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NEW WOOLLEN CLOTH AND TAILORS' TRIMMING ESTABLISHMENT , 37 , BR 1 GCATE , LEEDS , AND MARKET PLACE , DARLINGTON . Tl / T H . DAVIS respectfully invitea the attention of the Public to his VALUABLE and EXTENSIVE STOCK OF WOOLLEN CLOTHS , Which he has purchased for Cash , and is determined to seU for a very small amount of profit . The Goods are of first-rate Manufacture , and not made for sale only , but will have the good properties of wearing well , and ensuring future orders . The Stock consists of DOUBLE-MILLED WATERPROOF TWEEDS , BEAVERS , PILOTS , KERSEYS , CASSJMERES , SUPERFINE YORKSHIRE and WEST OF ENGLAND CLOTHS , WOOLLEN and COTTON CORDS , FUSTIANS , &o . &c . WaiBtcoatingB from Is . 6 d . upwards , in endless variety . ¦ M . H . D . takes this opportunity to thank the numerous body of TAILORS , who have patronized him since he dissolved Partnership with Mr . Cullingwobth , and begs to assure them that no House in the Trade shall undersell him in any one Article . The Working Classes are invited to purchase Fustians , Cords , and Moleskins , at the above Establishment ; they will find it more advantageous to do so , and employ their own Tailors , than encourage tbe " Ready Made Clothes Selling Monopolists" who get rich at the exponoe of the Working Man , by paying him onb half for a Garment that other Masters give .
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JiT JtoaaH j—I dont know that I was ever eiCed npon to discharge a more pleasing or grateful duty than drawing for . you a * short sketch of the characier , ibe Dearing , the appearanee , the conduct , sad aankfalness of the ax Colliers -who were Lberated ^ bjthat able lawyer and Consituiional Jndge , Mr , Jnstiee Patteson , on Sunday morning last . The Star has so thoroughly riddled the whole case , and itas fo boldly commented iiponthe condnct of all the panies ooneerned ; that I . shall confine myself to the simple narration of what I saw and heardoa the day of labour ' sgreatest triumph . Mr . Roberts , after a "week ' s unremittine toiL slaYery and ^
anxiejy , andafter three nighfs travelling ont of six , arriTed , wiaihis men , at ax o ' clock on Saturdsy morion * . He was shortly after , half a deep , J ^ SSfr ^ t ^ J * ? « l » JlooiB * oii » "I ' brought them—ryebrought them , and now for the law . " Yoh may be sure that I was anxious to vf ° itT l /] ieil . lbMt half-past eleven , Mr . Boberte walked into my Bitting-room , lnd w p 0 ? S ? - > ^ e street , said " There they 5 » j . M What , out" Bald I ! "Yes , " he replied , " til nght . " Whereupool in-rited them as my guest *! and « ttfeemdovni to a good breakfast . As loon a ! every tnin ^ was prepared thb cbmokaxs s& t round the table , and beared the mostTespeeted of their comrades to ask a blessing before they commenced . Ibis done they ate heartily—one -poor fellow ,
however , being Betted with a shivering fit . Their thapkEgiTings for their liberation were humble , xealons , and incessant , while not a word of denunciation of either . masters , -viewers , or magistrates escaped their lips ; their greatest pride appearing to be the manner in which Mr . Roberts has adv { £ cated their cause otfore the Durham Justices , and the inference between the mildness of Mr . Justice Patteson and : the anger of the Duriam Justices . They frequently exclaimed one to the other , ** Well friends , there ' s nothing like the law ^ let ns always now stand ly God and the law , and well he safe whether we are in prison or out of it . " ' TVhen they had done breakfast , they returned
tBanfcswnn becoming gratitude , when one of the youngest , pointing to an old man , said to me , " Look , Sir , there ' s a man that got 31 d . for three day ' s work . w Is that so , " said L M YeB , Sir , " he replied , it ' s true . " " And hew old are yoB , " * aid I . M am fifty-four , says he , and my name is SiDglewood , and I never was before Judge or Magistrate in all * that time , till this last turn , but although I shivered like a child when 1 went before the Judge , I took great heart when I heard las Toice md saw our General there , smiling , * ' pointing to Mr . Huberts . Thomas Southern said that he was fiity-fcur too , and was
forty-six years ¦ wo&kikg is a hi , and never was before Judge or Jury before . " Well , " said Harwood , " yonBee , friends , that good character never dots s man aoy harm , for though I ' m not so old , there ' s mj character ( handing me a written document ) for six years , and when I showed it to Major "VFemyss , when I was sent to prison he gave me half-a-croOTJ . " Jfothing could be better than the character this man prodaced . Asonr acquaintance increased one of the men , after considerable whispering and hesitation , asked me if they might be allowed to have a smoke . I told them that it -was a
Hung iba . tInereT pennnr . ed , bo . tln order that their eomiort should not be abridged in anything , I gaTe them permission , and was -very speedily enveloped in a dense cloud of smoke . J shonld state that upon questioning ihfm as to the treatment they received from the goTemoT otDurham Gaol , they all joined in their expression of thankfulness to that officer . They said ihat while he shewed them no favsw which was not sanctioned by the rules of the prison , yet he administered them with so mnch humanity ,
forbearance , aid apparent reluctance , as convinced them that if in his power he would make a distinction between them and common felons . They further told me thai he had done everything in his power to make them comfortable on the road , by providing them frith good great coats , and otherwise taking care of them . Although ihe Colliery to -winch they were bound had struck work , with what they con-Hdeied just and sufficient cause , they nevertheless appeared very mnch frightened at the idea of a general strike .
Tfcty reaEon for sanctioning the strike of the Thoralry Colliery was very simple , plain and reaserable . They said lhat it was mnch better to TEXEain idle whbont earning anything-, than to be IreJd responsible for more than ihey " earned while at work . After ihe ceremony of eating was over , and having disrated the case again and again , ihey proposed vo Bee lie enriositks of London , ard I Feet my Stcrel&ry to escort them . They visited the Qoeen ' s Palace , and said that it was larger than Rli the Colliers houses of ¦ J 'hornley put together , but that yet it would be bet a cold place without coals . Thty EEi ^ rqaestly visited all that was wenh seeing , and at mne o'clock took their depanure for Durham .
