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      Ikqubstb. [Dsitdbitb Of A Bow-Sirert Off...

      IKQUBSTB . [ DsitDBitB of a Bow-sirert Officer . —Before Mr irfer , rfer , * t the George , Kingston-biN , upon the body IFratFranc" Howe , formerly a wall-known Bow-street , iker . icer . who lies been residingat Ki » ss . on upon a pesuia gra granted him for his services for a meat liyury lire , are , and who cut his tbroit . n the 2 * th of Vay ne dae deceased lived with his sister , Aaron Howell , id oi d ore of iris grandchildren , ia a cotta-o at Coombe . arrcarrcn , near Kingston . Oa the day named lie sent ss grs grand-Janshter out . and in her atomce inHicterf saevesevera wouridoa his threat . an » l . » te «» *»* «» jwmt dcewwd

      " hia his " left arm . Owing to some * nj * . n « aad red received in his bead in the performance of his tutv . utv , ho wasat times very violent , and Dr Cox new Hasioasidercd him to be perfectly sane . I he medical eentlentlcman fnnhersfeited that although the unary nfiicifiicied bv the deceased noon hmisel . rniplit havwasteastencdliis death , he did not center it was tli « cctaactnal canw of his death . —The jury returned a ver iicttictthat thedeceaseddieda natural death , which r , ra « * ta * -accelerated by the infliction of a severe wound iponpon his neck himself whiie in a state « f temporary nsarnsanitv .

      Fa Fatm , Railway Accident ox the SocthiFESi ? ESTERS Railway . — Before Mr Payne , nt St "hou'homas ' s Hospital , on view of the body of Andrew llrootrooks , a : ed thirty - five , a porter in thi * servierviee of the South- Western Railway company . I » ippeppeared that on Friday , Jane 4 th , abotttnnon , j ! ccelccea ? ed , who was engaged at the Farnlnroueh staiionjon , upon seeing the passenger down train apor-. ac . hrag , ng , gave the usual signal by rincins the bell , as the iraiirain stopped there . It was his dutv immediatel y t »

      ;; oo ; o on to the platform , hut instead of doing so he iralkalkcd along the down line near the platform . lie irasras knocked down by the buffer of the eneinc . the neaaear wheels of which passed over his left hand , ivhivhish was dreadfully mangled , the arm being also jjrobroken * He had also a scalp wound . Deceased wanstnstantly forwarded to London by the first- ~; ri . rain . Iincknd Conveyed to the above iiu . * * -. ; " . « i , " where he died ; In sn a few hours after J » V admission . Deeeaeed had ; jeeiwen a fortn * - * - * » n tne company ' s service . Verdict " « J « Acc . d-irtal death . "

      - ' - * * gwcoHTBR . — Before Mr Baiter , at School * mnnnn = ie-Jane , Ratcliff on the bodv of Ann Ford , a ^ -d ^ i !* 6819 ; . ** Aiei on Sunday morning last from the leffeffects of injuries received from a man named Heary iJr-Jmes Harrison . A / Ian Cleland , snrseon , sa d hi Ifotfoundthe deceased sofferine nnder inflammation of thihe peritoneum . He attended for a week , and she i imtmproved under his treatment . At tbe end of that tintime she complained that the pain had returned over thdhc whole region of the abdomen . She got trradually weweaker until > be expired . On a post mortem

      examiaaaation , he ascertained that the priroarr caute of leJeath arose from a rupture of the sail bladder , artritribnted , from the fact of there being a dis ? a-e . to riffiolence , and the effusion , that being the natural effe & ct of the inflammation . He had no doubt that leJeath was caused by violence . Harrison came home Irirank on the night of the 15 th , of May , and beat and kikicked > er . A quantity of evidence havine bees amen , the coroner then summed up , and the jnry re iulnrned a verdict of" Manslaughter" against Henry J Jones Harrison .

      JIBES . DEsiRrcnojf op Pbcpkrit asd Supposed Loss or LLwe . —A most destructive fire , and which , it is supposed , has been attended with the loss of life , broke trout in the residence of a person of the name of AAdams , ra iding at 61 . Theebald ' s-road , Red Lionsffiquare . Before the fire was extincnished , thi inferirior of the house was reduced to a complete ruin . « while , from the rumours , it would appear that some oone of the inmates had fallen a prey to the devouring element The fire was first discovered by police ^ Esergeant Fryer , 16 E division , who with some of the eeonstables were passing the house , and whose attention was attracted by a strong glare of light in the sshop . This indHced them to listen at the door , when ,

      Iheanng the snapping of wood , instantly they alarmed tine inmates , and in a few minutes several persons , imale and female , appeared at the windows in a state ( of nudity . As soon as they were acquainted with Itheir- perilous situation , a rcsh was made to the door , i-whichin the mean timehad been forced open bv the ipoliee . The fire , which originated in the shop ( a chandler ' s shop ) from being fed by the ( ire , in aninsstant burst forth with redoubled fury , and but for the ; « jolness of the police several must have perished . Without suffering the inmates to rush upon each other they caught hold of those in front and dragged them out into the street . In the meanwhile the fire proceeded to run through the house with astounding sapidity , and by the time the engine from the H < dbora station arrived , which was within fen minutes from the discovery , the flames were to be seen rushing outof every window , and thronsih the roof . In

      20 minutes after the first disccrerv the Ciiandosstreet , Weil-street , Farrinjidon-street , Watlingstreet , County , and West of England engines were on the spot ; and . although a plentiful supply of wafer was obtained , the united efforts of the firemen « onld only prevent the flames from extending to the adjoining houses . How . or by what means , the fire originated , no information could be obtained ; while by some of the neighbours it was stated that a child Bad fal ' ea a victim to the devouring element ; and it was al-: o stated that neither Mr nor Mrs Adams ihe proprietors of thehouse , had been seen . To add to the confusion which invariably attends a fire , the whole of the ear / iags-way was broken up , sad thus rendered it difficult for ihe engines to cet near the place . ' A large body of the police , of the Band E divisions . ¦ were on tbe spot , and rendered material aid to the fire brigade and inhabitant * .

