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- " * Health op LoffDowDoRixiff the : Wbbk?—In the Weekending last Saturday ; 1 ; 156 deaths ; were registered in the metropolitan districts ; the ' average for teii correspondine weeks of previous years ( 1840-9 ) & 1 ^ 25 , which , il a correction be made for increase Of population , becomes 1 , 227 . The lowest number in the ten weeks was 916 in 1810 ; the highest was X * M » in 1818 . " , Though , the rate of mortality has moch increased since December , . and the present return shows an iflcrease of nearly two hundred on the previous week , the deaths are still less than the average by 7 L . To the coldness of the weather may he chiefly ascribed the increase of mortality which recent returns have exhibited . In the last three
-weeks the deaths from phthisis or consumption have been respectively 129 , 140 , and 157 , ( the cprrectcd average for last week being 116 }; from bronchitis , 103 , 120 , and 131 ( the average being 73 ); from asthma , 19 , 35 , and 27 ( the average being 52 ) ; aad from pneumonia , 95 , 83 , and 85 , whilst the average is 117 . Of the . 85 persons ( comparatively few ) who died last weekfrom pneumonia , 60 were children ; butof the 131 who died from bronchitis , which much exceeds the average , by far the larger proportion were persons of advanced age ; Seven men and fourteen women died last week at eightyfive years of age and upwards ; one . of the latter , in Bishopsgate workhouse , had reached the age of ninety-nine . "Epidemic disease continue to be less
fatal than usual , except measles , which earned ott 37 children , or rather more than the average . This disease ranged in the corresponding weeks of ten previous years from 8 to 51 . Only 10 deaths _ occurred from diarrhoea ; and no deaths ' are ascribed toctiolera in the returns of the week , but a man who hid cholera in August , and never wholly re-<» vered from , the effects of it ; died in St Thomas s Hospital , where he had been for nine weeks . During the-last seven weeks only 2 deaths from cholera lave appeared hi the bills of mortality . A few cases are : selected from the registrars' reports : —In Camdeu r town ( sub-district ) , at 30 , Cambridgestreet , the son of a navigator , aged 1 year , "died of " acute hydrocephalus ( congenital ); sfeht fever ( 1
-week ) , convulsions . " At 19 , Cambridge-street ( same as above ) , the daughter of a whitesmith , aged 16 months , of " p ertussis ( 10 days ) , pneumonia ( 3 days ) . " , Mr . Holl describes . Agar-town , where this street is situated , ; as ' . 'damp , badly jdrained , and nnhealthy . " At , St . Clement Danes , in Nag ' s Bead-court , the daughter of a hawker , 11 months , of "cohynlsionsC" Mr . Jones states , that " owing to ; bad drainage , the filth runs out beneath the water sink , and creates so intolerable a smell that one cannot enter the yard for it . " At Hackneyroad , in Turville-hnildings , a wadding-dealer died of ' ? chronic asthma ( 5 years ) . " Mr . Murray states that the court is crowded ,, close , and ibVventilated , and that the water not being laid on , it must bo
oegged from neighbouring places . Kent-road ( subdistrict ) , in Ann-street , the son of a hawker , 10 weeks , of "herpes and debility . " Mr . Fitch states , that "the parents and other inhabitants of the street are for the most part hawkers of vegetables , & e ., , and have suffered severely from want during the . late inclement weather . " Upper Clapton , Caroline-street , is described by Mr Montaigne as «* very filthy , overcrowded , and seldom cleaned . "The ' mean daily reading of the barometer at the Greenwich Observatory was 29 . 571 in . The mean daily temperature ranged from 25 . 5 on Tuesday to 40 . 6 deg . on Saturday The mean of the week was 3 L 1 deg ., whickis 5 . 5 deg . less than the average of the same week in seven years . On Tuesday the
mean temperature was nearly 11 degs . less than the average : —The births during the week numbered 1 , 383 . - Extraormnikt SuicinE . —An inquest was held on Saturday last by Mr . Bedford , at the Westminster nospital , en the body of George Strickland , aged fifty . The deceased was a coach painter , and was generally supposed to be of unsiund mind , from the eccentricity of his manner ; his mother had also died insane . He resided at Little Queen-street , Westminster , and on the 21 st of November he went home as usual , hut seemed badly in health , and lowsplrited . Soon after he sat down and then fainted ; at ten he
said he was so ill that he would go . to " bed , and his landlord saw him to it . - 'At eleven o'clock there was a tremendous crash at the back ofthe house , and all the , rails were broken . The deceased had jumped from his bedroom window , and had then rolled into Hie next yard , where he was bleeding profusely . The distance he had fallen was upwards of forty feet . He was taken up in an insensible state and conveyed to the Westminster Hospital ,. when there were found most extensive injuries to the head , but no fracture ; inflammation of the lungs came on , of which he died on Thursday . —The jury then returned a verdict of "Natural death . "
Determined SmciDE of an Insolvent . —An inquest was taken on Saturday last by Mr . Bedford , in the board room of St James ' s Workhouse , Polandstreet , Oxford-street , on view . - of the body of Mr . w tiiiam Potter , aged twenty-eig ht , a master t » ilor , of the Jewish persuasion , residing at No . 2 , Great Marlborough-street , who destroyed himself under the following determined circumstances : —The deceased had only been married about three months , and very shortly afterwards he became insolvent , and his wife left him . Jkrirjg the last six weeks he had been very low and desponding , and he had mentioned to his brother that he was in fear of being imprisoned , as he had to go before the court on Saturday , to receive judgment , and he frequently observed that he
did not know how to face his creditors . On Thursday morning on the servant going into the back parlour , she discovered the deceased suspended by a rope fastened to" the door ofthe closet . He was quickly , cut : down by a police constable , who was called : into the house , and Mr . Spry , a surgeon , was sent for , who pronounced life to have been extinct some hours . —Verdict , " Temporary insanity . " " MKIAXCTUH . T Suicims . — -On Saturday last Mr WaHey held an inquiry at No . 4 , Norland-square . Notting-hill , respecting the death of Miss Harriet drier Ambndge , aged thirty-four years , a lady of fortune , who destroyed herself ; under the following very melancholy and determined circumstances : — Samuel Bartlett , a locksmith ; deposed that about half-past two o ' clock on Thursday afternoon he was exiled to the deceased ' s residence to pick the lock of a bedroom door ; he was unable to do so , and he
-was eventually compelled to break it open . On entering the room he discovered tbe unfortunate lady suspended by a piece of canvass , which was fastened to the cornice of the bedstead . Her feet hereabout four inches from the ground . —Harriet Hill , housemaid iu the deceased ' s service , said that for some days past the deceased had been very low and desponding , hut she had never shown any symptoms of iusinity . On the said Thursday deceased appeared more cheerful than usual , and about twelve o ' clock she left her mistress iu her dressirigroom ¦ while she went to pay some tradespeople ' s bills , and on her return at one o ' clock she found thedeceased ' s xaom door fastened on the inside ; she took no notice of the . circumstance until two . o ' clock , when she became alarmed at her continued absence , and called m Mr . Bartlett and Dr . Wagget . After some farther evidence corroboratory of the above , the jury returned a verdict of '' Temporary insanity . "
