed in 1830 , in company with' two other men , for arson , on the same spot where the culprits will suffer . - Murder near Newport . —A murder , still . involved in mystery , has been discovered in the neighbourhood of Newport , Monmouthshire . The murdered person is a female , named , Lewis , who resided atBasralleg , a small village on the Machan side of the Tredegar Park , and distant about three miles Wed
from Newport . Mrs . Lewis left her home on - nesday , for the purpose of going into Newport to make purchases , and not returning at the hour sne had stated , her family began to feel uneasiness , although no apprehensions of anything serious haying occurred were entertained until nightfall , when it was supposed that something wrong had happened , and an investigation was commenced . The search continued through Thursday the 4 th inst , but nothing was discovered of the fate of the missing woman nntil the night of that day , when her body was discovered in a wood at no very preat distance from the village of which she was a resident , and so frightfully mangled us to leave no doubt than she was waylaid on her road cither to or from her home and brutally murdered . The head was shockingly disfigured , the eyes being driven in as if the head ha 1 been battered by some heavy instrument , and the clothes were saturated with blood . The person who
found the body ( the son of the unfortunate deceased ) gave immediate information to the police , who at once repaired to the spot and conveyed the remains on a hurdle to the nearest public house . As yet no idea can be formed as to the person or retreat of the murderer or murderers . On Tuesday morning the superintendent of the Cheltenham police arrived in Jristol en route for Monmomh , with two persons whom he apprehended on the previous night on a charge of murder . The prisoners are Maurice Mnrphy , a ed 21 , a native of Blarney , county of Cork , and Patrick Sullivan , aged 22 , a native of Mmchurston , county of Cork . On information being given to the police of the murder of Mrs . Lewis , and in consequence of the prisoners' speedy disappearance they were suspected , and information gent to the several police depots in the district , which led to the prisoners ' apprehension . . Their clothes were very much stained with blood . On the prisoner Sullivan were found a small iron crowbar and a razor .
Geeat Firb at Cottenham . —Forty Farms Burst . —The village of Cottenbam was , on Thursday night , the 4 thinst ., the scene of one of the largest conflagrations that has ever been known in Cambridgeshire . The flames were distinctly visible for miles round . Soon after eight o ' clock two farms adjnininrf one another , belonging to Mr . Gonde and Mr . Graves , were discovered to be in flames , and a strong breeze blowing from the west , speedily fired the adjacent property . The villagers adopted every me ins to arrest the progress of the destructive element , but the trifling means at their command had but little effect in checking the flames . Farm after farm became fired , and the lured glare in the heavens which lighted up the ceuntry for miles round , led to
engines and other assistance being despatched from Cambridge , Chesterton , St . Ives , &c . Towardsfour o ' clock in the morning the conflagration was mastered . As may be supposed the loss is very great . According _ to the report furnished to the Fire-offices , the following are the principal sufferers : — Mr . F . Goode , farm destroyed , with dwelling ; Mr . T . Graves , house and farm burnt ; -Mr . R . Watson , residence and farm consumed ; Mr . J . Rapworth , farmer , all burnt ; Mr . T . Ivatt , farmer , whole of the farm destroyed ; Mr . T . Moriing , gardener , house , lodges , &c , burnt ; Black Horse , Mr . J . Chivers , brewer , consumed ; Mr . J . drivers , blacksmith , destroyed : Air . Collins , farmer , premises destroyed ; Mr . R . Nenman . brewer , except house , all destroyed ,
with 100 barrels « . f beer ; White Hoise , Mr . Norman , consumed ; Mr . Haird , auctioneer ,, destroyed ; Mr . J . Todd , farmer , all burnt , except house ; Mr . J . Watson , farmer , all burnt ; Mr . W . Papwortb , farmer , all consumed ; Mr . J . Everitt , farmer , except house , all consumed ; Methodist chapel , consumed ; Mr . T . Gawtrey , farmer , dwelling-house saved , farm destroyed ; Mr . E . Ivatt , farmer , destroyed ; Waggon and Horses . Mr . Norman , destroyed . Total loss nearly £ 100 , 000 . Besides there are between forty and fifty cottages destroyed . The losses will fall heavy on the Norwich Union and the Farmers' Fire Insurance Offices—to the amount of about £ 14 , 000 . The space traversed by lhe fire was enormous . It seemed as if half the village had been laid in ruins ; and yet the fire had been capricious in its course , for
here and there was to be s » eu a house standing almost uninjured , in the very midst of black and smoking ruins . The labourers worked wMingl . r and well , so long as ; i chance of doing any go . d remained ; bat th-ir efforts , aided as they were before long by gownsmen from Cambridge , were so manifestly unavailing , that people at last stood by in helpless and despairing inaction . Farm after farm , and cottage after cottage , fell before the flames , and by three o'clock in the morning , when further immediate danger might be said to be over , the awful destruction was completed . Happily , however , no human lives were lost ; nor did any horses or cattle fall victims to the flames . A vast quantity of poultry and pi-eons . an- ; l a good many pigs were destroyed ; but all the horses and neat stock were removed out of harm ' s
way . Of course , numbers of poor families have been rendered homeless , and many of them have lost all ^ heir little stc e of furniture : we need hardly say that these have been cared for by their more fortunate neighbours , as will as circumstances would allow . Stbike of Agricultural Labourers . —Nearly the whole of the farm labourers in the parish of Cotgrove , seven miles from Nottingham , still refuse to take the reduced wages offered by their masters , this making the eighth week of their strike . To support themselves and families they depend on lhe
benevolence of the public , taking different circuits in group ? , asking alms . It is said they raise as much as keeps thi-iik an < J their children from starving . On the 9 th of February last the masters met , and then determined to reduce the wages from 10 s . to 9 s . per week , and in a few weeks they were to be only 8 s . This the workmen tefused , and on the following Mondaymorning they all struck work unless 10 s . per week was promised them . Hence the unfortunate differences now existing between the masters and their labourers . The chief part of the land in the parish belongs to Earl Manvers .
Thkeatbning Lbttkjjs- —For a considerable time past a gentleman of some eminence in Manchester has been annoyed by the receipt of anonymous letters of a threatening character , and latterly they have assumed a deeper dye , and rendered it necessary to the gentleman ' s health and peace of mind that measures should be 'aken to prevent the annoyance , by discovering the author . It was therefore arranged , with the concurrence of the Pose-office authorities , that an officer of the detective police should be placed on the watch , with instructions , on a signal being given from within , to apprehend the person who had dropped the last letter into the fetter-box . This
his led to the detection of the dastardly author . A few days ago the Post-iifike clerk appointed to watch the letters as they dropped thrmish the box discovered the well known superscription < m a letter , snd instantly gave the appointed signal , when the police officer outside seized the gentleman who had posted the letter , informing him that he was arrested on the charge of sending threatening letters to Mr . Tne captured coward , terror stricken , exclaimed , " Then I am detected . " Great efforts are being made , it is said , t <> induce the injured person to forego the prosecution and exposure . The delinquent is an attorney in Manchester , connected with a firm of Ion" standing in that town .