      Tuber Pebsoss Ivjcbed . —The greatest consternation prevailed in the vicinity of the Sarrev Theatre , Blackfriars-road , in conseqnerce of an alarming and destructive fire on the premises known as the "Surrey Coal Hole , " for many years the favourite resort of the members of the theatrical profession on that side of the water . Atthe tiraeabove mentioned Mr J . W . Tabernacle , the landlord , with iis family , who were in bed , were alarmed by a suffocating smoke entering their bed-rooms , and such a fearful hold had the flames got of the upper part of the building by that time , that they were compelled to make a preci pitate retreat by the windows . Mr Tabernacle leaped out atthe side window , near the stage-door of the theatre , whereby he received a

      fracture of the ana and several contusions . Mrs Tabernacle was caught in a sheet by the neighbours bnt was notsomuch injured asher husband , although most dreadfully shaken . The female servant fill , lowed afterwards , and by the fall broke her back . They were severally taken into the Surrey Coffeehouse , where they promptl y received medical assistanca . In the meantime the police and others were Bent to the various engine-stations , and in a few touiutes the one from Waterloo-rosid , and that from the Sauthwark-brid ge-road , attended , Mowed by the West of England . The whole of the firemen set to work in a most courageous manner , under the judicious management of Mr Henderson , the foreman of the district , and with an abnndantsunply of

      water , succeeded in confining the flames to the house of Mr Tal emacle , but not before the latter was totally destroyed , and the contents of the building wholly consumed . During the raging of the fire a great number of the actors and various officials connected with the theatre were to be seen mostactively engaged for the best . The roof of the Surrey Theatre is much damaged , but the interior has sustained little orno injury . The Equestrian Tavern , en the other side of the theatre , is much injured by water , cjc , but all parties xte , fortunately insured ; Mr Tabernacle in the Licensed Victuallers ' - effice , Mr Harris in the WestmiasterandSon-offices . Mrs Davidge is likewise insured . The origin of tho fire is at present unknown , but it is generally sup * posed to have broken out in one cf the upper rooms .

      XtGCBtLANEOES . Atteutt to Close the Public Walks is Hol-I USD Pabk . —For some days past much interest hss ] been created throughout the parish of Kensington , < by an application made by Lord Holland to the parochial authorities to divert the ancient footpath which passes between tiie lawn and tne front of Holland House , and from thence into the high road , on tho west side of Holland Park . His Lordship proposes to substitute instead a new footpath forty feet wide , eighteen feet of which is to be well gravelled , commencing from the high read ( Great Western ) opposite EarJe-street , leading to EarJe ' a Court , on the east aide of the grand entrance to Holland House , and passing under the shade of the avenue of noble trees skirting the carriage drive , and to terminate and formacontinnation of the public footpath from dotting Hill , which now divides his Lordship ' s property from tbe _ Dowager Countess of Bedford . A

      number of the inhabitants view tho application as an attempt to deprive the pnblicof the enjoyment of one of the beautiful walks round tho metropolis , and compelling them instead , in wet weather , to walk under tbe dripping of the trees in order that Lord Holland may enjoy more privacy ; while his Lordship conteeds that the alteration will be a public benefit , inasmnch as the propofed new foot path will open a direct communication between Willesden , Kensal Green , Kensal Xew Town , and Netting Hill , with the town of Kensington , and Earle ' a Court , Brompton , Chelsea , Fnlham , & c ., and in order to consider those points , and also the necessity for his Lordship , should the parish consent to the deviation , to improve the state of the nppar portion of the footpath by reducing the height of the wooden palings , now from six to eight feet high , in order to give a view of the grounds , a committee has been appointed to confer wkh . Lord Holland ' s surveyor , & c .

      . ' .. Many Of The Cotton Mills Of Rouen...

      . ' .. Many of the cotton mills of Rouen have ceased working , and it is expected that no fewer thah 50 , 000 workmen in that city and its neighbourhood are-jincroployed at the present time . " . It , is said that the time fixed for the launch of the Great Britain is the 30 th instant or tho 1 st of JttfyJ Tiie American Peiee Society has offered a preninoi of SCO dollars for tbe bast essay on the Mescaa

      Rich Akd Poor. Took Ok This Wctom Amd Oh...

      RICH AKD POOR . took ok this wctom amd oh thu . He * Ma jemi ' s Tbeatbe . Sta * vatioh « Ireland . —The Quoen and Prince —So great has been the Albert honoured the per- number of deaths in this iOTB-acccs wiili tUcic vve- c * ly { Cork ) since the corosruc ; : oa Saturday evening , mencetm-nt of last autumn , T-iv ; Bojat party w « -re ac- that the cemetery belonging compauied by the Duchess to the Very Rev . Theobald of K ? nt , Prince Oscar of Maihew has received the bo * Swedes , aud Prince of Ltln- diet of over 10 , IOt persons , njr- 'n . exclusive of those buried Rswabds fob Mcbit . — from the workhouse within The Grand Duke Coustan- that time . The cemetery is tine hai viiited the Mintnow so completely filled

      , ana a gold tnenal was that the YUv . & t tti * tJs * w struck in his presence , har . hag been compelled , in oring on its obverse an ad- dcr to prevent thespread of inir-ibu likeness of tha Em- contagion and disease m p . ror Nicholas , and on the the » icinity , to give reverse the date of bis Im- notice to the Health Comperiai flujhncss ' s visit . mittee that he cannot al-The F . IH . OWINQ are bat low any more hurials to a lew ot The doings of this take place there , and he w .-tk : —The Duke of De- has himself declared that von-birt's / rfu to the Grand he will station two or three Duke CoBstauune at Chis- men at the end of the lane wick . This fete was ho * leading to the cemetery to noured by the presence of see that this shall not bs the GrannDuk .-, the Here- transgressed . He will also

      ditary Grand Baku and ha compelled to have the Grand Duchess of Sax * whole surface of the burial Weimar , accompanied by ground covered with several Ms Serene Highnes * Prince layers of slaked lime and Ed » ard , her Royal High- fresh tartb , in order to n-sstbe Duchess of

      was greeted by the perform- or Dismiss . —T . Cunninganee of appropriate airs by ham , a person who appeared ihrban-oftbeRojalllorce to he about fifty years ol Caards ( Blue ) , which was age , was broughtbeforo the stationed on the lawn . At lord Mayor npon the four o'clock > superb de- charge of having broken a jetmer was serreJ to tbe pane of glass in a house in jtuesis , the whole suite of the Poultry . Theprisoner ' s rooms on the ground floor three children were brought of the villa being arranged into the justice-room at the in the most beautiful style same time . fur the accommodation of A policeman stated that tic company . The disp l ay he observed the prisoner , of plate was magnificent ; who was standing with the and the very choice Qomrs children near the window and exotics with which tbe of Mr Paterson ' s house ,

      tables were decorated dash , his foot thtcitijh the formed a toxp d ' wil ut tf >« glass deliberately , and moat exquisite character , heard him say when he was The apartment filled up ex . asked why he committed pressly in honour of the such an outrage , that his Emperor of Russia , on the object was to save his chit * occasion of his visit three dren from starvation , years since , presented pre- The Lord Mayor . —Pricisely its original appear- soner , who and what are auce on that day . The you ? Russian standard floated Tbe prisoner—I am here from its summit , and all the without the means of sopgorgeous paraphernalia be- porting my children . I longing to it was restored have tried every other way for the occasion . Iu this I cauld tbinkof , but failed , room lunch was served to a and what to do I did not

      select circle , who were in * know . vited to join the Grand Tho Lord Mayor—What Duke ' s table . position ia life do you GxAitB Dishes at Clou- hold ! cestm House . —Her Royal The prisoner—I am the Highness the Duchess of son of a post-commander of Gloucester had a dinner the royal navy , fatty oa Iridaj , at Olon- th * Lora Hajor—How cester Hons « . The eUle ot long have you been here i themrhtocracywerepresent The prisoner—These T at the sumptuous entertain-years . I have three chiltntst . dren to support . ¦

