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      _MISCEtLAKEOUS . Thb _Coxvicts Sals asd _M-Cot . - These two wretched men , who are ordered for execution on next Monday , had , as far as _M'Coy waa concerned , nearly presented a different termination , in consequence of a most murderous attack having been made on hira by his equally gu _' . lty companion . M'Coy , it will _bs recollected , made a confession , and which it appears created a deep feeling of revenge in the mind of the other . From what hastranspired , it appears that a few days since , and previously to the execution being fixed on , _Ssle , on leaving his cell , had by immense exertion forced out of the place in which he was locked ap a portion of an iros bar , which he secreted about his person , and with this deadly weapon he ¦ went to the day-room . Shortly after M'Coy waa brought ia , and while he was in the act of washing _himself , Sala went behind him and struck his companion a terrific blow on the head , which instantly felle < l hira , and before the turnkey could render the

      slightest aid he waa knocked down . Fortunately the turnkey was enabled to cry out murder , aud ring the bell , which brought some of the other turnkeys to his aid . Sale swore that he would murder the fir 3 t that attempted to seize him . and that he was determined to have M'Coy ' s life . The men , however , rushed ok him , and after a short but severe struggle they overpowered Sale , and he was placed under control ; on examining his cell , to ascertain how he had obtained the piece of iron , it was discovered that he had , ia the course of the night , forced it out of the wall near the cupboard , and had succeeded in removing some of the bricks , no doubt , under the impression that he should have been enabled to effect his escape . Since the time of the order to carry the Jaw into effect they had been placed in different rooms , and six . men—namely , one in the day and two of a night , —are in constant _attendance _. aad will continue 60 until they are delivered np by tha governor into the hands of the sheriffs on Monday morning next .

      Robbebt of Plate at Ms Fakreh s . —On Saturday information was given that the residence of Mr "Vf . Farren . the comedian , in _Brompton-stieet , Bromptan , had on the previous evening been robbed ef a basket of plate of the value of £ 50 , consisting of silver _g _pooRS _andforkfi sauce ladles , a silver teapot , and cream-jug , & a . The servant had carelessly left the area gate and kitchen-door open , and the robbery appears to have been committed by two yonng meD , who were calling at the house on pretence of purchasing hare-skins . A _Thisp killed wails _ciimiTrixo a Robbebt . — On _Saturday morniue , the body of a man about

      thirty years of age , was found in the basement story of a new building in Upper East Smithfield . in tbe parish of _Aldgate . He appeared to have been dead several _ioars , and the body _wss quite Cold . The back and neck of the deceased were broken , and he had received several contusions . On the body being discovered an investigation was made by the police , and it seems that he was in the act of stripping some lead og ihe roof of the building , which is only partially covered in , and while doing S 9 the rafters gave way , and he was precipitated to the gromid , a height of fifty feet , and must have been killed Dn the _saot .

      Mas Tawell . —Messrs _Bevan and Goodeve received on Saturday a letter from the Solicitor of the Treasnry , to the effect that the grant restoring the property of her late husband , the murderer , John Tawell , which had been confiscated to tho Crown trustees , is now signed . _INCREASE OF _MoBTSLlTYIS TBS _METROPOLIS . —The hopes excited by the registrar's return for the week , which ended on Christmas-day ( when the deaths numbered no more than 201 above the average ) , have not been supported by the subsequent

      _statementth-it for the weak which terminated oa Saturday list . The total casualties daring the past week were 1 , 593 , or 553 above the _average of the corresponding - _reason during the last five years . In the column of ' Causes of death , ' we find tha greatest _number of fatalities recorded against ' diseases of the lungs and the other organs of respiration , ' being 497 , oi 161 above tbe average . The _influenzi has been fatal in 127 cases ; while the average deatbj from this cause during tbe past five years have been only three .-

      _INQUESI 3 . _Starvation . —Ia the committee-room of Lambeth workhouse , before Mr William Carter , touching the death of Mary Joyce , aged four years and a half , who died from want and exposure . Upon the return of the jury to the inquest-room , irom viewing the body , Dunn , the officer , informed Ihe coroner of the death of another child belonging to the same family . —Caroline Jennings stated that she was in the employ of the guardians as a paid nurse to the sick ward for females . The deceased when admitted was literally starving for want of nourishment . She was much attenuated and weak of body . Witness conveyed the deceased , with the mother and two smaller children , to the ward , where the former was placed in bed , beiRg previously washed by the mother . When

      ihe mo ) her applied for a _mgnts shelter , she had the three children at her back , fastened to her by means Of a leathern strap . —Mr Duke , the surgeon , ordered the deceased beef tea , wine , and new milk . The deceased was seen twice on the _following day , when she died—The Coroner : What condition was the mother and other' two children in when first admitted !—Y ? itnes 3 : They were very emaciated and dirty . Their clothes were scanty and thin . —Mary Joyce stated that she was the wife of Jshn Joyce , a labourer . The two deceased children were her daughters . Her husband left her six weeks since to seek work in Cheltenham on the railways . When he left London , _witness _waslirinema _lodging-hoaee at Garret-lane . Wandsworth , which she was compelled to leave owing to her distress . On Tuesday night last witness came to the workhouse for relief , as she and her three

      children were starving with hunger and cold . —The Coroner : Where have you Blept during the time your husband- was away ? Witness : I have not been in a bed for six weeks , but I and my children have been Eleeping . _under the hedges and in sheds at night , and begginc by day . Our chief support was a little dry bread ; sometimes we had water , and at others we _managed to get some tea from a benevolent individual who happened to take compassion on us . I gave my children as much as my means would allow me under my _distressing condition . —Other witnesses were examined _, whose _testimony was merely confirmatory , when the learned coroner having summed np , the jury , after a few minuteB' consultation , _returned the following verdict— ' That the deceased died a natural doth , arising from the want of nourishment and _esposire to the cold . '

      _SriciDE of a Tradesman asd his Wife . —On Saturday it wa 3 discovered that Mr A . T . Wiliiams _, _Jivisg in Cleveland-street , _Fitzroy-square , and Mrs " _¦ . _Yiilianis his wife , bid committed suicide , the former by _hanging himself , and the latter by cutting her thron I with a razor . Mr Williams was at one _period a ser ;; e mt in a foot regiment , and waa sub 3 _eqaeiitiys . constable in the E division of police , and was considered a meritorious officer ; about ten months ago he quitted the force , and with his wife , a young woman of respectable family , entered upon the _oscapancy of the Star Coffee-shop at the above sddress , in which they seemed to haTe every prospect of _sucsess ; it does not appear that at any time the parties had been known to quarrel , bat for some time past Williams bad been been more depressed in spirits than usual , and his friends had made many remarks upon his altered and dejected appearance ; the horise was kept open as usual until twelve o ' clock on Saturday night , and at half-past twelve

      Mr Williams retired to ha bedroem . A quarter of an hour afterwards , his wife went , np , and after knocking several times and receiving no answer , she burst open the door , and found her husband suspended from the bedstead ; she screamed out loudly , and Mr Matthews , & lodger , hastened to the room and cat' down "the body , which was then warm , fie then went in search of Mr Williams , who , on discovering the deed committed by her husband , had made her way down _Etairs in a state of mind bordering upon madness . After some search he found her with her throat cut , lying with her head on a mat in the _coffee-room below . Dr _Hattfield , of C _evelaBd-street , soon arrived , when he pronounced the man to be dead ; the woman had inflicted a large and deep wound in her throat , which Completely severed the windpipe and gullet , and expired in less than half an hour . A razor was found by her side . _Ko reason whatever can , as yet , be assigned for the commission of the suicide of Williams _. 'the discovery of which no doubt caused that of his wife .

