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      aacEtujeEons . Hkahh o ; ran Metropolis . —The number of deaths registered in the Metropolitan Districts last week was 981 , being—males , 502 ; females , 479 . A woman is reported to have died in the sub-district of Christohurch , St Saviour ' s , of natural decay , " at the advanced age of 100 years . The number ot births , registered in Hie same period , was 1 , 417 ; or , Bales , 718 ; females , 699 . Tneretoraof meteorological observations taken at the Royal Observatory , Greenwich , during the weekending Saturday , 24 tb April , states the mean height of the barometer to itave been 29816 ; thermometer , highest , 57 . 0 ; lowest , 318 : mean , 45 . 5 . The direction of the wind dnringtheweek was variable , but principally from the N . and B ., with a maximum pressure of 2 . 0 lbs . ca the square foot , the sum of horizontal movement of the air being 160 miles ; mean amount of cloud , 48 ; no rain '

      . . _ _ Extraobdeokt Braravj-The wife of William Squires , carpenter and loiner , Bnckingham-road , Kingsland , was safely delivered , on Sunday , the 8 th alt , of three boys , who , with the mother , are doing well .

      IKQtJESIS . AwFon Sr / nnssr Death of a Steutoeb . —Before Mr Mills , on the body of a man , unknown , about 65 years of age . James Cottrell deposed that , about three o ' clock last Thursday , he siw deceased , who was carrying a carpet bag and an umbrella , fall down dead close to the pump in the Hampstead-road , opposite Henry street . He was dressed in a new suit of blaek clothes , and the label on his bag was inscribed " James Smith , passenger . " Police-constable 185 S gave similar evidence , and produced the following articles that were found on his person : —An order signed by the distributor of stamps , Tenbury , for £ l 13 s . 4 d ., to be returned to James Smith by the

      Commissioners ef Stamps , being a surcharge on his property , which was under £ 150 a-year ; a receipt for the purchase of £ 50 stock , sold here by Mr Green ; a silver watch , " Man and Wall , " makers , Coventry , Ho . 2 , 307 ; two gold seals , one having a dark stone with ahead engraved , and theother having & white itone ; a watch-paper , bearing the inscription "JamesSmith , 37 , Nottingham-place , 1818 . " His % ag was full of new clothes , and at the bottom of it "werea large ham , some bacon , the TForeester Chronicle "M arch 31 , and the Birmingham Advertiser of the 12 th ihst . The jury having expressed a hope that the press weuU rive publicity to the particulars connected with deceased ' s death , returned a verdict of " Natural death , "

      Plathb with Macbtsert . —Before Mr Bedford , at the Plough , Carey-street , on the body of T . Lawler , . « ed 13 . The deceased worked with bis father , at Burfieldfe Papier Mache * Works , Wellington-street , . North { strand , and on the afternoon of the 13 th alt ., -while alone in the room in which he was employed ' , he imprudently began playing with some steam machinery , hf thrusting his right hand between two iron rollers revolving at full speed , grinding paper to -apulp , and before he could withdraw it , the rollers cad drawn his arm in as far as the shoulder . His screams brought assistance , and the engine waainstantlystopped ; but the machinery had to be taken to pieces before it could be extricated , when itwas shockingly mutilated . He was removed to King ' s College Hospital , where , subseouentlv his armwaa

      amputated , and re died on Friday last from the effects of the injury . Verdict , " Accidental death . " Acctdeii « the Blackwaii Ratlwat . — Before -Mr Baker , at the Brown Bear , Leman-street . Goedxnans-fields , on the body of Margaret M'Cattey , aged seventy-five , who for many years got her living atafroitstalladjoining . It appeared , that the deceased was standing at her stall at the time that a dray , drawn by two horses , was passing the arch of the Blackwail Railway , when the animals were alarmed by the sound of the train . The driver did all he could to stop the horses , but without success , and the dray knocked the deceased down , and the near wheel went across her body . She was taken to theBrownBear , life being extinct . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      MTSTKEioijsBKAiHFBiwDaowHnro . —On Tuesday far Mr Baker , at the Royal Standard public-house , ^ Hemming-street , Kingsland-road , on view of the > body of Alexander Henry Ingram , aged nine years , - . fiie son of a respectable tradesman , residing in Griffin-Blreet , Hoxton , who was drowned on Saturday afternoon last under the following very mysterious eujcumstances : —It appeared from the evidence of two boys , named Giles , that on Saturday afternoon test they were playing with the deceased near the . Kingsland-road Bridge . The deceased went to the Side of the Regent ' s Canal , and laid himself down on the towing path , where he was fishing with a stick for some time . He was cautioned not to go so near the water , when he rose and disappeared under the arch . He was never seen alive afterwards , and tte same evening he was recovered by means of the oraga under the arch of the bridge . A verdict of " Found Drowned " was agreed to .

      Death bt Sumocahos . —A poor fellow , named John Strange , aged 54 years , aninmateoi StLuke ' s yorkhouse , Old-street , while eating his dinner on Monday last in the dining ball , put the greater portion of a potato in his mouth , and was in the act of swallowing it , when it stuck fast ia his throat . He iras observed to become ; quite black in the face , and pointed to his throat . An effort was made to dislodge the potato , but without effect , and before medical assistance could be obtained he was lifeless . Supposed Suicide is the New Rtvrb . —Mr Biggs field an inquest on Monday , at the Canteen , Enfield Lock , en the body ef James Jones , aged 42 . gardener to Mr Alderman Challis . It appeared in evidence thattae deceased had , for some time past been suffering from disease of the brain , and was ' subject to paroxysms ot madness . On Wednesday sight he was exceedingly restless , and on the following day left home secretly , and stroHed along the

      line of the Eastern Counties Railway , at Enfield . The gatekeeper sent him off the line , and believing , from his wild manner , that he was not in his right senses , sent some personstoloek after him . Be was not seen afterwards until Friday , when his body was found in a branch of the New River ; at Ware . The jury returneda verdict , "That the deceased > as found drowned , and that he had probably drowned himself while jin a state of insanity . " ExrniOBsnuBT . Cask of Alleged Meshiric Ih-. WUKacxiKHMao to Death . —Before W . Carter , . Esq ., coroner for Surrey , at the Guildford Barge , Belvedere-road , Westminster-road , as to the death of -John Peterbridge , aged fifty-eight years , who was alleged by his wife to have been seriously injured by Biesmerie influence , under most extraordinary and novel circumstances . It turned out , however , from the evidence of Dr Aldis , of the Surrey Dispensary , that the deceased died from the combined effects of dropsy and consumption . Verdict— " Natural