      GsakoFetsat HoIdib- The Lord Mayor —And XisiE House . — The Mar- neither means nor friends ! quis and Sarchiouess of The prisoner—None at Londonderry gave a tnagai- all . T hare written to the ficedt eufcrtainment at Queen , hut Ineffectually . Holdernesse House in ' ho- The Lord Major—I have noar of his Imperial Hith- no alternative hut to send ness the Grind Duke Con- you to prison if you do not sUntine of Russia . The pay for the glass , and to entertainment was prefaced send your children to the by a banquet , which was union , graced bj the preseace of The prisoner—I am not all the distinguished foreign in possession of a farthing , princes at present in town , My children will not starve as well as by the leading in the union .

      members of the aristocracy . The prisoner was then The banquet was succeeded committed , and the chilhy an assembly at wbich not dren were sent to the union , lass than a thousand mem- isisn La **> -. o * ihsh . — tiers of the fashionable world Tbe Rev . Richard Boyle congregated . The table Townsend , Yicar of Abbypresented a superb display strewry , and whose exerof plateand articles of virto , tions on behalf of the starv-( Unspicuous among which ing people of Skibbtreen were the superb Sevres have been so creditable , vases presented to the M » r- girea the idHowing shocking quis of Londonderry by the description of tho manner fmperor of Austria . Tbe in which tha rights of pro * preparations for tbe fete perty ara vindicated in Ire * were on the same scale of land . Referring to

      Skisprofuse liberality invariably bereen , and the fever in marking the hospitalities that locality , he says : — "A dispensed at Holdernesse widow and either two or House . Where accessories three children , at a farm could add to the beautiful called Highfield , were in interior they were to be fever in the cabin they had found in prodigal ahun- alwajs occupied . The perdance . The vestibule and son acting for the landlord grand staircase were lined —middleman or not I am with the choicest flowering sure I do not know—but shrubs and exotics , and not whichever it be , this poor a decorative ornament creature , so citcumstancefl , wbich the most refined had her hovel pulled down tsste could suggest was about her ears to eject her . wanting in any part of the I believe to drive away

      dlmansion . The entertain- sease from the farm ! The ment partaking of a mili- jury or Juries broke every tary character , tho fine thing she was possessed of band of the nohle marquis ' s even to the only basin she rfgiment ( Second Life- had to hold her drink ! Guards ) , attended . Driven hence , she thrust Th « Db * e ahd Duchess herself and her sick ones or Beauioet . —The Duke either into some empty hoand Duchess of Beaufort vel , or into tbe offices at gave a grand dinner party hand of the National at Beaufort House " last School , which my informuight to the Prince and ant knew mot , for she was Princess Lichtenstein . in such mlserj at her own

      Thb AusraiAH Emuasst . son having taken tbe fever —Hi * Excellency the Am . in making & shelter f » r the trian Ambassador and the poor creature when ejected Countess Dietrichsttin gave from this her place of rea grand banquet lastTues- foge , that she did not well day eveaing at Chandos know which it was , but this Honse , which was honoured poor fellow procured a few with the presence of their sticks , and made a covering Royal Highnesses the Duke for the sufferers at the side and Duchess of Cambridge , of a fence on the road side , and a distinguished circle where he found them , and of the nobility . where the poor woman was found dead the next day . "

      Bimbkheid.—The Discovery Of A Moss Atroc...

      BiMBKHEiD . —The discovery of a moss atrocious murder has thrown this placo into the greatest excitement . An inquest has been held at the Bock Hotel , on the body of the unfortunate being who perished , and the following facts were disclosed . His name was James Frimingbam , a quiet young man , aged nineteen ; and it appears on the night of the 24 th ult . he had been participating in the annual festival of some olub . He did not return home , and nothing was heard of him until Monday morning , when his body was found in the Morpeth Dock , bearing such appearances as to show that he had evidently been murdered . A black silk handkerchief was stuffed in his mouth , the l ? ft side of his face was lacerated , and the left hand trousers poeket was

      turned inside out . The police being apprised of the discovery , they were instructed to apprehend a stonemason of the name of Edward Silk , on suspicion of boing concerned in tho death of the unfortunate young man , he having given very contradictory accounts aa to where he left him on the preceding evening . It also appears that this party , when he reached his lodging in tho night in question , was seen to have blood on his bauds and pocket-handkerchief . Silk was then intoxicated , and on being asked where he had left the deceased , ha replied that he had been drinking with him , and that he left him at the corner of Bridge-street . He added that the deceased had severely cut himself under the eye by falling , and that he ( Silk ) had wiped the blood off his face with his pocket handkerchief . —Mr Vaughan , a surgeon * who examined the body , said that the handkerchief was firmly wedged down the deceased ' s throat to the extent of ten and a half inches .

      Suffocation was the cause of death , produced by the handkerchief being stuffed in the throat . Deceased could not have placed the handkerchief in the throat himself . —The coroner here intimated that he would adjourn tho injury , so as to enable the police to collect more witnesses respecting the murder . A DuAuxmra Maoistratb . —The town of Ipswich has been thrown into a state of excitement by the sudden departure of a professional man for tho continent , leaving liabilities to the amount of £ 25 , 000 unsettled . Theee em barrassments are reported to have been caused by railway speculations . A banking nrmm the town is said to ba a creditor to the extent of £ 10 , 000 , and * sharebroker in London , well known in Ipswich , creditor for a similar sum . The alleged defaulter , -who vras ft magistrate of the borough , beyond a very lucrative practice , and possessed property , it is said , to the amount of £ 40 , 000 A newspaper , which is published ia Hew Terk , is said to bs wholly edited by hoys .

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      Nobthombebund, Fatal Accrobst. -Anaccide...

      NOBTHOMBEBUND , Fatal AccroBST . -Anaccident . P *^™* ^ . »> tended with toss of life to one individual nnd serio « ntftiry to two others , occurred nt Messrs n »**« . factorv . Newcastle . A man named James Haramund a grinder , was eng aged previous to the accident with other men in grinding a frame-plate on a J tnnHstone , which was placed in an out-house and had only been nut up that morning * The grindstone was driven by an engine in connection with other machinery , and in order fo increase its speed during the operation . Hammond had put on more steam . A ftcr the work was completed the eng ine was allowed to po on , thus

      giving increased centrifuga l force to the grindstone . The men had retired , except Hammond and other two ; he took an adze and was in the act of sharpening it , when the stone flew to pieces with tremendous force , and Hammond , together with the seat he sat upon , was thrown upwards against a crossbeam , and his head was literally broken to pieces ; he fell ( fawn dead . Another piece of the stono carried atraythe roof of tho building ; and portions of the wood and stone , which were driven in all directions , seriously injured n . man named Joseph Hedley , breaking his arm andlacerating his leg , and inflicting several bruises on the third man . The out-house was nearly destroyed by this accident , giving evidence of the immense force with which the stone broke .

