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      -He . 42 . tii of Xoxdox dcbisg the week . —It . is Satisfactory to Deserve tluvt the last return indicates a continued tendency In the public health to im-Iirove . The deaths registered in the week were 58 ess than the average , the numbers having gradually fallen . luring four successive weeks from the middle of April , when they were respectively 1 , 089 , 1 , 058 , 9 S 6 , n « d in the last week 905 . Tins result is obtained , notwithstanding recent lowness of temperature , which in last week was considerably under the average of seven years , though it had beori much above it during great part of that immediately prccedinir . The deaths from zymolic or epidemic diseases , in the aggregate , were 206 , and exceeded the average ljy S Tin the two preceding weeks they Werc 2- - s 3 and 248 . Of the diseases in this class ,

      • which sometimes prevail extensively , small-pox and typhu ? continue to he fatal to a less number of persons than usual ; diarrheca and dysentery arc fatal to 13 , or 1 less than the average , showing a decrease on the preceding four weeks ; cholera to 3 , or only 2 more than the average ; measles , which increases a little , to 33 , or 13 in excess of the average ; and scarlatina , which continues to decline , to 40 , or S in oxce- ? s . The mortality from bronchitis and pneumeni : i falls , and now only exceeds thc average to an inconsiderable extent ; that from phthisis is in less amount than -usual . Xo death was recorded from influenza . The deaths of two men , one 68 and the

      Other 71 years of age , are described as the result of intemperance , which produced in one case typhoid fever , and in the other delirium tremens . A man of 3 S . years died of " apoplexy , succeeding great cerebral excitement . " The mean height of the barometer during the week was 2 S-S 35 In . ; the mean daily height was above 30 in . on Saturday only . The mean daily temperature , which was 50 dog . . 7 on Sunday , continuously fell to 42 deg . . 2 on Thursday ; on Friday and Saturday it rose to about 47 deg . The mean of the week was 45 deg . 5 min . It was d deg . . 7 below the average of the corresponding week of seven years .

      Dreadful Occdbrexce . —On Wednesday afternoon , about three o ' clock , a dreadful occurrence took place at a house in Shire-lane , near Templebar . It appears a young woman took a lodging there on Tuesday ni ght , stating she had left her situation in Golden-square . On Wednesday afternoon she went out for a short time , and when she returned was watched in by two women , who Shortly afterwards , accompanied by a City policeman , entered thc house , and proceeded upstairs to the room of this unfortunate girl . * No sooner had they entered the room than she sprang from the "Window , and fell a distance of forty feet into a back yard , fracturing the back part of her skull in a dreadful manner . She was conveyed to King ' s College 1 lospital , but there is no hope of her recovery . She Is said to have a great quantity of property in her possession .

      ISQCSSIS . The Fibk rx PonmsD-rxACE . — On Saturday , before Mr . H . M . "Wakley , at Middlesex Hospital , on thc body of Edward Jenner , Mr . Hill ' s coach- ; man , who died in the hospital on the 9 th inst , from the injuries he had received at the above fire . The nurses who attended the unfortunate man stated that he was dreadfull y burned about the face and head , and that the flesh about his hands and arms was so burned that it hung down in shreds . He was sensible when . admitted , " and stated that he came home with the carriage about half-past twelve

      O ' clock on the previous night , and put . it in without a light . When he discovered the firfc he got two of the horses out , and was trying to' remove the other when he became exhausted and fell down . He Could " iot account for the fire , but some ofthe young gentlemen had been smoking in the mews near rhe place , and he supposed they must have cause ;! the fire . —Policeman Clark , who took deceased out ofthe stable , and sent hint iu a cab to the hospital , also saw him bring the carriage home . He was quite sober , and there was at that time no sign ot" fire . —Verdict " Accidental Death . " The Bonr or a Gextlemax fouxd ix tub

      Sek-Pesii :-: s . —On Tuesday , before Mr . Bedford , at the "Rose and Crown , High-street , Knightsbridge , on ihebi'sly of a gentleman " , name unknown , apparentl y about fifty years of age , who was found drowned in the Serpentine . It appeared from the evidence of a labourer named Golcker , that about ten minutes before five o ' clock on Sunday mormug List , he was On thc- south bank of the Serpentine , when he suddenly saw the aim of a man in the water . On going near : Lc spot , he discovered the deceased lying upon bis rigi ; t side , about fourteen feet from the shore . He gsxc an alarm , and a boat was scut from the Humane . { Society ' s receiving bouse . The deceased was conveyed on shore , and a surgeon was sent for , who pronounced life to be quite extinct . The

      deceased was respectably attired , his hat was on his ic-id . and his legs were tightly fastened to g ether by three silk handkerchiefs . The clothes of the deceased were searched , bat nothing was found upon his person , with the exception of a pencil case full ofstcci pens . Mr . Cluster , a surgeon , said he had made ^ postmortem examination of the body , and from the appearances he found in the brain , he had iiodcnLt that the deceased had been labouring under an aberration of mind for some time past . —The coroner observed thai there was no moral doubt that the deceased had destroyed himself ; but , in the absence of any positive evidence , it was ad-Tisabie to return an open verdict . —The jury accordingly returned a verdict of " Found drowned . "

      Tks late Steam Boiler "Exrxosiox n ? Back CirCi : «;! S-Li > E . —Before ~ Hr . Baker , at the Red Lion . Batty-. < treet , Commercial-road , East , on tlie body of James Holt , aged eighty , one of the persons who were injured by the disastrous explosion which occurred at the sawmills belonging to Mr . Eeys , Back Church-lane , St . George ' s in the East . A great . number of witnesses were examined , who proved what has already appeared in this journal , and the Incus-si was eventually adjourned for Sir . Bivutn--warfc , the eminent engineer , to examine tho boiler , and make liis report as to the probable cause of thc explosion . - Spkii .-e . —At the Elephant and Castle , St . Pancras-road , on Wednesday , before Mr . IL 3 > L Wakley ,

      gu thr body of Frederick B . Murrell , aged 53 , late Captain in thc 6 th regiment of foot . It appeared that the deceased had resided , since the 30 th of List month , at a coffee-house , 2 fo . 77 , Waterloo-road , : and had been in a very nervous and excited state , ; attributed b y those who knew something of his af-: fairs to the loss of £ 1 , 000 by the failure of the "Xbtiiingham Bank . He left his residence at seven 'O ' clock on Thursday evening last , and at twelve ( O ' clock was found iu the Begenfs Canal , at Battlelbridge . What led to his discovery was the . report < of a pistol , heard at the adjacent lock-house . The llock-icepcr then went to the bridge , and on the ttowiug-path under it found two pistols , one of which Twas loaded . Thc deceased was soon after

      discorvered in thc river , quite dead , and an . examination < of the body disclosed a wound from the . left breast tthrough to the back , evidently the peroration of a Tpisiol hall . It was supposed that thc deceased shot iliimself while standing on the bank of thc canal . ' . The next morning Mr . Gould , his landlord , retceived the following letter , which had been posted tthe previous night at Battle-bridge : — "Mr . Gould , — "When you receive this I shall have ceased to exist , Ik pistol will have put an end to all my troubles , which have of late caused me much misery and Twretchedncss ; indeed , to the extent that no other

      rremedy was left me but to commit a dreadful deed , vwkicb I hope the Almi g hty will pardon , and have xmercy on my soul . The things I have left at your Ihouse will , I trust , sufficiently compensate you for tthe nine or ten weeks' hoard and lodging 2 had of yyou . Whenever you again see Miss— , tell hher I felt very much pained at her not writing a line ia » answer to my last letters ; also toll her uiy last fcthoughts and wishes were for her well-being and hbapp ' iness . Sow , rfareweB , & C . —F . M . "—The jury rreturncd a verdict " That the deceased shot himsself , but in what state of mind there was not sufficient evidence to show . "

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      llcsii s Pistol . —A man who gives a real name aand address , writes to us as follows : — « ' On Sunday , BrMay 6 , passing through a field near Potash Farm , I fffound a large double-barrolled pistol , bedded in the gground , with 'J . B . Bush * engraved on the guard oyer Eitko trigger , and a bunch ' of skeleton keys . Youcan mnention this circumstance , in your paper ; ' if you tlthink proper . " Of course we cannot say whether tithe above is a / boax , or . a serious matter pf fact ; bbut we have put It in txain for iuvestigajion . —Nor-I ' ( folk . Chronicle . The MonnEE JfEAR . BaocKi . Ksnv . —The jury in this csasc returned an open verdict , on Monday week : — *!«« That , ihe deceased , Catherine Farrow , was muraderefl by some person or . persons unknown . " The pprisoner was examined at the'Justice-room-at WWrawby , and was committed for trial on " -a- charge Dksf stealing a fir-bill and an" axe . . .