The onerous masters baling imposed npon four of them , two of whom "Bere 54 years of age ihehardship of travelling a iarge portion of Friday , ail Friday night , and all Saturday night , to ^ eittr with th . e nuBEcesssry expense . 1 sbonld like to know whether tit masters and the magistrates felt satisfaction or sorrow ibat the ? e poor fellows were enabled to eat theii humble Christmas / are with their wires , in-Etesd of tatirg " skilly" in the dungeon . 1 Iojow thai for zoy pan I so teartfly xy dice at it eir success , that 1 took a whole holiday on Saturday , a thing ihat has notiallen to my lo : for many years . I trust that ihe ralne of their triumph will neither be lost or nnder-rated , and that ihe Colliers generally will
see ice necessity of doing that which for eight years I have been endeavouring to force upon the Chartist body , namely , the establishment of a Defence Fund , which will enable them to take advantage of the law , which tiey may rest assured , when coming from the right sonrce , will protect them against the tyranny of ihe masters , and the jgrorance of magistrates . I see that the organs of the masters are eBdea-Touri-Gg to force ihe men into s premature strike , Tsvk 1 teB thtm that it is their duty and their interest to TEHBt all Ench atkmpts . One of the objects in view 25 , in order to weaken the case which Mr . Dnncombe will be prepared 10 submit to the Bonse of CnniDojjF ^ in little more than a month from this tone ; and the answer to which , ahonld the men be on
strike , wonld be , the Bonse cannot interfere as the CoD-rrs" ACTING UM ) ER THE ABYICE OF AETFUL AKD IJESIGUIKG MEN" have abai-doBed vrork sud violated all those obligations hy -which they ™ = ie bennd to their employers . Let the men first retnrn to work , and then the Bouse will be prepared to entertain their complaints . I ay , therefore , that in jnstice to themselves—In justice to their legal adviser—who has urged me to impress it upon the men , and in justice to their Mend and parliamentary advocate , Mr . Ihmcombe , who paid tbcm the compliment to go amongst them md bear their complaints , they mnst guard against any . act -which vronld tend to vf eaken bis hands while icntending for their rights .
. TL ^ Chartists are only now beginning to recover nom tbb = txike of 1842 , and I trust that tbeir suSafflpwfll be a warning to their brethren the Colliers . ' \ 1 remain your faitbful friend , ' , Feaegcs O'Cossob .
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' « EWCASTtE . —ilr . Beeeley delivered an aa > Iws in Mr . Jnde ' i lorg room , Three Tuns Inn , Manor tb&re , on Simfiay evening last , on tbe present state of JoStlca ! parties in Spun ; afterTsfeicb a -role of thaTiltn > n tendered ta ^ Sr . Beesley ior Ms cdflresB . % & PTB 11 C JiKETijrG of the Cflsrtau of JTewcastle ¦ Ad ^ Gsteabead iraa held ; in Sir . Jutt ' s Room , Three ^ fos , Manor Chare , on Monday rvenicg , for tb « pur-^ ppe of norainatiDg fit and jaoper persons to become BpdJdates for the ttfcitbir £ bjp of the General Council Wt the National Charter Asodation of Great Britain si the The
^ & Cnrry . following gentlemen , B * re atcisred fiQly nominated ;—iless rs . JamesTizzei , Bfcoemaier , J&' ¥ om's Entry , JTort 2 iumberl&nd- £ trEEt ; Wfcn Arnatrorg , jnn ., weaver , Pilgrim-ztrebt ; John ^ uutrcng , sen ^ glaEs-cutter , Pilgrim-street ; Thomas . ^ Wa ^ annfir ,. Prndbcfc-slreel ; George TJ * ber , tailor , Pus Conxt ; ¦ William gmith , baftet mannlactnrer , s , ^^^ srd-Btreet , Arrinr ' a Bfl ] , ITes ^ ste , wib-Trea- ; jpu ; tnd Ralph Carrie , joiner , 5 , CbsrehUl-street , j ¦ feBeaetary . Several rums were paid into the Wa »] ggnaliTrlbntePnnd , -srhen it wai agreed that alllbe ; ^^ yberi then present form themselves into a com- j Jptte * to preccre eontribniicna to that laudable ob-j Wfe I * " * " announced iiafc a public lectors would j BgliYen in Sir . Jnde ^ slODg room , on Sunday evening , ; ¦ pBTen o ^ elpckj » nd a deputation iras appointed to ^ pit spon catain gentlemen , requesting tbtns to offlllttoa that oeeadon . A Tote oS tbanfa > tn » tendered ^ Bp ^ n cnatrmsn , and the meeting adjourned . of
^ Chartists this town held a tea lljPf- Ja the Working Men ' s Hall , Garden-street . ?^ P *» m w as t&Etefuliy decorated with flags , bans ^ fe ^ festooEs of evergreens , wrealbs , Jtc ^ -wnich tgS ^* . " heaufiful efiect . The tables having been ? B « edof the u * eqoipagej a working man of the Up BfcgonwaB called npon to preside . The Chair-^^ t-jave the following sentiments from tie ehair , f ^ giph was lespondad to by working men , but it M « i& _ iate before we arrived in Bury we are not MHso gire their manes . a The people the legiti-^^^ purc ^ ofaB poWer « "The Charter , and a ^ gisp eedily become thelaw of the land . " ~ The MBWaaao tre 6 S . » _ The Chairman then give " ^ Tbe to aefr of
M ^* fyietnrn natiTB country IVost , , M ^ f * . Jones , and Ellig -and a speedy delirer-^^ f »^ P « # iMl , captrres « and « lled nponMr . MSrS ^ SS ^ i ? wsp « d .- - 'Mr - . lFeifcapMi l ^^^^ f 2 TKtod With repeated r ^ muds mt applan * e j . mgP ?**^ . Bpwarda of an hoar In his nsaal eloquent " ^^^» 4 « mdn de 4 by an appeal , on behalf of ^^^ fW ^ tJt which will not soon be forgotten IBBllw& E ildla - TheChainnanthenMTe-?«^ nfiC 0 mbe , Egg ., p . Connor , Esq ., andV . P . | M « Wg £ * sq . i * n < i all pflier distingniEhed advocates MggJSS ??^ «« . called npon Mr . Dixon who |^»^ ed to the Eentnoent in a brief speech . Thanks jr "" erwntn * e Cbairman , and the business ^^^»«^ . l ^ elTeihillingBwere contributed to shs I ^ HiQw uxutste ,
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IRISH LANDLORDS—INFAMOUS CASE—THE NOTOBIOUS CDR 1 SC 0 LL AGAIN I The Cork Reporter of 2 > e& IStb refers the commissioners to the following most disgraceful cue , which came on late on Friday night at Macroom sessions , after tie arms' registry had terminated : —
Before Mr . J . MOODT , Assistant Barrister . Matthew Sullivan and Cornelius Sullivan were placed at the bar , charged with having rescn&d a cow disrrained for rent due to Mr . Alexander T . T . ODriscoll , Skibbereen , jusBce of the peace Mr . GallTrey , Crcwn prosecutor , Mr . Fitzmaurice , and Mr . T . O'Consell conducted the prosecution , and Mr . P . OConnell the defence . John Hurley , Mr . ODxiseoll ' s driver , was called and examined by Mr , Gallwey . —Is driver to Mr . O'Drfscoli Distrained a cow in October last on the lands of Shreelase for rent . The prisoners would not allow him to impound the cow , and took her away .