The Poisoning at Stow . —It appears that there is every reason to believe that the melancholy event of which we lately gave the details was entirely accidental , that the poison ( arsenic of which Mr . Pflfp used a quantity for sheep-washij / g , < fcc ., ) was laid in a closet in the kitchen , "h ere the tea things used to stand , and thus became , probable , mixed with the sugar , the packet bsing disturbed in looking for something e ! se . A packet of arsenic , which Mr . Page ' s ohepherd had given to his master in October last , was found in ttr-s closet . Providentially , there have been no more deaths .
Incendiary Fire . —On Saturday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock a . m ., a destructive fire broke out at Barge Farm , near Maidenhead , in the occupation of Mr . George Cross . From the circumstance that the premises appear to have been lighted at more places than one , there is no doubi of its having been a must determined and diabolical act « t incendiarism . The fire was at first discovered by the occupier of the farm , when it was found that two large barns and the adj-iniug ricka were in flames , lie immediately summoned his labourers to the spot , and soon afterwards t » "O engines arrived , but water cniild be obtained only at a considerable distance , by causing one engine to play into the other , 'lhe
names h ; d in the menu time quickly extended along the range <> f farm buildings , owing to the wind blowing strongly at the time , , and . i considerable whilu claused before they were subdued . From the contiguity of the ricks to the bunting premises it was impossible for them to escape destruction . The prop erty burnt consists of two large barns—one filled with unthrashed cats , and the other containing about twenty-fire quarters of wheat , and a considerable quantity of barley—an extensive wheat-rick , a hayrick , and two other ricks , busid . es agricultural machines and implements . The buildings are insured in the County Fire office , and the other prnpi-rty is insured in the Royal Exchange office . The large reward of £ 250 is offered for the detection , of the offenders .
Extraordinary Feai . —A few days ago , at Vxbridge , a youth under twenty years ofa « e , wilked twenty miles in less tban three hours . For the first 300 yards the ground had a slight ascent , and thereafter a uniform level . The road was in good order ; and the youth , who . weighed sonia 8 at . 91 b ., and measured five feet six inches , started oa his arduous
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undertaking , The yeatherr ^ . ^ uK ^ S a V £ * Bcowl of Cloud in the nineteenth and twentieth miles , afid'the mode in which'the " walker'won : may * be best / gathered from , tha ; time j ^ mileB , ; -16 minutes 68 Seconds ; £ miles , 32 minutej 47 seconds' ; 6 miles , 49 minutes 55 > seconds ; 8 . miles , 1 , hour 7 minutes 39 se ' c 6 nds ; 10 miles , I hour ^' minutes ' 3 seconds ; 12 miles , 1 : * hour" 43 minutes 6 seconds ; 14 miles , 2 hours 21 seconds ; 16 miles , 2 hours 18 minutes 17 seconds ; 18 miles ,. 2 hours 37 minutes . 48 seconds ; 20 miles , 2 hours 58 minutes 17 seconds . Thus winning by 1- minute 43 seconds , much distressed .
Apprehension of the Birds . —Bird and his wife , were apprehended on the oth inst , at Coleridge , near Bideford . on a charge of having assaulted and otherwise maltreated ; Mary Ann Parsons . ' They were examined on Saturday before the magistrates . During the proceedings the female prisoner was taken so ill that her removal became necessary , and the further proceedings were adjourned to Monday . She became rapidly worse after her removal , and , notwithstanding medical assistance was promptly rendered , she became delirious , and continued in that state when the accounts left Bideford on Sunday .
Brutal Mubdbb . —On Monday last two men , named Ed ward Craine and Thomas Gill , proceeded to a hill-side on the estate of Renabb , parish of Maughold , for the purpose of procuring a bundle of heather for the making of brooms ; while thus engaged the proprietor of the premises observed them , and remarked that he should quickly make them remove their quarters . In accordance with this determination , ' he at once set fire to the dry furze and heather , directly under the place where the poor
men were engaged , as above stated . The fire spread with great fury , and it was only by rolling himself down the brow of the hill , and falling over the edge of the precipice into the river underneath , that Gill escaped , whilst his unfortunate companion , who was a pensioner , aged eighty years , and quite a cripple , was left in his helpless state a prey to the devouring element . After the flames had subsided Gill went in search of Craine , whom he found burnt to a cinder . The proprietor of the heath has been apprehended . —Manx Liberal
A troublesome Present . —A man , habited as a gentleman ' s servant , knocked at the door of the mansion of Catchfrench , in the parish of St . German , on "Tuesday night , about vine o ' clock , and left a large basket tied down with cord , with the two female servants , saying it contained some things for the Misses Granyille , the ladies of the house ; he then departed , saying he was going to look after his gig , which he had left in the neighbourhood , and would be back again Bhortly . The girl who took the basket , said , as the man would soon be back she would defer taking it to her mistresses till his return . ' but on setting it down rather hastily she was astonished to hear the shrill tones of an infant
voice issuing from it . In the utmost surprise and alarm the servants ran to acquaint their mistresses , whose consternation may be easily imagined on finding the nature of the present they had been favoured with . After due deliberation , however , the basket was opened , . and was found to contain a fine male child apparently about a fortnight old , nicely dressed and deposited with every caro forjts comfort arid convenience . There was also a note written in a good hand , addressed to the Misses Granyille .
informing them that the parents of the child were unable from the pressure of the times to bring him up as respectable as his ancestors , and therefore hoped that they would take compassion and adopt him . No clue has yet been obtained of the actors in this strange and unusual proceeding . It is needless to say the man did not return , but it has been ascertained that he came in a gig and passed through the neighbouring toll-bar . The infant will most likely be placed in the St . Germans Union workhouse . — Cornwall Gazette .
Essex . —Wreck of thk Royal Adelaide . —Information having been communicated to Mr . Codd , "oroner , that the body of a woman had been found on the Maplin Sands , in the parish of Foulness Island , that gentleman summoned a jury for Friday last , wnen it appeared that she was found by a man named Belton , and carried to an outhouse attached to the King ' s Head public house in Foulness ; that on searching her he found in the pocket of her gown several letters , two of which were dated respectively the 7 th and 10 th of March , 1850 , from "Warley Barracks , commencing " My dear wife , " and signed " John Ilarrington ; " also , a pair of child ' s socks and a string of beads . Mr . Miller , the surgeon , stated that he hud ^ wade an external examination of the body of tho deceased , and found a wound upon her right temple , which
was then still bleeding , and a bruise upon her right low ; both had been received durin » life , and were of a trivial character ; that he believed from her appearance she was an Irish woman , and about 35 years of age . He was inclined to think , from the manner in which she was dressed , that she had been lost from some vessel and washed overboard whilst in the act of dressing . Verdict , " Found dead . " Since the inquest information has been received of other bodies having been washed upnamely , that of a man with a cork jacket ; at Harwich ; a woman at Great Holland , a child at liittleilolland , and a child at Frinton ; but as there can bo no reasonable doubt under the circumstances that they are the bodies of parties drowned at sea , and probably belonging to the Royal Adelaide , Mr . Codd has declined holding inquests upon the bodies .