      UXCASHIRI . DBRADFcii Explosion . — -Eight Men KitiitD . —An explosion of fire-damp has taken place at Gerard ' s Bridge Colliery , St Helen ' s , belonging to Messrs Speakman , Caldwell and Co . -There wasat the time about fifty men employed under the ground , and thirteen ponies . Most of them were got out in a few hours , very little injured ; but eight of the number ware found dead . The inquest was held at St Helen ' s , tefore John Hayes , Esq ., Coroner for the district . The first witness called was Thomns Winn , who said he was employed as a collier in the Cowlcyhill Mine , when the accident happened . All the persons who were killed worked in the same mine , but in a higher level to the one in which he was employed . About five o ' clock in the morning he went

      down , into the mino , but having a long way to go from the bottom of the shaft it would be six o ' clock before he got to work . It was between seven and eight o ' clock when the explosion took place , there being upwards of fifty persons in different parts of the mine at the time . Witness worked in the placo where the lire occurred , accompanied by a man named Marsh , who worked a little hicherup than himself . Marsh , who was hacking with his pick against the side of the mine , said to witness that he thought he was going through , or there wasa " bit of a slip , we a shoot . " Witness said to him , if that was the case he must put his candle out . They then put both their candles out , and witness said , " Let's be going " Marsh , at the same time , observed , " Ay , Lord , it has fired ! " They immediately mode their escape .

      and sat down in the next opening . They both began to be alarmed , lest they should be suffocated , and witness exclaimed , " Oh , dear me , we are all done . " He then put his hand to tho mouth of the upper level , and the strong foul air forced it back again . They then both got into the bottom level , and ran down the main road towards the pit mouth , a distance of 400 or 500 yards from where they had been working . Witness kept shouting to the men to put their lights out . He never saw a breath of foul air in the mine before , and could not account for it in the present instance . Witness did not ask Marsh to pick through , but said that if he did he must put his light out . After some further evidence , the Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death , caused by sases arising from the combustion of coal , which was set on fire during an explosion . "

      CUF . SBIItE . CnesiRR Station . —The contract for the erection of the railway station at Chester was let on Monday week to Mr Brassey . The total cost will be about £ 00 , 000 . TORKSniHK . Thb Mirfiexd Murders . —After a protracted examination the following result has transpired . The prisoners have been remanded , but in so doing , Mr Ingham said : —Patrick Beid and Michael M'Cabe , youare remanded till this day fortnight ; but I may as well intimate to you that you may consider yourselves committed to take your trials on this charge . The remand ig only to give time for the connecting links of the evidence to be supplied . It is well to inforrayou of this , that you may be prepared to act accordingly . The prisoners were removed in custody , M'Cabe seemingly not much disconcerted—Reid much more so . Indeed , it was evident that tho testimony now adduced had produced g a deep

      impression . Hertfordshire : Fatah Accideut oh the Easwrk Coranes Rahwat . —At the Hertford station of the above railway , an engine-driver named Edward Williamson , while engaged in shunting some carriages upon the rail , endeavoured to pass between two of the carriages . Unfortunately in the attempt he was struck by one of ihe buffers in the abdomen , and forced against the preceding carriage . The poor fellow was taken up insensible , and every assistance rendered him , but he expired , after lingering three hours in great agony .

      S 0 UEREEI 3 HIB 1 . Wbus ancient city has now resumed its usual tranquillity ; everything is quiet ; and were it not for the appearance of here and there a trooper peeping out at the inns , our recent disturbances would be almost forgotten . The worst of it is , we are obliged to live on hot bread . The bakers have now resumed their labours , but owing to the partial stoppage for a day or two , there is not a stale loaf to be got , and many a poor fellow , we regret to say , has since the riot gone to bed supperless with money in bis pocket , owing to the scarcity of bread . There is , however , " a good time coming , " and we have not the least doubt that , in the course ef a few days , everything will be all right again .

      CORNWALL . Redruth . —The miners of this district , following the example of those in the east and west of the county , camo into this town in numbers , with their wives , exceeding 7 , 000 . The inhabitants became alarmed , the market was suspended , and the shops and public houses were closed , and business was entirely at astand-stiil . Mr Stephen Darey . Mr Magor , and other magistrates and influential gentlemen of the neighbourhood , assembled . These gentlemen addressed the men on the folly and impropriety of breaking the peace , at the same time assuring them that immediate measures should be adopted for their relief . The men , however , were deaf to the entreaties of those who addressed them , and proceeded to commit many acts of violence , by seizing meat , vegetables , « fco . The disturbance became at length so great that the special constables were unable to

      act against the crowd , and the magistrates called on the military , a detachment of the 5 th Fusiliers and Captain M'Dougall's company of veterans , which , had arrived from Falmouth in the morningthe riot act was read , and the most energetic measures adopted to preserve the peace . Fortunately no lives were sacrificed , but several of the magistrates and constables were very roughly treated , and received some severe bruises , many of the mob being armed with bludgeons . HsLsroif . —In consequence of the disturbed state of the town durinR the last two market days , & company of the 5 th Fusiliers , consisting of sixty-four men , have landed at Ilelford , from Plymouth , and are hourly expected to march into thia town , where they are expected to remain for some time . With all the distress and excitement scarcely a rioter belongs to this part , but to mines several miles distant .

      This town was visited again last week by a great number of miners , and many of the latter entered the corn market in a violent manner , and insisted on the farmers selling wheat at 30 s . and barley at 163 . per bushel , and would not suffer the corn to be removed unless the farmers complied with the proposals , which in many instances they did . Pool . —A large body of miners called on Mr Blarney , a flour factor ^ and insisted on his selling flour at 60 s . per sack , with whicii he refused to comply ; they then'broke open his stores , and carried away a great quantity of the staff of life .

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      Mertntb-Trdvit.—Bunions Accident Prom Me...