Cross-examined by Mr . P . O"ConnelL—Was not assaulted , iDJured , or abused , except by saying , " The devil a one of yon shall take the coir . ** Knows the tenants are in the habit of signing bills in tbe bank for the rent due , and thinks they are asked to do so before the tent fills tu& ; heard prisoners bad signed a bill for rent and believes Mr . CDriecoll put the bill in the bank and got money upon it . There was rent due besides ; there were three half-years' rent dne ; the lime for psyirg the note in the bank had not arrived when I distrained the cow . ( SEBsation . ) Mr . O'Connell ( with vehemence )—Did yon leave the unfortunate -wretches a potaloe lot their starving rtttldren ?
Witness—They stole seme . I only took away 46 loads ; 1 took thtm to Skibbereen and put thtm in a garden near Mr . O'Drucoll's heuse . Did cant them ; cant tell the day , himself and two or three more attended the cant . Witness was auctioneer and bid also . Was not tbe bnyer , but afterwards got tbe potatoes himself . Sold every six weights for 8 d . —( Great Bensstion , during which two highly reepecUble . members of the Conrt left the bench ) . Mr . O'CoDnell—And , gracious God ! did you not also tal « the straw upon which th » wretched families slept ? Witness—I did rot take the straw npon which they slept , but 2 took a sack of straw -which was outside—( sensation ) . And did they not offer up tbe farm to Mr . OTDxiscoll when be raised them ?
Witness—They one morning offered it —( Great sensation . ) I was not imprisoned by Mr . O'Drigcoll for not ewttring in his own case . It was Dinneen was incarcerated . Mr . Galwsy—Tcu said that you distrained potatoes and straw before the bill became due ; - why did you do bo ? Witness—Because I heard that the prisoners were top-dressing their corn-Mr . Galwey—Exactly so . Mr . O'Connell—Was it not by the produce of the ecrn they were to meet tbe bill ? Witness—To be sure ; I suppose so . Mr . O CcnxelL—Exactly so- ( Laughter . )
Mr . George Bird , txamiced by Mr . Fstzmannce . —Is Sgent to Mr . O'DriecolL The yearly rent of the prisoners is £ 22 . Directed the last witness to distrain because he beard they were tcp-dressing tbeir corn , and because they owed a gale of rent not included in their bilL They owed , including bill and all , twelve Bionths rent Is sure cf that . Cross-examined by Mr . O'Conrell—When Hurly swore that tbe prisoners owed three gales of rent , he swore that was untrue . Mr . 0 Drocoll is in the habit of raising money on his tenants biils , because he pays large head-recis . In tbe note passed by tht prisoners seTeraJ ether tenants had joined , and of course the smcunt wjb much larger iB this bill than the amount which they o ** ed . Did pass the bill intc the provincial bank . Barrister—Had Mr . O * 3 > rUco ] J the moDey of this bill in his jxeket when tht di * t ; tis was made?—Tee Sir . 1 G / est sens&tion . )
Barrister . —And tfcis bill was not then due ?—No , Sir . ( Sensation . ) Mr . O'Ccunell—And these pcor wretches , your worship , liable at tbe bark fcr the whole amount . Bsrriettr . —Cerbiinly . - Mr . O CoEnelL—Ten may go down . Mr . ODriscoll , who rat dnrirg tbe trial with hie agei . ts , bbie ccmiDiicicsfed "iriiiiJr . ( Jallwey , WEOStked the witneM if it was by Mr . O'DribColl's cixactiona he distrained ? WitEtia . —Certainly not Mr . CDrkcoll allows me to act as 1 please Tbe -sratntss then left the table , ard
Mr . CTCoEiM-11 said—GriitltiDen of the Jury , the last question put by the Crown prestcctor shows yon tbe nature of the case . It is so disgractfnl thst the odium is sought to be placed on thfe agent , to fbeJter the principal . I could understand arid ctnld crtdit the excuse if , in Ibis Ccurt , Mr . O'Dri ? roll hsd { npoD btariBg the facts sworn to to-dsy > iaid , " 1 was ignorant of tfce real facts cf this rase nut 51 now , and I now give up the prosecnticn . " He had not dene so , and so between principal , agent , and driver , let the disprace and the odium be shared . O ! { eBtltmen of the juiy , you have often heard tbe fine sentences of fine gentlemen respecting the ttnlnul and reciprocal kind feeliEg which should txist between the landlord and tenact ; and to-day yon have demonstrated before yon the mean ? by which that desirable object is to be inculcated on tbe part of tb . 6
landlords , fcy fiTt-t procuring the note of the tenant , then taking his laxt potato and his bed of straw , and then taking tarn from his -wretched fazmly a distance of thirty-five milts , to be prostcntid by landlord , agent , and driver . Goed Ged is there ne sympathy for the wretched , or where is this syrttm to etd ? 0 ! we have a commution . sitting in Dublin , with Lord Devon at its head ; bnt tbe men who coold give information , who could describe cases like tbe present , will not be eiamineo , ard the coEamission will not effect any good . GtnOeaen , I am afraid to trust myself in going « ver a rtcilal cf tbe pfcrstcnticn x > f these wretched men , and wonld be unwilling to « y anything disrespectful of Mr . O'Driscoll . But , gentlemen , do you do whit is in your power ; lfet thtsi return home to tbeir wives and children , wretched , destitute , and miserable as they are . The Jury immediately acquivttd tbe prisoners ;
STATE OJ THE COUXTBT . Fekiuiugh . —• ' On Tuesday sennight , the 12 th insta t , a ibieatening notice ( dated the 10 th ) wbb received through EanlEkillfcu poBt-iffice by Mi . James Lunny , of the Bigg , on the Naiqnis ol Ely ' s estate , threatening him with death on that night if he did not give up to William Lunny a portion of the land that had b « en taken from William by the agent , Mr . Hare , and given to James . The tbreatener , true to hiB word , about twelve or one o ' clocfe , entered the avenue on horseback , off which he fired through James Lunny ' s bedroom window , and the ball looged near the bead of Mr . Campbell , Primitive WesleyanMethodist preacher , - * bo slept that night in Luxnye . Lately at Shankhfcl , near Monea , a man named Ferguson wm also fired at in his bed . His wife narrowly escaped being tbot , the ball having passed within six inches of her head . " UtrHBEJl AT LO"WTHKBSTO"WN .