Strike of Agricultural Labourers . —A movement took place last week amongst the agricultural labourers of Stisted , which , but for the wise discretion with which it was met , might have led to seriou 3 consequences ; and wo regret that a very exaggerated account of the matter has been published , charging upon the gentlemen who interp osed the failure of their exertions , and upon the labourers the commission of personal violence , neither of which has the slightest foundation in fact . It appears that the wages of the labourers having been reduced from 8 s . to 7 s . on the Saturday night , a party of them assembled on Monday morning and proceeded from farm to farm , nersuadinjr others to join them , thus gathering as
they went till they collected a body of about 200 , some of whom had sticks : They presented rather a formidable appearance ; but , beyond a little rough language to the farmers , who endeavoured to prevent their going upon their land , they committed fo outrage , and on the arrival of a body of police they dispersed . The next morning , however , they mustered again in increased numbers ; Captain M' Ilardy had taken the precaution of having a body of men near at hand , but it was resolved to try persuasion rather than force , and accordingly Air . 0 . S , Onley and the Rev . C . Forster liroceeded with him to the throng , and
their conciliatory and judicious words , deriving weight from the desire they have ever shown to promote the comforts of the poor , calmed the storm of discontent ; the men dispersed , and the next morning returned peaceably to their employment . As not the slightest injury was done to person or property , no further steps , we learn , will be taken in the matter ; it is not true that warrants have been issued against some parties , and it has been wisely , we think , resolved , sinc 9 the rncn seem by their return to order and industry sensible of their indiscretion , to pass over without further notico the heedless , and happily harmless , outbreak . — Essex Herald .
Another Fatal Wreck . —Letters received on Tuesday at Lloyd's , state that the loss of the barquo Emma , Captain Christie , master , belonging to Dundee , on her passage from Newcastle to Montreal , on one of the Orkneys . On the morning of the 1 st inst ., at daybreak , tho vessel was observed oft St . Margaret ' s , at anchor , about half a mile from tho shore , the wind at the time blew tremendously from the S . E . Amidst the fury of the gale the ship was discovered adrift . Those on board managed to make sail on her , and she stood to the eastward , and then tacked and stood to the north , when she
drove and struck on tho rocks with terrible force . Her fearful position was seen from tho shore , but it was uttterly impossible to render any assistance to the crew . The poor fellows took to the rigging , and their cries and gestures for help were ° truly heart-rending ; their sufferings , however , were but for short duration , for within half-. in-hour the masts were carried away , and the whole of the unhappy creatures met a watery grave . The hull ot ' tbeahip was shortly broken up into a thousand fragments .
Co whs , Isle of Wiout , April 6 . —The Phcenix pilot-bout , of this port , arrived here last night with the captain , crew , and passengers of tho American brig' Lincoln , of Boston , United States , who were taken out of the German ship Maria Christina , of Altona , Voss master , off Portland , bound up Channel to Hamburgh . Tho master of the Lincoln informs U 3 that he sailed from Boston for California on the 29 th of January last , and pursued his voyage under favourable circumstances until ho had reached the latitude of i N ., and longitude 25 W ., when at 10 . 30 p . m . of March 2 nd , during a heavy shower of rain , and without any menacing sign of lightning-, tho vessel was struck with the electric fluid , which shivered the mainmast and found its
wny into the hold . On opening tho scuttle , volumes of smoke were emitted ; and , finding it impossible to extinguish the fire , they endeavoured to stifle it by closing every aperture . In this state they remained for nearly four days , with the fire burning in the hold , when they were relieved from their perilous situation by the providential appearance of the Maria Christina , and taken on board , Previous to leaving the ill-fated brig the hatohos were oponed when the flames burst forth , and in thirty minutes afterwards the mainmast fell over the side . Captain Averill is very anxious to publish to the world fie very kind treatment * that ha and his unfoi'tunuto crew and passsengers received from Captain Vosg , who did everything in his power to comfort them
in their distress . ,,,.,, The MisiNft Districts . —We ( Nortlffiitish Mail regret to learn , that the greater part of the miners employed ia the mining districts around Airdrie , including those working at tho Dundyvan and
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Gartsh ' erriepjts , haye , since Saturday week , been out on ' . ' strike . " This unfortunate circumstance is ™ occasionedr " we "; uriderstod , 'by' a resdlution adopted by the employers to reduce the wages of the miners to 2 b . 0 d , a day . Fora few months past they have received 3 s ; -a day , the advance of 6 d . per diem having recently been conceded by the inasters , who now wish to bring wages back to the old standard . The : men . have , as yet , manifested a steady determination to resist the reduction . Meetings have already beenheld , attended by large numbers , at ono of which , held atClarkston during the week , there could not have been fewer than 5 , 000 present .. We trust this unfortunate misunderstanding between the masters and their workmen may be amicably adjusted , i Indeed , ; we understand the miners themselves have expressed a strong desire to have the matter settled , if possible , by tho arbitration of the sheriff of the county
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GLOUCESTER . Thk Cheltenham Poisoning Case . —The prisoner , Emanuel Burnett , was charged with the wilful murder of Elizabeth Gregory , at Cheltenham , by the administration of arsenic . The case occupied from nine o'clock in the morning until ten at night . —Mr . Greaves and Mr . Huddleston prosecuted ; Mr . Symonds and Mr . Powell defended the prisoner . —Several witnesses were examined , who stated the various circumstances , of the case , which have already been detailed in our columns , and the jury returned a verdict of "Not Guilty . "
—The prisoner was then indicted for the wilful murder of Samuel Gregory , but Mr . Greaves declined to offer any evidence on this charge , and the prisoner was acquitted , and left the court with his friends . , Perjury . —Sarah Peters , a respectable-looking married woman , with an infant at her breast , was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury . —Mr . Skinner was counsel for the prosecution , and Mr . W . H . Cooke for the prisoner . —It appeared that on the 25 th October , at a Tolsey Court , holden at Bristol , an action of debt for goods sold and delivered was tried ) in which the husband of the prisoner was the plaintiff , and a person named Milward the defendant . On that occasion the prisoner , who had been married to the plaintiff since the cause of action
arose , was tendered and gave evidence as a witness for the plaintiff , in the course of which she swore , upon eross-examination , that she was not related to the prisoner ; that she was a widow ; that she was a perfectly disinterested witness ; and that she was not married to the plaintiff . The verdict was , upon her evidence , given in favour of the plaintiff , and it turning out that all her statements as to her interest in the case were false , the present prosecution was instituted against her . Notwithstanding a very ingenious defence , in the course of which the prisoner ' s counsel illustrated practically how even experienced witnesses might state that which was untrue when confused by cross-examination , the prisoner was convicted , and sentenced to a fine of 3 s , and to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour .
CHESTER . Foroery . —Thomas Walker , aged 44 , was indicted for having forged , at Fi'odsham , ill this county , a promissory note for the payment of £ 90 , with intent to defraud the legatees of Daniel Erie . —It appeared that the prisoner was a man in very pood circumstances , and with tho prosecutor , Joseph Dutton , was entitled to a large sum of money under the will of the late Daniel Erie , of Frodsham , who died several years ago . On the death of the testator , the parties concerned under the will were desirous of bringing matters to a settlement , and amongst other things , it was considered desirable to sell a portion of the testator ' s landed property &l Fr ^ dsiiam to the parish authori *
ties . The prisoner , who was an executor as well as legatee under the will , at a vestry meeting of the parishioners of Frodsham , objected to the sale of the property until a promissory note , which he alleged he held from Mr . D « auiel , was acknowledged arid payment promised by his co-executoi-a and legatees . After considerable delay , the prisoner produced the note at the office of a solicitor , named Purcell . It then purported to bear the signature of the testator , and to have been witnessed by William Walker , the brother of the prisoner . The promissory note was alleged to have been given about fifteen years ago , but the prisoner was informed by Mr . Purcell that it was worthless , as there was no Indorsement of interest on the back
of it . The prisoner said that was of no consequence , as he had memoranda of payment of interest at home . It appeared that no steps were taken either by the prisoner , - as the holder of the alleged promissory note , or by the legatees under the will , to prove that it was a forgery , for a period of four or five years , until a few weeks ago , when the production of the note was required , and it was then given up by the prisoner , and purported to be attested by his brother , William Walker , and also to have several indorsements of the payment of interest on the back of it . A few days before the noto came into the possession of the constable , the prisoner had given notice of action to his co-executors , for the recovery of £ 90 , the amount of the note in
question . It was shown thnt when the note was at Mr . Puree's office there were no indorsements upon it . Witnesses were called , who expressed their conviction that the signature of " Daniel Erie" was not in Mr . Erie ' s writing , and the brother of the prisoner proved that his signature as attesting witness to the note was a forgery . ~ M . M'lntyre , who appeared for the prisoner , contended that the promissory note was a genuine one , and that the present indictment would not have been preferred had not notice of action been served for the recovery of the value of it . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty , " and he was sentenced to seven years' transportation . Manslaughter by a GAMBKEBPfiR . —John
Woodfine , aged 39 , was indicted for the manslaughter of George Moulton , on the 28 th of November last , at Coddington , This case excited considerable interest . It appeared that on the night of the 23 thof November last there were six poachers engaged in an affray with the gamekeepers of J . H . Leche , Esq ., of Carden Hall , and R . Aldcrsey , Esq ., of Alderaey , three of whom are in custody on ft charge of poaching , two of whom escaped , and the sixth was the deceased George Moulton . Early on the morning in question , Woodfine , the prisoner , who was gamekeeper to Mr . IT . Leche , wa 9 out watching in the vicinity of the hall in company with a watcher , when they heard the report of guns , which they thought proceeded from a wood called Barton Plantation . They went there , but found no
poachers . While in the wood they heard firing in the direction of Aldersey , and Woodfine proposed to go and cull up Georgo Lightfoot , Mr . Aldersey ' s head gamekeeper . The party accordingly went to Lightfoot ' s house , and knocked him up , and having heard firing again went towards a wood known as the Sobbercroft Plantation . The plantation is a short one , abutting upon u lane called the Dog-lane , and terminating in the fields . The firing now became so distinct that the keepers were satisfied poachers were in the plantation . When the keepers got near the spot where the poachers were , the latter made off towards Cliester , and the keepers pursued them until they very nearly reached them . Woodfine and Lightfoot were armed with guus , and Moulton with a cudgel . Woodfine then called out
to the poachers to " stand , " One of them replied , " Go to the devil with yon . " The keepers again shouted , " Stop , for we are determined not to be humbugged . " The poachers then turned round and faced the keepers within a very few yacds , some of whom , were armed with guns , and the rest with bludgeons . The poachers gradually retired when Woodfine , who was a little in advaaco of his con >> puaions , called out . to them , Now , lads , let ' s ia to ; hem . " Woodfine first sprang fosward with his . gun up _ , and struck one of the poachers on the heivi , receiving a severe blow in return . Another blow was levelled at him , but before-it descended
formeston had knocked the man down , a desperate fight ensued , in tho course of which both parties were severely beaten , and on& or two of tho poachers knocked senseless into a ditch . The prisoner stated that during the fight one of the men came towards him with his gun presented , and which he believed would have shot him had . he not come up and struok the gun on one sido , which immcdiatwy exploded , and George Moulton waa scon to fall immediately . The fight continued for some time longer , but two of the poaohers having flod , and two Others boing senseless on the ground , the rest were easily secured , and the deceased carried to o . farmhowse in the neighbourhood , where he died . A suv
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' .: . , ., - — ... . „ := — - —J g geon who was called in proved theideattiof sMoultnn tohaTOb ^ n (? anwd ,. b x ^ n . 8 hot wounds , the g hnu hiving entered the lower part of the " abdomen *§' completely destroyed a portion of . the abdominM viscera . —Mi- ; : Townsend . ' QiC . ;' defended the S 3 soner , and the learned : . ^ dge -having summed unthe case , in , the course of which he took occasion tn condemn the practice of sending , out parties arm ^ with deadjy weapons for . the protection of earn the jury found the prisoner " Not Guilty . " »
NORWICH . Assauxt . —Robert Willemont , aged 21 was in dieted for wounding James Ems , while in the exo cution of his duty as a police-constable , on the inn , " of January , 1848 . —Mr . Power prosecuted and Mr William Cooper defended the prisoner . —It appeal that the prosecutor and another policeman nam ^ i Gnrrod , were intrusted , in 1847 , with a warrant tn apprehend the prisoner , on a charge of felony -mS that they repaired to his father ' s honsBat C ? past eight o ' clock on the night of the 10 th t January , 1848 , and finding the garden gate Dad locked , they climbed over the fence and rapn H 1 the house door , which was also fastened , Aft Bome little _ interval old Mr . Willemont opened h " chamber windowand asked who there
, was and y / hl was wanted . Ems replied , " I want voui > Robert ; " but being politely told that "he milhl go and be ¦ , for he should not have his Jtz night , " the policeman insisted on admission as had a warrant , and would show it to the inmaf if they would come down and see it . The fath hen withdrew his head , and the officers of iuati r waited patiently for some ten minutes . « &t «| f lapae of that time they repeated their summons and receiving no answer , broke open the door and rushed upstairs . As soon as they entered they saw the father standing with a light in his hand just inside the door , and a brother of he prisoner half way up the stairs with a stick . Eras passed tha latter , and just as he reached the landing he received a tremendous blow on the head from the prisoner who laid about most vigorously with a thick broom *
stick . . The effect of this wound was to bring blood and as the prosecutor was staggering under it the prisoner ' s brother knocked him down to the ground with his stick . This done the whole famil y would seem to have decamped , leaving Garrod to carry his disabled companion to Norwich Hospital as best ho mi ^ hfc . ~ Mr . Cooper , in addressing ^ e jury echoed the statement of the prisoner , who , when he was taken on this charge , denied all knowled ge of the prosecutor , and asserted that he took him for a housebreaker rather than an officer of justice chniyed to keep the peace . —Mr . Justice Wi ghtman left it to the jury to say whether they attached any credit to this statement , and they having found the prisoner " Guilty" ot the whole charge , his lordshi p sentenced him to be transported for ten years ; the offence appearing to him to be one which called for the most severe punishment .