      SnonsK Death . —In the Marylebone Workhouse , before Mr Mills , on Mary Bendley , aged 62 , late an Inmate . On Friday evening , deceased was washing at thepump some potatoes for her supper , and had just the last one in the saucepan , when she exclaimed , " I will have some potatoes for supper , thank God ! " The next moment she fell down a lifeless corpse . Verdict— " Visitation of God . " Suicide . —Before Mr Mills , in the Marylebone Workhouse , en John Bateman , aged 36 , a carpenter and undertaker , late of John-street , New-road , who Las been missing for a fortnight . Benjamin Cole , 'deceased ' s brother-in-law , deposed that , in consequence of deceased having threatened to destroy himself , he searched the Regent ' s « an % I on Thursday , and found his body clase to the Lissoa-grove bridge . In his opinion he drowned himself . Another witness proved that he heard deceased say that he would make a hole in the water . Verdict— "Found drowned . "

      Solemn by a Child . — Before Mr Mills , at tbe Elephant and Castle , King ' a-road , St Pancras , on John Taylor , aged ten , whose body vrasfonnd in the Regent ' s canal , near tbe York and Albany . Mr J . Taylor , residineat No . 4 , Monster-street , stated that he was the father of the deceased , and that he sent him out one morning to buy some tea , but instead of purchasing the required quantity , he purchased less , for which ne mildly reprimanded deceased , who soon afterwards left his home , and was not again seen until the body was found . In his opinion he drowned himself . Deceased ' s grandmother had been deranged , his mother was in Hanwel ) , and his aunt betrayed symptoms ef insanity . Mr Mills observed that two eases of children of the ages of ten and eleven , committing suicide through fear , had come before him . Verdict— "Found drowned . "

      accidents , ofkkcbs . etc . Mtstebjobs Story . —On Monday , information was received by-the Marylebone division of police , that a day or twe before , at noon , a Frenchman , fashionably dressed , drove up in a cab to the door of a mansion in Portman-equare , during the absence from home of some of the family , and by representing to the servant who answered him that he came from a friend of the occupier of the house , residing in Eatonsqoare , succeeded in obtaining an interview with the lady , to whom he said he could communicate his message as well as to her husband . What his object in doing so 'was , or what took place atthe interview , has net been made known , beyond the fact that he frr some means induced the lady to deliver to him two

      sold watches , a geld gu * rn \ ehain , a gold watch-key , and a shawl of the value of upwards £ 50 , and £ 15 in money , the lady receiving from him in exchange an enamelled gold watch , warranted perfect , and a eold chain and key , very inferior articles and of trifling Talue , when he speedily very politely bowed himsalf out of tho house . The Frenchman is described as heuigabout five feet seven to eight inches high , from 85 to 40 years of age , of florid complexion , can speak several languages , and is very plausible in his manner . He gave the name of " Mauiey" to the servant when he entered the house , but to the lady he signed it "F . Delan . " Tbe police are , aware thatanindividoal answering the description recently obtained St a Spanish gentleman £ 20 by . a similar trick , name of the lady , his last dupe , has not been ald to transpire .

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      CHESHIRE . BiRKESHBAtt—Dreadful MuHnsa . —During the past . week considerable exoiteinent . has prevailed in Birkenhead , owing to the death of an infant female child , the daughter of an unmarried woman , named Grace Deays . The child had been placed but to nurse with an old woman , named Hannah Jordan , who on Wednesday brought it to its mother , and left it with her for the day . In the course of the afternoon it began to cry frequently , and towards evening it was quite clear that the child was very ill . Its hands got clenched and the eyes fixed . Mr Edgar , surgeon , was sent for , and at once saw that the infant

      was labouring under the effects of some narcotic . On the following morning , Mr Drinkwater , suspecting that the mother had poisoned the infant , sent for Inspector M'Neiil , who charged her with having given the child some laudanum , when she admitted that she had given it some with a spoon , and had thrown the bottle into the fire . She was then taken into custody . Upon inquiry , it was found that she had purchased same laudanum at a druggist ' s shop in the neighbourhood . The prisoner , it appeared , was about to leave Mr Drink water ' s service , and being wishful to go into the workhouse , applied to the magistrates for an order for that purpose , but she was refused . She then made application to one of the relieving officers for relief , and a subscription was got up to send her to Scotland . The inquest was held on Friday , and after the evidence had been heard , the prisoner having been cautioned by the

      coroner , made the following statement : — " I gave it the laudanum , but I merely gave it to make it quiet and not to disturb tbe house . I did not intend any harm to the child , or I would not have given » it . Master was going to bed , and I was going to be sent home to Scotland next day , and the master and mistress were going to let me atop that night if I was not going to cross to Liverpool . I had often heard that laudanum had been given to children to keep them quiet . 1 did not think it would poison tbe child . " The coroner said one question for the jury was , whether laudanum had been administered at all ; second , how or by whom it was administered ; third , with what intent ; and fourth , was it riven with the felonious or wilful intent to . destroy the ' life of the child . After an hour ' s deliberation , the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Grace Deays .

      | . STAFFORDSHIRE . Attempt to Murder an Aoed Couple . —George 1 and Sarah Bridgewood , both between 6 * 0 and 10 years of age , reside by themselves in a bouse in Highstreet , Fenton , in . the Potteries , where they keep a small provision shop . Having retired to rest one night last week , shortly after 1 o ' clock on the following morning , the old man aa && lay half asleep , fancied he saw a glimmering light in the room , and before he could rouse himself to ascertain from whence it proceeded , he received a blow on the side of his head , his wife , the next moment , receiving several outs oa her face and arms from a knife , which , it is believed , were aimed at her throat . The old man , recovering himself , sprang out of bed , and seized a man , whom he got on the floor , and placing his knees in his assailant ' s throat . aucceeded in keeping him down , his wife in the meanwhile contriving to reach the door , and call ont "Murder ! " In a

      few minutes afterwards the police were attracted to the house , and , on entering the room , found the old man in the position described . Both were drenched in blood , and tbe bed-clothes and floor exhibited fear * ful proofs of the murderous design of tbe ruffian . On being taken to the station-house , he was . recognised to be a bricklayer , named William Burleigh . He was in a very weak state , his throat being cut , but how it was done was difficult to say . There is no doubt that his intention , in the first instance , was to plunder the house , but being disturbed , he attempted to murder the aged pair , in order that he migat complete his object and escape detection . On Friday he underwent an examination before the magistrates at the Stoke police-court . Mrs Bridgewood was brought into the court on a chair , and was propped up by pillows . After several witnesses had been examined , the prisoner was fully comroittedfor trial at the next assises on the capital charge .

      SUFFOLK . New Ring-dropping Trice . —As a simple countryman from Higbatn , of the name of Clark , was returning from Ipswich , with his master's waggon , he saw a small jewel-box lying on the road . Thinking no doubt he had discovered a prise , he eagerly seized it , but on examination it appeared to be empty . On going a short distance further he met a man , with the appearance of a Jew , who seemed to be looking for something , and telling the countryman he had lost a box containing a valuable ring , asked him if he

      had seen anything of it ; the countryman replied he had found a box , but it was empty , on which the Jew offered to bet a sovereign that bis ring was in it . The rustic ' s cupidity being thus excited , and thinking himself sure of winning , and being without that sum , he offered te stake his watch , worth £ 3 , which the Jew accepted , and producing a ring from a false bottom of the box , be claimed and walked off with the watch , leaving tho poor countryman aghast at his own folly , and with ample time to repent of his own stupidity on bis way heme .