Our vrorst fears are confirmed respecting the murder at Lowihenstown , noticed in enr last , after a most fatiguing and continued iBqueat , which lasted from Sunday , the 20 th , until Tbnrsday morning , the 14 th instant , daring which Mr . W . Trotter , coroner , ( assisted by Mr . W . D'Arcy , Captain M'Leod , Rfc and other local magistrates , ) examined forty-one witnesses , amongst whom were surgeons Beatty and Irvine . Mr . Win . Crummer , solicitor , was retained by tbe accused , and cross-examined such witnesses as iir theii direct examination gave evidence tending to criminate hia client , and was not absent from the commencement of the inrestigatien until the finding of the Jury was delivered . On the verdict , wMch we anntx , thB magistrates conaaitted Willism Bleaieyto prison for trial . He arrived at our gaol on Thursday evening .- — " We find that tbe deceased , Mary M'JDonagh , was found
dead in a drain in the townland of Townhill , on the morning ef Sunday , the 10 th day of December instant , and that she came to her death either by drowning in that drain ei by strangulation , and afterwards was thrown Into said drain by some person or persons at present t » us unknown , having » arks of violence on 2 ier person , bnt * ucb marks were not sufficient to cause her death . And we also find that the deceased ^ M seen on the evening of Friday , the 8 thinstant , at about the hooi of eight or nine o ' clock , in company ¦ with 1 m . Bleakley , of Lowtherstown { now in custody ) , and that the eaid deceased was not Been since alive , a » by evidence appears , -whichj , together with other drenm * tantfal evidence , it appears to «* thatie , the « aid William Bletkley , was leu or more mpli-« aied . The Government have offered £ 80 reward for the coBTietloB of ti » BmrdSMi or mradawn . —J * nw » -
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Village of Cashel , they found that the meet part of tbe booses were closed , the cattle having been all driven into them . Some few ol tbe people peid the rate , and others promised to do bo an soon a * they could . While the collector was in tbe act of / ieizlng some oats in stack , in order to have them removed in carts provided for the puipeae , tbe parish priest , tbe Kev . Mr . Henry , came up and required to know from tbe collector wby , or for whose debt , be attempted to take away the oats . The collector replied that be did not know the name of the person to whom the oats belonged , but the occupiers of all the surrounding houses owed rate . This wonld not satisfy his reverence . He got very angry at the attempt which , be
said , was made to destroy a poor nsaa ' a property , and he called upon the stipendiary magistrate to protect it—to save it from the ruthless hands of tbe collector . The magistrate stated in reply , that be had nothing to do with that part of the business—that bis duty was merely to see that tbe collector got all the protection he rtqnired Id tbe iJisebarge of what fee considered to be bis duty . This answer did not please his reverence at all , for he warned the magistrates and tbe officers in command of the force that there would be proceedings taken against them for an illegal distress or trespass . Seeing that this threat had no effect , bis reverence addressed hinitelf to the collector , and with him he was more snecessfnl . fer after aomeconvciBation with him aside , hefleclined
to taktt away the oats of " tbe poor nan . " The carmen , too , were seized with the same hnmane compunction , and they said they wonld not carry away any goods seised . The magistrates told them that If they did not they would not be paid . They replied that they did not care , and ' wouldTnot put tbe country against them for all they could get as wages . " The people about , seeing the favourable turn that affairs took after his re-¦ vtrtnee ' s arrival , many of them now declared their determination not to pay , and all tbe doors were at onse closed , tbe cattle be ; ng secured . What was to be done now ? Nothing , but to march away the military and police , which was done ; the collector having , after the day ' s campaign ^ succeeded in getting some 13 s or 14 s of tbe rate .
AUMIN 9 IN IHE KOItTH . A LcnghbricklsDd correspondent states tbat a large quantity cf aims had bten collected in Tanderagee Castle , the seat of the Duke of Manchester , from whence they have been distributed amongst the Orangemen of tcme neighbouring districts . Another ci rrespcnOeut njentieES that Lord Boden has received a lsrpe supply of aims at Tollyniore Paik , which have not yet bttn distributed . — Evening Post . In the Orange organ of that county , tae Fermanagh Reporter , we find tfce following : —
PaoTistAM OrgamzatK'N . —We understand tbat a large arid influential meeting of tbe gentry and most respectable cf the ProtesUEt yeomanry of the barony of Mofcbtrabcy , was held in tbe large school room at Levelly , on Tkurfday last , for tbe purpose of fanning a Protestant organization in sobtervienctt to the existing laws , that so , by their union , Ibty might more tfftctually support tbe connexion between tbtet kingdoms , and at the same time afford protection and confidence to individuals iteidicg at a distance from military succour , should inch at any time be requisite . W « understand that amorg thote prtstnt tieie 'wtte Lord Loflui ( who presided ) , Tbcma » Nixon , Esq ., Rev . L- Reatie , Messrs . A . Trotter , Gtoige Rogers , JJobn N : xon , K , Weir , Thomas Elli ( , H , SktJton , * c and almost every person who was formerly connected with the late Orange society as « fficers in the district
The ntmost unanimity prtTailed on the occasion , and one ond all fxpitfstd tbeir ttern resolve to preserve at any htzird the conntxion between this country and Great Britain . Several most excellent speeches were made on tbe occasion , all breathing the moat devoted loyalty to tbe Sovereign , and a determination never to surrender , but with ibeir lives , the blessings which ttey , in ccrnmoD , enjoyed under the . British constitution . Resolutions were also adopted to carry out the object of the meeting . FORMIDABLE CONFXJCT BETWEEN THE JEASANTET
AND IHE BIBBOMIEN . The " Billy Sinitbs , " thb new designation of tbe Ribbon confederacy , denounced in Mr . O'Connell ' s recent address , hiiye becume very daring in their operations . In the Xoscommon J $ urnal ( a Repeal paper ) of Saturday last , we find the followiDg account of a severe conflict between a small party of countrymen , whose hc-BEea were attacked , and an armed gang of
Ribbonmen : — " On Monday night last , an armed party of about forty ruffians attacked the dwellings cf an industrious set of men of the name of Gibbonses , at Fairymount , fur tbe purpose of swearing lbem to reduce the rent ef some conacre which they had set a few days previous . Ha-ripg beard some bbots , and suspecting that a visit would be paid thtm , the gallant liitle band ( consisting of seven men ) armed themselves with pitchforks and met the marauders who , it appears , had fire-arms . A desperate coi filet ensued , and the Gibbonaes were obliged tosnelUr themselves in one of tbe houses , which
they barricaded , and defeuded till evtry one of them were desperately woundtd . They then betook themselves to the loft , where they also fought gallantly . Tbe Ribbonmen demolished every article in the houee after they obtained an entrance . Three ' or four of the leaders of the Ribbonmen were dargerously wounded with pitchforks whilst forcing the door . Upwards of fourteen of them have been arrested and fully identified . Tbe brave little party were taken into this town , where the best Bnrgical attendance is given to them . This portion of Fairymount is ttifl locality where the celebrated ' Billy Smith' domiciled himeelf for some time previous to his arrest . " resistanceb
This determined and successful , y the gaHant family of tbe GHbbonses , will nave an amazing effect in paralyzing the new Ribbon confederacy . Thb Fortifications . —It is stated that Government has given directions to an officer of engineers to inspect the Castle of Leigblin-bridge , With a view , if practicable and necessary , of putting it in a state of repair suitable for tbe accommodation of a military party . Gknekal Cotjbt-Mabtial . — A general courtmartial , of which Major-General Wyndbam is to be president , is ordered to assemble at Newry , on Thursday next , for tbe trial of three officers of the 63 rd Regiment .