Death is the Millbank Prison . —On Saturday last an inquest was taken by Mr . Bedford at tbe HHlhank Frison , on tha body of Thomas'Bartley , aged twenty-four , a convict in that gaol . From the testimony of the warders it appeared that the deceased was received in the prison from Lewes , in the March of last year , by the unfortunate Mr . Hall , who was so brutally murdered by the man Francis . He -was employed in the kitchen , and had the means of setting what he wanted . On the 3 rd of this month he complained of difficulty , of breathing , and he was at once taken to the infirmary , and attended by Dr . Baly , the physician , who found he was labouring vnder bronchitis , which at last came to consumption , and he died on- the 16 th . ' Ok opening tbe body a great number of ulcers were found in the lungs , which accounted for the death . He was an excellently-conducted prisoner , and had every attention paid to him . The jury ' nturned a verdict of "» * Naturaldeath . " - -
DlSTKESSHG OCCUBBBSCE AT THE " DlJKB OF Bedford ' s Massios . — On Monday a respectable jury assembled at the Turk ' s Head , public-house , Motcombe-street , Belgrav & Square , before Mr . Bedford , Ae Westminster coroner , relative to the death of Elizabeth Hastless . aged fifty-three years , upper housemaid in the establishment of his grace the Buke of Bedford , No . 6 , Belgrave-square . — Policeconstable Boddy , No . 200 , B division , deposed that on Thursday evening , the 10 th instant , about seven o ' clock , he was on duty in Belgrave-square ; when he observed the deceased . leave the Duke of Bedford ' s mansion . ' The pavement was exceedingly slippery in consequence of the severity of the - weather , and she appeared afraid to walk , as she thought she would feU .: JWitaes 3 advised her . to . walk in the road ,
which she did , and had not proceeded far when she attempted to reach the pavem ' emVand in doing so she thppeo , and fell with considerable violence upon the pavement . - Witness went . to her assistance , and found that she had broken-her right leg . The deeeasedwas quickly removed to the duke ' s residence , where she had , every attention paid her . She went oncost favourably for four or five days when mortificatioujeame on , and it was deemed necessary to amputate the limb . The : operation was performed most satisfactorily , and she gradually improved until Wednesday week , when she began to sink , and exptred on the tollowing day . — Mr . Da Pasquin , surgeon to the royal household , ' -and two other medical gentlemen were constantly in attendance during the whple . time . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . "
; Thb iate . Iatai / Eipiosio . v op-Naphtha , iu Totteshau-coort-road . — On , Monday at twelve e'dnefcah . ' innuesC : wasi-held by : Mr . T . Wakley , M . P ., afcthe British Queen public-house , Sussexsireet / Tottenham-eourt-road , louching the death of Robert Cook Moore / : 8 ged ; : twelve years , who died from injuries be hadreeifeed by . the ; late explosion of naphtha in Jobjiisfc ^ T ^ aumimt-road . —
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* ws . Charlotte Moore , the mother of , thedeceajsed , deposed ; that theV deceasedI . died in the . University College Hospital . fon Friday morning last . . . He met with , an accident , on the : previous evening , ; about ialf-past five . o ' clock , arid , witness saw him 1 about half an hour afterwards , and his body ; was frightfully burnt . His arms , legs ,, harids ,, ; and ,, f ace werecom « pletely disfigured . The deceased was . quite -sensible , but did not say how the -accident occurred . —rThe coroner said ( here was another boy injured , andwit ; ness replied the deceased ' s brother , aged ten . — -The coroner asked if he said h ' -. w the accident happened . —Witness replied in the affirmative , and said the deceased and his brother were alone in the shop at the
time . The shop was very dark , and the deceased was going to fill the lamp , which usually : ournt naphtha . The deceased held the can . which contained the naphtha , and the lamp in the other hand . The deceased ' s brother stood at his f de , with a lighted match in his Hand , arid while the deceased was pouring the spirit into the lamp , the youngest said the lamp was full and running over . ^ xneaeceasedsaidit was not , and on looking ati it : he drew the lamp close to . the light , and the spmt immediately ignited and exploded with a loud report . —Ihe jury thought there was no blariie attached to any person , and returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " „ - - .
Mklakcholt Death of an Aansr . —On Wednesday an inquiry was gone into before Mr . Carter , at the Duke of Suffolk , Brandon-street , Walworth , respecting the death of William Harris , aged 73 years , an artist , who died under very painful circumstances , in a caravan , in which he had resided for thirty years . The jury proceeded to an old caravan , situated in the comer of a filthy place ; called Davy ' s Cow-yard , -Upper Brandon-street , where they found the bod y of the deceased in a very emaciated state ; The interior of the vehicle , was quite unfit for the residence of a human being . —Martha Harris-stated that the deceased was her husband , lie was an artist , and they had been married fortyseven years . Deceased ,, formerly , was in a large house at the west end of London : but being
reduced in circumstances , the deceased completed a collection of oil paintings , which he exhibited , in the caravan at the various fairs round the country . They had lived in the same vehicle for the last thirty years ; but the deceased for . a considerable period had been unable to-get about , and , therefore , the means of obtaining a livelihood had been stopped . The only money they got was by deceased painting sign-boards , window-blinds , or anything he _ could get to do . He Occasionally executed the paintings that were exhibited , outside the shows , but the remuneration was . very bad . On Sunday morning last the deceased Was in the act of lighting the fire in the caravan , during her absence , and on her return deceased was lying on the floor of the vehicle . Witness obtained assistance , but the deceased
died in a few hours afterwards . The surgeon who attended deceased was of opinion that he had died from an attack of apoplexy . —The Coroner : Do you mean to say that you have lived in the caravan thirty years' —Witness ( with tears in her eyes ) : Yes , sir , we have . —Mr . Cooke , the summoning officer , said that when he visited the placeon Sunday morning , the only money the poor woman had was one penny . The officer added that he fully believed they had suffered great privations . The jury re ^ turned a verdict of " Natural death . " - Swithfield Nuisance . —About two o ' clock on Monday the inhabitants of Aldersgate were thrown into astate of considerable confusion in consequence of an infuriated bullock passing down the street , i ' its way from Smithfield . . The animal seemed
desirous of impressing on the tradespeople and passengers that an individual of no ordinary importance was visiting them . After butting at a few harmless and disinterested spectators , "' - without' occasioning ; any material inconvenience , except creating a sensation of terror , he made a decidedly hostile approach towards a poor woman , - who had just come up from the country to see her daughter—no doubt big with the expectati > n of witnessing some of the wonders of the great metropolis . Unfortunately for her , bar nVst adventure was rather of a serious nature . She was knocked down , her head was bruised , and she wj s forcibly and unceremoniously thrust into a shop ,
to the surprise of a party who hail just sat down to partake of a comfortable repast . The bullock j considering it had done sufficient in this quarter , took it into his head to effect an entrance into a peppermint . -hop , a few doors off . Having broken ten squares of glass in the window , and passing through the shop he stationed himself in the oarlour , upsetting and destroying the furniture , arid frightening into fits several old women . By this time there was a considerable concourse of people assembled . ' The animal was , with some difficulty got out of the shop , and pursued by some hundreds of boys and drovers , was at length secured iu the classic regions of Charterhouse-square .