      The inquest was held before Mr Wakley , in the Fitzroy Arms , Clipstone street . The deceased lived on the most affectionate terms . It appeared that the husband had been subject to headache since his return from India , where he served some time in the army . He was about to advertise i hi * business for sale tki 3 week , ia consequence , as a

      _i witness said , of . the . hardness of the times . The ] house was closed , at twelve o ' clock on Saturday i night , and nothing _^ . Was j jnp . to that time , observed ] peculiar in . his manner ... ' At . a quarter to one , Henry j Matthews , a carpenter , who lodged in the house , was _: attracted to the bedroem of the deceased by the i scream _^ of the wife , and seeing the body of a man 1 hanging , he made ajj alarm , which brought a policei man and others "to , Ms _Assistance . The "body was imken down , and whilst . Mr Hatfield , the surgeon , t with Matthewsadd . _ihepoliceman , were engaged in i endeavouring" to _resuscitate the still warm body , c other person ' s _fouhd'Mre'Williams in the shop with 1 her

      threat cu . r > au . d ; a ' bi < jody razor lying near her , . She was still living , ' and seemed to possess her senses . S She made a gurgling noise , attempting to speak , and _s struggledI up en her feet , when she instantly fell forl _? I u ex P ? - Mr Hatfield left the husband ' s t body when he- heard of her case , and proceeded to BB _9 _X Up thegash , when he found that life was extinct . * _^ _- % u _^ I _* u at A le _« _nder Williams committed s suic de , but that there was no _evidences to _thestate _l _™ - £ 5 - _£ _Sf- ' That Susanna Williams c committed suicide , being at the time in a state of i ie . irmm , occasioned by the shock which she received t ° S _? eWy 0 flH hUBb _^ _SpendedTIhe

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      CUHBBRLAND . Mtsierious Affair . —Some short time ago , a daring attempt was made to set fire to the new hotel at St Bees , which was at that time in nroces 3 of building . As this was not the the first malicious act towards Mr Tyson , the proprietor and builder of the hotel , he offered a reward of £ 20 ., but was unable to obtain sufficient information to lead to a conviction . A short time previous _^ to this attempt , to destroy the hotel some malicious persons so far injured and undermined tho shed under which the workmen pursued their labours , that it suddenly fell with a tremendous crash ; but it fortunately _hapi pened that the workmen were all absent at the time , j otherwise the most fatal consequences must have en-! sued . Malignant , however , as the conduct of the

      perpetrators of these injuries was . it bears no comparison to the attempt made on Tuesday night week to effect the entire destruction of the above named hotel . It appears that on Tuesday evening , about nine o ' clock , a . violent knocking was heaid about the hotel by a person who lives near it , of which , hofrever , no notice was taken at tbe time . About eleven o ' clock the hotel was discovered to be on fire by a gentleman who lives in Lonsdale-terrace , and who was about retiring to bed . This person immediately gave an alarm , when a great number of the villagers were presently on the _^ pot , and exerted themselves with laudable zeal to extinguish the fire . The lower part of the house and staircase , which is completely destroyed , were both enveloped in _fl-imes , and the heat became so intense that the

      glass in the lower windowg . broke , vfhen % free current of air was admitted , and the flames were ascending by the Btaircaseto the . ' upper part of the building with fearful rapidity . By perseverance and great exertion , the fire was subdued ; after which several persons proceeded up stairs to ascertain whether any damage had been done to the rooms above , when a scene of almost indescribable villany presented it . self to the terrified inhabitants who had laboured so laudably in extinguishing the flames . From the saloon , to which the flames had already reached at the time of their extinction , to the breakfast room , as immense train of blasting powder bad been laid , connecting as it were , the two rooms , in each of which , at the two ends of the train , a quantity of blasting powder , to the extent of two or three pounds

      was deposited , independent of that porlion which composed the connecting train . Had this powder become ignited , and it must have been within a hair ' s breadth of doing so—the whole building would have been blown to atoms , and the unsuspecting persons who were so nobly engaged in extinguishing the flames would have been buried in the ruins . This fearful calamity ; however , was * most providentially averted , and the diabolical intentions of those who fired the building have been in a great measure frustrated , if injuring Mr Tyson was their object , as the loss sustained , which is estimated at £ 60 . to £ 100 ., ia fully covered by an insurance effected shorty after the previous attempt had been made to destroy the building . It appears that the villainB had effected an entrance into the buillding by breaking through the outward wall , where a door case had been left , and

      having got into the house , they had collected together all the combustibles they could find in the place , upon which they poured about four or five gallons of turpentine , belonging to the painters who were at work in the house , and had then set the whole on fire . It is generally believed that the' incendiaries had not left the house at the time when the people of the village entered it , as they had evidently made their escape from the front door , which could only be opened on the inside , and from which three meh were observed to make their escape in the direction of the road leading to the village . Mr Goodman , superintendent of police , has been on tho spot , and every exertion is making to discover the villanous perpetrators of this infamous act ; and we are happy to learn that hopes are entertained that the villains will be brought to justice .

      _LANCASHIRE . Liverpool . —More Highway . Robberies . —On Monday evening last two gentlemen were robbed by seven highwaymen on the West Derby road , very near the scene of the former robbery . All the money they had was taken from them . On the same evening a gentleman was robbed of £ 7 . by three footpads on the Old Swan road , on his way home from town . Oldhaii—Accident from Fire-arms . — On Sun . day , a young man named Seville , lodged at a public house near Oldham , kept by D . _Chadwick , finding a loaded pistol in his chamber , was apprehensive that

      a boy residing in the bouse might get hold of it and thereby do some mischief . To prevent this he fired it through the window , when the contents lodged in the body ofagiritwelveyears of age , who was passing along the main road at a distance of about thirty yards . The sufferer was immediately removed to her parents' house , when Messrs _Fawsitt and Nield , surgeons , succeeded in extracting the ball . The girl is still in a very dangerous state . The young man who unintentionally caused the accident was taken before the Oldham Magistrates , when he was remanded to await the issue of the girl ' s illness . —Bail

      was refused . Burt . —A Manufacturer Committed fob obstructing a Railway . —Mr Thomas Parkinson , a cotton manufacturer , and John Pilling , a railway porter , have been committed for trial at the next Salford sessions by the magistrates of this town , for an obstruction of the East Lancashire Railway , and for having'done certain acts whereOy the lives and limbs of persons passing along the said railway were _endaagered . ' Mr Parkinson has a mill at Ewoodbridge ( a part of the railway where there is only one I ne of rails } and on the _morningfof the 17 th ult . had

      four waggons containing goods belonging to hira removed from a Biding , upon the main line , between five and six o ' clock in the morning , and drawn by horses half a mite along the main line . He had no light attached to the waggons , and they were left standing on the line till eight o ' clock , when the first passenger train from Rawtenstall came up . and the points being still unlocked the train ran into the siding . The train was fortunately going slow , and nothing serious occurred from the course taken . After a lengthened examination a committal against the defendants was made out .