      Destruction of Bbakdeston Hall . — A few days age , this Sua specimen of Efoabethan architecture , the seat of Mr Austin , Q . to , situate on a prominent eminence , near the road-side , between Cretingham and Framlingham , in this county , was found to be on fire . It was built about three centuries since , and was very capacious , having a noble frontage of 150 feet . Up to within a few years , tbe mansion was tenantedby the family of the founder , from whom Mr Austin purchased the estate , and it was , at the time of the accident , undergoing an elaborate restoration . It appears that the hall was placed under the care of the contractor , who , with his workmen , slept in the building . Soon after twelve o'clock on the morning named , a boy , an assistant of the

      contractor . Discovered smoke issuing from one of the sittingrooms over the library , on the east wing . It had been used by the contractor since he bad had the car e ofthebaildins . and was the only apartment in which there had been a fire for several days . He immediately awoke Mr Siliett , the principal , who became so alarmed that , instead of ascertaining the nature and extent of the fire , be leaved out of window , and sustained some severe injuries by his fall . Two or three workmen who slept in some attics in a distant part of the house , being aroused , hastened to the apartment , and endeavoured to extinguish the flames , which were issuing from the floor within a space of two or three feet in front of the hearth , but

      owing to the dryness of the wood , the fire spread with such rapidity , that their efforts were unsuccessful . The elaborate carved wood ceiling of the library below next caught , and it seems from that moment all hopes of saving the edifice were lost . Mounted expresses were immediately despatched to Framlingham and to Ipswicb for engines and assistance . Crowds from villages adjacent flocked to the scene , and on tbe arrival of the engines the spectators exerted every nerve to master the fire , butall in vain —and in the space of two hours from the discovery of the fire , Brandeston-hall was a total ruin—only the south wall remaining . The loss cannot be known accurately . It is said to be upwards of £ 20 , 000 , The mansion , it isstated , was not insured .

      OXFORDSHIRE . Civic Honours at a Discount—Mr Matthew , an eminent builder of Oxford , rather than take upon himself the office of alderman of that city , to which he was elected a fortnight ago by a large majority of the town council , has paid the fine—vis . £ 40 . —into the hands of the city treasurer , and another gentleman has been elected in his place .

      ESSEX . The BtmsHAH Fires . —A man , named Hawea , bas been examined at the registrar ' g office at Maldon , when evidence , which appeared to identify him as the incendiary having been given , he was committed for trial . The value of the property destroyed upon the three farms is now stated toexmd £ 1 , 200 . Another Case of Attempikd Suicide from Destitution has been brought before the magistrates at Newport . A povetty-Blrickcn sempstress , named Daller , being out of employment , procured a quantity of laudanum , part of which she gave to her illegitimate child , and then swallowed the larger portion herself . Both mother and child lay under a hedge insensible all night , but being found in the morning , medical aiawas rendered , and neither died . Tbe mother will , it is understood , be committed for trial for the attempt to murder .

      Highway Roebert ADD MuBDBR . —An old man , named Terry , was stopped a few nights since in a bye lane between Roohfordand Canewdon . and so severely beaten about ( he head by a footpad , that he has since died . The robber took the old man ' s watch and four shillings and sixpence , but has been apprehended , and is now in Chelmsford gaol awaiting bis trial . Typhus Fxvbr . —The typhus fever is very prevalent in Rochdale , among the Irish , and deaths occur nearly every day . The inhabitants are becoming much alarmed , and not without cause .

      BERKSHIRE , Aocidskt at WiitnsiiR Oastle . —An unfortunate accident , from the effects of which it is feared the poor fellow will never recover , occurred on Wednesday morning , between seven and eight o ' clock , to a man named Saunders , a labourer , ' in the employ of Mr Lovegrove , of Maidenhead , while he was engaged in removing the materials of the military knights ' houses , on the lower foundation , which had been purchased by his master at the recent sale of the

      property by order of the Commissioners of Woods and Fcrestj . It appears that while die man was standing on the remaining portion of one of the walls a Uo * e brick gaveway , and ho was precipitated from a height of between twenty and thirty feet , a portion of the wall to which he had clung falling with him , into the basement below , causing a fracture of both thighs and his right arm , beaiuV * other severe injuries . MrUoldernessandMr Pearl , surgeons , were immediately in attendance , but in awMtquence of there being no infirmary want attached to tbs Wind-

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      sor Dispensary , it , « raa necessary to convey , the suf « ferertothe union workhouse , a distance of three miles , where' he received every attention from the surgeon , Mr Ridout . . ; ..

      RBHT . I MtransR o ? a Child AHnSworbs op the Mother . —A very painful act of murder and suicide occurred at Woolwich ; on Tuesday afternoon . The Salsette , which lies moored-off the dockyard , is used as a receiving ship for the seamen ( and their wives in some cases ) who are attached to steamers and other vessels undergoing repair in the dockyard ! On the return of the Bloodhound steam-vessel , Lieut . Phillips , from the Mediterranean station , a few weeks since , tbe vessel was taken into the basin and the crew drafted on board the Salsette , amongst , whom was the captain ' s cook , a man named Robinson , and his wife , who had an infant about fifteen months old . Some domestic differences of a very painful nature occurred

      between this man and his wife since bis arrival at Woolwich , and on Tuesday afternoon , between one and two o ' clock , when in a fit of excitement , she jumped overboard from the Salsette with ber infant inherarms . An intrepid seaman on board the hulk immediately sprang in after her , and made a clutch at her dress , just , it is stated , as she was in the act of sinking . This heroic action , however , was unfortunately of no avail , and both mother and child sank beneath the water . Neither of the bodies has yet been recovered . Various reasons have been stated for the rash act ; but as these reflect both on the character of the husband aud on that of the deceased , it would be unjust to do more than allude to them till the coroner ' s inquest is held .

      HAMPSHIRE . Southampton . —Fall of a Tunnel . —The tunnel now forming under Bar-street and iloundwell , for the Dorchester and Southampton Railway , suddenly fell for a space of nearly two hundred yards ; twenty men and ten horses had been at work on the very spot but a few minutes previously , and bad it occurred while they were at work not one of them could have been saved . The principal thoroughfare of the town is completely stopped , and the workshops of Mr Aslatt , coach-builder , which are situate on the verge of the tunnel , rendered so unsafe that they ate obliged to discontinue working in them . ¦•• • Representation of Newport , Isle of Wight . — The present appearance of the register of voters has induced the leaders of the conservatives of this borough to offer a compromise , and that they will

      withdrawal ! opposition to the return of a liberal candidate atthe next election , on condition they are allowed to return one conservative member , expecting as a matter of course that the same . line of proceeding will be adopted by the liberals , in order , as it 1 is alleged . ' to preserve the good feeling and peace of the town ! '' We need not . say that the proposal was most properly and indignantly spurned . Thunder Storm and thb Electric Telegraph . — Last week a thunder storm of short duration occurred at Southampton / The gentleman superintending the electric telegraph at the South-western Railway terminus , states that by tbe influence of the electric fluid , passing along the wires , the alarm bell of the telegraph was rung , a circumstance that in his experiencehas never occurred before , although the mag . netio needles oi the dial are generally deflected and oscillated during thunder storms .