      Bobbeetasd . Tbamsfbr op the . Pxuxber to ax bkxocext Persox . —A young man named Charles MMackenzie , a " - jeweller , of Broad-street , Birniin » - hiam , was charged with stealing S 5 in silver , confatained in . a packet , from theperson of-Mr . Thomas TZTonks , merchant ,- ^ of Regent-parade , "• Carolineststreet , in that town ,-under the foUowinw circum-Btstances : —On Saturday last Air . - Tdhks ' went to the "BBu-ming ham Bank , and got a £ 59 cheipie cashed , «^? 1 "" S ^ 5 hi : silver - wrapped up hr a packet , wwiuchhe putintolds coat pocket beWi' After this-JiJifiwent to Snoonetand iftwriniJ ' o l . « ni-. « . »* k « «„»

      ppose of getting another cheu , uecashed . i ^ On the way WT » , theIatter ; establi sbment he passed the- prisoner wwho had a Scotch plaid on his arm , aitd ' who' rei 5 . passedlmIuc"Whlleh e ( Mr ^ Ton ^^^ lithe counter , at Spooner and Attwbod ' 3 " bahkr which - \ 5 . was about a . inmute ; aj ^^ nmoTement- 'behind hun at his coat pocket ^ nd'Hbat itit "belcamefengbier ; he ' - immediately turnea '" . ronnd ' it ^ ndsawlthe prisbneropen-lhe ba ' nk-dbbi'fbf the pitrl appose o € goiagr < fat ? : -He itonedia 4 elyca * ase * "d hun iii tb ^ W ; i ^^ d . . SfiJ «^ - ; , r ' ' ' . '"' - " - '' - •¦ ¦¦' - --: ^ < ,, ; :-.-: t ™ aa - { i ! 'i : ! ? r . » : ; -. ' ii - > - ' " t . .:.- -:., ¦ ¦ ::: '' * : - ¦ ¦ ' - '

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      Worcester-street to the corner of rhillip-strcet , where he cried out" stop thief , " and as Mr . Th pr nias Ucrks , landlord of the White Horse ; * ¦ Croat Colemore-street , - was coming out of the Markot-Imll , ho caught tho prisoner and held him until Mr . Tonks came . up . Mr . T . then told the prisoner to hand out that £ 5 of which he had robbed him . out the prisoner denied tho charge , on winch he was taken to a fruit shop and searched . but : the money was not found upon him . While in the fruit shop Mr Berks suddenly felt one of his pockets much heavier than he could account for , and , ou putting his hand into it , pulled out the money-packet , ot which Mr . Tonks had been robbed . So onobutthe p risoner could have put the packet into InS pocket , there dur

      and it was supposed to have been placed - um thc strugg le between him aud the prisoner in l'hillip-strcet . Thc prisoner was committed , for trial . ¦ . ' , , " ,. Ixcexdiamsm . —On Saturday last a firo broke out upon the premises of Mr . Holloway at BoshYmi , about three miles from Chichester . Tlie ' whole of the farm buildings , excepting the house , were sOon one mass of ruins . The property belongs'to the lion . Captain T . II . F . Berkeley , and is insured . "When the firo was at its height , a labourer ' named J . Beeher Stood quietly looking' on , frequentl y making remarks how well it burnt ; and finding he rendered no assistance , the suspicions of Mr . Holloway were aroused , and he was charged with wilfully setting fire to the premises—which he readily admitted having done : It appears that . prisoner has a wife and five children to maintain . - On tho

      previous Monday he had applied at the Westboume Union for out-door relief , which was refused / and the guardians recommended him to emigrate ' ; he replied that he would , hilt when he did it should be for some purpose . He had latterly been to work on the roads , and his pay was 10 s per week . ' On the day of the fire he was reduced Is . by Mr . Holloway , that is the supposed cause of his vindictive act ; The prisoner was taken into Chichester during the afternoon , and underwent a short examination -at ; the corinty magistrates ' - office before Colonel Button , but owing to the absence of the witnesses lie was remanded . Whilst undergoing his examination' he said , " I don't care what you do with me , gentlemen j as long as you don't hang me . " •'"•¦' ¦

      Seriousi- Accident on . the North Kext Railway . — On Saturday last a serious accident'took place on-the line of the North Kent Railway , whereby several men received very extensive injuries , and one of them , named George Brown , is not expected to survive , It appears that for some time past a large number of workmen have been engaged in forming a tunnel , near tlie White Horse Inn , Charlton , Kent , and on Saturday morning , ' about 11 o ' clock , several of the labourers were at work at the east-end of the tunnel , when an immense ' " body of earth fell upon them ; burying them beneath its

      weight . An alarm w as mstantly raised , and the men were soon released' from- their perilous situation , but not before they were shockingly injured , and one of them so much mutilated that very faint hopes are given of his life . This man , whose name is G . ' Brown , had both legs fractured , his arm also was broken , and he received various contusions on the upper part of his person . A surgeon was called to the unfortunate men , and those who were slightly injured were removed to their homes , but the poor man Brown was taken to Guy ' s Hospital , where he noir lies in a very precarious condition . ''""" '' . " ;

      The Alleged Poisosixgs at Bath . —At the ; coroner ' s inquest on the body of Harris ' s last ' wife , tho jury returned a Yerdict , " That the deceased died from inflammation ofthe stomach and bowels , but what produced the inflammation there was no evidence to show . " ' - ' . *'' ' The supposed MrRDEnER , John Gleksox ; Wilson . —This individual , it is known , is in custod y at Eirkdale for havmg murdered Mrs . Hcnilchsoii , of "Lcveson-street ; her two children ; and servant maid ; Since his committalfor trial his conduct "eheivilly has been peaceable in prison ; Last week / bowever , one of the keepers took him- out into the yard to have a walk . As they were walking tlio prisoner observed some hammers left bv labourers who had

      been working in the yard , upon which he made a rush and seized one' of them . The keeper instantly followed , grasped him by the back , and held him fast : but the fellow began io kick , strike , and bite , and was in the act of oveipowcring the' keeper , when two ofthe prisoners came fortunately to his assistance . The three with difficulty restrained him until further help came , and , on being secured , he lamented much that he had not a knife , saying that if he had had one he would have ripped them open . He was then manacled , upon which he stated that be would not eat anything for three days . He kept this extraordinary resolve , and for three days never tasted food . On the fourth day , however , he demanded his victuals , and on the usual allowance being brdught to him he demanded the arrears , and that the three days' supply should be given to

      him at once . — -Liverpool Journal . ' . - Cautwx to TlUDESMEs . — On Friday , the 11 th inst ., a man who save bis name as Henry Poole , of Derby , fell into ' the' hands of tho police of . Leeds , and was taken to the Court-house there , having been found drunk in the ; street . On searching his person , sixteen sovereigns and other monies , besides six watches , and duplicates for nine other watches , were discovered . FrOm papers found upon 'him , and inquiries that have" been made in consequence , it appears that the man has obtained the . watches from various tradesmen in Coventry and qth cr places ; but , asthere was no evidence to show that . there had been any false misrepresentations on . \ his parti the magistrates of Leeds discharged the inaii ; froni custody on Tuesday " , intimating that as he had improperly [ obtained' credit for them , they regretted that it was out ' of their power to punish him . '