The Finnoe OUTRAGE . —Mrs . Waller continues in very delicate health at Finnoe Hou 8 es and is unable to be removed to Kyle-park , the Beat of her son-in-law , Mr . Stoney . Larkin , tbe bntler , is still suffering from his wounds . The Com . Guardians have resolved upon Bending out 166 paupers from the -workhouse , as emigrants to Australia , the greater number young women . The cost to the Union will be £ 7 a-head , -while their maintenance in tbe workhouse averages £ 9 a-year . IV the West or Clare apprehensions are felt for the potato crop . It was short of an average crop this year , and tbe continued wet weather has damaged tbe potatoes in pit .
Tbs Weatbeb . —To those who plaee faith in the proverb respecting tbe consequences attendant npon a *> green Christmas , " it may be of some interest to leazs , that vritbin tbe recollection of tbe public ' s old friend , the " oldest inhabitant , " there has never been witnessed such glorious , although unseasonable weather , as that which hat marked tbe month now nearly past , and which for warmth and frequent bursts of rao&hine more resembled an xnnuually genial September than the cold and cheerless December * of other years .
THB STATS FBOSE ^ CTIONi . Mr . O'Connell and the other travemra baa been served with aotiee to appear fa * trial on M « n 4 ay the littx ot January , 18 * 4 . XStAKflHOXT AND FATAL A # TIDKIfT . ( From ihe Dublin Evening PatkH . ) Bbav , Fbijbat , Dec 22 . —1 have again ta record a most melancholy and fatal accident off this , shore . A boat beloDging to Mrs . Cathbert , of Brsy manned by two brothers of the name of Archer and Green , and John Whelan Lynch , returning ttoca Kingstoirn , Where they had been fishing for herrings , web upset about onB mile from the shore , opposite No . 2 , Tower . II Is supposed ihe Yujurier % press , of aaiL William
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1 " 1 . ~ " Callaghon , boatman of the Coast Gnard , was on the loot oat at the Tower , and immediataly on seeing the catastrophe , with most praiseworthy alacrity , ran down to the shore , and , in conjunction with Archer , a brother of the unfortunate roan in the vessel , succeeded
i& lanucbirjg a shore boat , in which , at the imminent risk of tbeir lives , they pushed off and succeded in rescuing Green . Tee other four poor follows were , consfgned to a watery grave . Tbe Coast Guard galley also shove off shortly afterwards , manned by Edward Kimberley , William Rooae , William Cutbeard , Giles Sullivan , and Jeremiah Nagle , in the earnest hope of saving some more of the poor sufferers , but their efforts were unavailing . It is supposed that the men must have been entangled in the nets . Tkat tbeir efforts were not unaccompanied with danger may be imagined from the fact , tbat Lieu * tenant Dobine , R . N ., the chief officer of the Coast
Guard , in endeavouring to push off with some more of his men , was capsteed , and to merciful God must be alone ascribed tbat he and bis comrades were not also consigned to a watery grave . We are happy to hear he bas escaped with some contusion on tbe back . Every one present bore leud testinions to the courage , daring , and humanity of tbe Coast Gnard , by which , under Providence , is to be ascribed to life of one of their fellow-creatures . They have added another to the many proofs of their zeal , and have increased tbe debt of gratitude due alike to tbe officers and ni « n by the people of this vicinity , and I trust their exertions will be favourably received by the heads of tbeir department .
Half-past Three . —Green is quite recovered . Dr . Htf&nn&n bled him , and used effectual remedies to revive him . There are no tidings of tbe bodies of the other men as yet
EKP £ AL ASSOCIATION— TUESDAY . The usual weekly meeting , which was thinly attended , was held to-day , at one o clock , W . Magennis , Esq ., in tbe chair . Mr . John . O'Connell read a correspondence between : Lord Devon , Chairman of the Landlord and Tenant Inquiry Commission , and himself , on which he commented at some length , designating the Commifsion as a mockery . Mr . O'Neill , of Bunowen 1 Castle , and Mr . O'Neill Daunt , addretsed the meeting .
Mr . John O'Connell said he had been reminded that those were Christmas times , and for that reason their proceedings were shorter than usual . He would not delay tbe Association with any further remark than this , and from that ppot he called upon the Repeal Wardens of Ireland to recollect that the old year was out , and that they all owed a good new year's gift to their country in tho shape of Repeal rent . He now moved that the Association should adjourn to that day week , and the adjournment from that day would be to the Tuesday in the following week , on which day his father would bo there again . He now begged to announce that the Repeal rent for the week amounted to £ 474 3 s . 3 J .
Death of Mr . Valentine Maher , M P . —This gentlemen , one of the representatives of the county of Tipperary , dud quite suddenly on Christmas mOruing at his residence , Turtulla , ia that county .
MORE OtJBTAOES . A correspondent from Trim , writes , ' Yesterday , about six o ' clock , a cold blooded murder was committed at a place called Rathcam , about five mites from this town . The victim , a respectable man named Sherlock , holoing a snug farm , was on his mum froin Naven with hie wile , where they had been marketing . He complained of being cold and got down off his car to walk , when a man came up and shot him . He survived about fivo hours . Had he been fired at on the car , it is more than probable that two lives would have been sacrificed instead of one .
Ribbonism has spread to a fearful extent through this county . < , The reason alleged for shooting Sherlock is for dispossessing sotno tenants on the estate of Lord Trimblestown . "— Evening Packet . '— ¦ -1-if- ¦ r 1 n ¦ ^^ Jfcwi * ii ~ 1 r » ri-. i m ir ¦ * t *
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WALES . The State of Sobih Wales . —On the night of Monday last , about half-past ten o ' clock , as the family of . the Rev . J . W . James , of Robeston Wathan , near Narbertb , were retiring to rest , Mr . James , according to his usual custom , went into bis dressing-room , which communicates with bis bedroom by a . passage , and faces the back part of the premises . Mr . James was in the act of opening the window-shutters , for the purpose of ascertaining the Btat « of the weather , when two shots were fired at him , one a ball , which penetrated his right arm
and passed through the muscular part , between the elbow and shoulder , and was afterwards found ia the room ; the other charge was small shot , which took effect upon the shutters only ; and , at the same instant , a third charge , consisting of small shot , was fired into the front bed-room . The Rev . Mr . James is a magistrate , and has not only publicly " pronounced" against tbe popular views entertained in the principality respecting the commtnating of tithes , but his taken an active part by committing a great many of the persons who had been apprehended on suspicion of having been concerned in the destruction of turnpike gates . —Welshman .