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      CARMARTHEN . Trebersed . —Lova and Jkalocst . —A most barbarous outrage has been perpetrated at this place . Two rivals for the favours of a servant at that farm engaged in a contest , which terminated in one of them receiving seven or eight wounds in various parts of his body , by which his hose and under lip were nearly severed from his face ; and a severe stab in the side perforated the right lung , so that in breathing tbe air passed through . the orifice . The weapon ' used by his antagonist was a clasp knife . The uninjured party has been taken into custody . Superstition is 184 ? . —A few days since an

      unusual circumstance was observed at Pillgwenlly , Newport . A patient ass stood near a house , and a family of not much more rational animals were grouped around it ; a father was seen passing his little son under the donkey , and , lifting , him over its back a certain number of times , with as much solemnity and precision as if engaged in the performance of a sacred duty . This done , the father took a piece of bread , cut from an untasted loaf , which he offered the animal to bite at . Nothing loth , the Jerusalem pony laid hold of the bread with his teeth , and instantly the father severed the outer portion oi the slice from that in the donkey's mouth . He next

      clipped off some hairs from the neck of the animal , which he cut up into minute particles , and then mixed them with the bread , which he had crumbled . This very tasty food was then offered to the boy whohad been passed round the donkey so mysteriously , and the little fellow having eaten thereof , the donkey was removed by his owners ; and the father , his son , and other members of hie family were moving off , when a bystander inquired what all these " goings on" had been adopted for ? The father started at the ignorance of the inquirer , and then ; in a halfcontemptuous , half-condescending , tone , informed hum that" it was to cure his . poor son ' s hoopingcough , to be sure !"

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      1 ANABKSH 1 RI , Giasbow . —Exibnsivb Firb . —A fire broke out in this mills of Messrs . Ferguson and Co ., at Milend , Bridgeton . The fire originated , it is supposed , by friction in some portion of the machinery . The destruction was most rapid and complete , the whole being burned within two hours in defiance of every exertion made to stay its course . The damage sustained amounted , it is said , to nearly £ 30 , 000 , which is fully covered by insurances . We are sorry to think of the-loss sustained by the four hundred unfortunate workers who will be thrown out of employment by the disaster .

      Invbiquno and Room s * k Stowon . —At the Court of Justiciary held at Glasgow on Thursday , two persons , James Ford and Jane Livingston , were sentenced to 14 years' transportation , for having inveigled Mr Black , a surgeon , into their lodgings ) under the pretence that bis services were required for a sick person , and then assaulting and robbing him .

      p smhshirr . Sundat Observance bt an Englishman in Scotland . —The foreman of * the section now terming near Abernethy of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway , was brought up before ajustice of the peace at Perth , at the instance of the procurator fiscal , charged with a breach of the decorous observance of the sabbath . The party was an Englishman , and only lately come to Scotland ; and had caused six men to be employed on the previous morning on some preliminary work connected with laying the rails , which had been attended with considerable noise , had attracted a crowd of the villagers , and disturbed the parish minister at his morning studies . ' The case was established ; but in consequence of the alleged ignorance of the offender of tbe strictness with which the day is observed in Scotland , and that the work ordered was of a trifling nature , the fine was mitigated to 5 s . and costs .

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      THRSSVER . We continue to hear of the spread of this ' calamity , and famine and pestilence combined are fast en-, gendering violence and outrage . The change from winter to summer weather has operated unfavourably on the condition of the country . The calamity , true to the Persian saying , that " curses like young chicken * always come home to roost , " is rapidly extending to the wealthy class . Dr Traill , of Skull , has died , as also Mr Gregory of Coole Porte , Gort ( father of the present member ) .

      In the midst of this dreadful misery , in the very place where famine and fever are at their height , the higher classes are doing nothing for ' . the sufferers , but , with an infatuation akin to . insanity , closing the doors of relief against the destitute . InCasttebar and Westport in tha west , Bandon and Bantry , the depots of southern destitution and death , there is the same fatal and intentional neglect . The Bandon workhouse has been closed . Relief works have been rejected . In consequence there ia great misery and sicknessf but there is no rate ! The Temporary Act is evaded , and this while nearly every second house in the town is represented as a small fever hospital ! Then in Bantry , of whose workhouse Dr Stephens has just reported scenes worthy the horrors

      of romance , the guardians , as well as the representatives of property in the surrounding country , have resolved neither to afford any admission to tbe shucking workhouse , such as it is , nor to impose any rate for its support , nor to employ the labouring population ( of which there is a superabundance ) , nor to give effect to the Temporary Relief Act . This policy is not more inhuman than suicidal .,,.. -. ., " . ' , ' , ' The Cork Reporter even asserts that a conspiracy has been entered into amongst the owners and representatives of landed and other property in the south west of Cork county against the very existence of the labouring classes , inasmuch as they neither will allow their admission to the workhouse , collect a rate for their support , employ them extensively , nor carry into

      effect the Temporary Relief Act . ' ,., / v - , BaMJNA . —MORTAMIY W THB WORKHOUSB .--The number of deaths which have occurred in the workhouse from Wednesday the 14 th to Wednesday the 21 st instant included , amounts to 67 ; and from the 8 th of last October up to the present date 750 human beings have died in that establishment . Dr Devlin has died' of fever contracted at the workhouse , and we now regret to have to state that Dr Whittaker , who was , some short time ago , appointed to superintend the medical department ot that establishment in conjunction with Dr . Devlin , is now very seriously ill of ( ever caught in the discharge of his professional duties to tbe paupers . ¦ G * wtt , —Uwhtoa , * . There are 850 few

      patients in the hospital of the workhouse , and during the last week no ; fewer than , thirty-two deaths have occurred within that establishment . > . The Right Rev . Dr Coen has died at his residence in Loughrea , from the effects of an . attack- of the prevailing disorder . The deceased was m his 78 th year . This makes the second vacancy within the last fews weeks in the number of Roman Catholic bishops . . ' , Slioo . —Typhus fever is growing worse every day ; it has spread trom the environs of tub town , where the poor live , into the leading streets , and there is not a street in Sligo free from it . As the warm weather approaches we fear the pestilence will become mora nrevalent . Unfortunately there is no account