The Diss Bank Robbebt . —The prisoners ftix and Senior , who had confessed themselves guilty of the Diss Bank robbery , were brought up before ¦ th e Lord Chief Baron to receive judgment . —His Lordship , in addreasing the prisoners , said—Blofield JohnRix and Henry Senior , you stand convicted upon admissions made by yourselves on your trial , that you were guilty of the offence charged upon you . You were , however , at the very moment of your confession , or the admission on your part , strongly recommended to mercy by the prosecutor , who professed to have no ill will towards either of you-, but professed to have been—up to a certain period—faithfully served by both of you , and from whom , as well as from the counsel , I collect that you
had before , and up to that time , enjoyed a good reputation . You appear to have moved in a society that would make any punishment of any sort to you one of considerable severity , and in considering the punishment due to this offence—presented t © me without any circumstances of aggravation , and appearing nakedly before me , as it has done , coupled also with the recommendation on the part of the prosecutor—I think I may well listen to suggestions of mercy as would naturally occur even to my own mind , and especially with reference to the station of life that you have filled—a station which renders every hour of imprisonment one of great suffering , coupled as it must be with all the restraints , and all the penal consequences , of such a punishment ,
and which might make life intolerable if you were visited with that severity which the law mi ght require , if it appeared that there were any dark , any bad and wicked features in the offence beyond those which the indictment discloses . Voder the circumstances , therefore , of your being strongly recommended to mercy by the prosecutor , 1 leel myself justified in passing upon you , John Blofield Rix , the sentence of imprisonment for eighteen calender months , and upon you , Henry Senior , that you be imprisoned for the space of twelve calendar months , and that you both be kept to hard labour during the periods of your respective imprisonments . —On receiving this sentence , the elder prisoner , Rix , appeared , as he had hitherto done , perfectly unmoved ,
but Senior seemed much affected . Shooting with isieni to Mubdeb . —John Thimblethorpe , aged 21 , was indicted on the charge of having , on the 26 th ef July last , at Griston , fired a ^ un at Susan Lingwood , single woman , with intent to murder her . Having heard the evidence adduced , the jury deliberated one hour and a half before they agreed . They then acquitted the prisoner . Desperate Affray wim Poachebs on the Eakl op Leicester's Estate . —J . Plegg , 26 , C . Flegg , 28 , J . Frary , 23 , C . Magnus , 22 , W . Copes , L » 5 , and R . Wright , 28 , were indicted on the charge of having- , on the ni ght of the 24 th December last , armed with guns , stones , and bludgeons , entered certain land , called tho Ash Car , at Wighton , in the
occupation of the Right Hon . the Earl of Leicester , for the purpose of taking game . Several witnesses were examined , after which his lordship summed up , and the jury consulted in the box for about half an hour , when the foreman announced that they were not likely to agree for some time . They were accordingly locked up , and , it being seven o ' clock , the court adjourned until half-past nine , when his lordship returned , and the jury having returned a verdict of " Guilty , " Charles Flegg was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour , and all the rest to twelve months , the last week to be solitary . In addressing the prisoners , his lordship censured tho conduct of the keepers towards Charles Flegg as wholly unjustifiable , and Tevy brutal .
KINGSTON . WlIEELKR V . THE BlSHOP OF WINCHESTER . —This caso occupied the court nearly four days . The- action was brought to try the right to certain waste lands , and whether they belonged to the plaint / ft claiming as lord of the manor of Churt , or to the defendant , who is lord of the manor of Farnhani . A great many witnesses were examined on both sides , but it appeared to be pretty clearly made out on the part of the right reverend defendant that no such manor as Churt had ever existed , and that it was only one of the titbings of the manor of Farnham . The jury stopped his lordship while he was in the course of summing up the case , and said they had made up their minds , and they at once returned a verdict for the defendant .
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LOSS OF THE PACKET-SHIP JOHN R . SKIDDY . The following letter , from Captain Shipley , g ives an account of the loss of his vesssel , and tne rapacity of the wreckers on the coast of Wexford : Sahre . Gorey , April 3 . It has become my melancholy duty to inform you of the total losa of the ship John U . Skiddy on Glascamck-beach ( county of Wexford ) on the night of the 1 st of April , at a quarter past eleven , being very thick and raining at tne time , and having mistaken the light on Arklo > v-bant tor Tusher . I had seen BnvtUey Island at nine o ' clock the same morning , and steered a course that I judged wfliua carry we about midway between the Smales and l » s . ''^ but , by some unaccountable means , the ship was " } ;" „„ ,., ¦ r ^ ntafioiiv nut nfher co urse hv the tides . I ail IiupPJ
to inform you that the i > i » is * iig « ' 3 and orew wore landed i 11 nfety , also the greater part of the baggage in good order , and we ihall probably save the remainder in a damagco condition . I have also saved the sails , spurs , and part ot the stores . Tho ship lies within 201 ) yards of the beaclii . bilged and vei-y quiet , the water over the lowgr deck . ' the weather should keep moderate , some part of iho cav |>* may be sared , in a damaged state . I hare abandoned tli > ship to Lloyd ' s agent , who has men . bow employed in unbending sails , &c . I think the natives of this part ofitfce cjimti'y tltG most abandoned se ' of nillaiiis it hii * ever bca 1 my misfortune to fall in with : they commenced ro ?} f '" 5 and plunderiug the moment they came un board , and * > oat-load of luggage or stores landed , they were iuijjiediately seized oa by the lawless villains , in defiance .- o ! « coast gmu'diand police .