Alleged ¦• Rebeccaism In Angleset . —We have received an anonymous communication , dated Llanddausant , December 20 , which states , that at one o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday last , about forty nativo " Rebeccaites" assembled ia the peatof ' ul village of Llanddausant , being summoned by the sound of horn and firing of guns ; that they then proceeded ! in good order and array , armed with bludgeons arid branches of trees , to the house of D . W ., shopkeeper , where two bailiffs were in possession of the goods and chattels , under execution from the North and South Wale ? Bank , of Holyhead ; that having entered ihe house oy bursting
open the back door , Dame Rebecca bolted up-stairs , followed bj a few of her daughters , and ordered the bailiffs , who were snug . in bed , to be up and trotting in five minutes , under penalty of a severe drubbing ; that ready obedience having been yielded , the men were merely driven forth , under the surveillance of a body guard , occasionally , however , pinched and pushed , and even ridden on , by the wanton daughters of Rebecca , and suffered to depart to their homes , on a sincere promise of not returning . This is the substance of the account sent us } ~ but , for the honour of North Wales , we hope the affair is a fiction altogether . —Carnarvon Herald .
Militaiit Outrage at Kilge&nan , near Cardigan . —A sergeant ' s guard of marines has lately been stationed ia the village of Kilgernan , as a measure of precaution against tbe Rebeccaites , On Friday last the men had been drinking all day and part of the night , in a beer-shop , where they had a quarrel with some of the inhabitants , who threatened to send for Rebecca . The marines upon this fell into line : but on calling the muster-roll , one of their companions , who it was said was absent on leave at Cardigan , was found missing . The whole body ,
however , proceeded to the beer-shop where be lived , knocked up the family , and , although they were in * formed that the man in question was at Cardigan , they insisted upon searching the house . This was resisted ; upon which the marines went for their muskets , and one of them , by order it is said of * he serge ? . nt , fired , and shot Brown , the landlord of the public-house , in the neck . A lieutenant ' s guard w » b sent for , and the marines were made prisoners * The man who fired , the sergeant , and another , have been committed for re-examination to HaYerford gaol . Brown is in * precarious state ;
Death or an Iiu-obmbs . —Considerable excitement has been caused in this county by the circumstance of the finding of the body of Mr . Thomas Thomas , of Pafity-cerrig , in the river Brechfaedd , near Brecbfa . It will be remembered , that some time since Mr . Thomas gave information against some neighbouring farmers' eons for a riot and assault upon him While under the guise of Rebeccaites . On that occasien Mr . Thomas attended Carmarthen in order to give his evidence , and on his return to his home be found it in a blaze . On Tuesday morni
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ing Mr . Thomas ' s corpse was found in tho river Brechfaedd , which isfa very small streaio , having a rocky bed . His body was lying in the water , vrbich at no part was more than fourteen inches deep , while his head and one of bis arms did not appear to have been in the water at all . There was a severe contagion on the left side of his forehead , bat this was the only mark of violence . Near the spot where he was found is the trunk ; of an ash tree thrown across tbe stream , at a height of about seven feet from its bed . Across this Mr . Thomas must have passed , and he might have fallen from it , a 9 he had been walking over a muddy soil , and ihe tree was a round one , and extremely difficult to walk upon .
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Roxancg in Hcmble Life . —The Clerk to the Board of Guardians of the Chapel-en-le-Frith Union was waited upon the other < fay by a man desiring an order of admittance into the workbouee belonging to that union . When asked bis name , cireumstaneea , and to what township he belonged , he replied tbat his name was Ford , and that he resided in Bugsworth tr ' iihm the aatne . union ; that h » object in seeking admittance was not to become troublesome to the parish ; but that he wanted to see a young woman , who , he understood , ma an inmate there . He was asked whether be knew the young woman ,
and what his object was ib seeking an interview with her ; to which he replied , that he had never seen her in hia life , but that he bad some thoughts of goipg to Australia ; that he had ; been married before ¦; and he was told he could not at bis age go out as an emigrant , and take his family with him , unless he got married again * . and that be had been informed that the young weman he was so anxious to see was very likely to make him a giktd wife , if he could prevail npon her to accompany him On his destined journey . Tbe clerk granted the order * and it seems that the man succeeded as well as the most ardent lover could
expect , for the young woman gave her consent to the proposal , * and was ] allowed to go out of the workhouse . A public meeting of the rate-payers of the parish was called , at which it , was agreed to allow the woman £ 10 , to be paid as scon as they were on ship-board . The minister ( who had very kindly offered to forego his fees ) was called in ; they were made man and wife the same day , and the " happy pair" are now on their way to Australiav—Derby Reporter . \
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( Continued frotn our Sixth Page . ) FRANCE . —The Censeur de Lyons states that the Legitimist party had succeeded in exciting such a feeling in favour of the the Duke de Bordeaux among the population of several districts in the south ot France , that , betweeu Avignon and Orange , the inscription of " Henry T ., or Death !" was written on many of the beuses of the villages situate along the road , j
Horrible Treatment op the Imprisoned Republicans . —The political convict , Hubert , whose health bad been sadly impaired by his confinement at Mont St . Michel , and who had to be removed to Paris , where he derived no benefit from the care bestowed upon him , passed On Saturday through Blois , accompanied by a ; physician , and escorted by two police agents . The ; prison of Tours has been assigned to him as his future residence . The Courrier de Loir et Cheti thus describes the state of the prisoner : — !
" ThiB unfortunate man , " it says , " who enjoyed a robust constitution , haa I lost the use of his limbs , and his moral faculties aw entirely gone . His eye is haggard and his features impassable , like a man who has suffered long torture . In the steamer which conveyed him tofTours , he was an object of interest and pity for allj the passengers . The phypician and his guards paid him every attention . This is a sad specimen of toe mortal tortures of Mont St . Michel . " j-SPAIN—According to letters from Madrid , of the lU'h inst ., the Bravo Cabinet has as good as eeaaed to exist , and the process of negociation and intrigue is once more to be renewed . It is rumoured that Oloziga has fiad to Portugal , but tho report wants confirmation .