      kept byahy of our parish officers of the number ot deaths which occur , but ne know that funerals are now more general than ever we remembered them , and they have ceased to create any surprise or astonishment . . . . - . ¦ . Cionmbl . —In cenaequence of the alarming increase of sickness in the workhouse of this union , the guardians found it necessary , at their meeting on Thursday , ^ to appoint an assistant physician . Wexford . —Ensiscorthv Workhousb . —Fever is making dreadful ravages in the Enniscorthy workhouse ; fifteen deaths occurred on ' last .-Wednesday , and seventeen on Thursday . Mr Kennedy , the clerk , and his wife , are both labouring severely

      under the . disease—Mr Kennedy so severely that slight hopes are entertained of his recovery . Coiik .-In consequence of the influx of paupers suffering from typhus fever , into this city , the following resolution has been adopted by the authorities ;_ ' « That the Mayor be requested to issue a proclamation under the provisions of the act 59 th George III ., for the exclusion of infected persons , & c , out of the city of Cork , to prevent contagion . " DreuN . —The illness under which the Lord-Lieutenant has been for some time labouring has , within the last few days , assumed a most alarming character ; so much so that his nearest relatives have been summoned to attend at the Castle , from England .

      IHB BFFBCI 3 OF FAMINE , Watbbford . —A formidable demonstration took place on Friday in this county . A , body of , about 2 , 000 men , farming and mining labourers , proceeded to the house of the Protestant rector of Anneatown . They complained of destitution , ' he gave them a supply of bread , and they departed , meditatingan attack on the city , when the military were put under arms , and the police threw out videttes to signal invasion when it approached . TippERARr . —NuNAGn . —On Friday night last a murder was committed in the barony of Lower Ormond , in this county . A man of the name of Liddell , who had been steward to Mr Synge , was shot dead at his house jn the village of Terryglass . As yet the cause of the bloody deed has not transpired . Killbaoh . —A man named Patrick Lonergan was murdered ou Saturday night , near , his ewndoor , by two men , who robbed him of a owti of meal . Emus . —A shocking murder has been committed at

      a place called Tallagh , near Belrauilet . A man named Michael Lavelle , who resided in a house close to the village , went , along with his wife , to the fair of Belmullet , leaving his nephew , Patrick Dixon , a boy about twelve years old , in charge of the house . Some time after the departure of Lavelle , another nephew of his , a boy named Michael Mullowney , aged seventeen years , was , seen hovering about the place . About three o ' clock in the afternoon Lwelle and his wife returned home , and to their great horror found the boy Dixon lying dead on the ground inside the door of the house , his head covered with blood and wounds ; Beside him lay a turf spade and a tongs deeply stained' with blood . The house was rifled of the little provision which they had left in it in the morning . Mullowney , who bore but a very indifferent character , was at once taken into custody . The evidence against him was entirely circumstantial , but so satisfactory did that of a female child , about nine years old , appear to the jury , that they at once found a verdict of wilful murder against Mullowney , who has been committed .

      Carlow . —Attack on Mbai . Carts . —On the night of the 16 th ult ., seven men stopped some carmen proceeding from this town to the County Wicklow . at Benuekerry Ford , and commanded them to give up the meal which they imagined they possessed , On being informed that they had seed oats and not meal they proceeded to open the sacks , and finding they , contained but the oats they allowed them to proceed . Shortly after , about ten o ' clock at night , two carmen , who were conveying Indian meal to the Rath , were stopped by the same party , and called upon to surrender the meal , but the men refused , when a regular attackcommenced ' on the carmen , which terminated , atter a gallantatruggle , in the route of the robbersone of the men in the charge of the meal having speedily disposed of four of the party , although he wielded but a " loaded whip" in defence of the property . The robbers effected their escape .

      COLTIVATION OF THE SOIL . In Tipperary there areat least 20 , 000 acres of prime land at this moment unprepared for cultivation , in the south riding of this county alone , and no preparation is making to seed-sow any portion of them .

      Distress In Manchester. Fearful As Is Th...

      DISTRESS IN MANCHESTER . Fearful as is the amount of distress in the town- as indicated by the obtrusive mendicancy of our streets , we fear that it is surpassed by that which from a variety of causes is hidden from the public gaze , and finds no means of making itself felt or known to those who have the means to relieve it . The subject was brought very painfully under notice on Wednesday night , at the annual meeting of the Manchester Town Mission , in the report of that highly important institution . From that document we learn that the agents employed by the mission ,. whose duty lies chiefly in places where wretchedness , distress , and their companions , degradation and crime , hide their heads , and whose domiciliary visits render them acquainted with the actual condition of the very poorest classes , have been impeded in their work by the calls for aid

      . . . . ... .. One or two , " out of numerous instances which they have recorded in the books of the society , were given in the report on Wednesday night , and of these we avail ourselves as coming from a trustworthy source . Supposing the people to possess means enough te purchase food for their sustenance , their condition in respect to habitations is shocking enough to excite a feeling of pain for that condition . Take an instance : In one district , a missionary reports , that in one bouse , containing four small apartments , there were thirty-three individuals residing ; in a front room above stairs there were 19 persons . In another house of the same dimensions there were 27 , in another of two apartments 25 , and in another of five apartments 41 . . But the inhabitants of these miserable herding places have not employment , and they have not food .

      In some cellars great distress was found by the agents ; in two , approached by one entrance , a front and aback cellar , IS individuals were found residing , many of them were unemployed and in great distress . In another was found a man and his wife and children , without work , the children nearly naked , and nothing to sleep upon , except a few shavings spread on a damp flagged floor . In another was found a respectable looking woman , with six children , and only one in work , and the earnings of that one were only 43 . a week . Another missionary reports that he visited a family in a cellar , consisting of a woman and her child and mother , both without employment ; the mother was ont seeking work . The neighbours informed him that for a whole week before they had found out their condition they had only had three meals .

      On examination he found that there was no food of any kind in the cellar ; he went out and purchased a loaf and some other articles , and placed them upon a small table ; when the poor woman saw the bread she burst into tears , rose from the stool on which she sat , went to the . table and threw iherself on the loaf and wept over it , apparently unable to express her gratitude for the gift . Can anything be more shocking , more affectingitban such a case ? And these cases are but a few out of many such which are reported . They are not cases where the dissipation of the' father or the mother condemns hapless helpless children to suffer the pangs of hunger and cold , but where the parents are desirous to do anything they can to secure a scanty pittance to teed their little ones to the exclusion oi themselves . If

      we estimate the working population of our mills alone at 40 , 000 hands , we believe , from the number of mills stopped , that nearly one seventh of the whole are wholly unemployed , ^ that one-third are on short time ,. and the rest in full employment . In what state are the 7 , 000 out of work ? From whence do they draw their support?—are questions more easily asked than answered . Sickness , the sickness of want , already prevails ; and if the people continue to be herded together ; in the way above described for a much longer period , the consequences must be dreadful . With damp cellars for their habitations , and shavings for their beds , and rags for their only covering ; many of them dirty in their habits at the

      best of times , and much more so now , when the inanition of despair is uoon them , the wonder is that fever is not raging fiercely among them . Two or three weeks ago , a member of tho board of guardians speaking of the deaths in the workhouse , said that , in the majority of cases , those who died there came in but a day or two previous , in the last stages of disease and destitution ; they were in , in fact , but to die ; and with the above facts before us , we can imagine somewhat , but nothing near the reality , of the sufferings they undergo before they are driven to what proves their last refuge . We leave the facts we have stated for the consideration of the public . '

      Extraordinary And Fatal Accident At Midd...