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Earm . Raiwya \ -s . —We tfhdl Advertiser ) , h » re j this week witnessed , nt W ?» Crosskill ' s isneuumw Machine Works , Bevotley , two sets of fiwnn ""*»* ¦ in working order , with , turn tables , puts , siuiug s , &c * connected wUU portable moving rails . m » ware shown , upon what Mr . OrossWl ™ ls h" ** £ tan rail , four waggons , each lotted with one W aud a half of soil , and one with swaw . i he ? , ™ S " j managed by ono horse and two men , wutenW proving that manure can be put on andi yw * J taken off the land by those railways . Oub jJ J peculiarity iu the use of tb » rail is that « »» 1 ' labour is so . much cheaper than with ordiua )) lo *"* as ouehorso , with two men , will do more * than four horses and fouv men by the prwe »» P V Whilst admiring tho evident strength of tlte i . *• and convinced by what we witnessed of " ^ . "Lji p ermanent saving in the number * of meu ana nw > wtuoh the use of these rails -would effect , wo " not forgetful that , after all , its principal t «» niendation would be its cheapness . We were s prised to learn that their cost would not oe "*" than 5 s . per yard . ¦ Illness of the Poet Moork . —Letters nave v * received from Sloperton , giving a most painiu * count of the decaying health of tho poet Mo » £ whoa © death waa daily apprehended . For j moaths past Mr , Moore had not left Ilia rooin »' altogether hia condition was considered UopeW" '
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S ^ e # iem « tf # . = Embezzlement of £ 2 , 000 by a Dissestikg Preach eb . — The magistrates of Ipswich have issued a warrant for the apprehension of the Rev . -Thomas Smeaton , ch irged with the embezzlement of £ 2 , 000 belonging to the shareholders uf the Suffolk Building Company , in connexion with which he hi Id a responsible sitnation . Insubordination on a Contict TTclk . — a somss-bat serious case of insubordination has occurred on board one ot the convict hulks in Portsmouth harbour . A telegraphic despatch from the Admiral Superintendent of the dockyard at
Pottsmoufn , was received on Saturday 1 « st , soon after eleven o ' clock , announcing that the convicts on feoard the Szirling Castle , moored near the entrance of'he Iwrbour of Portsmouth , bad been m a state of insubordination dur . ng the whole of Friday weht . -which still continued . Sir George Grey immediately despatched Mr . Voulcs , superintendent of convicts , in Portsmouth , to investigate the circumstances attending this proceeding , happily so unfireqUfnt . The cODvicts on board of this hu'k are those condemned to various terms of tTinsportaii n , aud are placed ~ t ' iere to undergo the preparatory stage of their disciplined labour ,- before they are selected for transmission across tbe seas . The complement on board the Stirlinz Casfe is from 400 to 500 . -
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& $ { - mttV 99 Pli »* Hsalth ob London Dobisg thk Week . —In the week ending last Saturday , the deaths of i ; i 24 persons were registered in the metropolis ; this number showing onl ? a small decrease on the return of the previous Veek , though the latter was unduly swelled -by an extraordinary influx of coroners' cases . In corresponding » eeksof 10 previous years ( 1840 , 9 ) the average number of deaths was 918 , which , if Corrected for increase of population , becomes , 1 , 001 ; the excess in last week amounts there ' ore to 123 . The following series exhibits the deaths registered weslviy since fiie beginning of March ; they were 875 , 967 / 1 , 026 , 1 , 167 , and in the last week 1 , 124 . The present return , as compared with that of the pteceiiing weefc , sh . w a decrease in the epidemic
class of diseases , au increase in the tubercular , and in diseases of the brain and nervous system ; but in complaints affecting the respiratory organs the two returns are -Imost the same . As compared with the corrected average of 10 corresponding weeks , the present return shows a decrease in epidemic diseases , but a considerable increase in di .-eases of the respiratory organs . Bronchitis was fkfal last week to 119 persons ! pneumonia to 86 ; asthma to 23 ; ' aryngitis , pleurisy , and other complaints of the same class to 25 ; the deaths in the aggegate from these causes being 253 , whereas the con eett-d average is only 16 G . Consumption destroyel 134 persons , nearly the average number .
Two bojs and three girls died of laryngimus stndului . In the epidemic class , small-pox was fatal to 4 persons , measles to 16 , scarlatina to 17 , hoopingcough to 27 , croup to five , influenza to 8 , diarrhosa to 15 , erysipelas to 15 , typhus to 34 , the mortality being less than usual from all these causes , except typhus , which is about the average , influenza , diarrheea , and erysipelas , which are abwe it . A death frem cholera occurred on the 31 st of March , at 4 , Phccoix street , . North St GJles-in-the-Jields . The deceased was the daughter of a beer-shop keeper , of the age » f 7 years , and died from the " English cholera , " after 16 h-urs illness Mr . Simpson the Registrar , mentions that " the medical attendant , before
certifying the cause of death , called on him to explaiu ihat if the late epidemic had prevailed _ at the present time , he would have considered it right to return the case as * Asiatic cholera / ' The disease commenced with excessive sickness anil diarrbce * , end the latter speedily assumed the appearance of rice ¦ water purging , attended with cramps . The father of the child died of ' Asiatic cholera ^ daring the late visitation . No other person is now ill in the house . ' Two persons are reported this week as having died of intemperanceor of disease engendered by it . On the
, 9 th of March , at Bethnal-green workhouse , a female servant died at 28 years of age , of "bilious cholera ( after an illness of two days ) . " The daughter of a "Weaver , aged 14 years , died at 9 , Rose-street , Bethnal-sreen , of "cholera . " A child of 22 days , on whom an inquest was held , died in Farringdon-street of " inflammation of the peritoneum from exposure to cold . '' Four children were accidently suffocated in bed , The births «! uring the week were 1 , 343 . •—At the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 . 363 in .
The mean temperature was 49 . 9 deg ., higher by 4 . o da * , than the average of the same week in seven years ; and no less than 13 . 7 deg . higher than in the week immediately preceding . On Monday and Tnesuay it was respectively fi deg . and 7 deg . higher than the average . THS GOXDEMSED COSVICT IS HORSEMOXGEB-iASB Gaol . —Thomas Den .-y the young man who was condemned to death at Kingston-upon-Thames , on the 2 nd inst ., for kil . 'ing his illegitimate offspring , at Eireii , with an aw ] , was immediately after his
conviction removed to lloreetuon ^ er-lane Gaol , when he was placed by Mr . Keeae , the governor , in the cell so lately occupied by Manning , the murderer of O'Connor , lie seems very much to feel his awful situation , and cried the whole of the niglit . He now and then protests that he is innocent , 2 nd that Elizi Tarrant , the mother of the infaut , committed the murder . Should no respite be received , the unhappy man wiil be executed at Hors-.-monger-lane Gaol , on Monday morning , the 22 d hist .