      Buky . —A ' Lady ' s * Morality . —The gossips ef this town have had their suspicions greatly excited by the mysterious birth and burial of an illegitimate child , the offspring of a lady of fortune , named Miss _Mosely , residing at No . 45 , Westgate-street . At length the rumours of foul play , which were rife in every direction , reached the eara of the coroner ( H . Wayman , Esq . ) , and the body being exhumed , an inquest was held on Friday , at the Coach and Horses Inn . Henry Loraax , the _gravedigger , deposed that on the night of the 8 th of _November , a woman named Clary brought a box , which she said contained a still-born child , and the fee being Is . _fjd ., gave 5 s ., in order that nothing might be said about it . Witness ' s family had held the office of eravedigeer for

      upwards of a hundred years , and still-born children had always been burried in that way without inquiry or certificate . Mr Jame 3 Clary confirmed this statement and said : —* My daughter and my son are now living in the service of Miss Mcseley—the latter in the capacity of page—my daughter as servant . I was requested by Miss Moseley to get the child buried , who said , ' Don't spare any _expanse , but have it laid comfortably . ' She gave me a sovereign , and said if the gravedigger required more than 5 s . give it to him . I was not in the house when the child was born ; no one was . On the morning after the birth , about eight o ' clock , I went and saw Miss Moseley , who was very bad , and Bhe said she thought she should die . She said that she had been confined

      three or four hours , and that the child was still-born . In the afternoon she gave me directions about the burial . My sob , who lives with Miss Mosely _. _is dressed in livery . He is now ia mourning for Miss Moseley ' s father , who died from s _^ accident in this town about twelve months since . * _Jra Josiah Clary deposed—I have known Miss Moseley ever since she first came to Bury . Some time last spring she removed to her preBent residence in Westgate-street . Before she was confined I fancied she was in the family way , and often joked her about it and a gentleman who used to pay frequent visits to the house . She never either admitted or denied the imputation . On the morning of the 8 th of November I went as usual to the houBe , when Miss Moseley called to me , and inquired if I were alone ? I said 'Yes . ' She

      replied , ' It ' s all over . ' I said I dare not go up . _Ske said , ' That ' s very silly , and you are very unkind ; there ' s nothing to see , for the baby is dead . ' _Shesaid she was taken before she eould Eend for any one . Mrs Calfe _, a nurse , stated that Miss Moseley had informed her she bad had two children before this , and that with one she was confined in a house of ill-fame in London ; and bad _talien enough stuff to kill a horse , which had been given her by the father . The surgical evidence went to show that the child was not born alive , but' died in transitu , just at the moment of its entering the world . ' It was very much congested , but whether that arose from suffocation or decomposition was uncertain . The coroner said , with this evidence it was ] _needless to attempt to carry the case any further , as it was quite evident the child was still-born . There were so many circumstances of grave suspicion _abaut the caw that he felt

      he should not be discharging his duty bad he not held an inquiry into tbe case . Addressing Miss Mosely , he said— ' The evidence which has been disclosed today is sufiicient to convince any one of a most frightful history of crime , debauchery , and immorality committed by yourself . You came to tbis town with a highly respectable parent , who , as far as I had the means of judging , was respected in both his public and private capacities , It is , therefore , the more painful tome , and lam sure it is to the jury , to see his daughter sunk to the lowest depths of crime ; indeed , you are , by the evidence given to-day , no better than a murderer . There is every suspicion attached to you that you have been the mother of three _illegitimate children . [ Miss Moseley : That I deny . ] All of _whorn have been still-born . This circumstance , combined with what we have heard to-day , leads to the inference tbat they were put oat of the way .

      The Fact Of Your Partner In Thuuast Affa...

      The fact of your partner in thuUast affair being a married man does not lessen your crime , although it sadly reflects on him . I hope this public exposure before a j « ry of married and single men may shame you _intoaMter course of life . There _» no stain so deenbat it may be wiped away , both here and hereafter . ' Go and sin no more , lest a wore * evil come unto thee . " . ,,

      LIRCOLKBHIRB . Food for _Scpebsihion . — A very remarkable circumstance has just come to light connected with the late horrible tragedy , which we should certainly have felt inclined to discredit , were it not proved most indisputably to be true . It appears that a person named Whelpton . well acquainted with the murdered man ( Copeman ) had , some weeks ago , a most remarkable dream , in which he thought he saw Mr Copeman returning from Kirton , late at night , and that between Kirten and Grayingham he was attacked and murdered . The dream made a great impression on his mind , and he , therefore menlioned it to a friend , who strongly urged him to go to Mr Copeman and tell him of it . After much persuasion he did so , but Mr Copeman only laughed at him for his

      fears . Not long after Mr Whelpton had the same dream again , and he again consulted the same party as before . It had so taken hold of his mind as to render him very unhappy , and he again after much pressing , waited upon Mr Copeman , to inform him of it . The repetition of the dream evidantly affected the unfortunate gentleman , and he solemnly proraised his kind monitor never to be again so late _^ in returning home from Kirton as had been his practice . That promise he faithfully kept until the day when the dream was fulfilled , and he met with the awful fate with which the country is familiar . [ We trust coincidences which are sure _tometimes to occur among the millions Of event s taking place every moment , will not encourage feelings of superstitions on our readers . When a dream comes true , we hear of it : we never hear of those which do not come true . ]

      CAMBRIDGESHIRE . _WlSBEACH . —Robbbry . —In a lane leading from Wi _3 beach to Peterborough , near to _Thorsley toll-bar , in Wisbeach Fen , there is situated a retail beer bonse , the sign of Speed tho Plough , occupied by William Foster and his aged partner , and this house was early on the morning of Sunday Inst the scene of a daring robbery . About two o ' clock on that morning _, the inmates were aroused by a loud knocking at the door . Thinking that it waa a neighbour , the old m 3 n descended hy a ladder from a trap-door in the floor of the bed-chamber , and on his opening the door , three excavators rushed in , and immediately commenced an attack on Foster , forcing him up into the chamber , where they secured the aged couple by tying them to the bedstead with ropes . After securing the trap-door above alluded to , thieves ransacked the premises , talcing possession of £ 7 . a silver watch , and a large hoard of _farthingsjregaled themselves with the viands in the house , and then decamped .