      Extraordinary and Fatal Accident at Middleham . —On Friday morning last , while at exercise at Middleham , Sir . John Gerard ' s niave Curiosity , and Mr A . Johnstone ' s Little Nell , and one of the lads , were struck dead by a flash of lightning . The poor lad , our correspondent adds , was shivered to pieces , limb from limb . The horses were trained by Dawsua , —Jfarwfefar Courier ,

      Law Versus Repbal.-Royal : Prerogative. ...

      LAW versus REPBAL .-ROYAL : PREROGATIVE . TO THE -IRISH ' . RESIDING IN ENGLAND . Fellow-Cowtrtmen , You have great influence over your friends in Ireland ; I beseech you to use that influence foHbe redemption of your countrymen , for their emancipation from the present abject state of slavery both of body and mind . They have ever been the dupes of hollow-hearted , cold-blooded , designing knaves . Teach them , beseech them , implore them to think for themselves , to act for themselves , to rely upon themselves ; to put their whole trust in God , but none in man . At tbe same time aid and assist by all means those who will help them , or teach them how te obtain their rights ; not imaginary or contingent rightSjOutreal . directjandtoajSde rights , which they themselves can enjoy and exercise . I beg to direct your attention to the subjoined csrrespoadence . It is worthy of your careful perusal . Faithfully youra , Dublin , April 25 , 1847 . Patrick O'Hiooins .

      To Tab Editor Op The Freeman. Clontarf C...

      TO TAB EDITOR OP THE FREEMAN . Clontarf Crescent , April 3 , 1847 . MrnBAR Sir , —Ihave just been handed the Freeman of this day , in which my name is mentioned by Mr O'Higgms , one of a class of men who are leading the people of Ireland to believe that the Sovereign , at the request of the Irish nation , has a right to revive the Irish Parliament in Dublin , and that , in leading the people to believe that , I am leading them erroneously . This may be Mr O'Higgins ' ' opinion , but it has not been the opinion of the first lawyers of other days , the first statesmen of other days , nor is it the opinion of the first lawyer of the present day . He says there is no analogy between tho case Idrew of Charles I . summoning his Irish parliament , and

      Queen Victoria summoning her Irish parliamentthat there is an act called the Act of Union how in existence that did not exist ' then . ' I ask' him what union , except as Lord Byron truly named it , the union between the shark and his prey ? Other" men have told him that the so-called act of Union is a nullity , a fraud , a deception . Men of eminence have told him so—men whose names wi 1 ever live in the hearts ef Irishmen . Plunket told him so , Charles Kendal Bushe told him so , Saurin told , him bo , Foster told him so , Jebb told him so , and he told him so , whose opinion must ever have weight , '; bcth at the barand in the senate house—O'Connell . . Laws , not legislatures , the Irish parliament were delegated by their constituencies to make , to preserve the

      rights—yes , the rights , as finally settled in the glorious year of 1782—of the Irish people—not to destroy themselves , were they commanded by their constituencies . Our parliament still lives . The Irish people say it lives . It may sleep , but the overtaxed gentry of Ireland will soon awake it—will soon cry aloud for it . The leaaeless farmers cry aloud for it—the famished , dying labourers cry aloud for it—the seedless ground cries aloud for it—thecoffinless unburied of Skirbereen demand it—the dog-torn corpses ofScliull demand it—tbe famine-stricken ' , 'delirious babes demand it—the [ unnatural joyful smile of the parent at his dying child demands it—the burning leper-houses efBantry demand it—the over-worked , unpaid ; Catholic clergy demand it—the purseless ( and untiring

      in their charity 1 Protestant clergy demand it-Uho rejection of Smith O'Brien ' s motion by the imperial parliament demand it , as also that of Mr J . O'Connell—the beggared artizan , the ruined shopkeepor , tbe failing merchant , the loomless liberties of Dublin , demand it . The citizens of Dublin to a man have already demanded it . The Irish nation want it—look for it—though it may be just now as weak as a cbild ' scry—cry for it . And am I to be told that the Queen of Ireland has it not in her prerogative , without referring to her imperial parliament ( magniloquently so called ) , to revive her Irish parliament ? Am I to be told , because a base , a fraudulently concocted act stands on the state-book , that the Sovereign of Ireland has not the legal , the constitutional , the royal power to summon , according to the wishes

      of 8 , 000 , 000 of her faithful subjects , her Irish parliament ? Perish the thought—perish such absurdity ! A nation ' s will is a Sovereign ' s will . We are told the English nation will not consent to such a proceed , ing—that Queen Victoria is Queen of England too . Be it so ; but the Irish nation demand it . The people whe have bled—have fought—have died for herask for the assemblage of their parliament . We ask our Queen for the exercise of her prerogative . We ask the Queen of Ireland to call ber Irish parliament . He of other timessaid— " For a nation to be free , ' tis sufficient that she wills it . " Shall we be free or slaves ? Will this imperial parliament be just towards this green land of ours ? I am , dear Sir , yours very faithfully , G . H . Kerin .

      P . S . —As to the Sovereign repealing the Emancipation Act , and so forth , such things are too puerile to deal with for a moment . May I beg you will pardon my taking up so much of your space ? but the importance of the question at such a period will plead my apology . {* . H , K .

      Law Vaisns Prerogative. To Tee Editor Os...