The belief gains ground tbat Prim is contemplating another " pronunciamento" against the Moderadoa . A band of Brigands calling themselves Carlists , and who proclaim the 6 overeignity of Charles V , are plundering in Catalonia . ( Hungary—Agitation is the order of the day here , the haired towards Austria is rapidly increasing . It ia expected thatlthe Emperor will dissolve the Diet . ! INDIA AND CHINA . By an extra India Mail , accounts from Calcutta to the 19 th of November ; Madras , 16 th of November : Singapore , Uth ! of October ; Alexandria , 13 ih of December ; and Malta , 18 th of December . The mails arrived at Suez on the 10 th instant , and were despatched byithe new French steamer Egyptus . I
China . —The journals of Victoria , Hcng Kong , are to the 12 th of October . The sickness in that Island had been such as to induce the officers of Government to remove for a time to Macao . The trade had been opened with tbe ports of Foochowfoo , Airoy , Ningpo , and . Shapghw , Messrs . Gribble , Thorn , and Balfour being appointed consuls to the thr ^ e latter ports . 1 The Punjab —Although the news from the Punjab is not much later than tbat by the last m&il . it
is still important , as contradicting the reports of Heera Singh ' s murder ; Iiena Suigh also survived . And both these chiefs , though previously opposed to each other , were reconciled tor the moment , and j wielded joint sway over the Seikh empire , that is , ! over the 10 , 000 men collected in the vicinity of Lahore . To keep these 110 , 000 men in obedience ' would , however , require the coming in of revenue ' from the provinces and their chiefs , of which , there , seemed little prospect . Goolab Singh preserved his hostile attifende . ; i
The whole Lushkur since the 26 th has been in a : State of riot , the Makaraja having again revolted , ' and the trops of tbe Grand ! Jinsee having joined . ; Scinde . —All is tranquil ia Upper and Lower j Soinde . A few depredations are committed by the Beloochcs . ¦ : Disturbances continue in Schekawate , and are likely to prove very serious . Ram Nath Perohit has been forcibly ejected from his appointment , ( the Khamdar on behalf of the Minor Sovereign ot Khetree , ) and his place occupied by Dbabye , supported by a very large assemblage of insurgents . The accounts from Sukker are more distressing 1 than ever . It appears that of the troops there ! O 71 are in hospital , and ! only 163 well . Every officer but one in each corps is iuefiioieut from illness . 1 i
The Delhi Gazette , of the 28 ih of October , announces the arriva , on the 6 th of September , of a messenger from Col . Stoddart , at Hyderabad ( in Scinde ) , who had left Bokhara eighty days previously , but whose papers had been taken from him in the Pisheen Valley , by Meer Delkhan . He declares to have left the Colonel alive , though a prisoner in the citadel of Bokhara ; but Captain Conoliy had been put to death , as we hare before heard . ! Gwailor—At Gwailor , the Khasgee has been seized by the troops without bloodshed , and his reign is at an end . It is supposed that this event will render the advance of an army unnecessary .
AFFGHANISTAN . —Mubder of Dost Mahomed—Dost Mahomed has been shot dead at Cabul by order of the Prince of Believers , the Khan of Bokhara . It is said that the Khan sent several papers with his own seal , to Cabal , Btating tbat whoever should kill the Dost would go to heaven . This event will probably ' lead to a suspension of any effort on the part of , the Afighans to occupy Peshawur . i
FOREIGN MISCELLANY . SEVEN HEN EXECUTED AT HAVANNAH . ( Correspondence of the ] Louisiana Courier . ) Havankah , Nov . 14 . —You will search in vain in the papers of the day for ( the usual details of the arrest , trial , and condemnation , the private history and exaggerated anecdotes of the seven criminals executed this morning—notja word upon the subject . The official publication of the proceedings will appear in three or four days . I say seven were executed , but one of them had been [ dead twenty-four hours . To avoid , as he supposed be could , the disgrace of a public execution , he put hia throat ; bat the authorities were determined that the " spectacle "
should » ot thu 3 be curtailed of its original extent . His corps * was brought oat , tied to the stake , and shot with f ] i « others . It is said , but I will not be sure thatsaoh is the exact fact , thai these men were part of a regularly organised band of robbers that existed in the mountains previous to tbe time of Tacon , and which be either dispersed or destroyed . Recently , some depredations of the few remaining —and they were mea of substance , having their little property and living decently—caused their arrest , trial , and condemnation . Wo are told that seven more will will shortly share the same fate , and that it is supposed the band ! . will be utterly exterminated .
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As an instance of the prompt ' and severe justice of the present day , take notice of the offioial article in the Diario , of the 9 : n , announcing the condemnation of two soldiers , followed by a short but forcible address of General O'Donncll to the troops . It appears that these soldiers encountered an English captain and another person , who were asking their way through the streets ; they decoyed them into a > retired spot , and robbed them . Next day the captain made known the case to the English consul , who made an official report to the governor , who
Tery soon caused the culprits to be arrested Ob the tenth day from the commission of the act , one of the perpetrators was executed , and the other put into chains and hard labour for ten years . It is said that the English captain and the consul , when they found bow severe wa 9 to be the punishment of the robber ? , interceded for tbeir lives , bat the gover ' nor declined&meliorating their sentence in any way * Blood alone sonld wipe out tbe stain upon the character of the array , and give as 9 aran . ee to the peaceable oitizsns that protection , aud sot oppression , was
its vocation . Since the days * f Tacon , not only are instances of robbery or other sets of violence of rare occurrence , but when the crimaab are caught , their puni&bsacnt is swift and sure . New Slave Trss's in India . —The new slavd trade , under the name of Coolie emigration to tbe West Indies , appears- to be producing those fratt » which its promoters all along calculated upon , aBA its opponents predicted . The evil is become- 88 * flagrant as to call down the condemnation of thfr Tivtes . The writer says ** Numerous case 3 are mentioned in the Indian papers of Coolies having bees inveigled from the interior under false pretences , © T their having been illegally- detained at Calcutta ! , land of attempts having been made to compel their embarcation on board vessels booed for the Mauritius . * * No&frdy can deny that Coolies have been inveigled
from the interior , crowded into unhealthy snipe , transported to the West Indies , and there consigned to aa arbitrary and involuntary service . If these * things be as we have Btated them , what do > they amount to but a renewal of the most odious and guilty iraSc which the concurrent efforts of a people indignantly crushed ! What do-they constitute buv a new s ' ava trade ? Grant that tho practice is notuniversal ; that only a few Coolies have been joggled or trepanned on board ship ; that with the majority it is—what it is supposed to be with & \\—&bonafi ( Ur voluntary engagement to perform free work in the West Indies , yet what does the exception to th » uniformity &t' the cases prove ? What but that there is already a disposition to foster a slave trade under the pretext of voluntary emigration , and 'to continue those horrible abases which England laboured sohonourably and so unceasingly to extinguish ? " '
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" l < 3 ws grind tbe poor , and rich men role the law I " MORE FIRES ! ( Continued from our Sixth page . ) Norfolk . —( From the Norwich Mercury . )—One of those diabolical outrages on tbe peace of society occurred in Necton , on the night of the J 5 th ult ., oa tbe premises of a little occupier of but a few acres of land , and the produce of three acres of wheat , two of barley , and six of hay , were all destroyed . Two barley stacks , we understand , were burned on a farm at Ecelcs , last week . Suffolk . —Oa the morning of Wednesday last a fire broke out in the farm-buildings of Mr . Nunn , of Wattisfield , situated six miles from Ixworth and three from Botcesdale . It was discovered at four a . m ., and no doobt exists of its being wilfully ignited . The buildings be-ng of so inflammable a nature precluded the possibility of saving any portion of them ,, or even four fat hoj ; s , which were consequently suffocated . Two stacks were also cocsumed . Mr . Nunn was not insured .