      WILTSHIRE . Landlords ano Farmehs . —The Hon . Sidney Herbert , M . P ., has agreed to advance to his tenants money on interest ( after the plan of Sir R . Peel ) , to enable them to improve their farms by way of drainage . He allows them also to destroy a great portion of the games . This example he is setting in Weshford , South Newton , and Chilhampton , where he is also 'improving the habitations of "the _labgurerBnot before it waa wanted—the old cottages being a disgrace to the county , they being only worthy of the name of hovels . The new cottages are _absufc fifty yard 9 from the turnpike roadside , so as to allow of good gardens in front . Two cottages are built together , each cottage having three good bedrooms , two down-stairs rooms , with a _washhouse ; there is an extra building fitted up as a bakehouse , with an excellent oven , which is to serve two families ; there is als 9 every other convenience , with good water

      supplied from pumps . The gardens are more than a quarter of an acre in size , besides a considerable piece of land at the back of each dwelling . The plan seems to be similar to that adopted by C . B . Wall , Esq .. of Norman Court , at East and West Titherly , and Broughton . Besides this desire to improve the condition of the agricultural labourers on the Pembroke estates , the hon . gentleman is adding to the number of allotments at WiltMi , where that plan has been found to work so well ; he is also increas ing the number of labourers in Wilton Park ; there are now more than sixty hands constantly employed , and all of them in receipt of wages from ten shillings to fourteen shillings per week . This , at a season like the present , and when the Wilts , Somerset , and Weymouth Railway works are completely stopped , is of great benefit to the poor around . Mr Herbert has also a model farm near Wilton Park . called the Hare Warren , after the plan of the Rev . Mr Huxtable , of Sutton Waldron , near Shaftesbury .

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      Obstructive Fibe in Edinburgh . —Last Friday , about half-past four o ' clock , a fire broke out in the engine-house in connexion with the extensive printing establishment of Messrs A . Fullarton and Co ., publishers , Stead's-piace , _Leith-walk .. in anticipation of the new year , the whole of those employed in the establishment were granted a holiday in the afternoon , so that the premises were closed fully an hour and a half previous to the breaking out of the fire . At the outset it did not present a very alarming appearance , and it is said that it might easily have been subdued had there been a sufficient quantity of water and persons numerous enoueh to assist

      in its extinction . _F-om the inflammable nature of tbe materials the fire soon , however , assumed such a mastery that all attempts to confine it 3 ravages to the place in which it was first discovered became impracticable . The fire continued to wax stronger as it went upwards , until it reached the I bird story _, which was used aa a warehouse for the storage of printed books in a finished and unfinished state , when it burst forthwith great fierceness and intensity , _illuminatiBg the horizon for miles around . Through the energetic efforts of the fire-brigade , the fire was eventually subdued about eleven o ' clock , but not until the second and third stories of the extensive building were completely swept by its ravages . In the second story , which was used as a composing room , the fire progressed but slowly , so that time was afforded for the removal of the greater quantity

      of the cases and type ; and as the lower story escaped with comparatively little injury , tbe printing presses and machinery will bo saved . In addition to the loss sustained by the destruction of books in a finished and unfinished state , a number of valuable copper and steel plates have been destroyed . Alto _, gether , the damage done must amount to several thousands , but the Messrs Fullarton are insured to an amount that will ro far to cover the most of it . It has not been ascertained how the fire originated . Scarcely had the alarm created by the above conflagration Sllbgidfed , until a report was communicated to the police that another lire had broke out in the workshop of Messrs Hay and Addis , plumbers and brass founders , Hill-street-lane . A large quantity of lead and other materials have been destroyed , and as for the building itself none of it remains except the bare walls .

      Obkset . —Disastrous Shipwrecks . Great Loss of Life—On the night of the 9 th ult . the schooner "Willhm , of Newry , from Newcastle to Dublin , got embayed and came ashore about seven miles north of Hoy Sound , and through the exertions of the master , the crew , with the exception of an apprentice , got on shore , much bruised . The vessel soon became a wreek , and tho remains were sold two days afterwards . Early on Sabbath , the 20 th ult ., during a tremendous gale , the brig Violet , of Belfast , Capt . Holmes , came ashore at Gait , Shapinshay , a few miles from Kirkwall ; Before being driven ashore five of the men were washed overboard—tho mate and four of the crew . Those saved were much exhausted , and were unable to manage the vessel . The

      vessel is a wreck , and the part ot the crew that were saved , three in number , lost all their clothes , & e . Captain Holmes reports that a fleet of about 250 vessels left _Elsinore five days previously ; and bad accounta from the North Isles aro looked for , as many of them must have been off the Orkney coast at the time the storm broke out . On the same morning , about seven o ' clock , the brig Adela , from Marseilles , was driven in upon the rocks near Stewshead , on the _south-east side of Soutb : _-Ronaldsaay , and the wind blowing very strong at tho time inshore , with a tremendous sea-running , the vessel very soon became a total wreck . There were eleven of her crew on board , eight of whom were saved with great difficolty , and three drowned . The by , when

      picked up , was completely exhausted , but after being put into a warm bed , and rubbed for a considerable time , he recovered . Several of those saved had nothing on them , with the exception of their shirts ; and before they reached the shore their legs and feet were a good deal bruised . One of the bodies of the drowned men has since been found , I am sony to add , that the natives of South _Ronaldshay acted on the occasion in a moat disgraceful manner , stealing right and left , even'in the very face of a justice of the peace and' other respectable . persons present . The captain lost his gold watch , a gun , and a bag of silver ( 800 francs ) -all stolen in the most barefaeed manner . The poor Frenchmen saw them stealing , but could not speak a word of English to make

      themselves understood , and give information against them . Several persons ,. men as well aa women , were detected in the act of carrying off things , and their names handed to the procurator-fiscal , who has got a sheriff ' s warrant to search and prosecute immediately . On the same Sunday morning , the Henrietta , ef Sunderland , was driven ashore at StartPoint _, Sanday , when she . was . entirely lost , The captain or some one respectably dressed , was found dead , in a sitting posture , near the high water mark ,, as if he had swam ashore and died after . Eight bodies were thrown ashore , besides the above . The vessel appears to he a barque , and was timber laden . She was a total wreck before anything was known of her , and there ia none saved to tell _themelancholy tale .

      Last Week, As Seven Men Were Descending ...

      Last week , as seven men were descending the shaft of Mr _Hardcastle _' _s coal-pit , at Harwood , near Bolton , the rope broke , and three of the men were killed .