      THE MURDERS BY POISONING IN SUSSEX . Hasi-ixcs , Monday . —This morning at ten o ' clock , Mr . Kell , coroner for the jurisdiction of the rape of Hastings , resumed an inquiry at the - White Hart inn , Guestling , touching the deaths of Richard G ' ccring , ageuaO , and his two sons , George Geering , aged 21 , and James Geering , aged 20 , who died from the effects of poison , alleged to have been administered to thetn by Mary Ann Geering , the wife and mother , who is in custody at the gaol of this town awaiting the result of . the investigation . As has already been briefly noticed , the suspicious illness of Benjamin Geering , the son , who survived several almost fatal doses of poison ,-aud for the attempt on whose life the mother ( Mary Ann Geering ) has . undergone several examinations before the county magistrates , gave rise to the belief that the deceased father and two sons had died from

      some unfair means . Their remains , which had been interred in the village churchyard , were exhumed , and , as was proved by the report of the analysis of the contents of their several stomachs , their deaths discovered to be the result of poison . The deceased father and sons , as also the son who overcame the influence of the poison , were members of a society cahed the'Guestling Benefit Society , held at this house . -- ' : While the inquest was proceeding this morning the prisoner Mary Ami Geering underwent another examination at the Town-hall ,. ' when Professor Taylor , the eminent analytical chemist of Guy ' s Hospital , deposed to arsenic being in the . fluid which the lad Benjamin Geering discharged . , The poor fellow had a very narrow oseapo . In two ounces of the fluid about half a grain of arsenic was discovered . The prisoner was again remanded by the magistrate . ¦ On the coroner ' s jury ro-assenibhii < r

      George Eawriss was called and * examined—I knew thc deceased , Richard Geering . On the 15 th of last September , I measured the deceased for bis cofSn , which was made in myshopi ; land my-son took the coffin to his house , and placed his body therein . The widow of the deceased proposed that the body should be screwed down then , It was not a very good corpse . I told her I thought it was better not to screw the coffin down then , and that we might be sent for when it " was required . " Judith Vexess was next called . —I knew , the deceased ; Richard Geering . "" Iassisted the widow in laying the body out ., He died oh Wednesday , the 13 th of Septenibcr . I saw the body placed in the coffin on Thursday fiig h ' tor Friday moriiihsr .. Georire

      Hawkins , the younger , screwed it down : OU ; tho Friday . ' Onthe ; followuig Sunday the funeraLtook place . I accompanied the body to Guestling . churchyard . . The corpse was very black and ' much decayed , and the skin canie off the back of his , neck as It was placed in the coffin . I was euut for . by tho widow of the deceased " to lay tlie' hbdy ' outiVl ; had not before heard of his being unwell . " The head arid chin were hound with a handkerchief ivhen I got-at the . house . I asked "the " widow hbw lon ^ ltne -deceased had 'been unwell . She said , > - "¦ Xot ' . a-lonV time . " ' I asked " her , "What had been . thoi matter with himt" "Shc ^ s aidj "Somethmg . ' the matter with his heart . " It was " a fainily complaint . " , P 0 ur years . ago I lived in the ' adjohiiii ^ house ; The

      ddccased , Richard Geering , and his , wife ; freqpentl y disagreed , and I have , heard her say to him seycral times , ' "I wish you were dead—you are onl y . iv trdul'le to . ine ; " After his death she said . she was - vei * y sorry he was taken so quick . '¦] V . 'J . - . -,.-- > " -7 .- ' . . I Geo ? , ge' Hiwkiss , '" soh of tlie firsVwithes ^ s , " gave some confirmatory evidence as to thc screwing . down of the c 6 ffin , ' ~ tlie'depositing of the , corpse , in . " the grave , and its exhumation . ; ... o , ' ; .: ' ; 3 fr . J . ^ ucAs Pocock , " surjecoh ,, of . Wincnelsea , was then exaniine ' il . —Bome time in the month of September , lastj I . attended the deceased Richard Geering " at , the ' , h ' o ' usd ' at ; , Guestiihg .: i On fmy

      first "" visit I saw V the ; u ' eceaseci- ^ -j and v his wife . He . " complained of chills , , fever > ' coug difficulty " : and :. ' paml ; of' breathing ' ] ' , " isickness , pain ; , 'ih ''the" : abdomen , arid . . swca , tihg . ' . ' \ , f His wifetold me' that he ' -had bseii ailing ' ' some ! mbnths i and _ hadpnly given ^ wpr K % daydrtyr . d ^ beforeI sawhilh :: "I ' e ' wasinbed'then . ^ lie had some- pills consisting of blue pill and colocyutli . " . iieM ^ sohfie W , " ?^ censisting pf . sul phuno acid , epsbm ' saltsi sulphate of quinine ^ aiid uepperhiirit water . ' - " He had E ^ Jno only once , . and I beliove . I treated ' him as i ° 3 fHl mt «™ itte . nt'fe - v & r ; i ; ca 1 ^ * m ^^ S ^ M ^^ J ^^ f ^ T ^ ' ^ . - . - ¦ - ¦; '~ ~ r- \ ¦¦ . ' .. -. ; ; -j ; u-. > : ' .:: ' - ) l--.: > i !> , ]¦

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      iiiformcd mo Iiop hvishaml was dcitt }; that W ^ about two honrs . before I called ; . 1 ' expressed ' . iny surprise , arid some " cohversatioh took place which induced mo to think : I had mistaken the symptoms of the cise , and she stntud that other members of tho family had . died suddenly in the way her husband had . r She described an increase of the difficulty of breathing and the cough , and I concluded from what she described as his symptoms that ho must have died from an affection- of tho heart . I formed that conclusive opinion from what she described . —tty the Coroner : I afterwards gave to the Registrar of Ih rths and Deaths a certificate as follows : — " Medical certificate of the cause of death . —Name , Richard Geering ; aged fifty-six last birthday . Was attended

      by me , and died on the 13 th day of September , 18-18 . Cause of death—primary disease ,: hypertrophy of heart ; secondary disease ,, an inflammation of the pericardium . " . .-. The medical certificate produced is that signed by me . When I delivered the certificate the Christian name was not filled up by me . ¦ : I . Was in the parish churchyard on the 20 th of April last , and was prcsentatthe post mortem examination of the body made by MR Ticehurst . There wore vague appearances on the surface ofthe body , denoting the presence of arsenic , and I observed appearance of disease in the left lung sufficient to account for death . On the day preceding tho . examination of the body I'deemed it fit that an inquiry should take place before , the coroner respecting the cause of death of deceased and ; his two sons .: I did not : see the body after death , on my way to see him ; the

      second time . -When I got-to his house his widow told me that he had been dead two hours . I was surprised to hear of his death . ; I did not see any of the vomit which came from the deceased . He coinp lained of thirst . I have no recollection of attending him before . - -. •• Jon . v Sixnox , labourer , of Guestling , called : I knew the deceased . I was working with him turni phoeing on the Monday and Tuesday before : his death . It was about a week : or eight days before his death . Onthe Tuesday after eating his dinner ho was-very sick . Ilo-vomitea his dinner .. ; I asked him if he would have some beer . He said he . would have some water . . 1 got him some , and he drank . He was sick and threw tho water up . Iitthe course of a short time he drank again : that remained , on his stomach . He wag not sick afterwards * He had

      a little beer for dinner , and he thought that , made him" sick . —By the Coroner : He brought his dinner with him from his house in . themorning . . ;¦' . - ' Mr . . Fbedbbick Ticehurst , ; surgeon ^ of Hastings , was nextexamined : On the 26 th of April I assisted in making nmsimortemoxaminatioil of tlie . lMy of the deceased Richard Geering . I took out . the liver , intestines , stomach , heart , and . lungs , placed thein in ajar duly sealed and marked , and forwarded them to Professor Taylor , of Guy ' s Hospital , London , for analysation . The upper part ofthe . body was much decomposed . The ; external ; part , of the abdomen w'as in a good _ state of preservation and of a light brown colour . On opening tho abdomen there were no marks of decomposition in the