      MERTnTB-TrDvit . —Bunions Accident prom me Expijosion of Gun Cqiiok . —Several parties from London and elsewhere , believing gun cotton could be made applicable in reck blasting , had applied to some of the iron masters near this place for . permission to test its powers . Accordingly , the trial took place at the lime quarries at Mortals Castle . Several scientific gentlemen connecled with tho works were invited to be present , amongst whom wore W . Ncodham Esq . ; Messrs Martins , mineral agents ; Mr Rhys W , Rhys , of Aberdare : andMessr-t Whoclor and Ringer , the gentlemen for whom tho trial was to take pUce . For the purpoio a hole of about nine feot in depth had been bored , am ! everything being ready a charge of cotton was inserted therein . From some cause or other not explained the charge could not be sent far

      ennugh , when nn iron rod was employed , tho end of which was ns a precaution covered with cotton . Mr Rnys , of Aberdare , took hold of the rod to ram it down , Mr Wheeler standing near him , and a workman on the other side , when an explosion caused either by compression or a spark from the iron rod took place , wounding Mr Rhys in tho face so very seriously , that it is greatly loured he will lose his sirht . . Mr W heeler was also out on the face , in three or four pliturs . mid the workman seriously hurt . We think whore the powers of this combustible aro so little known , and where even the most scientific chemists arc as yet unacquainted wish its probable strength , persons cannot be too guarded in its appli ? cation , The recipes for its composition being now well Known through the various scientific journals , doubtless many a busy-body will be experimenting with it , forgetting that Schonbein and other chemists have said that in respoct of readiness for explosion , gunpowder is nothing to be compared with it .

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      Oallatowk. Alabmiko Railway Riot.—Seriou...

      oallatowk . Alabmiko Railway Riot . —Serious disturbances havo taken place , during the last few days amongst the labourers on the Edinburgh and Nothern Railway . On Saturday lust , being the pay-day on the Gallatou'Hsec'iim , some squabbling ensued between the llighlandmen and Irishmen , and two or three broken heads were the consequence . The police , however , by apprehending some lialf-dozen of the rineli'aders , succeeded in restoring quietness for the night . The prisoners were lodged in the lock-up house at Pathkead , and on Tuesday morning last wore brought into Cupar , where two of them were sentenced to 40 days' , and two to 60 days ' , imprisunmentcacu . The case of the others being of a more serious nature is under investigation . On

      Sunday morning , it was evident , from the numbers haw ?* ing about the streets , that there was considerable risk of a collision between the Highlanders and the Irishmen . The Irishmen turned out to the number of between 60 and 70 ; and having sent off a despatch to the Links of Kirkaldy for a reiniercement from their countrymen there , about throe o ' clock a body of no fcwev than 500 marched in regular procession , with railii'gstobs . Mils , shovels , and pokers , through Kirkaldy , till they joined their comrades , when the crowd , of one sort or other , might amount to more than 1 , 000 . Against these , about 200 Highlanders , feme of whom were armrd with knives and dioks , marched up , but , finding their inferiority of numbers , retreated , and hence no collision took plxoe . For a time the town was completely in tho possession of these armed men .

      Srciatti*.

      Srciatti * .

      Famine Aud *Evhb. The Provincial Papers ...

      FAMINE AUD * EVHB . The provincial papers received this morning , eontain very unfavourable accounts in reference to the public health . In the North and West fever is still on the increase , particularly in tiie overcrowded workhouses , many of whicii contain a third more inmates than they were originally intended to accommodate . Cork . —List week two poor wjman were murdered near Mr O'Callachan ' s , Dunraanus , West Skull , it is supposed for the sake of a few pounds of meal whicii they were taking home to their families , and their bodies thrown into a lake . There were on Thursday , 2 nd of Juno , when the last official accounts were made up , 928 cases of fever in the hospitals and other temporary places ofaccommodationfor patientsin thenity and suburbs . In addition to this fearful amount of disease , hundreds had been refused admission for want of

      room . A hack on a Vessel . —The Wellington , bound for Westport from America , was plundered of a large quantity of her cargo ( Indian corn meal ) , off the entrance of Blacksod Bay . on the 2 d inst . Tho Feiirless steamer and the Emerald cutter were both under weigh not far from the plundered vessel at the time Antrim . —The poverty and disease that stalk through tbe streets of this town have scarcely ever been equalled during the memory of the oldest inhabitant . In every street , on the footpaths and doorsteps , are to ha seen groups of miserable-looking creatures sitting or lying , and apparently suffering from the attacks of hunger and sickness . They stretch themselves > n the sun , and for hours sleep in that exposed condition , and by this means their p hysical disorders become more confirmed and increased .

      Louth . —At a meeting of the poor law guardians of Drogheda , held on Thursday last , the state of the house was reported to be : —Admitted during the week , 82 ; remaining from last week , 655 ; discharced , 2-i ; died , 15 ; remaining , 698 . Inhospi * tal during the week , 87 J discharged , 19 ; died , 14 ; remaining , 54 . In temporary fever hospital , 27 ; discharged , 8 ; died , 1 ; remaining , 18 . In children ' s infirmaries , 76 ; vaccinated , 0 ; in lunatic wards , 7 . Number of paupers admitted that day , 122 .

      Slioo . —The present state of this town is truly awful ; fever is spreading with the rapidity of wildfire , and , as the hot weather has now set in , there is no rational hope of the disoase being checked . The Rev . Mr Thaekerberry , Methodist preacher , died of typhus fever on Thursday morning , and Mr Patrick Dunnigan , a respectable merchant also fell a victim to the same malignant disease during thu week . Every , street is full of infection , and a man would have a ' better chance of escaping with his life in a battle than in Sligo at present . Every night from ten to fifteen persons far gone in fever are left by their friends outside the fever hospital , and they are forced to remain in the open air for wantof accommodation ! Upon Thursday night last , at the hour of twelve o ' clock , we counted sixty human creatures lying upon the fl » gs in the streets ; we are quite convincedthat otic-third of that number was infected with fever . All of them were sickly and faminestricken ...

      , Six people died on Thursday of typhus fever in a single street in the town . Bblfast . —This town with a population one-third loss than that of Cork , it is stated that there are 1 , 000 persons lying ill of fever . The judges have decided upon postponing the circuits until October , in consequence of the spread offever . Ejmmskillsm . —The state of destitution to which this parish is reduced is dreadful . The poorbouse , built to contain 1 . 100 persons , at present accomodates 1 , 326 . In the convalescent ward there are 41 patients—the dimensions of this temporary building are 78 feet by 21 , and of one storey high . In another thatched house , also but one story high and 39 feet by 33 , there are 55 human victims lying in fever . In

      an old buillding measuring 51 feet by 21 , two stories high , there are 130 patients ; its lofts are notceiled , and consequently afford free access to the smoke of fires underneath . In a tent formed of blankets there are thirteen patients . We see by the following census , how rapidly famine and disease have done and aro doing their work of death . In the month of December , 1815 , there was but one death ! in January , 18 i 0 , tour deaths ; in February , 2 ; in March , 3 ; in April , 2 ; in May , i ; in June , 4 ; in July , 3 : in August , 0 ; in September , 2 ; in October , II ; in November , 16 ; in December , 34 deaths . In January , 1847 , there weie 71 deaths ; February , 103 ; March , 144 ; April , 94 ; May , 173 ; making a total for the year 1847 , 585 deaths ; or averaging H 7 each month .