London and Westminster Coal Company-. — The winding-up of this company ' s affairs came on on Monday before the Master in Chancery Blunt , at his court in- Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane , . da the petition of Samuel Stanway , of 29 , Granvillesquare , Fentonville . The club or company was started in April , 1848 , to buy and sell coals sind coke in London and other places , with a proposed capital of £ 30 , 000 , in as many shares of £ 1 each , with power to establish depots and wharfs . The place of business was 142 , Strand , and Robert Hope Gadesdeu , the projector , was appointed resident manager at £ 680 a year . Agencies were appointed in different parts of England , but the scheme was soon after attended with pecuniary embarrassment and' loss . The petitioner , who took five : hundred shares and
paid the deposit , was sued for the debts incurred , and taken into custody , where he now remains . The assets are insufficient to meet the liabilities , and actions are threatened by creditors against the shareholders . The directors drew bills or promissory notes in the name of the csnipuby , for debts due , and demands owing by them individually , and which the petitioner on affidavit states had no relation whatever to the legitimate affairs of the company . He gave notice to thesecretary , Frederick Devey , not to countersign any of these bills or notes , or in any way to abet the directors in these proceedings , but the company , notwithstanding , have not paid the debts for which the petitioner is in custody , nor indemnified him against actions at law . The Master proceeded with tbe list of contributions liable to a
pro rata call ti pay off liabilities , and several were placed on the list for" this purpose . The Weather and the Parks . —The frost continued throughout Sunday and Monday with undiminished severity , the thermometer standing at 28 . The ornamental waters in the various parks were visited by thousands of skaters and sliders . The ice being several inches thick , a great number of persons amused-themselves by playing at several games , such as racing , hockey , & c -No accidents of any moment occurred , ' beyond a few partial immersions and some bruises by slipping down oa the ice . The Electric Telegraph Company has now laid down wires by which the transmission of messages from the branch office at Charing-cross , direct to all
parts of the kingdom , can be effected at any . hour during the day or night . This arrangement , from the proximity of the office to the homes of Parliament , law courts , & c , will increase the rapidity of telegraphic communications , both public and private , from the west end of the metropolis . Sudden Death at Woolwich . — Mr . De La Mare , a remarkably healthy gentleman , although about eighty years of age , residing with his son , the Rev . Mr . Da La Mare , on Woolwich-common , . while proceeding to church on Sunday last , fell down dead near tbe White-gate ofthe barrack-field , leading to the garrison . A medical officer from the Ordnance Hospital was promptly in attendance , but all attempts to restore animation was ineffectual , life being
extinct . Millbank Prison . —On Saturday morning last the interior of tbe Milibank Penitentiary was again the scene of a most desperate outrage , which was com-, mitted by one of the prisoners under sentence of ten years'transportation upon a warder named Balls , who narrowly escaped being murdered in the same manner as the late unfortunate warder Hall ; From the information obtained it appears that on Saturday morning the warder , Balls , ' let the prisoner in question out of Ms cell for the purpose of allowing him to empty his chamber utensil in the customary manner . The warder followed the prisoner to the end ofthe passage , where the closet was situated . After the prisoner had emptied the slops the warder proceeded along the passage , this time followed by
the prisoner . They had not gone far when Balls momentarily noticed the shadow of the chamber utensil upon the wall , and the next instant received a violent blow upon the side of the head , which partially stunned him , bnt on recovering his senses directly afterwards ho turned round , and saw the prisoner in the act of striking him a second blow with the chamber utensil , which he held in his hand . The warder dexterously ; avoided the blow , and called out instantly for assistance . In the meantime the prisoner commenced a most murderous attack upon the warder , inflicting several severe blows upon the head , face , and arms , and causing extensive wounds , from which the : blood flowed profusely . The warder , after a most desperate struggle for his life , succeeded in closing with his antagonist , and , although ho was weak from ; the
loss of blood , ultimately forced him to the ; ground . At that moment several warders , who had heard Balls ' s cries for assistance , entered the passage j and saw the prisoner and the warder on the ground struggling violently together . The prisoner was instantly secured and removed to one ofthe strong cells . Balls was conveyed to the infirmary in a very exhausted condition , bleeding from the wounds he had received upon his head and face . Mr . fiendle , the resident surgeon , quickly , attended , and , on examining the body of the warder , found in addition to the numerous wounds already mentioned , several contusions about the shoulders and areas , but fortunately . ' no bone was fractured ,- Dr . Baly afterwards visited the wounded warder , and ,. under his skilful treatment , " there are strong hopes that Balis , will speedilyrecover . ' ., . .
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r FiBE , the . Tempk , Church . - On . Sunday morning , about emht o ' clock , a fire broke out . m the furnace room oftheTempje Church , ' which , atthe cbniriienc enient , i , threatened . . serious ; injury . ^ to ,- ; the edifice- " A " man " named : Kimp , whose duty is . towarm the church , ' after , lighting ; the furnace , which is in the basetrientstory , went . into the choristers' room immediately ; Overhead , and so suddenly . alarmed at hearing an . explosion , which apparently ; proceeded fromthe room he had ; just left ; On . returning he fourid the furnace room filled with ; name and smoke . He threwsome pails > of . water , on , the . fire , but was speedily overpowered by the smoke , arid feUinsensible upon the floor . -Fortunately some , persons connected with tbe ^ Temple succeeded in draeeine the
man out . The fire , by that period , had forced itself completely through , the roof of the furnace room , arid had penetrated the flooring ofthe choristers' robing room . The engines having been set-to work from Fleet-street , the hose were carried round the church , and the firemen were enabled to scatter the water in the right direction , but some time elapsed ere the flames conld be extinguished , and not until agreat part ofthe flooring in the choristers '; robing-room was destroyed and a valuable pianoforte much burned . The beautiful , organs which stood immediately behind the wall on which ; the flames destroyed the outer
plaster , also escapeu injury , immeuiaieiy alter tne performance of Divine service in the morning Sir Geirge Rose , Sir B . Camming , and 'the other benchers , visited the place for the purpose of learning the cause of the ' outbreak ; and it appeared that for some time past the man in charge of the furriaceroom had been in the habit of piling bundles of wood over the boiler of the furnace to dry . On . Saturday last a great quantity was placed there , - and on Sunday morning shortly after the fires were lighted the heat of the boiler must have set the whole of the wood in flames ; arid the explosion heard by the man was no doubt caused by the bursting of the slate roof from the action of the fire .