      intestines . The . smaller intestines in places were of a pink colour in patches . They were of a peculiarly pink colour . The pericardium ; , and' ^ hoart were apparently healthy . —Coroner : From what you saw can you form any opinion ; as to the cause of death?—Witness : From the' appearances I saw I should say that he died of inflammation ofthe bowels , but from what cause I am unable to state . —Coroner Haveyou had any conversation with the widow as to the " symptoms of-the . deceased?—Witness : Yes . On my seeing Benjamin- Geering ,. '¦¦ son of ¦ the : deceased , as requested hy the widow , Itdok down what his symptoms were . She said his symptoms were the same as those of his father and brothers . Benjamin . Geerin g ; said ,. " My father and both brothers

      were first taken-like me , and vomited just'the same kind of stuff . The widow , added , ; " They all complained of parched throats , everything that went down came back ; "" I took down what she said , and I . read it over to . her . She said it was all ri ght . The lad said , " The first Sunday morning I was took I was as well as ever till I drank down a cup of tea , and then in about five minutes I was taken sick as death , and was bad all day ' . I felt a great heat . in my throat at the time . I was purged , and I sent for the doctor . -He saw me on Monday , and said he did not know what to do for me . He sent me four pills and I got somewhat better . : On Saturday , thc 2 Ist of April , I was again taken sick after dinner , and I threw up some green

      stufty and I continued to feel sick . I have how a burning beat / ' I took this statement on the 24 th of April , and on reading it over the widow said it was all right .- The symptoms were so suspicions as to induce me to ask her-whether she had any poison in the house . She said she had not any poison in the house for more than a year . : She used to keep the stuff when she was troubled with mice , —Coroner : When did Mrs . Geering first communicate the symptoms to you ? Witness : On the lltli of April I met Mrs . Geering in the street , who wished me to attend her son Benjamin . She said he was attacked just like her husWnd and two sons : She asked me to call and see him the first time . I was going to Guestling . The vomit which I found under hisbed

      I tested , and found it to contain arsenici V ; Mr . Altkeo Swaisk Taylor , of 3 , Cambridgeplace , Regent ' s-park , London , Professor of Chemistry at Guy ' s Hospital , was next called and examined , ' and read a most elaborate report describing the symptons he discovered upon an examination of the internal organs of the elder deceased ( Richard Geerihg ) , from which he arrived at . the conclusion that the , deceased Richard Gcciihg died from thc effects of arsenic . Mr . Taylor then deposed to his analysis in the case of the deceased , ' George Geering , / ' from which he said it is my belief , based on the examination of more than 100 bodies , that the ] deceased George Geering died from'irritant poison ;—5 fr . Taylor next gave a very elaborate report as to the result of his communication and analysis of the stomach , contents , & c , of James-Geering ; and here arsenic was traced to have produced death .

      Mr . J . Pocock , the surgeon ,- of Winchclsea , was CXiilliined in respect to the death of the sons James and Gcorgo Geering . He said—1 attended the deceased Gcorgo when ho rcsided , with his liiothcr at Guestling . , He complained of pain and tenderness over . the region ofthe stomach , liver , and generall y over the abdomen . He vomited continually many hours . About thc middle of-his illness he had an extraordinary sweating ' , and . . towards the close vomited matter of a greenish colour ; afterwards of a brownish cast . I certifif d his cause of death—Primary disease , pericarditis ; duration six weeks ; secondary disease , continued fever , duration three weeks . I attended James Geering in his illness , i I cannot say when I first attended him . —Coroner : Do you recollect making a certificate as to the cause of death . —Witness : Yes . —The coroner produced one and asked the witness if it was the same ?—Wit ness said it was . Thc cause of death therein

      described was of the same speculative character as in the case of the father and brother George , :

      TUESDAY ; The proceedings being duly opened this morning , Bknuuix Geehvng , the son who survived the dose of poison administered to him , was called aud-cxamiued . He appeared in a weak state , lie said , l lived at Guestling with my mother for the last twelve months . My father died on the 13 tli of September last , His name was Richard . Ilediedat his own house . He was ill from the Friday night to Wednesday . There were living ; at , home , my mother , James , Alban , George , Edwin , Mary Ann , Andrew , " Peter , and myself . My brother William , who is married , was living away in the village . My father was first taken with sickness . I do not know if he had pain and thirst . . My mother nursed him ; I did not think he was dangerously ill . Mr . Pocock

      attended him once after he was itaken ill . My brother , George died on the 27 th of . December . - lie was first seized with sickness . He was ill a month and some three or four days . Mr . Pocock attended him . James died oh the Gth of March . —Coroner Did your father belong to the club ?—Witness : Yes —Coroner : How many , of the family belonged to the club ?—/ Witness : All of us when living ; my father and five of us boys . —Coroner : Whatisthc club called ?—Witness : It is called a Burial Friendly : Society . —Coroner : What is the / benefit you get , by belonging to that society , —Witness : In case of . illness we getlOs . per weekj and in a deatii Is . from each member . Mybrothcrs William and Albah did not reside at home . There are some hundred members in the society . , The sniiiino-s received from the membcra in cases of death are payable

      to the . widowof the deceased . - Mymother had tlie money . —Coroner :.. Is there ; any medical . man attached tbitlie / society . ?—Witness :, So , there is - not . '¦• Mart , Ash GsEKixoi . aged U years , dau"liter of tho deceased ; said—I now live at ' the nhioh' liousei Guestling . Before then ' I' lived ; , with * ' my mot lie iv but cannot reinembei' the ' exact " time : my father was taken ill . I'thihk : it . was ,: abbutharvest-hist . ' -, alio had ieaVforhis '; supper on the = ni ght previous , ; and during tho night he- was taken- sick . My mother threw his vomiting away . . He kept , his bed the whole of Saturday . My father died on the 13 th of September /; . . ' ' / " '' V' ? : ' : '' . . ' .. ' , > '' . . ^ ' . ;; :.: '" , - ; : IlE . VBr Pitjux , . chemist , ' Hastings , ' ; proved that hesold Mi-s . Gcerihg several penny worths of poison in- the latter i > nrfc /! of last summer , 'in ' the a \ ituniri , and winter , 'up tillMarch lasti which shesaid was tokillrats . - " ¦ ' ' ¦ ' - '' - ¦ ' ¦;' - ' " - ¦ " ••¦" - ¦ ; - ' : " ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦? ' * <" ¦

      .,. Charlotte Gretsall , . wife of a higgler ,, ; living at : Weas ' tfielH' deposed to seeing tlie „ womah Geering purchasiiigf-arsenie at another ^ chemist ' s shop-. at Hastings . - Shei obtained -it on the representation tliat it wa sfor Sir John Ashburriham—that was in last July , she purchased ; either ' eight penny . w a " shIllmg ' s * worth ^ -:,: ' : " , ' ; , ; :: ; ' ^ . ^; ^ :: ; . ¦ . ; . /;^ ¦ : ¦ ¦ /;¦; , i ; - ty * " . SiCDD » , ; the chemisijrefori-ed : to , riii the most positive terius ; denied that ^ so large i quantity ^ orWaenio had beenspurcnased at-hisshop by the woman Geering as thatspoken of by the last- witness ^ He admitted , however , ; that ; pennywoi-ths' hadbecn-sbldi [ to \ her at . various uitervala ...:: ' . v-- •;'"' - . "• ' "! ^ " FnEDEBJCK ^ n & GAiv ^ wlieeiwwg l ^ niv ^^ Rye , deposed to iheanng yeryibad expressions-on . thepartof ; the-woman- ' Geerlngtowards thc ' : old ¦

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      ? xufK ( EAro ? 3 fic wife of a'labburor living opposite frequently heard disputes on money matters between d d ^^ were in the employ of Sir John Ashburnham at the Le of their doath , as agricultu ral inb ™ fZ !» £ boroaveiygoodcharacter forindustryand s ^ Sir Jons AsimuMuiAM cxammcd . -Coionei . . Did youever , at any ^ time , Sir John , fflw ^ ms . Geering to purchase arsenic for you {—Witnessi . tajmte ^ any of _