      Mayo . —In some of the remote parts of Mayo , particularly in the barony of Erris . disease is committing serious havoc . On Monday , in the townland of Iuver , in the barony referred to , there were no less than thirty-two human beings dead-dead of famine —dead of pestilence , produced and propagated by want . Mosaohax . —On Friday an unfortunate breathed his last in the Diamond of this town ; he was beins conveyed to tho poorhouse , and . had ho survived a few minutes longer , he would have helped to increase the bills of mortality of that establisment . Cadaverous , emaciated , hideous in filth and rags , this human being , though an object of pity , was still a greater object of disgust .

      STATB Or THB COUNTUT . In almost every barony armed men are to bo seenf day and night , traversing the country with impunity , withouv fear of detection or recognition by those whose dwellings are beset and plundered of ceived by parties to whom they apply for information , On Monday men with their faces blackened appeared property , while the police aro in most instances doin arms at Bruree , and searched the country from foumntil six o clock in the morning . The police were despatched in pursuit , but were unable to come up with them . In tho neighbourhood of Clavina plunder took place to a fearful extont , starratien forcing men to thip means of mutilating life . Galway . —There are at present 08 cases of fever , and 107 cases of dysentry , in the Galway workhouse .

      KiLKENNT .-rDuring the last week , from Sunday , the 23 rd ultimo , to Monday , tho 31 st , 159 patients in fever , were admitted into the workhouse . Of these , 35 found an asylum there during Sunday and Monday last . Limerick . —In consequence of tho great spread of fever in Limerick ( there being 350 patients in John's Hospital , ) the relief committee of the union have , under the'fever act , appointed three doctors at 5 s . a day each , to attend at Barrington ' s hospital , a portion of whicii building , including the lute Montedc-Pietc , is now being fitted up for the reception of fever coses . CoROPiif . —Thomas Blood , Esq ., of Roxton , has died of typhus fever , caught while in attendance at tho relief depot of his district . Mallow . —Mr Richard Barnett Barry , chairman of the town commissioners of Mallow , died ou Saturday night , of typhus fever , in the 32 nd year of his

      age . KM IORATION FROM THB TORT OF CORK TO TUB 31 ST MAY . 22 Ships havo loft Cork for Canada with 0 , 731 souls . i / 7 St John ' s , N . B . 1 , 758 ... 2 "" " , ... Halifax , N . S . 337 ... 32 "' United States 3 , 323 ... Milking a total of 12 , 149 souls . The greater part have been agricultural labourers aud small farmers . Thus is . 'the strength being drained out of the country . Frauds on IIblirv Funds . —A circular has been

      iswd from the relief-office to the several inspecting officers which indicates the existence of shameful frauds . Thb relief commissioners state thut various abuses exist , " some involving a most unjustifiable expenditure of tho relief fund , amounting to fraud ;" and others to " im abstraction of the food provided as the resource of lamiliea that are entirely destitute . " TllO inspectors are recommended to endeavour to fix the culpability on individuals , that they may be punished or exposed . to prevent an opinion gaining ground that such practices acquire an impunity from being common in the country .

      Frightful Collision On Tiie London And N...

      FRIGHTFUL COLLISION ON TIIE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . SEVEN LIVES LOST ANlTsEYERAL PASSBNOERS rrr-. r ,,,, n , „

      INJURED . _ . , Wolverton , Sunday . L 3 stmght ( Saturday ) onoof the most a / arming and fatal occurrences which has ever occurred on any railway took place within a short distance of the Wolverton station of the London and North-Western Railway . The down mail-train for Liverpool consisting of nineteen carriages , of various descriptions , started at its appointed time , a quarter before nine o ' clock last evening ( Saturday ) , from the Eustonsquare terminus , and was due at Wolverton at fifteen minutes before eleven . The train was heard approaching the Wolverton station at its proper time , and was properly signaled by police constable Fossey . who was statior . ed at the bridge between six anci seven hundred yards on the London side of the station . The signal indicating that all was right for the train to enter the station was hoisted at the

      latter place , but to tho astonishment of the officers at the station , the train turned off into a siding , instead of coming onward down the main line , and in an instunt after a fearful crash was heard . On the superintendent of the Wolverton alation reaching the spot , a shocking scene presented itself . The mail train had entered the siding commencing near the bridge , usually appropriated to coal and merchandise waggons , and had come into collision with five or six waggons , laden with coal , standing thereon . The fifth and sixth carriages of the mail train vsgre literally smashed to pieces and strewed about tho line , together with the pasengcrs they had contained , whilst the engine and tender , and all the carriages in frontofthem , which consisted of the Liverpool and Manchester parcel vans and two second class carriages , were , with the exception that the engine had its biffers and plank somewhat broken , comparatively uninjured .

      The consternation occasioned by the collision was frightful in the extreme , some of the passengers were observed rushing from the broken carriages with blood streaming from their faces , while the groans of those unfiirtunate individuals who were unable , from the severe injuries they had sustained , to extricate themselves from the fragments by which they were surrounded , were truly appalling . As soon as tho consternation created by the first shock had somewhat subsided , all the energies of the company ' s officers and the more fortunate of the passengers were directed to the assistance of the sufferers , and bodyafter body apparently in a lifeless condition was re * moved from the line to one of the anterooms of the Wolverton station , where they were at once seen by

      Mr Rogers , surgeon of Wolverton , in the employ of the company , and by two other medical gentlemen , who happened to be in the train at the time of the collision . We regret to state that no less a number than seven persons who were in the sixth second class carriage were found either in a dead or dying condition , scarcely half an hour having elapsed from the time of the occurrence before they had all ceased to exist . The most singular circumstance , however , connected with the deaths of these unfortunate persons is the appearance of their bodies so unusual in cases of railway collision . With the exception of a few slight scratches and bruises , none of the bodies ( which are those of seven male persons of various ages ) exhibit crushing of bones and other marks of

      violence . Scarcely any blood is to be seen about them , and they are all believed to have died from the same cause , namely , concussion of the brain , resulting from the suddenness and violence of the shock . Amongst the passengers injured is a gentleman named Turner , residing in Staffordshire , who received several severe cuts about the head and face , but who was yesterday reported to be going on favourably . Another gentleman had one or two of his ribs fractured , and six or seven others are stated to be more or less injured , but were enabled to proceed to their destinations as soon as the train was got ready te forward them , after having received proper medical attention . ^ As soon as possible after the sufferers had been attended to , and ( he broken carriages removed from

      the main line , an investigation was made into the circumstances which had led to so frightful and fatal a calamity , and from what has transpired it is muph to be feared that it has rather resulted from design than accident . At the Wolverton station the points are always kept straight with the main line , and they require to be altered to allow a train to enter the siding . It appears that the constable , Fos < ey , after having given the signal for the arrival of the mail train , ran from the bridge where he was stationed to the points of the siding , about forty or fifty yards , and held them back , so that the mail train passed on to the siding instead of passing onward down the main line . This was not discovered by the engine-driver until he had passed the points a considerable distance , when , seeing the danger , he instantly applied the breaksturned off his steam

      , , and reversed his engine , and then both he and the fireman jumped off on to the embankment , and thus , in all probability , saved their lives . The train was at this moment going , it is stated , at a rate not exceeding ten miles an hour . On the constable Fossey being interrogated as to the causes which had led him , after signalising the arrival of the mail train , to run down the line for the purpose of turning it on to the siding , the only explanation which he afforded was , that he afterwards thought it was not the mail train , but a luggage train , and he did so for ttve purpose Of securing its safety . This statement , hoivever , being very much doubted , the-man having been employed by the company at his present duty six months , the superintendent of the Wolverton station felt it his duty immediately tj give him into custody .