Fire at a Candle Manufactoby : —Shortly , before seven o clock on Monday morning a fire broke out on the premises belonging . to an oilman and candle maker named llugman , situate'in Slioemakerrow , Ludgate-hill . ' The fire ; ' when ; first discovered was burning in an underground floor used as a meltroom and warehouse , and was not extinguished until the stock in ^ trade ; & c . l were seriously damaged . Mr . Hugmanis luckily insured . ' The origin of the outbreak ^ at present unknown . 5 ' ; ' ¦¦'•¦ - . ; Fire in St . James ' s . —On Sunday afternoon , shortly after one o'clock , a fire broke in the premises of Mr . T . Grant , a furniture dealer , Np . 36 ; Princesstreet , St . James ' s . The flames were confined to the destruction of the lower part of the building . " ; ' ,
Fibk at Palmer ' s Candle Factory . '—| On' Tuesday morning , about six o ' clock , a fire broke out in the immense range of premises known as the patent metallic wick candle and lamp factory , Situate in Great Sutton-street , Clerketiwell , the property of Messrs . Palmer and Co . " The discovery was made by one ofthe lads employed on thepremisesi who , on opening the door of the ' workshop found the place inflames . 'Haying the'preserice : of mind to close the door again , 'he was enabled to give , an alarm , which speedily brought a number ©? workmen to the spot , who instantly set to work " arid happily succeeded in preventing the ' conflagration from extending during the . time lost- in sending for the . erigines . The firemen and workmen eventually
conquered the flames , but not until a great deal of the flooring and joistings were burned . arid the utensils damaged'by fire and water . , ; : A Fire Inquest ;—On -Tuesday ' afternoon' an inquest was held at the . Union Tavern , Blackfriars , before Mr .- Payne , the City ; Cordher , i to inquire into the origin of the fire which took place on the premises of Joseph Hugmah , oilandcolourman , No 32 , Shoemaker's-row . After the swearing in ofthe jury , the Coroner said he regretted the absence of Mr . R ; Taylor , Common Councilman , who had expressed an opinion that such inquiries were totally useless , and , therefore , he had written to him in order that he : might attend and judge for himself . Fromthe evidence , which was of a very suspicious .
nature , it appeared that the fire was discovered on Monday . morning' last , burning in four distinct places at Once , and the peculiar situation of two of the places rendered it impossible that the fire could have occurred accidentally . Mr . J . Hugman , who was examined , stated that himself and his workman lit a fire in the copper in the front cellar for the purpose of melting some grease , and both of them having occasion to leave for a few minutes , " on their return they found the place in flames .- He admitted that for a long time previous they' had not melted grease there . Between this witness's evidence and that of his workman several discrepancies occurred . A witness of the name of George Nottley said that he had heard of the fire sometime before it took
place . A man whom he knew had told him to beware of it three weeks before Christmas . Witness did not know the man ' s name , nor where he lived , but had no doubt he could produce him if the inquiry was adjourned ^ - The Coroner said he could not ask him the words the man- used , but if he ( NOttley ) thought the evidence of the man would tend to throw some additional light on the subject , he would be happy to adjourn the inquiry to some future time , when the person would be forthcoming . It was entirely a question for the jury , as they could best judge of the importance of such inquiries . The Times of that morning had a paragraph in which it was stated that " the number of fires during the year 1849 , in London , was 835 , involving the destruction of 400 or 500 houses , and twenty persons
lost their lives . - ' Now , in the City of London , the total number of Houses destroyed was only fourteen , and in the borough ' of Southwark eight . In those districts inquests were held in every case , arid one of them resulted in the transportation of two ' men for arson ; so that the majority ; of fires occur in those parts of the metropolis where no inquiry takes place . The jury were unanimous in requesting the Coroner to adjourn the inquest , which was accordingly adjourned till Thursday next , at half-past two o ' clock . The Drainage and Sewerage op Lambeth . —A very extensive and thorough survey of the whole of this large parish is now in the course of being made , under the superintendence of the Commissioners of Sewers , preparatory to an effective system being introduced throughout this numerously populated district .
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, Sevek Fishing Smacks and Thirty 7 SEven Fishermen Lost . —Seven fine fishing-smacks , whose crews numbered in the aggregate thirty-seven men and boys , which left ; Hull . prior to Christmas-day , in 1849 , and which , should have returned a fortnight ago ,. have not since been-heard of . ; It is supposed that the vessels perished during the gales of the 27 th and 28 th December . ' Various causes of this fearful loss of life and property are stated , but the most probable is that they foundered on the Lemon-oar Sand , in consequence of the foaling : light . drifting from her moorings . The topmast of one ( tlie Mary ) was picked up . off Lewestoffe , and brought into Hull on Friday week last .
. The . Aymshury , Savings Bank ..-t A fiat in bankruptcy having been issued against Henry Stratton ( clerk to Mr . James James , solicitor , of Aylesbury , _ the secretary to the savings bank . ) who is by . this time with his wife and family in . America , the property which he has left behind him , including his furniture and other available assets ,. will now be secured for the benefit of his creditors , as well as to make good , as far as it will go , the amount he has abstracted from the deposits of the savings bank . There will be two grounds for his being claimed to be given . up by the United States by the English government—first , for ; having forged the names of several ofthe depositors in the bank to receipt ; and secondly , for not surrendering to his fiat .: The
Secretary of State has consented to take the necessary steps to cause the apprehension of the fugative in America and his return to this country ?; butdeclinea , as is customary in all similar cases , to bear tho . expenses attending such a proceeding . The mode which Stratton adopted to mystify the accounts and to " cook-- ' the books of the bank ,-to deceive the trustees and managers , as well as Mr . Jurats , the Secretary , was of a character to disarm suspicion , and was only to be discovered by the closest investigation and the strictest scrutiny . : Poisoning a Railway Passenger . —We have had detailed the following particulars of a case of poisoning and robbery of a railway passenger , which took place a few weeks ago : — " It appears that on
the day before Christmas-day a . young man named George Lambert , who resides near Sheffield , was on his way to pay a visit to a relative who resides iri this town . When at the Masborough station he was accosted by some men , who gawe him a lozenge , and ? aid , that as he was coming to Doncaster , they would all travel together . They accordingly got him into a carriage along with them , and at the same time gave him another lozenge to suck . He , however , put' it into bis pocket , and did not make any further use of it . He then gradually became unconscious , and remembered nothing , but that he atone tims heard a cry of " Liverpool . " At length he was seized at a station some distance beyond that town , and was dragged out by the porters under a supposition that he was intoxicated . Here he was < charged ft , for