      KS ^ OorS ^^ r totto ^ voir servants ? -Witness : Not thatI am aware of . -Coroner : Has arsenic hee ^ usod by any of your servants on your premises ? -Witnoss : Kever . to my " "Mr Tuomas Houoiiton , pawnbroker , of Hastings , wi next called . He spoko of the woman Geering havin » pawned some clothes of her husband-and he- sons before their death . She also pledged clothes belonging to Benjamin Geenn ^ whokadnot authorised her to do so . ( The duplicates were

      : JosKrit HoxRYSErr , a labourer living at Guest-. Iin" ' , said : l acted-, as steward , to . the GuestYng Friendly Benefit Society at the ) time of the death of ltichavd Geering . He was a member ofthe society . I produce the Society ' s book with his name written therein as '» member . —Coi-on ev ! What was thc amount subscribed for the widow on . his death ?—¦ Witness : £ 5 . —Coroner : What time elapsed after the death of the deceased before the money was applied for ?—Witness : The widow applied on the day of his death "' ' ( Sensation . ) : ofthe deceased

      Aliiax . Gebrino , ' another ; son ; , said I saw mv father thc Sunday before his death . He then complained that he was very sick . My mother attended hira ' . He did not complain of her conduct . I did not ' hivo any conversation with my mother as to the ; nature : of his illness . / I did not live in the same house . When I / . left ! l- did not think he was so ill as he was . I saw him , no more alive . He died in two or three days afterwards . I was at the funeral .: . He was buried-in Guestling churchyard . —Some time , after the funeral I asked my mother whether my lather had any money in the savings bank . Shesaid , he had £ 12 ; in the Hastings Savings Bank . She did not -say . how muchithcre was . originally ., I did not ask her what was done with . the money . -. - '¦ - ¦ '•

      Geobge Jeffrets ,. officer , attached to the East Sussex constabulary ,. said .- —Before I removed tho prisoner to prison I searched , the house . In a box in her bedroomil found upwards of forty duplicates . ( Thcychiefly related to clothing belonging to Bcnj . Geering and . his ,, deceased fathor and brothers , " which she had , p ledged . ) On a subsequent search I found'alarge pill rolled up in some paper in one of the prisoner ' s drawers in her . bedroom . A quantity of drugsand liquids were , also found , the whole of which have been handed to ithe medical gentleman . . ; ' . Mr . Ticehurst ,: the , surgeon , here informed the coroner that Mr . Professor ; Taylor hadj on the night previous , inhis presence , tested the pill mentioned by , the witness , Jeffreys . -: That gentleman believed it : to contain , arsenic ; but its analysis had not been completed , Mivi Taylor having taken it with him to Guy ' s Hospital to determine the quan- ; tity it contained . > , ; :,,

      Mr ., Thompson , the superintendent of police , handed to the coroner a deposit book of the Hastings Savings / Bank , from which it appeared that £ 20 had been deposited in the bank in the name ofthe elder deceased on tho . Slst of January ,: 1846 , andthat between that period and May 6 th ,. 1 S 4 S , the whole of the amount ,, including interest , with the exception of Is . 4 d ., had been drawn out without the sanction of the family .. Mr . Bishop , actuary ofthe Hastings Savings Bank , said ,, with the exception of £ 5 ,. the whole-of-the money had > been drawn by Mrs . Geering . It was against the ; rules of the bank for her to draw the

      money . Thc excuse she made for her husband not coming for it was that he was out of work , but hoped to be able shortly to pay it asrain . This being the whole of the evi 3 « ice in Richard Gccring ' s ease the Coroner addressed the jury , The room was then cleared of strangers ; m the couse of a few minutes they were re-admitted , and The Foreman of thc jury announced as thoir unanimous verdict " Wilful murder against Mary Ann Geering , " the widow of the deceased . - Since , the incarceration ofthe accused she has addressed a letter-to her children . It was intercepted'by the gaoler , and the magistrates have taken it as evidence-against her . : The following is ¦ ¦

      an extract ;— ¦ - •' ¦ . "Mr Dear CjiiI / Dbex , —I never had ' any poison for to use after I had the last , which you know was before your father died some time . I could not recollect yesterday , when I was in court . If poor James could know , he would be very sorry for me to suffer for him , for when he wanted poison to kill vermin in the horses I always got it for him ; he used to . tell me what to get , and not let anybody know whom it was for . I have got it for him a good manytiuics . ¦ The last that I ever got for him was that week he was getting better . . He said to' me , ' Mother ye must go and get me some stuff for my horses . ' I went and got him several sorts , and then mixed them all together , and done them in tho oven when I had been baking , and he never meant to give it them . I did not let any one see it . I threw baway after he was dead . My dear children , I never had a bit of poisonfo r myself afterwards .

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      Fish . —The boats which were sent from Cellardyke by the Highlands Destitution Board , ' to fish at the West Highlands : 'have not been as yet , very successful ;' indeed , they have been butsi ?] doin at sea , owing to the fierce and stormy state of . the weather , and those few attempts have been mude principally for the purpose of exploring tlie fishing ground , a circums ' a " ce absolutely necessary for the prosecution

      oftliefi-hing-.. TJiii express object of , this mission was to teai'h thft inhabitants—men aiid women—the art of fishing successfully , jo that they may not became a burden to the country , if such dire times should again visit our land as but very recently befel 'it . But—with shame to the West Highlanders be it tbld—all the ' attempts ofthe board . to make them in * diist'ious and efficient members oi society are ren » dered utterly futile from their ob * t nate rcl ' usa l to l-ecome instructed , in the art . They have been offered 10 s . per week , and a part ofthe proceeds of the fishing , but even this tempting offer bus been rejected with scorn . —Fife Herald .

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      Dublin, Piudw.—State Or Tue South And "W...

      Dublin , Piudw . —State or tue South and "West . Thc accounts from the South and'West repeat the same melancholy talc of misery and starvation . The Bullina Herald says : — " Wc have traveiled over a large portion of the county of Sligo , and we regret to ' say that never within our memory did it present so wretched an ftppear-. iiico ' Tho lands' aro to a great extent uncultivated—the dwelling-houses are , for the most part , demolished , and their occupiers thrown on the cold charity of the world . "

      Desriruriox in hie C ' ou . vty Kebrv . —A special reporter-says , * ' I have seen poverty in many shapes and under many circumstances ; but poverty so extensive , and embracing - within its fold ; in any district five times its- size , so many victims , I have never- 'witiiussed till niy arrival hero . ' Speak of pauperism in the towns of your county , why it is only-on a retail scale there when compared with what-you witness here ,- If you , wish to sob a wholesale exhibition of it , come to -Dingle . Ifirmly belie vethat five out of every six of the present population of this unhappy town are recipients of relief of one kind or the other . Can you imagine some two thousand five hundred of the most abject of those beggars v , ; ho are just now flocking into your city , collected together—old and young , male and female—in one ofthe poorest and unclean outlets bfybur town ? —if you can you' will have a faint idea of Dingle and its present inhabitants . Walkthrough the lanes of

      its principal street , and you behold : at each side , a collection of unfortunate creatures ; ragged ' in the extreme , and apparently not half - fed . ' These ' are the ejected of the " surrounding districts , the former tenants 'on' the estates' of Lord ; Yen try , the De Aloloyns , John rllickson , ltev . Mi \ Townsend -Fitzgerald , and others , whoj having -beon evicted , or having themBelvGsgivon up possession , in order ' : to bo placed on the ' relief' list , have flocked into ' the town , and are how' the happy ' ¦ recipients of oho pound of Indian meal ' pei" day . ' In tiddition to this agricultural class , you will also' perceive the wives riud ' children'of-th ^ rtumerousaiidreally- wretched set of people , - unwashed , uncovered , and 1 unfed . Go where you will and the hand of ; thO ; mcndicant is stretched towards you'for relief > his cry for amis rings' through yoiu ' oai s . " -i-i Cork Examiner : - ' - - - " " " ' ' - ' ' ¦ ' - ^ ' <¦ ¦ ~' ¦ ~ : SATURDAYli — 'PaOSPECTS ¦ OF lTliB "CouHinY' : —