      Immediately after tho mail triin , which was detained nearly two hours , had been despatched on its journey , a special engine was started off to London with the melancholy news to the directors and other officials connected with the railway ; and Captain iluish ( the general manager of the line ) , Mr Bruyeres ( the superintendent ) , and Mr Creed ( the secretary ) , and some of the directors , arrived at Wolverton this morning by the mail train , for the purpose of pursuing an investigation asd ascertaining who were the sufferers . This was found extremelv

      difficult , but from cards and other evidence discovered on the persons of the deceased parties , their names are supposed to be as follows : —J . B . Rattetay , belonging to an iron foundry at Dundee ; Miller , secretary of a London Ragged School ; James Clifton , supposed to be from Coventry ; T . Makinson , a collegian of Cambridge ; T . Shenatt and Cooper , not known where belonging to ; the seventh is the body of a respectably attired young man , but who had nothing upon him to lead to identity . All the deceased persons are attired in the most respectable

      manner . The inquest was opened on Monday at 12 o ' clock , by the coroner , in due form , at the Reading Rooms , Wolverton . The coroner addressed the jury ou the responsibilities whioh attached to the inquiry on wuioh thty were about to enter , and the jury then proceeded to view the bodies , the scene of the accident , and the broken carriage . On their return , the eoronersuggested ; that the inquest should beadjourned to a future day , to give time for the collection of evidence , and to enable the surgeons to examine tho bodies . After a desultory conversation , it was finally decided that the inquest should be adjourned . The following official report ot the occurrence has been furnished by Captain Iluish , the general manager of tho line : — " OFFICIAL REPORT .

      " It appears that tho 8 . 45 p . m . down mail train , on Saturday , the 5 ih of June , left London at its usual time , and passed safely till within sight of the Wolverton station . Atthe bridge , which is distant from the entrance to the station about G 00 yards , a siding commences into which coal and merchandise trains are passed . The train arrived precisely at its proper time ; the steam was shut off before ' reaching the bridge , and the gaards were at their post . The policeman at the bridge gave the usual signal of the arrival of the mail , and the signal was acknowledged and repeated from the station . At this time the points were right , and everything in proper order for the entrance of the train into the station .

      " From some cause yet te be explained , the signal man appears to have gone to the points , a distance of forty or fifty paces , and to have turned the train into the siding . On finding himself off the mail lino , and going into a siding usually full of goods , the engine man reversed his engine and worked the wheels backwards . The break of the tender , which lock all the six w heels , was applied , and the guards used their breaks . The train , . which was composed of nineteen carriages of various kinds , after running a considerable distance into the siding , struck a waggon of coal , which with four or five others were standing there . Tiie engineman and fireman were unhurt , and the buffer plauk of the engine only was damaged . The leading carriage was the Liverpool parcel van , and the second the Manchester parcel van ; both arc uninjured . Tho next was a second *

      class carnage , also uninjured , and the passengers unhurt . Following this was a second-class carriage the fifth from the engine was a second-class also ' This carriage appears to have been lightly loaded ' a » V » mtho . mMaontnra ° ^ he train and reaction ot the butters of the . leading carriages , it was lifted u » on its end . The next carriage was a secondc ass also , being the axlh from the engine , and on this tho lamentable effects of the concussion was felt in the death of seven male persons . The carriage was found under the one which was lifted up , and the injuries appear to have resulted entirely from the iron work ot the under framing . The carriage itself is broken to pieces , and although the leading carriages show marks of the collision , with the exception of the parcel vans , the whole mischief apnoara to have fallen on the fourth and fifth carriages . *

      " It would be improper to anticipate the evidence before it is officially given ; but from all we can learn the acctcient . ariaos entirely dud s « lely from the pointmnn turninir the train off the main line . It is not an act of omission of duty , because the points are alwitvB right for the main line , and require holding back to enable a train to enter the siding , The man is in custody .

      Frightful Collision On Tiie London And N...

      SMALL FARMS ANDjJPADE HUSBAND ^ ( From Part XVII . nf the I > « op . t' , / , „„ , .. Saxraundharo , April 18 , 1847 . Sir -I f / pleasure in forwarding you the nromUpA ' * t from Mr JohnSillettnfKclsall . showin'V * % * he pursues in cultivatina his two acres o " f Ci , ^ necessary , for the guidance of those whna , lft * » T method , to state that he keeps his cows fwh-u " very productive ) housed all the vear , andVdi V * sand , with a drain to carry the moisture awav i . ° tank which is ou -side the cow-honse . The m ¦ ¦ * from the hogs is also conveyed by a drain mt 6 same reservoir Tbe liquid thus obtained is Z ttr manure , which he tins found of infinite servfp producing : unprecedent-d croos . I mieht . fmitk . ' •* - .

      that the land is manured every crop , and do » wfti ? three pronged fork 13 inches in length , n t ! l * Mr Sillett has divided his land into Four nm *; three ef 00 rods , and on *? of 120 , which is & Zr e - serving 20 rods for beds for raising plants f 0 J . ' , ! „ " planting , and has given a statement of the produ oT ^ each , which are as follows : — ' ^* * No . 1 . Was planted in Ocfober with spring enhbu in rows two feot apart , and ono foot throe inches fro each other ; between each row of cabbages hedihm a a double row of wheat . In February ho nlanUi between each cabba » eearly pot-toes . Tim cabbalS

      nnmonfToriAnl fV . (» wiwlrlln aP %£ » .. - ~* J iL . " !*» came offnbout the middle of Nfay , and the po tato * in June . He then prepared the land for TO . r turnips , which he had raised upon bods ; he tran , planted the turnips the latter end of June the Ram » distance from each other as the cabbanes stood , which gave them a sufficient quantity of air to prow until the wheat enme off . which was the bejinnine 0 f August . The turnips had then all the air that wj necessary to bring them to maturity , and in the Oi * tober following they were as lame as the tornino em **

      in the ordinary way . The following is the produce - 19 bushels wheat , 7 , 900 cabbages , 7 , 900 turnips 90 bushels potatoes . ' No . 2 . Wasapnropriated tothecrowthofbeet . it April the seed wasdibbh-d in ridees two feet apart and a foot from each other ; by this method the beet became very fine , and were admired by all irJw g aw them for their size and quality ; the quantity thai grown amounted to 720 bushels , which was followed by a crop of spring tares , which are now growing foi food tor the cow * .