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      IDE NEW YKAR-SOBSHS Iff THK ' I _^ BR IOB ' -THE AWAKBSINO OF PBA _SANTaY-ALLBGBD ORANGE CONSPIRACY—THIS BEBCUT _, " COMMISSION— . THB DUBLIM ELECTION—DOING S IK DUBLW . ( From , ew _ewn Correspondent , } Dublin , Jak . 3 rd , I 8 i 8 . How happy would I be , were it in my power to congratulate my unfortunate countrymen on the arrival of another new year / o * cheer them with a _Dromise ef 'better days' than those which have departed -ffith that ' memorable year , _ now for ever buried in the devouring grave of time . What a ' deliehtful task' were mine , could 1 announce to the nennle of Great Britain , that the gloom which pat on mv ill-fated country , was at length . beginning to banishand that with the dying winter , Ireland's

      , woes w _« re growing less—that with the coming spring time Ireland ' s hope and happiness would _resuscitate and that the green and glorious summer would find us once more a joyous , a tranquil , and contented people . Happy indeed would I be in making this ann ouncement-delig hted-enraptured-would I feel to be the herald of even the faintest whisper of connnlation at the chill hearth-stone ot the poor Irish peasTnt ; and ah I how lightly , would I trip over his festering threshold , could I , without teehng my words a' mockery and a delusion ' _-say to the shivering inmates ,- ' Cheer up . friends ; be merry with the new-born year ; your trials have been bitter and without number , but the worst is past you ; a brighter day is dawning ; your sufferings are nearly terminated ; rejoice , and . with bounding spirits , welcome the advent of 18481 '

      But alas , and again alas ! I cannot bring these SOUIlda Of blessing and of j _^ y . I could not utter these words without doing violence to my judgment , and to the convictions of mj heart—therefore , 1 will not join in any effort to delude my wretched fellow _, countrym en by holding out hopes which cannot be realised , or mock their misery by endeavouring to heal their bleeding wounds with a balm which has no existence , or lull their frenzied passions with a sedative , unknown and undiscovered . I see no hopeno chance for the immediate relief of my exhausted countrymen . Our rulers have no sympathy for us . Like the tiger in the jungle , yelling with savage joy over his writhing victim , our Saxon oppressors and their hireling abettors clap their hands with

      exultation at our prostrate condition , our poverty , our persecutions , our dissensions , and—oh ! must I say it ? —our national treaohery [ and hereditary cowardice . And can we reasonably blame them ? We cannotfor ourselves are our worst foes ! To be sure , the parent ( is bound to see that his children do not want , and the _' _rulera of states and empires are also bound to minister fairly and impartially to the welfare of all the subjects of that state—butlwhen the parent is too neglectful or too vicious to perform bis duty , the Child is bound to look to himself—and when kings and rulers are like unto the bad parent , the people of those mis-governed states are the veriest dolts and cowards in creation , if they do not eome to the _resoue , ' and fling off the trammels of slavery , and persecution and degradation . We have not done thi 8 . And yet we might have done it . But

      four short years ago , and we were the mightiest power in the ; British empire—ay , perhaps _\ m Europe . Four i _years ago , and we were eight mi ! - liona—vigorous , hardy , active , full of hope and spirits , and dashing enthusiasm—all of one mind , combined for the attainment of the noblest prize beneath the heavens—the redemption from bondage of our fatherland , the rescue ot eight millions of a fine people from the horrors of tyranny and misgovern raent . We had the sympathy and respect of Europe —the world sat watching our motions with _admirafc'on , and with their best blessings . Prance would rejoice at our Buccesi , and America would aid uato the last drop of her heart ' s blood . But the tempter came I The Whig displayed his gold and his patronage !—the bait was glorious to behold—it- was snapped at with avidity , swallowed greedily—Ireland was sold—and now LOOK AT HER !!!

      Ay , 'look at her , —the speotaole is a harrowing one , yet we must gaze on it , though we madden at the sight . Look at Ireland , and look with rueful eyes at the situation of her ill-starred children , trampled on , insulted , derided—and look againbehold ua robbed , stripped of every earthly goodcold , perishing , pining with want , dying with hunger , destitution , and disease . And , take another view — see the wealth and property of the country botno away by the English steamers

      and packets—our * leaders and brawlers and patriot traitors looking smilingly , , whilst the angel of destruction is sweeping their native land from shore to shore But I sicken . I must not dwell on this revolting theme , lest I impugn . the justice of Providence : or give way to maledictions against those who have now proved more fatal enemies to Ireland than Saxon or _Cromwellian , or Whig or Tory , or any other ioe , who have raised their hand against us since the day that the first British helmet glittered on the shores of the Bag-and-Bun .

      I was down iu the interior of Ireland for two or three days in the last week . But how shall I describe the miseries which I saw and . encountered during" my melancholy visit ? My tale . would be scarcely credible to Englishmen . Ruin is absolute mistress of the inland portions of Ireland . I thought that the poorer people of Dublin had arrived at the ne plus ultra of human misery , but their condition is a happy one , when compared with that of the peasantry in the interior of this island . I travelled several miles of the _country on an open car .. I entered , perhaps , a hundred cabins and hats , during my peregrinations . Wherever I cast my exe ,: ho scene—Ro object but of desolation met my gaze , and not one ' of those to whom I spoke , but teld . the same

      monotonouB _^ soul-barrowing tale of misery and despair . Even the very fields , and hills , and meadows look as if stricken by some malignant influence , for they seemed to me , at least , to have lost that cheerful , verdant , inspiring appearance , so peculiar to the rural landscapes of the green isle . The people wander about like idiots , —idle , naked , careless , and shameless . They look like the denizens of some unknown land—savage and uncivilised . They do not retain the features and contour of a people belonging to an European state—were it not for their language , and the whiteness of their skin , one might fancy himself amongst the miserable beings , who tenant the frozen zone , or those neglected creatures who , travellers inform us , drag out a wretched existence

      m some ot the inner regions of Africa . There is no energy , no industry , no spirit , no exertion , to be found amongst the Irish peasantry at the present day . Pale , cadaverous , attenuated , —they roam listlessly about the fields and highways , perhaps with a gun on the arm , or _ahoise-pistelin the pocket , chewing a raw turni p , stolen from the field of a , neighbouring farmer , cursing the ' thrahors who ' sould them in the house , ' or hatching the murder of some ' exterminathor' or ' rack-renther . ' I asked several of the most intelligent-looking of them what they thought about the late proceedings in Parliament , and all unanimously pronounced curses * loud and deep' on ' the Judhases' who betrayed ' ould Ireland , ' for the ' filthy goold of the Saxon . ' I asked them , did they

      hear of the magnanimous exertion of Feargus O'Connor in their behalf ? They replied in the affirmative , adding that they were the more astonished at that , as they had for many years been led to believe that ' _Farghua O'Connor' was a' traithor' to his country , and the leader of the Chartists , who were represented as worse than the devils in hell . I then inquired if they knew what Chartism was , or if tbey would wish to be properly enlightened as to the cause why Daniel O'Connell and Feargus O'Connor were politically hostile to each other for the last ten or fifteen years ? The reply was— ' That they knew nothing about Chartism , only that the Repeal Wardens and _O'Connellite newspapers represented it as worse than heresy or infidelity , and Farghus , a worse thraithor

      than Jemmy O'Brien , and a greater monster than Sir Charles Coote , or Raw . head . and . bloody . bohes . ' But , ' added they , _« we would be happy to hear proper instruction , as to how we maybe rescued from the ruin which surrounds us , and Mr O'Connor ought to enlighten us on his views and principles , and vindicate his name with the Irish peasantry , by a full detail of the split between himself and O'Connell . ' I replied , that Ireland had not on earth a more faithful friend than O'Connor ; that ho was always the friend of Irishmen , and that 'through good report and evil report , ' through ' death and through danger , ' he would fight her battles without fear or emolument , without ' rent' or' tribute * ' and , I also took the liberty to state to them , that I felt convinced

      Mr O'Connor would avail himself of the earliest opportunity to instruct his countrymen about the objects and principles of Chartism , and , also , that he would be glad to sot them right about the rupture with O'Connell . and the causes which led to his long exile from his beloved native country . ' They appeared well-pleased with my discourse , and finally assured me that they were disgusted with the old system of dodging agitation ; that they had no confidence in either ' Young Ireland' or 'Conciliation Hall , ' and that they would be glad to be united with the , working classes of Englishmen , in an earnest and practical ahd sensibly-conducted struggle for their mutual benefit , and for fair laws and government in both countries .