      —Matters are bad enough in all !' cbhscience , and it retjuires" not- a' very sanguine' temperament to iiiduigoithelibpe tliat wo lniveseenthe . worst . !' ' ' Biit still there < are ; giobmy spirits - that ^ will ' be satisfied vithinothin'T'sliort of theruin ' and'desWuctioh-O'f ' all classes ; ' root and ^ branch , ' and' w lib - can' perceive'iio ' hope ofamendbicnt , present or remote ^" - ' Inniany of theJrish'jouraals such miserable and dishearteninf ' speculations are indulged ; but it appears to me that a careful consideratioTi ' of all the " cfrcumstances would : warrant ' , a less desponding calculation as to

      the future .-. Our mam rcliaftcO ,-toi be sure ,-is upon a good : . harv . est ; : ' but if . PrOvidehco . should bloss the countrywith : ahundaiit-. crop 8 ( : of ;( Which {) hcre : ia ; how the . hircst , prospept ; .. wb . im ' gbfc ; look ; for a-docided impvoy . ementi before . , the ; end ofc ' the autumn , ^ and a steady prog ' ressionto wards recovery ' withiu tho . nexttwelve months , i- -.- . ; - i-vi ' -, v .- ; 7 ,-:,: ¦ ,- ¦! ¦; j ., » i i [ - _ :: ; . Thereialo not ^ wanting acoounta . fcom'tlieicou ' ntry by watchful ob . serv ers : of ; what is passing \ to . encoii-; rage ., thisvmoivi : fayouKible . . view } jbut ; o'at ; th ' e ) isamb timo ,. it . cahnot ; bo . deniedithatvttt iprbsehtthe destiitutiou ' is . 0 Y 0 i'whelming ! and , that aliao ' stall sbcUoiia ; ..::- ' . " .- ori' 5 : tffC .. ' - ;> 5 . ( 1 Iv , ; - ^ ' ? .--:- ';> : ' -.- - -- - ..- ¦ ¦¦ ' ; - ' .. -

      Dublin, Piudw.—State Or Tue South And "W...

      ofthe community in tho south and west are ^ nearly paralysed by the weight and pressure . ofdimcplties anil emoamssments common-fo- ai ' ir . -- - - - -v - In Nenagh , Dungafvah ,. i and other southern unions , the rural populationarc lnnearly-as desti- . tiite a cbntatioh ns ' thbse ' oi"Afayo . ¦ ' 2 V ear Camck-qn-Suir , between Clonmel and Waterford , squads ; ot paupoi- g aro to be seen seated by nresontBeroaar side . In that neig hbourhoo d the Messrs . W ' ubl ); Quaker millownei'S , have their flour boats , guardpa by policemen between Waterford and Carriek . Ihe Waterford News states that " on Monday night from . . . _ j . . .. „ -n-. tj . „„ , w „ f nrfl nGarlv

      150 to 200 creatures seeking admission -to . the workhouse , or out door relief , had to sleep in a field near tho establishment . '" . - ; I have seen a great-number of accounts of the state of the crops this morning . \ With scarcely an exception , -they are highly faydurab ' le . New " potatoes ' , perfectly ' . sound , arc beginning to appear two months earlier than ' usual . . Sonic of the early-sown kinds have certainly' suffered , or been greatly ' retarded at least , by the . hte severe frosts . In various places , even , in Ulster , the farmers arc , still planting potatoes , as if there had never been a blight . —Morning Chronicle ., ¦ ' ¦¦ ' .

      "'The' Cholera . —In' Baltinrbbe the cholera- is still raging . Dr . John Pemberton is announced amongst the deaths . The vice-guardian , Mr . Fishbournc , has died Of fever . - ; A few days previously his wife died " of cholera . In some * , p arts of the . King ' s County thc epidemic : is . prbducihg " considerable mortality arid . several of the middle ' classes are amongst the victims ! ' ' •'• ' ' - ¦ - ' i : " - '' " '''' ' ' •'' -: . TllE POOR LAW COMMISSrox . —The Mercantile Adpertker says : — " The vacancy at the Irish Poor , Law Board , caused by the resignation of Mr , . Twisle . ton , has been , wo ; learn , ' filled by the appointment of Mr . Poweriwho has'been , ' since ' -the , passing' of the amended Poor Law ; in 1847 , the assistant : commissioner for Ireland . The ¦ promotion ; of Mr . Po > vcr makes a . vacancy in . the office of assistant-commissioher . " .. -., ; . < - , v . .

      Mr . John Martin- . —The Lord-Lieutenant has . appointed'three distinguished medical men—Sir Philip Cramptoh , Sir Heiiry Marsh , and Dr . Corrigan—to inquire anda * eport' as to > thc state of health of Mr . John Martin / now confined in Richmond Bridewell , under sentence oftransportation , haring been convicted at the Dublin Commission Court , last July , under the Treason Felony Act ; for publications in the Irish Felon newspaper , ' of which he was provriebov . ; ' : ; : ¦ ¦[ . The State . Prisoxers . —There . is mucbspcculation as to , the effect of tho affirmation . of the judgment against . Mr . Smith O'Brien andthe other

      State prisoners bv the House of Lords ! The sentence" of death ; o / course , will be commuted , but it is considered probable that the prisoners will be transported r to a penal colony , or , possibly , that they will be allowed to expatriate themselves . Two or three days since , the commander of the llydvabad transport , now in Kingstown ' Harbour ; received directions to take in no more convicts ' , and to ' delay his voyage to New South'Wales until-further orders . —Morning Chronicle .: v : , ;• • / Monday . —Mortality , in . ; Balhnasloe . Work-HOUSES . ' ~ The Galivay Vindicator states as . a positive fact that the ! deaths in the Ballinaslbe , workhouses amounted ih'one week to the frightful number ; of ¦

      860 /'; ., " .- . jWoRKiiousE Mortality .- —The Cork Constitution has the following statistics of mortality in the workhouse of that city : — " There were 1 , 059 , deaths iii the Cork Union Workhouse , from the 1 st January to 8 th May inclusive . On the 1 st January there wore 5 , 143 paupers in the house , and during the month : there WW 123 deaths . On 1 st . February u , 299 in the house , ; and during , that month , IS '' . On 1 st March 0 , 31 Lin the house , and during . that month 245 deaths ! On . 1 st April there were 6 , 304 in the house , and during that month 368 deaths . Oh the 1 st "May there ' wcfe 0 , 538 paupers in the house , and during the eight days to last Tuesday there Avere 134 deaths 1 "

      The . same - journal records these instances of a new species of robbery : — "Florence O'Brien , Wm . Donovan and Wm . Cotter were arrested by actingconstable . Catchpole , charged , with entering the cow-house of Denis Murphy ; ofKilleens , on Monday night , and cutting the . hair . off the tails . offivc of his cows . This species . of robbery is becoming every day of more frequent occurrence , there . beinghardly a farmer in the neighbourhood of the city who has not to complain of the hair being cut off' cither his cows or'his horses . In addition to the above it has been ascertained by constable Porter that William Donovan , Martin Hart , Wm . Cotter , and Florence

      O'Brien , on Sunday night last cut the tauVand manes off a horse belonging to ¦ William Biordan ; two horses belonging to John Murphy ; two horses belonging to Samuel Batcman ; and three horses belonging to Jeremiah Began , all residing in tho neighbourhood of Ballinhassig . In cutting off thc mane of Bateman ' s horse they took away a large portion of the flesh o the neck " Father M . vniEw .- ' -Thc scene at Cork upon Mr . Mathew ' 5 departing . for America 01 V Saturday . was most . exciting . On . Wednesday Mr . Mathew will leave . Dublin for Liverpool , whore I 10 will sojourn with Mr . Rtithbone , and depart for America onthe 21 st instant .