      LAW vaisns PREROGATIVE . TO TEE EDITOR OS THE FREEKAS ' S JOUSNAL , Sib , —Tbe style of Mr Keruvs letter leads me to conclude that I have mistaken him for another gentleman of the name * However , as chat does not in any way affect the question ati «» ue , viz . — "Lawuersuj Royal Prerogative , " I shall , with your permission , submit a plain statemoot of the cast , for Mr Kerin ' i consideration , as well ai for that of the ' sensible and unprejudiced portion of my fellow-countrymen . Mr Kerin ' s letter is an eloquent one . It is written in a high-sounding , dashing , patriotic strain ; and if I might rsntare to give an opinion of the character of the writer , from the style of tbe letter . I should say that he feels very acutely the wrongs and sufferings of his country , and

      would redress them if he could . But to repeal the Union in tbe way he proposes , or that any thing be has said bears upon the question , or will in au ; meaner affect it , except to retard it , is quite a different thin # . In fact , Mr K e ri n ' s letter carries its own refutation on the face of it . He says that " our parliament still lives . " Tbe Irish people say " it lives—that all Ireland , alive and dead , young and old , demand the restoration of tha Irish parliament , which is not dead , but sleepeth— that for a nation to be free 'tis sufficient that she wills it . " Now , if all Ireland demand it , which no doubt she has dene , how comes it that shV is not free ? "A nation ' s w ill , " he says , " is a sovereign ' s trill ; " and that the Sovereign { of Ireland has the legal , the constitutional , the royal power to summon , according to the wishes of eight millions of her faithful subjects , her Irish parliament , " We ask tbe Queen of Ireland to call her Irish parliament—we ask our Queen for the exercise of her prerogative . " How comes it , let m e as k , with all this royal

      prerogative—with all this friendly feeling of the Queen for tbe eight millions of her faithful Irish subjects—with their almost unanimous demand for a Repeal of the Union —that the parliament is not , has not been long since sitting snug and comfortable in College-green' According to Mr Kerin , the fault is not in the Irish people , the fault is not in the sovereign ,, who , it appears , is ready and willing to comply with the wishes of eight millions of her faithful subjects . Bow comes it after all this unanimity and good wishes and friendly feeling between her Majesty and herfaithful subjects that the Irish parliament has not been summoned long ago ! How comes it that that parliament is not sitting in Dublin ! The answer is obvious . It Is because the Union statute stands in the way , and says that while it exists tbe . Irish parliament shall not sit in Ireland or any place , and tbe law and the principles of tb « constitution , and common sense , ' say that the sovereign bas not the power to set the law aside .

      I have said before , and I now repeat it , and challenge refutation , that if royal prerogative can set aside oue statute law , it can set aside another , any other . If the Union statute can be set aside by prerogative the emancipation act can be set aside by the same power . There can be no doubt whatever upon this point . Yet Mr Kerin treats this plain proposition asja thing so puerile as to be beneath his notice ; but this apparent contempt is not an answer to tbe objection . A formidable array of eminent names have been ad . duced in favour of prerogative , but against the law and one of the well-known , principles of the British constitution : the Plunketts , the Bushes , the Saurens , the Jebbs , and even the great O'Connell himself , all of whom it is said declared tbe Union to be " a nullity , a fraud , a deception . " Itwas very easy , and safe too , to say before

      the aot of Union became law , "do not dare to lay your bands upon the constitution , " " resistance to such a law becomes a doty , " " the Irish people will not be bound to obey it . " But did any ot those eminent men make use of such language since the two countries were united by law ! No , not a word of the sort , It was before tbe act passed that they made these rhetorical flourishes . It is an act of sheer dishonesty in any man to lead the Irish people to believe that those great men expressed these opinions subsequently to the act of Union , Those wise , prudent , and far-seeing patriots , to whom this language is attributed , the Plunketts , the Jebbs , the Saurens , the Bushes , & c . like other patriots—Repeal patriots of modern days—accepted of all honours and all the emoluments they could get from tbe enemies of their country ; and took right good care not to use such language since the act passed .

      The only person who said , since that period , that the ! act of Union should not be obeyed—that the act was not binding—was the late Counsellor Walsh , for which he was tried , convicted , and sentenced to six months' impriionment in the gaol of Newgate , and to find ball to keep the peace for seven years . And one of your great authorities , a great lawyer and statesman , said iu my hearing , and in the hearing of many others , that the sentence on John Walsh was not only just but lenient . Is there a sane man in Ireland who would run the risk of advising tbe people to resist the act of Union—to dis . obey it ! Would Mr Kerin give such advice » I should think he would not .

      How , then , the royal prerogative is at this moment in as full vigour , as complete and powerful in every respect as it was in the reigu of Charles I . or Jamea II ., and I believe it is high treason to resist tho prerogative of the crown ; but so thoroughly convinced am I by the opinions of great constitutional lawyers and statesmen that the crown never had , nor ever ought to have , the power which Irish patriots attribute to it , now and then , when Lit ontwwiapurpoie . that Iwouldnotoidj take up arms

      Law Vaisns Prerogative. To Tee Editor Os...

      myself , but advise others to take up ' arnu ; and reslit force the exercise of any such unconstitutional prero */ tire as that which Mr Kerin and others pray her present Majesty , Queen Victoria , to exercise . 'Now there can be no mistake about what I have said ; it must be either strictly legal and constitutional , or seditious and trea . sonable—there is namidlle course . What I have g M is either not lawful , or 1 have subjected myself to cnminal prosecution , for which I have no ambition . Any minwho would teach tbe people to unlearn as the political nonsense with which they havebeen drugged i n t o xicated , bewildered , for the last twenty years would deserve well of his cotin'ry , and become justly an ! titled to the character and honours due to true patriot ! ism .

      I had , for some short time past , indulged the hope that empty sound and flippant assertion were about to jield to caramon sense ; but it is painful to feel that that hona is declining . Irish politics instead of advancing are retrograding . Every movement appears , notr . a . djys to be made with a view to melodramatic effect ; and asfo as I can judge from my intercourse with rar fellow citize n s ' , the impression which these ill-considered rhodo . montaden make , isos instructive , at useful , and at laatwg as the feelings excited by one of those plays so full of stirring incident , I hare heard Brahem sing and Shiel speak : both were equally cheered , and both conferred equal benefits upon the Irish peop le , the only difference being thai the man oleoag lives honestly up n his owa resources , while the man of words lives upon the tase » wrung from an oppressed people .

      I have now but oae of Mr Kerin's authorities in favour of prerogative to dispose of . It will not be denied by any one that where two things contradict each other , both cannot be true—that every proposition must be either true or false—tbat when a man gives opinions contrary to each other upon any question , he cannot be admitted as an authority upon that question . . Now , upon these universally admitted principles of right rea . son , I shall prove that Mr O'Connell , upon whoso opinion Mr Kerin relies with to much confidence , cannot be admitted as au authority upon either the question of Repeal or Prerogative : for these reasons —

      . First—Because , upon many occasions , but more especially at the great monster meetings at Cashel and other pl a ces , Mr O'Connell pledged his reputation as s constitutional lawyer , that tbe Union could be repealed without the intervention of either houses of parliament ; that it was unnecessary to petition parliament on the subject ; and that he subsequently petitioned parliament to Repeal the Union , , Secondly—Because , at the great meeting at Mullagh . mast , he declared " before high Heaven , In the face of America and Europe , that the Union was void ; " that he has since petitioned parliament to repeat the Union , which he declared void , . Thirdly—Because ho solemnly declared in the Ro « tan , and other places , that none but the King , lords , and Commons of Ireland should make laws for Ireland ; that the Irish parliament should be , to all intents and ' purposes , completely independent of the English parlia . raent .