DsTrRMiSED Sgicide —An inquest was held on Saturday last , by Air . Bedford , at the Queen ' s Head . Sherrard-T-rreet , Golden-square , on the bully of Mr . Robert Wilkin Tabor , aged 67 , a iraster plumber and painter , carrying oil business at No . 10 , Los-er James-street , Golden-square . Itappewred that the dej eased had been in a low and uespondir-g state for snme time past , arising from the fact of his buiia&s having fallen off , together with diftippointnunt and some family afflictions . O'i Friday morniiis last the deceased appeared unusually dejected . He left home on some busiuess transactions , and rtramed about e even o ' cleck ; in about half ah
hour afterwards the report of a pistol was liea d in the circetion of the deceased ' s bediomn , and shortly afterwHvds the deceased was discovered sitting < . n the seat of the water-closet adjoining his bedcham-T ) er , quite dead , with a pistol-shot wound in his right temnle . Mr . Chilcote , a surgeon , said that the ball hadpene rated the brain , pro-iucing iu 3 tant&seoos death . Two pi-tols which had been in the deceased ' s possession for some years , and were kept loaded in his bedroo : i , were found lying on the floor of the oJoset , one of which had recently been discharged , and the other had missed fire . Verdicr , " Ten ; Dnrary insanity . "
Dahixg Robbkrt of a General Postman . —On Monday morning , shortly af : ef nine o ' clock , a most adroit robbery of a "eneral po ^ mnn was effected 3 E the corner of Leadenhail ana Gracechurchstreets . It appears thatW . Peckham , the Leadenhall " walk * ' le . ter carrier , was iu the habit of meeting his assistant ( a junior postman ) at the door of t : ; e establishment of Messrs . Mayne and Re d , the large floorcloth manufacturer * , where they opened alargeleiier bag . containing the letters for the whole
of the nvalk . These letters were tied in bundle-, assorted for delivery . Peckham , that morning had a very large number , and while he was divisfiug one of the bundles , he pa ; the 5 ag upon the flo t near to the step door , when three men rushed up to the doorway , and in a moment the bag aud the remaiuing bundles of letters were goue . The matter has caused the greatest sensation throughout the City , and the authorities at the P- _ -st-offiee are pow actively engaged in making the necessary inquiries for the purpose of detecting ihe bighw . i y : nen .
Imvortast to Householders . —In a recent case heard before P . Biyley , Esq ., the judge of the Westtninoter County Court , it was decide ! that although a Sre had occurred in a chimney the day after it had been visited by the servants of the Baai'Mieur Company , the plaintiff could not recover any damages , inasmuch as the company 'inly undertook to " sweep " the chimney , and not to " scrape " it-Fike 13 D Loas OF LtFB . —On Tuesday evening , between six and seven o ' clock , the immediate neighbourhood of Park-street , Bankside , Southwafk , was alarmed by a Sre breaking out in the premises belonging to Mr . Carpenter , situate in Moss ' s-aUey , in the before mentioned street , which ,
it is to he regretted , was attended with fatal results to the wife of the owner of the property . It appears that some of the neighbours whilst passing the building were astonished by hearing loud screams ¦ proceeding from one of the apartments on tke first floor . A dense body of ikme being seen shining through the front windows , clearly indicated that a fire had broken out . The policeman on the beat therefore sent a messenger to call the firemen . Iu the course of a few minutes Mr . R . Henderson , the chief ofSeer of the D district of the London Brigade attended with an engine and his firemen , lie then
found the bed , beddin ? , aud furniture on the first floor Iu a bhze . The Bremen and inhabitants , after much trouble , succeeded in getting the flames subdued , when a m 03 t pitiable scene presented itself , for Sirs . Carpenter , the wife of the ownur of the property , was found to he so dreadfully burnt that the SaJu , when touched , peelcil off her body . A medical gentleman was instantly sent for , who , ¦ upon inspecting the calcined remains , pronounced "t ile totally extinct . The origin of the calamity , notwithstanding that a diligent inquiry has been ms'ie by the officers of the Brigade , remains at present a mystery .
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. ifwiflwi . Tknant Movement in Leinstbb . —Heretofore the tenant movement has been confined to the north and south , but arrangements have commenced for holding meetings in themidland countiea . A preparatory meeting was held on the 3 rd inst ., at Mullingar , the Rev . Dr . O'Rafferty , Roman Catholic Vicar general , in the chair , when the following resolution was adopted : — " That , alarmed at the gradual annihilation of landlords in this county , owing principally to the continuance of high rents , entirely disproportioned to . the price of produce , we hereby pledge ourselves to use every constitutional exertion to secure a reduction of rent , and a fair adjustment of the relat . inna hfitween landlord and tenant . "
It was also determined that a meeting of the county of Westmeath should be convened by public requisition , and a central committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements . The Rev . J . Savage , one of the Roman Catholic clergymen of the district , ina letter to the Freeman ' s Journal , says : — " The free trade principle has given a large loaf to the poor , and brought everything to its fair and natural value except the land . The landlords are determined to perpetuate the crisis , and to cljng with the convulsive grasp of hands and teeth to the old rents , as Satan clings to his victim ? . " The tenant movement is also in active operation in the county of Cork and the Roman Catholic clergy are taking a leading part in the
meetings . . Relief AdTAKCBS . —The guardians of the Waterford Union are still remonstrating against the order of the commissioners for the immediate payment of £ 4 , 000 towards thu liquidation of the Treasury advances , made during tbe famine . Sir H . W . Barron , M . P ., presided at a meeting of the guardians on Thursday , the 4 th inst ., when a memorial to the Lord-Lieutenant was adopted , containing a description of the exhausted condition of all classes , stating that large numbers of farms are untenanted and abandoned—that in the towns of the union the same distress prevails—that "in the city of Waterford large numbers of the best houses are untenanted , and £ 5 , 000 per annum of the rateable property is insolvent , " and praying his Excellency's interposition with the Poor Law Commissioners for an extension of the time of repayment as promised by the First Minister of the Crown . "
The Capfoquin Insurgents . —The Waterford Mws states that the four men sentenced to transportation at the last assizes , for attacking the police barracks at Cappoquin , have been transmitted to Spikelsland . , ¦ ¦ Encumbered Estates Commission . —Eighteen more petitions for the sale of estates have been filed in the Encumbered Commission Court , 'lhe total number is now 658 The principle of the Bill of Sir J . Rom illy , which is to be re-introduced into Parliament , is now earnestly advocated , even by those journals which have most vehemently opposed the measure on its first announcement . Some of the northern journals advocate the bill ,-as affording facilities to tenant-farmers to aoquire ultimately the
feesimple of their holdings . The Banner of Ulster remarks , that " no man is able to buy the lowest tenant-right of a farm can , under the provisions of this bill , it we rightly interpret its meaning , experience any serious embarrassment in securing- a complete perpetuity , provided only that he and a sufficient number of his neighbours will organise among themselves a joint stock association for making the required purchase at the Commissioners' sale ; and provided &ho that they will take care to have legal arrangements in readiness , so as to obviate future difficulties in regard to regular payments of interest , together with fixed sums for the progressive extinction of the capital amount originally burrowed . "