      Agitation ix Ulster . —After a slumber of some weeks ' duration , the northerns aro again up . and stirring , with a view of reviving the opposition to the rafe in aid project , now that that measure has readied theseeond stage of legislation . On Friday last the guardians and office-bearers of eleven Ulster : unions metin the town of Belfast—Mr . Edmund MacDonnell , - Of Glenarm Castle , presiding—to lift up their voices once more against the imposition of this " most obnoxious measure " to take immediate steps to protest emphatically against thc bill , and , by petitioning the House of Lords to reject it , give confidence to the'large body of Peers opposed to it , "and Show that Ulster was now , as from the beginning , ; most hostile to it . " Among those present there was a goodly -show of J . P . ' s and D . L . ' s , several of whom denounced the rate in aid , and' instanced the extent to which the'feclin < r of

      opposition in'their * Several districts had risen as such that , they ; were very apprehensive of serious disturbances-in the event of the bill becoming law and the rate being levied . Apetition to the House of Lords was ultimately adopted , and themeetinsf was adjourned till Wednesday , to-consider-what further steps should be taken to defeat the measure . Reclaimed Laxd is Ireland . —A return , moved for . by Sir It . 'Ferguson , M . P . j informs the public that the total number of acres of land in tho county of Donegal , reclaimed from the date of the Ordnance survey to the date of its revision , amounts to 32 , 434 ; the number of acres still unreclaimed to 732 , 615 ; and the number of acres at present under cultivation , to 437 , 719 . The number , of acres of land reclaimed in the coimty of Londonderry amounts to 4 ' 203 ; the number of acres still unreclaimed , to 24 , 506 ; and the number of acres of land at present under cultivation , to 68 , 403 .

      Tuesdav . '— . Opposition to the Hate is Aid : — There are some indications of determined hostility to the rate in aid . in Leinstbiy as well as in the northern province .: , The guardians of Edcndc : ry union assembled on Tuesday last , John II ; Wangle , Esq ., in the chair , when ' rcsolutions were proposed by the Hon . George F . Collcy , seconded by Edward " Wolstenholme , Esq ., . declaring the'deteriniriatiOh of the guardians to abandon the superintendence - of " the affairs of the union , as soon as the ! 'House of Lords shall have sanctioned the Rate in Aid' BilL They state , that " . tlie moasure . ' of the government precludes them from administering tlie ' -p ' obi ' -law , unless they are content-to levy the rate in aid at the same : time , inasmuch as thehalf of evoryiate collecteu by them ,

      according . ' . 'to the . prb y isioiisbf . the bill , is to bo placed to the account of the " rate ' in aid , until the whole of the sum imposed by it shall be made up . The guardians refer to the prospect , of increasing difficulties , and embarrassments amongst , all classes in the course of next ' winter , arid they 'declare that , . " foreseeing that . discontents , " dissatisfaction ' , ' and perhaps resistance , wilfarise . on the . first attempt to collect a rate in ' aid , wbarb of opinion that it is no longer expedient to encounter tnesbidifncultics . '' The guardians of Edehderry union have therefore resolved— " That from tlie day on . which it shall be ascertained tliat ' the . Hbiise of Lords has affirmed thc principle of the bill for the' rate' in aid , ' By assenting " to . its . being read a ; sccoiid time , tll & - boai'd

      shall adjourn sine die , and thereby throw upOn'the government the . 'iyhole "' resp 6 nsibility' of administer- ' ing the poor-law in ^ this union ! " Another resolution strongly recommends tbaV " all the boards- of guardjans in Ireland shall take a aimilar stop , and thi ; o w . 'ii " pon the government the-Whole responsibility of adniinistcrih gthe'law . ih every part 'bt-Ireland ;" -- . From present appearances , - it is -hot' at all likely that the advice' given by the ' Edemierry iguardians will bo fbllowo'dTjy . hiany unionsi out of theprovincc of Ulster . ; Even'in the ' northern '^ counties it is- 'hy homeans berlfain Hhat many boards 'of guardians would . procecd to ' exfi ' einities , ' in the event-of the passing of the'Rat ' e W'AidBiU . ' - - The ' ' dread :-of -the mcome-ahd assessed taxes ofEndandihasiConBider ' ' ably moderated the -spirit of ' resistance to the -rate in aid . ' - ' "' •"'"• ' > : / : ;¦< . - ! : ¦ v :,- ; . ' - i-i ' i-.. . . - . "' . ...-.. '? ¦ ¦; - ' . : ' i '

      • PncoEEss Of . Destitution . ~ The = accounts from the westerhdistricts ; and' -from mostApartsof the south ' , aro of the usual gloomvcharactcr .-: Although cholera has ' - ' generaUyabated ,. thedcaths frow . sheer destitution-are ' as- numerous ' as at ariy . period . of thoi famine :- ' ¦ In -Dungarvan union tho number' ¦ in ¦ ¦ . ' tho poor 'hoiises was ; throe-thousand vand the ' deaths tor the week were . sisty ^ thvee . the guardians - have apphed to the'ccmmissib ' ners for liberty , to sive outdooivrelief to' ^ vidbws-with one ' ehUd ^ . anl .-wombn whose husbands were transported or in .. other ^ sale teS ' ' . ' : Wltha iT ^ w , ; qf-f relieyin S , the , 0 vorklS fromutS : present ; pressui ^ / , - : .. , / % , ' . ; . ;•;;; ,., ; : ^ ' WE ^ E Av . ^ 3 : HE , ^ pBls ^ . ^^^ : y ( _ :, £ ff <" mm = no ;^ rders regarding the prisoners . SI * ?' ' r ' - v by , 4 - e'gaoVAaufiiorities ,. iThe S »» / ournat-juw ^ the's ' subioiriedniatatemerit iin xelfttvon ' . to the ^ edical'ir , < juiry ihtb the state bf Mr : J onn Martin-s hoalthi i ^ i" , Wohavo heard . ' it ^ statjed ; tMat on ; yesterday tho ^ niodical board , - who somb davs Iagoyisited"Alr . i ^ ttiaouith ' oparij ' of -ther . govern

      Dublin, Piudw.—State Or Tue South And "W...

      ment , and held a consultations-the' state of tliat esteemed gentlemah ' sjulalth' repbrted that he wag in a- 'fit condition-to ^ undergb his - sentence . " We halve not . he . ard . what the , e , swt words of the i . porj . were , orhowand in what form the Queries were put . Much , WO need not -say—indeed , all—would depend upon this . It is one thing for a gentleman to bo 'fit ' -to undergo a sea ' voyage " - ^ uite another to undergo transportation and its concomitant pr [ , rations ., Doubtless , the . government so formed its queries , to the board as to ^ et the answers it desired —answers tliat might , inform , though not in fact justify any"treatmentif might bepleased hereafter to adopi towards John Martin . " ment . and held a consultation onthe : state of t

      . Relief ' for ' the Soutu fAsn West . —The Dublin General ; Relicf . Committee met again on Wednesday and rbceived a number of commuiucations , including two from Roman Catholic Bishops , describing the frightful increase of destitution and mortality * and the progress ofthe clearance system . ' The ' most deplorable of these accounts were from the dtoccso ofGlonfert in the west and the diocese of Cork in the - south . Even . from some . parts ofMeath very distressing accounts of destitution were received . A

      Daxiee O'Coxseil ' s Library . —The library of Daniel O'Connell is to he sold by auction on the 22 nd inst ., being of no use ; to . any , member of .. his family . It contains a great variety , of _ the modern WOrlCS , Which . WOliM pla " ce its 6 wner ' ti « Vourdiu with , hc subjects of the day . Few of the books are of a profound or recondite character , they may be deieribed as various , odd , and superficial . - Along with ; hem are his cash books of income and expenditure lown . to 1831 . This is . certainly a curious lot ,

      Projected JxauitnKcriox . ' — The Tippcmry VindU cator makes the following revelations : — "Some time ago we gave a hint of certain particulars which reached us from the neighbouring districts of Clonmel and Carriek , that persons , were engaged swearing in thoughtless and inconsiderate , young men hi to secret societies , and promising them au sorts of benefits . when the tinie should come for fighting . It is said that this swearing lias been going on very briskly for the last six or seven weeks —that many foolish persons have been caught in the snare , whilst several others have resolutely refused , to join thc ridiculous confederacy . A letter received On' Tuesday states , that the system is proceeding with more viirour within the last , few