extrafare ; but , to his surprise ,: he found that he had been robbed of every farthing of his money , amounting to nearly £ 5 . Hewas about , to be ; locked up , but a gentleman who saw the proceeding had compassion On him , paid his fare , and took him to his own house , where the young man was put to bed and confined to his chamber fur about a week , sufferirig fromthe effects of the drug which had been administered to him , and his friends , in the meantime , were quite unconscious , of what had become of hiin The medical gentleman who attended him stated that if he had sucked the second lozenge his life would have been in great danger . As it was , he ; had some difficulty in preserving his eyesighti When sufficiently recovered , the kind gentleman who . had befriended him-supplied him with' money to payhie journey home , arid thus hewasrealoredto his friends . It
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iionly right . lto observe that $ ' y ° W ?*{ W nprnon ofTsteady , and-sober ; habits , nnd ^ bat ; t . here , !« SSwhate ^ for supposing th , f . ha , was-UTia stateof intoxication * except from theeffects < of ; the drue administered , to . him . r 7 i ? o «««« . «« r ^ a «^ i ' ;^ ¦' Death of a Pauper and . Y ebdict ; . of > Mansn / VUOHTBB AGAINST AN OVERSEER . —On thC , 1 (' inst . Mr . D . P . King , the coroner , resumed the inquiry relative to , the death of George Lucketti oi Marsh Gibbon , who , died in a cart , whilst , being conveyed to the union house at Buckingham . The deceased was a poorold ; man , sixty-nine years of ; age , and lived in a miserable , place called thc ; , ColIege , ; ten or twelve . miles from Buckingham , his wife and two daunhters resided with him . , Oneof thelatter pad
been ill for some time past , but she . struggled onin extreme poverty and wretchedness ; until , an order was received for the removal of the deceased and his family to the union . Friday , the llth . inst .,, wasjixed upon to put the order . into effect , and carry off the old man and his family ; but himself . and , . , sick daughter only were , packed in ihe cart , and started on their journey of many miles oyer a wretched rough bye road , on one of the most bjeak . and cold winter days . The cart was a ; common baker ! s vehicle without . springs ,- The deceased , almost naked , and who was then dying , was placed ia this ; cart along with his daughter , who was in a dangerous state ; arid , having been covered with , a Jbarn : door winriowirig-sheet , the two , paupers were removed , arid
when they reached the union the daughter was quite insensible , and the father a corpse ! The , jury when they viewed the bidyof the deceased ; , declared that they never : beheld such a deplorable , :. sight ) before . Starvation and disease were depicted strongly on the coutenarice ' of the poor man . ; The only , articles of wearing apparel on the body was , an old : shirt and ; a waistcoak- ^ -Henry Jones proved haying removed the deceased in the manner stated above ,: by order of Jo ' siah Jones , the overseer .. When he went to his house he was lyirigon the floor groaning . He thought him in a fit state to be removed , and he and three others took him out and lifted him in the cart'" like apig . "' On the way ' to the . uriion he . heard deceased eroan , and he dieid about four miles before he got to
the place . He thehtdld his daughter that her lather was dead . He did not think , when he removed him without trousers and stockings on , that he was ; dying . The wife and another daughter refused to be removed . —Mr . White , the master of the union ,: said that the daughter , when admitted , was in a very dangerous condition . Brandy and arrowroot were administered to her . . The barn door winnowing-shee . t was partjy wrapped about her and pardy round her , dead father . —Mr . Kirigi relieving ^ officer ,. said the deceased and his family had been objects of relieffor somciweeks past . , Their dwelling , was in a filthy ; and destitute state . —Mr . Josiah Jones said that ho was theoverseer . ' lie received an order for-the , removal of deceased from themedicahattendant . ( Theorder ; was
produced and : read , bythecoroner . ;; "It ; Baid ,. if dp ; ceased was not removed , he might . ; create £ a pestileh-, tial disease . ) Witness went with ; two men to : the guardian . " Miv Jones said they , would be wanted to help deceased into the cart ; they did so , but as they could not get his clothes on he had him put in awinnowing-sheet , such as is put up at . barn : doors . i He did not move about at all . . He should not have removed deceased if . a letter had . not . been received from the doctor . The cart was a village baker ' s fle considered the deceased would not . be , worse off in the cart than at home , rr-Mr . W . H . Semerset ; medical poor law . union attendant , said , he addressed the order of removal to Jones ;¦ he considered the deceased would be better off in . the cart than in his own
miserable hut . When he . lost saw deceased and his daughter ( before .-the removal *)* he considered they were fit to be taken to the uriion ^ -He considered de ; ceased died from cold and inclemency of the weather . He might have died if he had : been at home . He ought to have been removed with care , and blankets wrappedround him . The wife of deceased said , her husband had been ill some time with , rheumatism and pains in the bowels .,: He told her he was unwilling to go into the union , as his time was very short . He got into a great rage with one of his daughters , when she told him be was to go into the workhouse . He said hewould die first . When the men brought him down stain , one took hold of his
head , and the : other held his heals . They could not get his trousers on . He was not insensible , she thought , 'when he was i brought down stairs . —Dr . Southan said , that he saw the body when brought in . It was stiff and cold , and in a filthy condition . Ex ^ posure to the cold in such an inclement season , the state deceased was in from his age , the depressed state of his vital powers ,: and probable : half-starved condition , were likely to be attended with fatal consequences . : He considered there : wasigreat want of humanity ' shown in removing- deceased in the . s ' ate he was . in . —The jury , - after consulting , returned a verdict of " Involuntary manslaughter against Josiah Jones , the overseer , " who wes thereupon committed for trial at the next Aylesbury assizes .
¦ A Gsod Example , —In consequence of the tenantry under the ; Right Hon . Lord John Scott , complaining of the damage done by the game to their crops , ( fee , his lordship bad destroyed the whole of his extensive preserves in Warwickshire , dismissed his keepers , and given directions to his tenants to keep the game down by shooting all that they see on thelandin their occupation . The Birmingham Magistrates . —Birmingham , " Saturday . —The deputation appointed , to wait upon government with respect to . the recent appointment of magistrates on the nomination of Messrs . Geach arid'Thornton had an interview with Lord John Russellahd'Sir George Grey in Downing-street , on Friday , The . Premier and Home Secretary
declined to interfere , and questioned the power of town councils to sominate borough magistrates . They referred the deputation to the Lord Chancellor . After an interview ; of same length with the nobie Lord the deputation were induced to hope , if not believe , that the recent commission willbesuperseded . ' Another ; Capturb of Smugglers was made early on Monday morning off Soutbsea . Beach , where a wherry with three men and 150 gallons of foreign brandy was captured by Lieut . T . B ; Clark and a party of men from Stokes Bay Station . Supposed Murder and Suicide by a Merchant , at MAKCiiESTEn . —On Monday morning a painful sensation was created here by a rumour that Mr . Alexander Novelli . a merchant , and his late brother ' s