      ' An eye for an eye , and ft tooth for a tooth , ' said the Mosaic dogma— 'Blood for blood , and a priest ' s life for that _ofevery Protestant landlord , tenant , or clergyman , ' is the Shibboleth of the Irish Orangemen at the present mordent . It appears that the villanoua statement made by certain parlies in Parliament , and re-echoed by tho Orange _oress of Ireland and England ,. has had its due influettoeon the bigotted , low _. Oiange rabble in this country "add-that impressed with the wicked idea , that Irish priests fo ' ment discord , and encourage the murder , of , _Protestants , they are determined taretaliate _^ ifltan " thsac tual murderer ? , but on ' the priest of- ' _thenarish-in which a murder of a Protestant willbe _iriiiitecora mitted . ' The letter , of which the ' Mowing is a literal copy has been posted a few days ago in Dub . _lin , and addressed to the Catholic pastor of Mountrath , in the Queen ' s County . It is one of thf .

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      most villanous documents which ever met tho public _gaso _;— :. December 16 th , 1847 . Rev . Sin , —I am directed to enclose a resolution of a body of Protestants . _Resolved , — ' That since we perceive government eo backward in _defending the lives of its preBent Protestant landlords , tenants , and clergymen , we do form _ourselves into a body , and swear by a crucified Christ , tbat for the life of every Protestant landlord , tenant or clergy _, man , we will take the life of the parish priest where the deed was committed . And this we iweair ' to do by the truth of the < Jo » pel throughout the counties oi _Iffclind _, we being _determinsd to see what effeot the _leaving a few parishes vacant will have . ' To Rev . P . FiTzrATBick _, P . P ; moBt villanous documents which ; ever met tho publie

      K _. B , ' Vfe would request of you to make this known also to your curate , the Rev . _JohnU'Mahon . ' Well , now , this is an atrocious document truly , but for my part I am not disposed to attach much importance to it . I know very well that in the country districts of Ireland the Protestants of every grade are very much alarmed , and in hourly terror of assassination . They are taught to believe that the priests encourage the murder of Protestants for tbeir own private ends , and they also believe that thej always absolve the murderer of a Protestant . on easier terms than they would the shooting of a wijd duck . Hence some ignorant hair-brained young va . gabond may think himself doing a piece ot service to Irish Protestantism , by concocting such a letter as the foregoing . But certainly no right-minded , sensible Protestant would be _guiltyof it ; for besides the outrage he would commit on God and man , he would

      well know that such a system of fiendish retaliation could not be carried on in Ireland , and that if it were attempted , every family in the more lonely districts of the island would be massacred indiscriminately ahd the whole country become one wide Bcene of murder and _disorganisation . I Bay , again , I attach no importance to this letter at all , though the Dublin liberal press are ringing the changes over the Orange priest-killing conspiracy , and trying to persuade people that the combination _against the Catholic Church and Catholic Clergy is not th _« act of one or a few misguided fanatics , but widely spread and deeply ramified in every class and section of Irish Protestants ! This is all trash , however , and I will be bail that no matter what may be the creed of ' landlord , tenant , or clergyman * who may happen to be murdered in Ireland , there is not tbe slightest danger of any ' P . P _. _' or 'CO . ' being immolated on the altar of © range retaliation .

      Lord Chief [ Justice Blackburne and Chief Baron Pigott are leaving Dublin on this day to open the Special Commission in Limerick to-morrow . They are to travel by the Great Southern and Western Railway as far as the Roscrea Station , " at Ballybrophy , and thence escorted with a _military guard from town to town until they reach Limerick . They will have a pretty good job of it , as the calendar of that unhappy county , presents a long and revolting array of crime and insubordination . ' However , their lordships Having to visit other favoured localities , will lose no time unnecessarily at Limerick ; they do notintend to ' nurse the jobs , ' but acting on the suggestion contained in the old proverb , — ' Many hands make light work , ' both will sit at the same time in separate portions of the court house , and do their business as _ezpedipusly aa possible . The following calendar , however , will show that their office in Limerick will be no sinecure .

      FOB TEIAL . Males < _fc Females Wilful murder ... ... ... ,., 21 Harbouring murderers ... ... ... 3 Abduction ... ... ... ... 6 Eor various offences , but particularly for shooting at the person , burglaries , robbery of arms , murderous attacks on house and person ... ... ... ... S 3 Total ... ... ... 119

      In my last I mentioned a rumour being afloat that Mr Fagan , the member for Corkj was about to resign his seat in parliament . Since tbat , I have learned that such is not his intention . However , it appears that , though the hon . gentleman is resolved once more to' brave the battle and the breeze' on the stormy atmosphere of St Stephen ' s , he is tired oi journalism , aB I see his paper , the Southern Reporteb , of which he is the proprietor , advertised for the ' best bidder * in the Dublin journals . There is ' no mistake here / aa the _ehowmart : says , at all events .

      I believe poor John Reynolds will have a ' walk out ? from the representation of this city , after all . His friends had high hopes , latterly , tbat , on account ofsome fancied informality in the petition of his rival , the matter would be dropped without the fatiguing and expensive process of parliamentary scrutiny . However , it seems such is not the case , and honest John must trust the issue of a trial by committee . Thia will involve him in enormous expenses , but his constituents appear determined to support him _scathless , and it is even said that tbey will seek the aid of every corporation in the kingdom for his support against his enemies . Mr Reynolds , indeed , enjoys the confidence of Ireland , ar . d if he be unfortunately ousted from his chivalrously-won seat , it will be & national calamity .

      Christmas day and New Year's day were observed here with tbe accustomed honours . . The bells of all the different cathedrals and Catholic churches rang forth their joyful anthems , and the religious ceremonies of the season were performed with increased pomp and magnificence . The Lord Lieutenant gave an ox and 200 loaves of bread to the mendicity ., and Mr Stannton , our late Lord Mayor , munificently sent large supplies of bread and meat to all the various Protestant and Catholic Charitable Institutions of the City . '

      The Clonmel Papers Contain An Account,Of...

      The Clonmel papers contain an account , of a mur der in the south riding of Tipperary . The Tipperary Thug is not to be intimidated by milk-and-water acts of Parliament , Themurder was perpetrated on Tuesday nightlast _, between tho hours of eight and nine o ' clock , at Ballydine , within four or five miles of Cashel . The victim was a small farmer of the name of Thomas Brown . He was shot dead within a few yards of his own house , on the high road . He received five pellets in the breast , and hia death wa 9 instantaneous . The causes assigned are— 'That some few months ago Brown got married , to tho discomfiture ofsome rivals , and with his wife obtained a sum of money and a few acres of land . Suspicion has fallen on some of the rejected lovers , but we have not / earned that any person has been arrested for this diabolical crime *

      Extraordinary Murder. 0a Saturday Last, ...