The heavens were again illuminated with a brilliant vermillion light at nine in tho evening of Friday , indicating that a destructive fire was raging in the parish of Thurston ; this wag the farm buildings and one of tho stack-yards belonging to , and ia th « occupation of Mr . Jennings . Having been ignited in two places , tho whole was in a few moments one mass of Sre . There was only just sufficient time , after the discovery of tho fire , toprevent twelve fat bullocks beiDg destroyed in the fhnies . No stock was burnt , except the poultry , soroe of which flew into the branches of the trees , which were afterwards bnrnt from th& trunk , and fell , with the bird ? , into the flames . Mr . Jennings was insured in the Union-office . The farmers in the neighbourhood are becoming exceedingly alarmed—many of them never retiring till twelve , others having a regular nocturnal watch .
Esse . —( From the Esfex Herald . )—We regret to find that two fires have occurred within the last few dayp , from wfcich there is too much ground to ' , conoude that the incendiary has been at his destructive work in our ne i ghbourhood . T ° ae first broke out on Friday evening last , on the farm premises of Mr . James Speller , near High Roothing , in this county . A plentiful supply of water being at hand , the dwelling-house * vas saved , but the rest of the buildings wsra in the end utterly destroyed partly owin «; to tao mischievous act of some luiscreant ; for while the engine was working successfully , about eleron o ' clock , it was suddenly discovered that one of the hose had been cut transversely ; subsequently it
was found that another had been injured by the same diabolical method . Thus all tbat the constabulary , eight of whom had arrived from different points , could further do was to watch the flames , and endeavour by other means to prevent further mischief . The property consumed consisted of two bays of wheat , two of barley , a considerable quantity of beans and other corn , all the farming implements on the premises , the brew-house , washinghouse , and their contents , and also a sow and nine pigs , and 100 head of poultry . As there is little doubt the fire was wilfully caused—it being impossible to account for it in any other way—a painful feeling of excitement has naturally been created ia the neighbourhood
The second fire occurred during divine service oa Sunday afternoon , about a quarter past three o ' clock , on the farming premises of W . M . Bird , Esq ., of Pratt ' s , Little Waltham . The alarm was given to Mr . Bird in church , acd such was the excitement it occasioned , that the congregation rushed oat , leaving the service unfinished . An old man , named Mott , first observetlsmoke issuingf rota ahay stack , and the flames almost instantaneously communicated with a double-bayed barn , and to another ha ; stack opposite , and from thence to a wheat stack and a barley stack at a short distance , all which were quickly in a blaze .
The engines coutiaued to play upon the stacks , but it . was some hours before the fire in them was entirely extinguished . The property consumed consists of the barn , which contained only loose straw and sawn timber ; a barley stack , the produce of twelve acres * a wheat stack , the produoo of eight acres ; a hay stack containing ten loads , about twelve loads of . tare hay , and a waggon ; the whole estimated at about £ 400 , which io covored by insurance in the Essex Equitable . Th ^ re is little doubt that the fire was the act of an incendiary , and a man named Moore is in custody on suspicion of being a party concerned .
The Honinoham Fihes . —Two prisoners , who had been several times remanded on suspicion of being the incendiaries , named Wright and Lincoln , have been commitccd for trial at the assizes . Incendart Fires in thji Pajush o * Lvxon Tbe fires we noticed as occurring lust week at Limbury and Caddington have been followed by an act of incendiarism 8 tl I more destructive in its consequences . Tbs scene of this deed is Wigmore Hall , an elevated spot , and about three miles from Luton , en the toad to Colman ' 8-green . The farm is the property of SamL Crawley , Esq ., and the tenant is Mr . Daniel Qutteridge , a highly respectable man , who has occupied it for many years . In consequence of the fires before noticed , Mr . Crawley bad called on his tenants , and recommended that men should watch all night , agreeing to bear naif the expenses thus incurred . On the night of Thursday ,
the 14 th instant , Mr . Thomas Gutteridge was watching his father's yard and premises , when , shortly before eleven o ' clock , be perceived fire bursting from a hovel near the road , having a field behind it- He instantly gave an alarm , but there were very few persona near * and the flames spread with destructive rapidity , until every barn , shed , stable , and stye were consumed . The house was saved , and tho ticks also escaped , although both were in imminent danger . Two . horses refused to yield to all tha tfiorU made to remove them from the stable , and they perished in the flames ; a fat pig and nineteen sucking pigs suffered the same fate from the want of assistance to remove them in time . No account can be given of the origin of this calamity , except that it was clearly not accidental . It It difficult to describe the anxiety this third fire has spread in the town and neighbourhood . —Herte Reformer .
Stockpobt * - — -About eleven o ' clock on Wednesday night last , a person reading on Stockport Great Moor , oo » lookiDg through bis chamber-window , observed a fellow running round a haystack , situated in a field Bear , with a firebrand , or lighted toreh in his band ; and , immediately the stack , Whieh was the property of Peter OldhwD ^ farmer , burst into flames . An alarm being given , the fire was extinguished in & short time by the persons residing in the neighbourhood , and the damage done vf » s inconsiderable .
Wi « an . On Friday night last , about eleven . o ' clock , a fire was discovered in the outbuildings at Belcony Farm , Pimbo-lane , about two miles fros ^ Upholland . All available means were imffiediateJj " taken to prevent the threatened destruction of the property , but all to little purpose , for the fljunea spread through the range of building . A bar ^ stal * ling , and other out-houses , and grain , valued at aboat 4500 , were entirely consumed . It is f $ ajfe 4 jh& $ the fire was the work of aa incendiary ,
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VOL- TIL NO . 320 . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 30 , 1843 . ™"« rr 2 ± S JfSSS !! ' "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct683/page/1/
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