widow , both residing at Lower Broughton , had been found dead at their own house under very mysterious circumstances . , Mrs . Novelli was the widow of Mr . Louis Novelli , of Prestwich , near Manchester , and the daughter of Mr . Hall , bleacher , ' , of Prestwich . Mr . Louis Novelli died soou after returning , from Doncaster races about sixteen months ago , and left his widow and two young children very handsomely provided for . His father , indeed , who is still living in the neighbourhood of Loudon , retired from busi . ness in Manchester net many years ago , in - very affluent circumstances . Ivfr . Alex . Novelli , upon hie brother ' s death , was appointed one of the executors to his estate , ' and from that time has lived with his brother ' s widow and the two children . A few weeks
back they took up their abode at Cliff Mound , a genteel residence purchased in the name of the children , at Lower Broughton . They appeared to live together on good terms , employing a man servant and two maid servants' in the house . On Sunday they appeared to be in the enjoyment of their ordinary health , and attended divine service at St . Clement ' s Church , Broughton . The servants retired to bed at the usual hour , leaving Mr . Alexander Novelli and Mrs . Novelli in the sitting-room , and had no reason to suspect that anything unusual was about to take place . The man servant was horror-stricken to find , however , on descending to the sitting room on Monday at eight o'clock , that Mrs . Novelli was dead . She was found reclining on a sofa partially
undressed . -Her body was quite cold , and it is supposed she had been dead many hours . Mr . Alex . Novelli was then sought , that tidings of the death of his sister-in-law might be taken to him , but oil euteringhis room his dead body was found hanging from the celling . There was warmth about , the region of the heart , and it was supposed that he had not been dead more than a couple of hours . Mr . W . S . Uutter , the county coroner , held an inquest on Monday , on -the bodies of Mrl Alexander , and Mr * . Harriet Novelli , at the residence of the deceased , Mount-house , Lower Broughton . It appeared from the evidence , that both-Mi . Alexander , and Mrs . Harriet Novelli , attended' Prestwich church on Sunday morning , and Broughton Church in the afternoon of the same "day ; and they afterwards
accompanied Mr . Coston , one of the executors of the late Louis Novelli , and husband to the deceased lady , to his house to tea , and returned home early in the evening . The servantj at the request of Mr . Novelli , brought two tumbler glasses ; and a jug of hot water , before retiring to bed . The next morning the boy went into'the dining-room to open the shunters , when he found Mrs . Novelli lying : dead on the floor . The servant maninstantly proceeded to Mr . Novelli ' s bed-room , when he found him suspended by the cord of his dressing-gown to the mahogany bar , which is about an inch and a quarter in diameter , with his knees touching the floir . lie then put his hand into the bed , which was - quite warm , as also was the body : 'A female servant slept immediately over the dining-room , ' but stated that she heard no scuffle or disturbance during the night . The cushions
on the sofa had been disturbed ; one of them wag lying on the' floor , and the tablecloth was drawn considerably oh one side ; there remained on the table a decanter and a glass ,-containing a small quantity of brandy , and there was likewise a strong smell / of that liquor in the room , —Mr . Harrison , surgeon , stated , that he had made & post mortem examination of the bodies , ' and that upon the head and windpipe of the deceased lad y , there were marks such as might have been made by finger nails , and that those marks corresponded to echymosis . Immediately underneath the great vessels were gorged with blood , and , on opening the chest , he found the lungs gorged with venous blood , and the right side of . the heart ako . j There was nothing to be fourid in tho stomach but what is to be found-in a perfect state of health , and-free from any appearance of poison ... Ihehead . and membranes of the brain were
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ibighly congeBted . j / 'Theiconditien . pfthe , head / ilungsi and heart , was . quitesufficient to account , for death , which arose fromstranguIationj-Tliere was nothing else , to r . account , for ; death ; ( , On , they nose . ; of ; Mr . Novelli , there . ' . was a . bruise , such as might be caused by a scratch , which it : is supposed he might have got in an-encounter with the deceased lady . ^ Mr . Ainsworth , the other medical gentleman , corroborated the testimony "" of ~ Mr :- Harrigon ;" and produced a broobJi ' witb ? a gold ;" piri l ' which he '( MriAinswbrtli ) had taken from her breast-that morning . The pin was much bent , which , in his opinion , proved that a struggle had taken place . Mr . Novelli was , about twerity-e'g lir , years " 'of age ' : Mrs : Novelli was' about thirty ; andi had had > two children , 'and she had resided with Mr . Alexander Novelli since her hiuband ' s decease . , ; The inquest waaadjourned to enable Mr . Novelli ' s friends to prove a case of insanity .
Mubd ' er ' at SoiroN in Ashfisid . —On Monday a mari named Berry , ' who has heeri living separate from his- wife . for ; some ¦ years past , murdered his daughter ; a child three years old , ; by striking her on the head with a-butcher ' s cleaver ... * . The cries of the unforturiafe child soon attracted , the neighbours who sooa ' forced operi'the . doors , but rib ' effectuaLassistarice could' b ' efre ndered :- ; The child expired in a very short time .- ' Berry was taken to the Mansfield lock-up . ' ,:-- ! n : :. ; : ¦' :- ;^ . ¦ . '• ' ¦ . -: '¦¦ - '• : ' ¦ '' ' ¦ _ . MtstbbiouS ; Death o f a' , Policeman , rf Oa Monday night , policeman Stamford , of the Notts rural police force ,: left'Cotgrave , a village about seven miles frorii "Nottirigham ^ ' in . a cart ! . along with a prisoner who' had been apprehended on a charge of ; robbery , and whom " : he was directed to convey to
the Nottingham police station . 'At , eight o clock in the evecing , Mr .. Thomas Smart , . of the Trent Bridge , ' wheu proceeding on" the' Cotgrkve-road , ' observed the policeman in the cart alone , with his head reclinin * on the scat ; ' Mr , Smart ; arid a man who came up , at the moment , supposing the policeman wair asleep , endeavoured to arouse him , but . were horrified tor find ( that he was lifeless . ; The . body ,, was conveyed to the Trent Bridge Inn , and a surgeon wag ^ erit for , but ' his services' were of rio' avail . There was : rio ; marts of violence on' deceas ' ed ' a ^ ace , but the surgeon refused to examine the body until he . received instructions fromthe coroner . ' The man . who . had been in deceased ' s custody has riot yet beeh ' recaptured , .. •¦' ;
. A Singular Discovbbt has been made with regard' to one ' of the men missing from Lyrin ^ On Monday last ahat , apurse , - and a knife were found by the side of Wormegay Drain , i , Upon the purse being shown , to the niece of John Bell , she immediatel y eibiaimed ^ " That is , my uncle ' s purse . ' I Know it because I made it myself ; " She "then observed that it was her uncle ' s , it was mended iri one p art with a double thread ; and on examination so it proved to be ^ The ¦ purse , then , of Bell is found and identified , ; and that in one ofthe' most' lonely placesih thecourityj ' close to Wormegay Mere , a place to which-it isivery unlikely . that an oldman , above 80 years ! : of ; age | , would . voluntarily go after dark ; besides being four miles distant from Lynn . Thehat hasbeen ^ identified as' blown from the head of a traveller in wares j . bufc the knife , a formidable weapon , has not been owned . '
. Accident to Mr . Addebley , M . P . —On Monday as Mr . Adderley , M . P ., with ' the Hon . Mrs . Adderley and . their family , was returning from Stoneleigh Abbey to Hamsj : their , carriage upset , owing to the icy state of the roads , as they were turning tooquickly out ofthe park : into tho high road , Though the oarriagewas completely smashed from the . violence ofthe fall , no one received any serious injury fartherihan a fe ^ bruises and slight cuts .