      EXTRAORDINARY MURDER . 0 a Saturday last , nn _inquost was held at West Town , Somerset , on the body of Johu Wall , who was shot , ap . parently in sheer _waritonnsss , on the 18 th of _Dicember . It appeared that the deceased lived in a cottage , situated in the midst of some garden ground , and at about threequarters ef a _isile from the N . _iilsea-road station of the Bristol and Exeter Railway , no other house being near it . On the . day la question , the wife of deceased was from home , and he was superintending some food which we a boiling for his pigs . Suddenly he heard one of the windows break , and , on turning his head , was alarmed by the sight of a gun-muzzle pointed at kirn through a fractured pane , and within three or four feet of his person _. He immediately jumped up , and almost instantly the gun was fired , and he received the oharge in his

      thigh . He cried out and looked towards tha window , when he saw a man , habited in dark clothes and wearing a cloth cap , looking through the glass to see what effect the shot bad taken . The features of the fellow were of a marked character ; ' and It being daylight tbe wounded man was enabled to recognise them , and to observe & _ptcuilar mark over the right eye , which subsequently led to a suspicion of the man . Wall , upon seeing him , called out , * Ah ! thee hasn ' t done it ' upon hearing which , and teeing , him make for the door , tbe Villain ran off , and , upon getting- into , his garden , Wall saw him and some others making their way across the fields , in the direction of the Bristol and Exeter Railway . Having no means of sending for ' surgical assistance , and as any at tempt tit raising ah alarm would be futile , thb poor fellow staunched the bleeding in the boat way he could ,

      and resolved upon _mafctaean effort to reach West Town , where his usual medical attendant , Mr Maxey , resided . In the lanes he met with a farmer , with whose aid he reached , with much pain and difficulty , Mr Maitey ' _s re-( Idenoe . That gentleman was unfortunately absent , but a surgeon named Brodie _wsb fouud , who dressed the wound , and tbe injured man was sent back to his dwell _, ing , where" Hr Matey afterwards attended him . The description given by Wall led to suspicion of a young man named Charlesi Manfield , ' and tho inquiries which were instituted confirmed the suspicion . It was' found that at about the time 0 / the crime , Manfield , with a brother arid a _haif-hrother , named Robert _Jakeways , had been seen goine towards . Wall ' s cottage with a gun , and that some time afterwards they had been observed crossing the fluids in a direction leading from the spot . A . warrant was issued , anJ Charles Manfiela , ( all of them having decamped from the vllaee _. ) was captured by a _Nallaea eonstablo , who also found the gun , aud _tracad it to his possession . Upon being _takuu into . the presence

      of the dying man , _Maafivld was at once identified as tbe one who had been seen by him looking through 'the window ; and the attendance of a magistrate bcingobtanied , a fewoSra . deposition to . that effect- _waB taken . The prisoner did not ' deny that he was one of the party who had shot Wall , but said ho ought not to suffer alone , as it was _Jakeways who said to him , ' Let _iis go and shoot the bld _^ siiow ' , ' and ' who afterwards fired tha gtiri . He ( Ma ' _pfield ) . looked through the window , and , as _JAkewajs could'not run as fast as ho could , he took the w ' eopoti ' from him afterwards ' _as they were crossing the ground . His'b ' rother Anthony waBnot _prasent when the murder Was perpetrated . _Iri ' order to have the place clear tbey Sent , _tim into an orchard to pick some tnialetoe , telling him ,, 111 order that he might not be alarmed ot the firing rrf tho g ' un , ' that they were going down to a drain by _f all ' s . house to try and shoot a wild duck . Soon after _to . hailidentified Maiifield , the wounded man was ' _seized with iockjaw _, and on Wednesday evening he breathed his last . Anthony Manfield _£ . nd Jakeways- were yet at large . Tho coroner adjourned the inquiry !

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      Guildhall.—A Hint To Thb Lonaiot Sausaqm...

      GUILDHALL . —A Hint to thb _Lonaiot _Sausaqm " —Oa Monday two officers of the City police made the following application to Sir Chapman Marshall : —Q Trew stated that while he and his brother officer were tsn duty in Smithfield . market , about half . pt . at five o ' clock that morning , they observed a cart driving to Cow . _croii It was driven by a man named Andrews , who was in ta ( j employ of a person living in Bishop Swrtford . They f 0 i . lowed the cart until It arrived at the gate of a Mr Laos _, downe , sausage-maker , in Sharp ' a-alley , _whee the d river knocked at the gate , ot the gams . time calling to 80 _nw one . It was opened by Mr _Lanadowno , Jun ., and the cart was entering , whin they walked forward to _Inipect the meat or whatever it contained , upon which Mr _Lsns . _dowBi Jan ., told the man that the carcases ( two cows

      and a hotse , in a most dreadful state , go much 10 _thm the stench was almost unbearable ) were not for him , and tbat he must hare made b mistake . They took the carcases to the green-yard , and the prisoner Andrews be fore the magistrate at Clerkenwell _, who remanded the case till Thursday , at tho game time telling tbe officers to have the animals examined by some slaughterer in tho meantime . Now , they wished to know , as they haii called on several parties who appeared to be reluctant to comeforward , aB they were friends to Mr _Lansdowne , and wbo , if compelled , might give such favourable evi . dence as to defeat the tads of justice—whether tho worthy alderman would make an order for the City veterinary surgeon , Mr Naas , to see the cattle , andgivo evidence on Thursday ni-xt before the magistrate aS Clerkenwell . —Sir C , Marshall said tbat he would grant tbe order , although the county ought to have gone to the expense .

      WESTMINSTER . — The _Mobdee or Ma _Belichambiks . —Eliza Bastings , the sister ef George M'Coy , who is at present in Newgate , under the sentence of death for tbe murder of Mr _Bellcbambers , was charged with attempting' to commit suicide . —J . Buchanan , a policeman of tbe B division , stated that between two and three that morning he saw the defendant , who was intoxicated , at . tempting to get on the parapet of Westminster-bridge , Ho desired her to go away , when she went a few paces and then made a second attempt to get to the water . She had thrown a portion of her clothing into the Thames , when he secured her and took her to the _sta _< tion . —Mr Donagan , an inspector of tbe B division , having informed the magistrate that she was M'Coy ' s sister , and appeared to be In a very distressed state o £ mind—Mr Sroderip observed tbat he should remand tbe unfortunate creature for a day , and directed'the police to endeavour to ascertain whether she had any friends who would take charge of ber .

      _THAMES—Smooquno . — . T . Fraier , a seaman be * longing to the New York packet-ship Prince Albert , ia tbe London Dock , was charged with smuggling on board tbat vessel 66 lbs . of Cavendish tobacco . —R . Keefe , s _tide-surveyor , went on board the Prince Albert soon after her arrival in the dock on Saturday evening , and saw tbe prisoner with his hand on a bag in the act ot fastening it . The prisoner , supposing the officer to be a confederate , exclaimed , 'Is it all right V The- officer raid it was , and at the same time seized the bag , which contained 66 lbs . of Cavendish tobacco , and told Fraser he was bis prisoner . Tbe same officer found 201 _bs „ more of tobacco in the possession of another seaman , who has absconded . —MrYardley sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of £ 100 , and in default committed him to the Home of Correction for sir months .