      No . 2 . Was planted with drumhead cabbages ia rows three feet apart , and two feet from each other , and bctw ceu each row of cabbages was dibbled a double row of beans and peas . The cabbages amounted t * 3 , 000 , and weighed on an average 18 lbs . The beang and peas produced 12 bushels ; No . 4 . Grass manured with liquid manure ; 49 rods were cut green for cattle , and the residue produced 2 tons of hay , which is at the rate of 4 tons per acre . If . we take the produce at a low calculation , supposing all to have been sold ( which was not the caw ) , H would have realised the following sums : — No-1 . £ s , a . 19 bushels of wheat at On per bushel ... 8 11 0 7 , 900 cabbages at Ojd each 16 9 2 7 , 900 turnips , allowing 50 tothehushel , which would make 158 buahels , at 6 d

      perbashel 8 19 0 90 bushels of potatoes , at 4 s per bushel ... 18 0 0 No . 2 . 720 bushels of beet , at 6 d perbashel ... 18 0 0 No . 3 . 3 , 000 cabbages , at Id each 12 10 12 bushels of beans and peas , at 4 s per bushel see No . 4 . 3 tons of hay ( allowing the grass cut to produce the same on average as that cut for hay ) , at £ 5 per ton 15 0 0

      £ 95 17 2 I am supposing everything to have been sold , excepting the spring tares , but as they are not produced within the year I have omitted to give an item of their value . In thia calculation I have not set . the produce at its real value , as it is not my wi ? h to overrate the advantages to be derived by the spade over the plough . The statements here piven are simply facts as to theproduce , and their value ifsold atthe price stated ; and as I have shown in my former letter the profit realised by Mr Sillett from two cows , I shall leave others to make their calculations as to the probable

      advantages to be derived by the aysteraof cow keeping over the ono I have stated ; suffice it to say that the statements here given can be borne oat by Mr Sillett , who states that before he commenced he did not even know the various seeds , and now that he has made himself acquainted with the system , and has thtisfar been successful , he feels fully confident he shall be able to make his land produce by spade cultivation double what it has done . This , therefore , is further evidence , tending materially to prove that the land is capable of maintaining in comfort all those that are willing to bestow that labour and attention that is required for the proper development of the capabilities of the soil . Yours truly , Tuos . Newman .

      Case Of Tue Burguead Corn Rioters. Gubat...

      CASE OF TUE BURGUEAD CORN RIOTERS . GUBAT PUBLIC MEETING . A public meetinc of the citizens of Glasgow was held on Friday evening , 4 th June , in Nelton-strret Chapel , to consider the case of the above unfortunate men , whom cur readers will now recollect were lately sentenced to transportation and imprisonment in terms of their indictments . Mr Jamks Clarkson was unanimously called to the chair , and commenced the proceedings by requesting the secretary , Mr John Wilson , to read such part of the correspondence as he thought most important , and necessary to give the meeting an idea o f the committee ' s proceedings . Mr Wilson had written to Rear-Admiral Duff , and Mr Waters , the Free Church minister ; and after three weeks had elapsed without receiving an answer from either , a communication wns sent to the Northern Star , which the editor kindly inserted , and it had the desired effect

      of putting the committee in communication with the parties really interested , and disposed to assist them in tho case . In reference to Mr Waters , he mentioned that that gentleman had actually written an answer to their letter , but it was forwarded to the care of Dr Buchanan , of Ghsgow , and tbe latter suffered it to lie by him without communicating with the committee , or taking any other steps in the matter . Mr John Wilson also read several letters from the parents of the fishermen themselves , and also documents proving that at tbe time the riot took place there was not a pound of meal on sale in the village of Burghead , and that the constables were chiefly to blame , inasmuch as they commenced the attack by striking and severely injuring a defenceless woman . These facts were certified by an immense number of testimonials from neutral parties , particularly in reference to there being uo meal to be had for money in the place at the time .

      Mr James Adams said he did not intend to detain the meeting bv making a long speech ; in fact , the resolution he wns about to propose did not need suck an auxiliary . It was as follows : — That the great aim and object of criminal jurisprudence in every enlightened nation ought to be the protection of life , liberty , aud property , us also the reformatio * of offenders , by instructing them in tho true principles of human dignity , and not , as is too often the case in cor country , to terrify them Into obedience by the infliction of corporeal punishment , Mr Adams illustrated the above resolution by a few able remarks . The resolution was seconded by MrAxnaEw Eihwre , and unanimously adopted . W . S . Bitowx moved the second resolution , as follows : —

      That this mcelin ; is of opinion , tlmt the sentence passed on Sutlierlimd , Muin , young-, Davidson , aud falconer , even granting them guilty , is by far too severe , and not founded ou those sound principles of criminal jurisprudence whicii ought to characterise the administration of civil law in the nineteenth century . He said beforo alluding to the resolution he should like to unburden his mind a little in reference to the apathy displsyed by certain parties in the case of the unfortunate men under consideration . The documents Mr Wilson had road to them showed that three of the prisoners wore members of the " Free " Church , and it appeared a very strange thing to him that none of the ministers ^ that church wore present to take a part in the proceedings . They had heard , too , that a letter had been sent to Dr Buchanan , dated 7 th of April , and which had enlv reached the

      committee two or three davs ago . He should make no comment on these strange facts , enlv he hoped the prisoners and their parents would have their eye ? opened as to who were their real friends . in reference to the resolution he thought there could not bo two opinions i . Uout the extreme severity of the sentence . It must have struck every one present that laws made to protect property aocumulaU * , but bore no proportion in severi ty to those for the protection of liberty or even life . We must have this proportion reversed , before we can expect things to move smoothly on . Tho present system is somewhat like trying to run a carriage built for tbe broad on the narrow gunge . One set or ether of the wheels must always be off tho vails , and the passengers get at least dreadfully jotted , if worse does net happen to them .

      Mr Goimwix seconded the resolution , and it was agreed to by acclamation , Mr Doxald Feiifiimv proposed fha fiird resolution : — That this meeting record their belief that the true way to prevent the rcciurrncc of such misdemeanors as those for which these unfortunate men are suiTwing is ! hc restoration of the social anil political rights of the people , as foumUd 011 the Immutable laws of nature . After . 1 few remarks this resolution was aoconded by a gentleman in the body of the meeting , and unanimously adopted .

      Mr Wiusox then read a Memorial to Her Majesty , praying tor a free pardon , or at least a i » iti « ation o * sentence , whicii after a lew verbal alterations was adopted , and ordered to be signed by the chairman , in the name of the meeting , and transmitted .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12061847/page/6/