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Escape of a Pabty charged with Murder . —In our last , we { Glasgow Post ) called attention to the case of Cameron , the policeman , who / was charged ' . with murder' at the . late circuit trials in Glasgow ,, but who , through the . activity of his legal agent , on the one hand , arid the carelessness or blundering of some one of our civic prosecutors on the other , is likely to . defeat the' ends of justice , and escape altogether everi : the . chances of a trial . Caineron is again in custody .- ' B y advice he gave himself up , after being " liberated in due course of law , " and it will require stronger legal arguments than any we have yet seen advanced , to satisfy us that , under the peculiar circumstances . of the casehe runs any
, chance of being tried for the murder of which he is alleged , by the public prosecutor , to be guilty . It is extremely doubtful , in the opinion of high legal authorities ; whether it is competent to proceed with a second trial , seeing that the statute ( 1701 ) " discharges the prisoner from' being" put or : detained , in gaol for the same crime after his liberation , iri case that fact was knowntothe coinmittee at the time he applied for his criminaUetters . " We understand the Lord Advocate has ordered an' inquiry into the whole circuinstahces connected with the liberation , with a view to ascertaining who ia to blame for the
mismanagement ,, by which , the prisoner was not served With'his criminal letter ' s on the evening of their arrival in Glasgow , ' nor in proper time oh : the morning following , 'and thereby obtained his release , and that the blame is likely to be brought home to a party in Glasgow .. Great blame ia unquestionably attributable to some one in connexion with this important , matter ; and it is but right that , in the ordinary course of justice , it should be put upon the right shorilders . The competency of a second trial will . bei discussed iri Edinburgh , before the High Court . of Justiciary , on the 28 th of the present month . , - . ¦'' ¦¦ . ¦;¦
Destruction by Fire of the Seat of the Dhkk of Montrose . —On Monday night last Buchanan House ; 'in the parish of Buchanan , Stirlingshire , the Scottish , seat of the Duke of Montrose , was totally destroyed by fire . The fire is believed to have , been accidental , but the particulars of the occurrence have riot reached us . The ducalmansiori was a firie old house , which originally belonged to the once potent fainily of Buchanan . It was delightfully situated in the nei ghbourhood of Lochlomond ; andrwhat was deficient ; in architectural graces , was made ,: up . by the beauty ofthe side and grounds . The greater part of the fine furniture and historical relics , are understood to have perished . The duke and family were absent at the time of the catastrophe : , '
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' -Protectionist Meeting in Dublin . —An aggregate Protectionist meeting took place in the Rotunda last week , for ; which great ; preparations had been made . : It wag presided over by th « Marquis of Downshire , and the aristocracy , mustered strong upon'the : occasion . Resolutions " declaratory of the necessity ^ of prbtectiori , ^^ and' condemnatory of Tree Trade , were unanimously ^ passed : ¦•¦ ¦ Counter * Aggregate Mketing ; — ' The ' correspondent of the , . Times says ; — . " Although no day has been yet fixed for the counter demonstration of the citizens ' of Dublin , itis stated that active preparations aw in progre 8 S , " and that before the lapse of another
weekthevoitfeofthe Irish ' metropolis will pronounce its free opinion on : the policy or impolicy of : Free Trade . : The . meeting , unhke the recent display , will be open to all parties , and the right to differ , it is promised , " . will be . accorded to such as may choose to d © soi " - If report speak truly , this latter concession is likely to be put to the test , as it is said that one or two of the speakers who figured at the Rotunda on Thursday week , will take up the gauntlet at the citizen ' s meeting whenever it may come off-. and if so , it ia to he hoped that good faith will be kept , and that senseless clamour will not be substituted for legitimate argument ; The high flown eloquence expended by the'Lords and com
moners assembled at the Rottinda gathering has hot ' told" on the Repealers , The JSatton of Saturday treats the movement with supreme contempt , and in scathing language derideslthe empty threats of appeal to the cannon ' s mouth , " or else "—arid asks my Lord Glengalland his courtly agitators , if they , really believe that this mock menace will tell oh England , adding , " if there be any such witless mortal here , or across the Channel , who believes in this blank cartridge alternative to protection , we' tell him frankly that if anything could muster , the people of Ireland against the independence ; : of the island , it would be that this Independence was the last hope arid mainstay of exterminators : " Such is " Young Ireland ' s " estimate of the all but proffered alliance of the
physical force aristocrats . ; Tenant Movement . — The tenant protection movement is gaining ground in about the same proportion that the landlord protection game is losing it . ; The landowners' have created their Frankenstein , as the counter organisation has been aptly termed , and they will be ' pursued by the formidable enemy . to : the last ; : The movement is ' spreading in the south The Mlcenny Journal states that Ballingarry ,. " the leading parish ' of Tipperary , " was organised last wees ; and a meetingm the neighbouring COUnty of Kilkenny , the announcement of this fact was received with loud cheers , "andthe
meeting pledged itself that at least ten thousand Callan men should attend the Ballingarry meeting , which they were led to believe would give a tone to ' Ti p ^ perary , , In theso mass moTCments , a constitutional mode of proceeding is not lost sight of , and petitions to parliament ; praying for tenant protec-!!?"« "i ! lnvariably adopted . At the last meeting of the . Lallan Society ; it was resolved : — " That a petition to Parliament in favour of a' continuance of free trade be' adopted , arid forwarded to Richard Cobden , Esq ^ ' for presentation in the House of Commons , and that John Bright , Esq ., be requested to support its . prayer . "
Thk i Ulster . Roman Catholic Memorial . —A deputation , appointed to present the memorial of the Roman Catholics of Ulster , praying for the ^ suppression of ^ theiCivs . tlewellari ^ magistrates , waited on the , Lord-Lieuteriant . It was accompanied by the Lord . Mayor ,, w ho introduced the deputation . The memorial containing upwards of 62 J 000 ^ signatures , including 165 Roman Catholic clergymen .
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:, ; His Excellency < read thefollQfin |; Creplys : ^ - ;' , i . a . j " ' GJENixkMES , —I have attentively conriaered ^ the memorial which you have how presented , ind a C 6 pj ; . of . which' Ih ' ad been aheiidy'forwal'ded . fo'meZ 'lot : wAiva ¦ fcAlS & n Although I am fully { sensible How hnpdrt ^ titjisthatjn theadminls ' tratioh" of justice distinctions of cread and . party should be urikneivn ; yet I do riot ' feel that I ; can . properly recommend ; to the . Lord -Chancellor , the prayer of your memorial viz . — 'To superse -de in the commission of-the peace , certain magistrates who , at a Petty Sessions held in Castle ' wellan on the 9 tli of October latt , refused to take informations against parties proved to have formed a portion ofari avowedly illegal assembly / , ¦ . * It does not appear that any of the magistrates whose removal is desived took part or were personally implicated in the " transactions ' which formed the subject of the investi gationnttho Petty ' Session ' sreferred to . ; When assembled ,
however , they , did decide not to receive lnformatioag against persons who were alleged to have formed portion of an assembly which , in the opinion of the Commissioner . Mr . Berwick , and the Attorney-General , was Ulegal ; but I cannot considertbat the refusal ofthe magistrates to act on that view of ' the law ( however-correct ) affords just grounds for superseding them -in > the commission ofthe peaee . It has beenthe practiceofthegoyerriment in this country to afford legal advice " to the local magistracy in the discharge of their ' duties ; but it is not to be supposed , nor can it be justly contended , that the opinion thus given is binding on the magistrate who receives it , although obtained at his instance . He is still free to act on hi * own j udgment and responsibility . The law and the Constitution have' confided to him this power , and he should not be removed from the commission merely upon the ground that he declines to abide by the opinion of alegal officer of the Crown . ¦ ¦ . .