      Stbikibo a Mothkb . —George Fielder was charged with _striking and otherwise ill-using _hfg own mother , Elizabeth Fielder . For many years tbe defendant , who lived with her , had been _constantly in the habit of grossly ill-using her , and he had even been brought beforo this court on two occasions , and bound over to keep tha pence . On Wednesday last , he knocked her down several times , and on Friday evening he struck her a violent blow in the face , which almost stunned her . He alsokicked her severely , and she was still suffering severely from the injuries she had received . —Mr Yardley said bis conduct waa of a most gross and disgusting nature ia striking a woman , and that woman his own mother . He should punish him with some severity , and ordered him to pay a fine of £ 5 , or be Imprisoned for eix . weeka —He was locked up in default .

      WANDSWORTH . —One Wit to cube Deuneew . mess . —Police-constable 118 T , accompanied by a woman named Burcbell and her daughter , solicited the advice of Mr Beadon under the _following circumstances : —Last Friday fortnight , Charles Burchell , Bon of the female applicant , with his sister Emma , the young woman present , and Thomas Clifford , a fellow-workman of Bur * chell ' 6 , were drinhini ' together at several _publichouses , and they at last went into the Chelsea Pensioners , where Emma Burcbell became very ill , Clifford undertook to make her well , and procured what is believed to have ) been ammonia , of the use of which drug he told tbe druggist he had perfect _knowledge , as he had made tons of it . The druggist cautioned him that he must not ad > minister more than twenty drops in a diluted state .

      Clifford used the liquid in its genuine state , forced some of it up the girl ' s nostrils , and dropped seme into her month and throat , causing an intense burning sensation And a feeling of _strangulation , the blood flowing copiously from the nose . Clifford still wished to administer mere of the drug , but was prevented , and the girl was takes home , where she continued in strong fitB upwards of _threohoura . Clifford said she was overcome by drink , and wanted to apply some more of the stuff , but the mother would not lethim . Clifford then said he would-go and fetch Charles Burchell , whom he had left in the Swan , Battcrsea-biidge . It appeared that Clifford purchased some more ammonia in the Bridge-road , and administered three or four doses to Burchell , whom he found asleep . Ho forced Burchell _' _s head back , and poured

      some of the liquid into hia nostrils and _iuto big throat , The young man appeared to suffer great pain , and foamed at tbe mouth , Clifford was remonstrated with hy all parties present , but he said he knew what he waBabout , and he would cure him . Burchell , it seemed , staggered home and went to bed , bat could not sleep , and after being VerS * 6 atU 8 S _fftt tWO Or _thtCQ dflyg _. ha returned on the next Wednesday from a quarter of a day ' s work in an evidently deranged state of miad . Mr Shaw , a medical man , was ) sent for , and soon afterwards the man became raving mad , and he was removed , by Mr Shaw ' s _directions , to Mr Tow ' s private lunatic

      asylum , where he at present remains a hopeless maniac . —Mr Beadon said the circumstances detailed were most lamentable as regarded Burchell , but there appeared to bean absence of any criminal Intent on the part of Clifford . Whatever he had done was with an apparently good motive , aud it was not feasible to presume that he would hare sought to take another man ' s life in the presence of so many people . —Inspector _Busain subsequently had a lengthened private interview with the magistrate , the result of which was understood to be , that if Bar . _cheil died Clifford was to be apprehended ; or , if the surgeon ' s certificato declared the symptoms of a fatal character , a warrant mt ' t ; { it bo applied for .

      SOUTHWAUK — Fdriocs Dewing—Mr W . J . Daley was charged with furious driving , and endangering the life of a young woman named Hodnett . —Sergeant Howies , L _divisios , said that on Saturday evening he saw the _defendant in a gig _Ailvinft along the New-Out at the rate of fifteen or sixteen miles an hour . Apprehensive that some accident would occur he proceeded ia the direction the defendant had taken , and on arriving at the corner of _Charlotte-street , _Blaukfriars-roid , ha found a crewd round a young female , who was lying' on the ground , } _bleeding profusely from a wound on the head . She was taken to Guy ' s Hespital iu a state of utter insensibility , and pronounced to have received a concussion of the braia , and still remained in tbat institution in a very precarious condition . The sergeant

      added , that when the dfendant first passed he was jerking the reins , as if to urge on the horse . lie was under the influence of liquor . —Hannah Foster said she saw the young woman knocked down by the defendant ' s horse at she was crossing the Blackfriars-road . She observed that as the defendant npproaehed tbat part of the road where the young woman was crossing he pulled back the reins of the horse , and did all be could to avert the accident . The animal , however , proceeded forward , and after the accident galloped along until out of sight—J . Blackmore , a workman in a > i emery manufactory , stated that on the evening in question , as he was standin Union . street , the defendant passed In his gig at s

      _gallop , when the wheel caught a wheelbarrow close to where he was standing , and knocked him down , severely injuring his legs . The prisoner ' s servant boy , who was in the gig at the time , said that the _horso started off , and his master bad no control over him . —The prisoner denied the imputation of his being at all intoxicated at the time of the accident . His horse Btafted off , and although he need every exertion in his power to pull _himsp , he failed . He deplored the accident , and felt sincerely for the misfortune that happened- but he was willing to render every pecuniary assistance that was considered just and fair , in order to alleviate the _sorrows of those whom he had unintentionally injured , — The prisoner was remanded on bail .

      SOUTHWARK . —Bioamv . —T . Phelps , one of the porters of St Thomas's Hospital , was charged with bigamy . ,. The prisoner's second wife said that in the moDth of _Aagan last the prisoner introduced himself to her as a _widower , alleging that his wife' had been dead six years . He afterwards paid his addresses to her , and they were married the latter end of August at St _George ' s Church in the Borough of _Southward Soon after the nuptials he began to illtreat her , and she ascertained that he had another wife living at Gloucester , Tho parish clerk of . Gloucester church produced the certificate of the prisoner ' s . first mrrr ' _mge . which took place in the month of August , 1825 , and stated _< hat he saw his first wife at Gloucester that morning before ho

      set out for London , to attend the .. present examination . He added , ihat although he was _preaenUt the _solemnta . ation of that _mai-riago it had occurred so many years ago that he could not identify the prisoner as the . bridegroom _. The prisoner said that he aad ' his first wife separated seven years ago by mutual consent , and not having heard any tidings of her , he believing she was dead , contracted the marriage with the second wife thinking it was not illegal . He added , that . in the agreement drawn up between him and his first wife , It was expressly stipulated that ' either party was at liberty to act according to their inclinations as to whether or not they might get married . — 'The prisoner was committed .

      A' School For The Education Of The Child...

      A' _school for the education of the children of _"Wesleyan missionaries engaged in the South Sea Islands is being formed at Auckland , ia New Zea « land .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08011848/page/6/