      Fourthly—Because , in the authentic report of the dig . I cussion with Mr Butt on the Bepeal of the Union , in the Bublin corporation , be bas said distinctly and authorita . lively tbat « . « the Irish porliament may revive without tha necessity of going through the drudgery of getting the approval of the English legislature . "—( See Report , paga G 2 . ) That" the Queen might at any time issue writs for tha convention of an Irish parliament , "—( See Report , page 62 . ) Fifthly—Because , in tbe reply which closed tbe debate , he said— " lam ready to do this—let them give us even a dependent parliament—a parliament inferior to tha English parliament I would accept as an instalment , if I found tbe people ready to go with me , and if it were off . red me by competent authority . "—( See Report , page 199 . )

      Sixthly—Because , in bis place in the House of Com * mons , when the ^ Coercion Act was under discussion , ha said that he never agitated the Repeal of the Union ex . cept as a , means to an end , and that that end was " Justice to Ireland ; " that he would " rather see that bouse doine ; justice to his country , thau that any necessity for Repealshould exist . The only reason I have for being a Repealer ia the injustice of the present government towards m / country , and the total want of hope that justice will be done to my country , "—( See Freeman ' s Journal , 22 nd Peb ,, 1833—Mirror of Parliament , same date . )

      Seventhly—Because in November , 1843 , he solemnly declared before God and his country that the Repeal As * sociation was based upon the principle of petitioning parliament for the Repeal of tbe Union-that petitions to parliament were adopted at tbe Repeal Association , aid subsequently presented to parliament by the very man who had often previously declared that petitioning parliament was wholly unnecessary , because the Queen had power to Repeal the Union , by summoning the Irish parliament to meet in Dublin . Eighthly —Because ha said , at a meeting in St Andrew ' P arish , on Sunday , 22 nd of October , 1813 , " Give me but six mouths of perfect tranquillity , and I will have a parliament in College-green or give my head upon the block . " The people relying upon this promise remained tranquil—a great deal too tranquil—but they have not gotten the parliament in College-green , nor their betrayer ' s head upon tbe block . He has taken care that they shall have neither .

      Ninthly — Because , at a " Great Monster meeting " held near Bantry , October , 18 4 5 , where the people of Skib . bereen and surrounding districts assembled in thousands , and complained to the " Liberator" of the cruel tyranny of their landlords , who were turning them out of their holdings , though they owed no rent ; of the loss of tha potato though many of them had to pay £ 10 an acre for the ground ; of jth ' e deiapidation ef their cabins , which let the ttin down in torrents ; and in order to excite the sympathy and support of their ' 'Liberator" held up their cards cf admission as associates of the " Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland . " Well , what w as M r O'Connell ' s answer to these heartrending complaints ! Let it never be forgotten . Let it sink and settle deep iu

      tbe souls of honest men , as a warning against hollow , hearted trickery and knavery : — " I have not come here to talk about bad landlords , about rotten potatoes or crazy old houses ; but I have come here to talk about tbat which will soon redress all your grievances , tha Repeal of the Union . " The Union is not repealed , but death by starvation has redressed the grievances , of tho Repeal Association of Sklbbereen . And the few who have survived have been basely deserted by the man in whom all their hopes were centred , and for whom and at whose bidding they increased the hatred of their landlords . And this is the man whose opinions , Mr Kerin tells us , " must always hare weight at the bar and in the senate . "

      Tenthly—Because an inferior and dependent parliament is not an independent parliament , subject to no power but the monarch of Ireland . Eleventhly—Because Mr O'Connell led the great majority of the people of Ireland to believe that the Queen had the power to summon tho Irish parliament to meet in Dublin , while at the same time , and so late as Jan . last , he apologised to his country on two Mondays successively in Conciliation Hall , for not having the draft of a bill ready to enable her Majesty Queea Tictoria to sum . mon her Irish parliament to meet in Dublin . No if , if

      the Queen had the power to summon the Irish parliament to meet in Dublin , by virtue of the Royal prerogative , where was the use or necessity of bringing in a bill to enable her Majesty to exercise a power which she already possessed , and which vra s s aid t o be one of tbe prerogatives of the crown f This is so pal pa b l y contradictory , absurd , and ridiculous , tbat no other people ou the faca of the earth but my deluded country men would permit it t » pass unnoticed . To sum up further would be only a waste of time . Let every' one , therefore , draw their own conclusions from tbe facts stated .

      In conclusion , I have te express a hope that neither Mr Kerin nor any one else baa a wish to tee our beloved Queen in a . predicament similar to that of Charles I . or James II . The first charge against tbe latter unfortunate monarch was , that he attempted to set the law aside by the mere exercise of what he considered tbe royal prerogative . The charge is in the following words ( see Act 2 Sess . Wm . and M . cap . 2 . ) : — Charge I . " That he ( James II . ) assumed and ex . . ercised a power of dispensing with and suspending laws i and the execution of laws without consent of parlia- . ment . " ' Patbiok O'Hiooins . No , 16 , North Anne-street , 9 th of April , 1847 .

      P . S . —I beg leave to say , which I do with the utnoit it candour and sincerity , that I do not wish for a triump h h over Mr Kerin or any jone else ; but I do wish to see . 8 my countrymea think and judge for themselves" - to see them exercise that reason which God bas gives n them , and which is the pridn and glory of human in nature . And that . I consider ona teacher of . sound id political principles is wwtb a hundred leaders , P . O'H .

      Th« National Finances—A Parliamentary Pa...

      Th « National Finances—A Parliamentary paper , it , containing an account of the public income down to to the 5 th April , 1847 , has just been issued . The docu . : u « ment gives the income of the year under one head , id , and the expenditure under another . The income for ) brj the year ending 6 th April is £ 54 , 473 , 761 , and tho ; ho expenditure is £ 51 , 708 , 570 , giving the large excessot io £ £ 2 , 764 , 1818 f income over the expenditure . This a itf a very gratifying fact . On comparing , however , tha tha balances in the exchequer on the 5 th April , 1 & 7 . we we find a considerable falling off at the latter date , la la April , 1846 , the balances amounted to £ 6 , 507 , 463 . 03 , while at the commencement of the present month , m they were only £ 5 , 459 , 835 , being less by n pwnw ot s ot a million than they were last year . Tho redu ction tion is no doubt to be accounted for from the large sums ims which it has been found necessary to advance to a K Ireland .

      . < Tju Chinbbk Junk " Kbiino . " — This vessel , ise commanded by Shing-Shing , now on her passage sag from UongKong to this country , is daily e xpecteacte to arrive at her Majesty's Dockyard Woolwich . ^ a & t is the bearer of most valuable presents from «» « Emperor to her Majesty and Prince Albert . £ w wMl be the first Chinese vessel ever brought to tng-tn land . She is solely manned by Chinese sailors . W . is understood tbat a troop of celebrated jugglers ar % a on board , and have been engaged to perform in thwi tl country . v , On Friday , afternoon last a beautiful white !»« $ l » was seen , pouring forth its melodious notes , ia » " eW v e tttfttHeap ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 1, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01051847/page/6/