" It is unnecessary for me to state how deeply I have deplored the lamentable occurrences ofthe last 12 th of July , which were attended with such fatal consequences , and I can assure you that Her Majesty ' s Government fully recognises the necessity of putting an end to those rival party dig . plays , . which tend to keep continually alive feelings of animosity and ill-will between her Majesty ' s subjects of different religious persuasions . Indications of 'iMPRovkMEST .-f-The correspondent of the Morning Chronicle says : — " Although the embarrassed landlords arid their tenantry are suffering severely , and the Poor-law taxation , in extensive districts of the south and west , has left immense
quantities of land unoccupied and uncultivated ; yet , on all estates where a proper , land-system has been adopted , and the , landlords , are really the owners of their property , rerits ' arelriow . paid very fairly , all circumstances considered ^ - . I have learned that- the tenantry of the Diike of Leinster , in-Kildare , have paid their rents for the last year with a , degree of punctuality that forms a remarkable contrast with estates in other parts of the country ; and that the noble duke and other well-circumstanced proprietors have their rents better paid at present than at any period since 1846 . . " ' .. ... Thb Irish Count of ' Chakcbry . —It is a curious fact that the business in the Irish Court of
Chancery , in all its branches , is once more as , brisk aa it had been in the ordinary periods of litigation before the famine had'extended " toi the Four Courts . ' A very general . opinion , hadprevailed that the Encuiribered Estates Commission would have produced a sweeping change in the dusumrr ' of the ordinary equity courts : but it is not more ' strange than true that , although an enormous amount of causes , in the way of petitions for the sale of estates previously in Chancery , has already , accumulated before the Encumbered Commissioners , the duties ofthe Lord Chancellor , the Master of the Roils , and the four Masters in Chancery , have increased during the pre *
sent term , after a lull w hich has proved merely tern * porary . Many of the causes in the Encumbered Commission Court had completely run their course in Chancery—that final , decrees for sale had been pronounced ; but , from one reason or other , imperfection of title , or , perhaps , inability to divide estates into lots suitable to purchasers , or the impossibility of obtaining bidders at the required rates of purchase , the sales were not made , and some of the pirties interested have in consequence availed themselves of the faculties offered by the Encumbered Estates Act to force sales under circumstances . considered advantageous and inexpensive .
Encdmberkd Estates Commission . —The business of this commission continues to augmentata rapid rate . : A new list of petitions for sales , thirtytwo in number , was presented between the 7 th and the 15 th inst . A considerable portion of those petitions affect estates in the western provinces . There are three petitions on the case of Lord Oranmore , and the petitioners ar &> relatives of the noble lord , namely , the Hon . Mary Anne Browne , the Hon . Georgina Dorcas Browne ( his lordship ' s sisters , ) and the Rev . J . G . Browne . PaoTECTioNiST Movement . —The intention of convening a Protectionist meeting in the county of Sligo has been abandoned . In fact , the Irish Protectionists seem to have got quite enough agitation ; and they are now restoring to petitions quietly
circulated amongst the party . -..,- . , News for Farmers . —There has been an advance iri the price of beef in the southern markets . The Cork Constitution says : — " Previous to Christmas it was very low , there being a large number of small , light cattle in the hands of farmers , which having been disposed of , good cattle at present are fetching advanced prices . Pork , too , is getting scarce , and likely to advance in price . " Farm Improvements . —Mr . Stewart , of the firm of Stewart and' Kincaid , has returned to Dublin after a tour of inspection over the properties of Lord Palmerston and other gentlemen , to whom this eminent firm are agents . Upon Lord Palmerston's property , in this county , enormous improvements are being carried out under the local direction of Edward Smith , Esq ., which must result in great benefit to the tenantry . " Tub Imsn Poor Law . —Another death from starvation is recorded in the Newcastle union , and
the foils wing verdict has been returned by the coroner ' s jury : — " We find that tho deceased , John Harnett , came by his death from cold and starvation , arising from the cruel and arbitrary conduct ofthe Poor LawCoinmissionersinwithholdingfrora the guardians , after repeated remonstrances , their sealed order empowering them to grant out-door relief more generally to the destitute poor of this union ; and we further find , unless in-door accommodation or a more general system of out-door relief be instantly afforded > that the deaths of hundreds of the now starving poor of this union must immediately and inevitably follow . " A kiot took place last week in the Athlone workhouse among the female paupers . A strong police force was called in , but the insurgents successfully assailed them for some time with the hot " stirabout" with which they had been provided for supper—the said stirabout , thus converted into a formidable missile , having been the cause of the insubordination .
The new sea pier at Moville , in the county of Derry , has been completed , and the works are stated to have given complete satisfaction upon the official inspection . The entire length of the pier is 403 feet ; breadth , forty feet ; ten feet below low water at its head , nine feet to the extent of 250 feet inward , and thence gradually decreasing to the depth of seven feet . Tho stones used in its erection vary from two to : five tons , and were procured in the neighbourhood . A case , in which the name of Sir Robert Peel is incidentally mixed upwill be tried in the Irish
, Court of Exchequer in a few days . The plaintiff is aMrs . Taylor , wife or an English clergyman , and solo surviving daughter of the illustrious John Philpott Curran , and the defendant , a Mrs . Simpson , ' with whom the plaintiff has resided as a lodger . The subject of the action is a portrait of Curran , painted : by Lawrence , and-which was purchased by Sir Robert Peel from Mrs . Simpson , who , according to the plaintiff , had no ri ght to sell it , hut who states , in her turn , that it was a free gift to her from tho plaintiff . The trial has been fixed for the 2 nd of February .
Murder in the Countt of Limerick . —On the night of Tuesday , the 15 th instant , Edward Hnrly , of Ballinahinch , near Knocklong , was murdered in his own house , in the presence of his wife and five children ; Hurley and his family , after rising from prayers , directed his son to look after the cattle before they retired to rest . Tho boy proceeded to the door , and upon opening it observed an armed man outside . The fellow told Hurley ' s son to go back h and with the muzzle ofthe gun forced him to the centre ' of the dwelling ^ when his father , mother , brothers , and sisters , promptly assailed the intruder , who was repulsed ; but , alas ! tho melancholy catastrophe is now to ' bo told . As Hurley , the head of this bra ve family , was locking the door , the atrocious ruffian fired from without ; the ball of
entering his left eye , carried away the upper p art his skull , and the innocent victim fell dead on the spot ! Appitcation for "Information" Refused . — Just before the rising of the Court of Queen ' s Bench on Saturday evening , a tall solemn-looking gentleman , said to be a member of the legal profession , got on his legs , and after a preparatory " hem , " put the following question totthe Chief Justice ( Blackburne ) : — "My Lord , —I have been deputed by some of the most respectable . oi the citizens of Dublin to inquire from your Lordship what time the court will deliver judgment in the ' . case of- * Wauchob v . Reynolds ?'' , ' ,. With a gravity of countenance four time s as imperturbable as that of the questioner , the Chief Justice replied as follows : — "JIave the kindness to , . inform the respectable citizens who have sent you here , that you have put that question to
the Court , and tbat the Court gave you no reply . ; . The Irish LineN TbAdE . —The Belfast Newsletter in a review , of the staple trade of Ulster during the past year , after noticing the depression resulting from the disturbed state of the continent , observes of the present : — « . « It is true that all hands are employed . Spinners are receiving a price for their yarns , which enables them to continue spinning . Our manufacturers are . fully engaged . But , if w ° ask are , they profitably employed ? the answer , , w > are sorry to say , must be in the negative . Price 3 are yet very low , and not by any means remunerating , especially for-such qualities of our linens as heavy mediums and strong cloth . . Light linens have certainly becomo . very . scarce , arid the enormous de-•^ and . for goods for dyeing for the American marke t , airt white light linens for Italy and the South ot Europe generally , has , fpr the moment raised the price , of coarae light linens : but , in a few week . ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 26, 1850, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26011850/page/6/
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