      Jays , and that several poor unsuspecting persons hare . heen taken , in thc meshes of the artful . .. Wo understand that the form ofthe oath is simply that the person taking it is enrolled an United Irishman —that he will be ready td ~ fi ght when called upon . We arc told that a subscription of sixpence or a shilling is paid by oach person sworn in , which goes to a fund for the purpose ofpurchasing fire-arms . "; The same journal gives the annexed sketch ofthe / " HoRitiRLE State of Tipperary . —In the district of Duharrow , on nearly all the properties in that barony , there is scarcely a' sign of a human habitation except in the dilapidated ruins of what at no distant day were happy homes . . •• . The'Derry Castle and theCoumbeg , and several other properties , are almost altogether depopulated . / , It is melanchol y to pass through the country' arid see none of

      those , evidences of life which . a . -few years ago cheered the traveller , and made -him rejoice at the appearance of the people . Between Nenagh and Cloughjordan—a distance of about six miles—nearly all the houses have , been tumbled down , and that line of road presents ah coualiy gloomy and terrible aspect . Between Cloughjordan and Borriskane tlie ltev . Mr . Trench ejected forty families , comprising about 250 souls , from the " property called Forty Acres ; the houses are - removed ; a fence wall has been built around the property by the stones that ; were taken from those houses ! * A Mr . Ely has ejected and tumbled down the houses of a great number of persons also in the same district ; but

      tlie ruins of the houses are standing , and seem as if they wei-e the debris ,. left after the cannonading of some hostile army . Between Borrisokane and 2 fenagh the work of destruction had . been also progressing to sonic extent ! A gentleman from "Scnagh who passed through a . portion of the district a few days since , ' was startled on driving past one of the roofless huts , at a late hour , to hear : groans issuing from the ruin , lie examined to see whence the groans proceeded , and found a 'poor man , apparently in the height of fever , lying amid thc thatch , unprotected from the r ain that was falling heavily Thc house had been his own , and he said he oanieto die there . "

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      . ' . . ' . . " ; DISASTROUS FIRES . Oh Saturday last , about half-past five o ' clock iu the morning , ' the ' pianoforte manufactory , in Chenies-mews ; Tottenham-eourt-road , belonging to Mr . Monktelow , was discovered by the police constable on the beat to be on fire . The omeer having given an alarm sent for the engines and the lioyal Society's fire escapes . Before , however , an engine had time to arrive the whole of the factory became wrapped in flames , to the great alarm ofthe inhabitants . The engines were early in their attendance , but in spite of the exertions of the firemen and an abundance of water , the factory and its contents were destroyed ere the fire could be extinguished . The loss is very considerable , and , unfortunately , Mr ; Monktelow was only insured for £ 500 . How

      the fire originated . is enveloped in mystery . . - The same morning , as some parties were passing the ^ premises , of Mr . Cooper , No . 38 , W ' ynya j tstreet , Clerkenwell ,. they perceived an unusual f lare of light in one of the upper rooms , occupied y an aged and invalid female named Wollcr , The inmates having been apprised of "the circumstance , they found the apartments occupied by tho unfortunate female in flames . By a desperate exertion they succeeded in pulling the woman out ofthe five , but she was goinutchhurafc as . ' tohc obliged to be taken toSfc , Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where she at present remains . ' The firemen and inmates eventually got the firo m the house extinguished , but not until considerable damage was clone .

      Other fires broke out at Shoe-lane , He . isant placc , Kenniiigton-liino ; in Catodoniaii-tcrrncc , PentonvillG ; and Marehmont-strcet , Brunswicksquare ; but owing to thc timely aid afforded , the damage done at each was not very considerable . The most serious firo broke out . between three and four o ' clock on Sunday morning ^ and although numerous fand engines , with one -of ihe powerful floats , were soon at the spot , and in full operation , the flames were not entirely extinguished until tlie middle of the day . Tho scone of . devastation was the Thornlcy Coal Company ' s wharf in Bro ;« lstreet , Ratcfifte . The premises in which the disaster commenced were of great magnitude , having a frontan'e in Broad-street , and extending to the

      water-side . They were fitted up with steam machinery for the purpose of lifting and discharging coals from the vessels in tho river : Tliat part in which thc flames were first perceived , was nearly HO feet long , and was divided into two compartments—the lower being used as stores in which 5 W > tons of coals wcre ' -deposited '; the other was occupied as the' sack warehouse . - On the western side ofthisps'bperty , and , separated only by a n iuwv court , ! hve or six feet wide ; stood tlie extensive distillery belonging to Messrs . Goldie . To add w the danger , and to' increase the fears of the in-. habitants , ' several ' vessels were lying at the moutil of the wharf . The instant the Thames police were ¦ made aware of tho outbreak , they started to Schoe . -

      house-Iane , Shadwell , for the engine kept there . The machine \ vas ' instantly dispatched to the spot , when tho firemen found that the fire was confiii ' - d to that part of the property near the river side . Th « vc being an abundance " of water flowing from the East London maiiis , / the engine was set to work ; but " * sooner was the . branch taken into the premises than . the flames shot forth with such fury as to drive the man with the hose out , and in the space of « fe * minutes they broke through the roof and rushed out of the several windows , firing almost simul taneous' ? the lofty wooden "lifting gearat the water side , and the side . front , of . Messrs . Goltlie's distillery . I p lower floating ' engine ' from Roth ' crhitlio was dispatched to the spot , and so were numerous land machines of the brigade ! ' The fire , however , had in the interim extended to tho bris Adventure , of "Scvf *

      castle , Captain ; Robinson , which was lying aion ?" side . the wharf . ! The first object sought to be accomplished when the float was set . to work , was" " extinguish '; the flames about tho vessel , ; which W already taken possession ofthe bulwarks , maimiwst . bomb boom , 4 ; hc '' c 6 ' mp ' anioh , deck , ¦ and . topm ast , so that aVfitt ' ns midships ,. tho vessel" was one l '""' ? fire . The immense q . uantity of water thro wn up" ' the vcsselsbbh extinguished the fire about it ,- ' ' ' * the whole force was brought to bear upon the ^ bod y of flame in the . stores , but ; it was not untu | upper part was ' burned-but , - and the lower' pw extensively damaged , that they could be g ^ " ?"" ; Inspedtor'Gaskin , in'rendering , assistance , a' ! . ^ hatel y got his legibroken ; -,- -Respecting the o « g [ g the disaster ,- there ^ seems to be . no doubt '"* jS premises' wcro ^ wilfullyset on fire : by ? ^ $ . a ^ pr esentVuhUnbwh ;^—The total loss is t | vl , , eiallvrenbi ' tfid V ^ "LThcihmldin ' r used as coal sw .

      1 ; ^ and sack-lbfts , oyeivwith ' . 2 , 00 p ; sacks , tlesl - iai 6 and 50 . 0 . tons . of coals damaged by fire . . » °° " ^ t , and . stcam ^ tih ' g-gcafbh ' wharf damage d 0 oi Mo , brig Adventure , Capt . E . Bobinson , ft da ¦ deckj-bulwarks , masts , ;' and nggmg , serw . ^ maged by firo . - - ' "No .-28- Broad-strcct , Mr . ¦*» 2 i smitlirehd ' bf shed and roof bwrncd ott- :. j ' gid < S i the \ . ^ aineV ittc *^' ' ^' - Wii-Goldie , dutU l } ^ window cbhsidbrably damaged' by arc , ^ af broken . The'buildings ' of the IT hornle ) ^ i ; - wore , msured . in . the Sun . Pire-ofBce , W * i natclythVcontchts were not insured . juiolf * About ah hour pfeviousto tho abovoP ' M occurred ' at-lirPore-street r-Gripp logaW' gCi t *» ; t 07 Mr .-P . 'J .-Bi'uce , a , baker ., . lt ; vas c » stoViD ^ spark from acandle : which seta quanti a ^ w iriAviblazoi . fromiWhence . the firo ^ prcivtt ^ . , i » S-: that the inmatea- ; had ^ reat difiicult ) ^ J lliB gtw The tbrigade-. promptIy attended , £ " 0 j ) , p t ) engines ; to ;> vork > the' ) . Sire , w . as extwga ' " i until ' sQuaiteable . damage was m >

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1849, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19051849/page/6/