A reprieve has been received from the Castle of Dublin , by Captain Henry Bolton , high sheriff ot this city , to stay the execution of the two men named Dowling , convicted at last assizes of the murder of a bailiff named Hogan , near Clonea . It is expected 'that a commutation of the sentence to transportation for life will immediately follow . Operation of the Poor Law . — Mr . Tufnell , one of the secretaries of the Treasury , returned to Dublin on Saturday afternoon , from Cork and Limerick , in which places , during a hasty visit , he had visited the workhouses , and made as much personal inquiry as time permitted respecting the condition of those unions and the working of the poor-law . The official inquiry in the Kilrush Union has been
brought to a close . It appears that the mortality in the workhouses of that union has been considerable , amounting- to one hundred and four deaths in the fortnight ending on the 31 st of March last . The affairs of the Kilrush Union are still attracting much attention , and some members of the House of Commons have been making inquiries there during the recess . Tile Limerick Chronicle states that Mr . Loch , member for "Wick , was in Kilrush on Thursday last , and " commended highly the workhouse management , the condition of the inmates , and the care taken of the hospital patients . " Although out door relief has been generally discontinued , the system still prevails pretty extensively in a few of the unions . In Newcastle ( county of Limerick ) ,
according to the last return , the inmates of the workhouses amounted to 3 , 820 ; and the number on the out-door relief waa 7 , 700 . In Ennis Union the pers ma receiving out-door relief amounted to 0 , 435 . The guardians of the Newcastle Union have applied to the Poor-law Commissioners for liberty to insti » tute proceedings in the superior courts against landlords who owe large arreaw of poor-rate . Evictions . —A correspondent of the Freeman gives the following particulars of recent " extermination" in Tipperary : — "Oil Monday , March 25 th , the sheriff ' s dupty , accompanied by Captain Bradshaw , of Pegaboro , and a party of police , proceeded to the lands of Newtown , parish of Donohill , the property of the Rev . Benjamin Bradshawwhere seven tenants
, were dispossessed . Four of the houses were levelled to the ground . ' and three others locked up after every articlo of furniture had been removed . The sheriff ' s representative was then met by Mr . T . Scully and conducted to a property belonging to Vincent Scully , Esq ., Q . C .. Dublin . One house was levelled m Ballyneal , and three families were turned out in Pallas Dourhill , also the property of Mr . Vincent Scully—fifteen other families having been evicted from the same townland , and their houses levelled within a year . The party next proceeded to Kil-Patrick the property of Lord Hawarden , and under the direction of Mr . Stewart , the land agent ,
dispossessed fourteen families . These poor people , some of them rather comfortable farmers , derived under a middleman , and many of them produced their receipts for the November rent . Still , amid the showers of snow and the p iercing cold of that day they were turned out , and actually driven off the lands , as they were told his lordship wanted their farms for a sheepwalk . Since then most of them are aquatted in sandpits and the ditchts of the neighbouring townlands . " The aggregate meeting of the citizens of Dublin , convened in pursuance of a requisition to the Lord Mavor . to petition the Legislature against the
contemplated abolition of the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , was held on Monday in tho round room of the Rotunda . Admission to the platform and reserved seats was by ticker , the p rice to the former being half-a-crown , and to tho latter , one shilling ; but Bhortly after the commencement of the procei-Uings the whole of the edifice was crowded almosti to excess , ihe attdknM including some ladies m the reaerv ' d places . The chair was taken by the Lord Mayor Resolutions condemnatory of the intended abolition of the vice-regal court were adopted . ll of
T , 7 roLmcAO Emm-ln the list guardians of the Limerick . Protestant- Orphan Society appointed for tho ensuing year at the annual meeting last week appears tho name of Mr . William Smith o ' nrien It was but « few months sjbco that the same gentleman was re-elected a member , of a literar y institution established in Limerick , and his efiUh toasted " with all tho honours" in the presence of an assemblage composed of men of very noBiiblo creed , political or religious . P WesthJat h on the Poor L ^ v . -In reply to a vote of thanks passed to the Mnrquis of Westmeathby the guardians of the C < imek-oa-Shannon L ; nn his Lordship observes— " Tho selfish motives
which have caused tho bringing into parliament , mil tho passing of laws , inexcusable in many respects have been well shown up , and put in proper contrast , by your patient endeavours , at every personal sacrifice , to exeouto the provisions of this deservedly odious code . You have been largely tae viotims of an unconstitutional and tyrannous system , crushing the industry of the country oa all hands . The Unions . of Mohul and RosconimftB , and the property of them which toueliltheir bordeys , have been victimised in like manner—so our story is not a singular one . Depend on it , as ail human crime lias its limit , and its vetvibution , tho time is not fav distant when the people of Great Britain willnnder stand that tho ruin of this country , under the namo ofohfmty . wilUot have advanced the ends , either avowed or caaoealetl , for which they were undorta , ken . I ' ! This "Rjpbaj . AssocuHON . —The vm \ -weeHly
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meeting of the Repeal Association waa held at Conoilintion . Hall on Tuesday . There . waa a yery small attendance ' . * 'Mr . ' RHlertyoccupiea . ihe chair . Mr Johii 0 ' ConneH'announced tlieirent for the ^ week to be £ 4 , and stated thatjf the country-did-not come forward to support ' the aHsqoiatjqn ; : if * would he impossible for Kim Co" keep " the doors ; of = Conciliation Hallopen much longer ., '' - ¦ " '; ; r ' ¦ The Lobd Mayor of'Dublin . —At a meeting of the ; corporation : on Tuesdayi-it was resolved ' .. that the Lord Mayorishould : present the . memorial of the corporation to , the Queen ,, against the removal of the viceregal court , -and also ' the . petition to the Houseof Commons for the same purpose . . A tremendous row ensued ; and ' Mr . Walker brought
forward his resolution - , - declaring that Mr . Reynoldi had continued to hold the office of Lord Mayor illegally since his name was struck off : the burgess roll , and that it was . expedient thnt the council should immediately proceed to elect afit andproper person to fill the office . —Mr . Hamilton moved an amendment . —The Lord Mayor then read the opinion obtained from . the English Solicitor-General on the question of the Dublin mayoralty , and which was to the effect that Mr . Reynolds could only be removed from his office of Lord Mayor , under all circumstances of the case , by means of a quo warranto ; that he did not consider he would be liable to more than oi » e penalty for his official acts , and that he might legally appoint a locumtenens whose acts would bo valid , and who would not be
personally liable to any penalty . An opinion of Sergeant Greene , the late Attorney-General for Ireland , was also read , and according to it , a inandamus would be required to enable the corporation to take any step prudently for the removal of Mr . Reynolds from his office . —Mr . Walker intimated that if he had been aware of the existence of those documents he would not have persevered with his notice . —A division , however , was taken on Mr . Hamilton ' s motion , and the numbers were—twenty-four for the resolution , and only four against it . An inspector of police , ' who was called up to tho chair by the Lord Mayor during this disturbance , remained near him , and it was expected every moment that a serious row would have taken place . There were also several police constables in the room , and waiting below stairs to obey any orders they might receive .
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